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Former SFA Regent to offer commencement address


Melvin White

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A successful entrepreneur and Stephen F. Austin State University alumnus will offer the commencement address during summer graduation ceremonies Saturday, Aug. 11.

SFA to open faculty member's art painting exhibition


"Rocket Morton," a 2012 painting by SFA Assistant Professor of Art Runcie Tatnall, is one of the pieces included in "Runcie Tatnall: Mighty." The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Art will open the exhibition at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House as part of the 2012-2013 Gallery Series.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F.

Tickets now on sale for SFA's 2012 Chamber Music in the Pines Festival


Internationally acclaimed musicians Baya Kakouberi and Gary Levinson are among the six guest musicians who will be performing with SFA music faculty and students during the SFA School of Music's 2012 Chamber Music in the Pines Festival, which runs from Saturday, Aug. 11, through Sunday, Aug. 19.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Tickets are now available for the Stephen F.

Registration, auditions scheduled for SFA's Music Preparatory Division


East Texas students interested in learning how to play the harp can take lessons from internationally acclaimed harpist Emily Mitchell through the Music Preparatory Division of Stephen F. Austin State University. Mitchell is one of many SFA music faculty and student teachers who offer private instructions through the Music Preparatory Division.

SFA to screen documentary on Burma


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - As part of its monthly independent film series, the SFA School of Art will present a free, one-night film screening of "They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain" at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

The 70-minute documentary, shot clandestinely over a two-year period, gives an intimate look inside the isolated country also known as Burma.

SFA Board of Regents approves faculty, staff changes


NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Three faculty members were appointed to new leadership positions at Stephen F. Austin State University by the Board of Regents Tuesday.

SFA regents advance plans for conservation education facility


NACOGDOCHES, Texas - An architect and construction manager at risk for a planned conservation education facility located at Stephen F. Austin State University's Pineywoods Native Plant Center were selected Tuesday by the Board of Regents.

The board selected Sutton Mitchell Beebe & Babin Architects to design the facility and J.E. Kingham Construction Company to manage the project, which is being funded entirely through private donations totaling approximately $1 million. The facility will be constructed at 2900 Raguet St.

Scholarship applications available for SFA's Music Preparatory Division


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Scholarship applications are now being accepted for music instruction through the Stephen F. Austin State University Music Preparatory Division. The partial tuition scholarships are awarded on the basis of need and can be applied to private lessons or group instruction.

SFA announces its 2012-2013 University Series, 'Expressions'


Ballet Folklórico de México

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Season tickets are now on sale for the nine specially selected musical and theatrical performances included in Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts' 2012-2013 University Series, "Expressions."

SFA band director earns meritorious achievement award


Fred J. Allen

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Fred J. Allen, director of bands and professor of music at Stephen F. Austin State University, is the recipient of a 2012 Meritorious Achievement Award from the Texas Bandmasters Association.

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