New SFA music faculty member Jeremy Fain (bassoon) will make his Nacogdoches debut during the final concert of SFA's 2012 Chamber Music in the Pines Festival at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music's 2012 Chamber Music in the Pines Festival will conclude at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, in Cole Concert Hall.

Guest marimba artist Brain Zator, associate professor music and the director of percussion at Texas A&M University-Commerce, will be one of the featured musicians during SFA's "Music of the East" concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, in Cole Concert Hall.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - "Music of the East," the third of four concerts included in the 2012 Chamber Music in the Pines Festival, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, in Cole Concert Hall.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - What started out as a huge disappointment for playwright Jackie Rosenfeld, senior lecturer in the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre, has turned into an exciting opportunity.

Last October Rosenfeld traveled to New York City to see The Manhattan Theatre Mission's production of "keepingabreast," her play about a 28-year-old cancer patient who must decide whether or not to undergo a mastectomy to rid herself of the cancer that has proven resistant to chemotherapy treatments.

Classical guitarist Joe Williams will be one of the guest musicians performing in the "Music of the South" concert on Tuesday, Aug. 14, the second of four performances included in the SFA School of Music's 2012 Chamber Music in the Pines Festival held in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Chamber music from Argentina, Italy and Spain will be featured during "Music of the South" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The SFA Gardens at Stephen F. Austin State University will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, in the Agriculture Building, Room 110, at 1924 Wilson Drive. SFA Gardens horticulturist and writer Greg Grant will present "Gardening for Love - An Arcadian Dogtrot."

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - An expanded shuttle system will transport Stephen F. Austin State University students along a circular route between six popular destinations on campus this fall.

The new Jack Track system will employ four new climate-controlled buses, each seating 24 passengers, that are ADA approved with a lift ramp and capacity for two wheelchairs. The buses will run continuously from 7:20 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. Monday through Friday.

First-year students entering Stephen F. Austin State University this fall have met higher academic standards than any previously admitted students.

The higher admission standards were approved by regents in January 2010 based on a recommendation by a committee of faculty and staff members that studied the standards in place at that time.

Nacogdoches residents Miriam Galan (left) and Kail Consford (right) recently sang in the Elementary Honor Choir at the Texas Choral Directors Association Convention in San Antonio.

Nacogdoches residents Miriam Galan and Kail Consford recently sang in the Elementary Honor Choir at the Texas Choral Directors Association Convention in San Antonio.

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.