NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Dr. Scott Coleman, clinical associate professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry and Stephen F. Austin State University alumnus and former regent, will give the commencement address during SFA’s graduation ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, in Johnson Coliseum.

Coleman received a bachelor's degree in biology from SFA in 1980 and graduated first in his class from UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry with a doctorate in dental surgery.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Aug. 8 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center. 

Steven Chamblee, retired director of horticulture with the Longview Arboretum and Nature Center, will present “Am I Tired or Just Retired? Gardening as a Lifestyle and Not a Hobby.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of the animated science fiction film “The Iron Giant” at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Dr. Philip Catton, professor in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of History, traded his American classroom for the bustling streets and serene lotus flowers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on a teaching adventure he couldn’t pass up.

What could only be described as a unique and rare opportunity in the teaching profession, Catton taught two courses in U.S. diplomatic history and the Vietnam War as a visiting professor at Fulbright University Vietnam during the spring semester.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Sherry Williford, retired instructor in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Mass Communication and longtime advisor of KSAU-FM — now KAXM-FM Radio — has been named Broadcast Educator of the Year by the Texas Association of Broadcasters.

Williford will receive the award, which recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of outstanding leaders in the broadcasting field, during the TAB conference Aug. 8 in Round Rock.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Lance Treviño, Stephen F. Austin State University graduate and music faculty member, has been invited to join the Recording Academy, the organization responsible for the Grammy Awards.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – An exhibition of work by Shaun Roberts, associate professor of art at Stephen F. Austin State University and painting area coordinator, is showing through Aug. 7 at Gallery Main Street, Tyler. The exhibition was selected by Glasstire, the oldest online art magazine in the country dedicated to promoting visual arts in Texas, as one of its Top Five Art Events for the week of July 18.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Flying airplane-like drones closely over the blowhole of a dolphin and collecting their breath is a new, innovative way for researchers to monitor the health of whales, dolphins and porpoises. This summer at Dolphin Quest on the Big Island of Hawaii, two Stephen F. Austin State University biology students got to be part of this groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind research.