Dr. David Lawson, recipient of the 2011 Faculty Achievement Award for Research, and Dr. Theresa Coble, recipient of the Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching.

Two faculty members will be honored during the 23rd Annual Stephen F. Austin State University Gala on Saturday, Dec. 10, in the Grand Ballroom of the Baker Pattillo Student Center.

Members of The "New" Original Cast, the SFA School of Theatre's musical cabaret troupe, will give four performances of "A Real Hometown Family Christmas Spectacle" as part of the Nine Flags Festival in downtown Nacogdoches.

Members of The "New" Original Cast, the SFA School of Theatre's musical cabaret troupe, will give four performances of "A Real Hometown Family Christmas Spectacle" as part of the Nine Flags Festival in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - David McClister's photograph series "Rastlin - A Southern Survey" will be open for viewing on Friday, Dec. 2, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

The exhibition, which documents small town wrestling in the South, is part of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art's Gallery Series and will be on display in the Reavley Gallery.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present a student-directed production of Harold Pinter's "One for the Road" at 7:30 and 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3. All performances are in the Downstage Theatre, located on the first floor of the Griffith Fine Arts Building.

The one-act play explores the effects of torture and human rights violations on a small family, explained Nacogdoches senior Arrie Tucker, the play's director.

Pictured above is a sampling of the 2010 ornaments.

Glass ornaments hand decorated by area artists for the SFA Friends of the Visual Arts' annual "Hooked on Art" scholarship fund-raiser will be on display at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches from Thursday, Dec. 1, to Friday, Dec. 9, and available for purchase through a silent auction and raffle.

Pictured are members of Dancers Against Cancer, a newly formed SFA student organization committed to raising cancer awareness through dance.

The Stephen F. Austin State University chapter of Dancers Against Cancer and Phi Psi fraternity, along with the Gobel School of Dance, will hold a benefit concert supporting cancer research at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Shelton Gym on the SFA campus.

The Stephen F. Austin State University Mast Arboretum will host a garden seminar titled "Deck the Halls - Using Evergreens to Decorate for the Holidays" from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 3, in Room 118 of the Agriculture Building, 1924 Wilson Drive.

Join SFA research associate Dawn Stover to learn how to create elegant wreaths and garlands using materials from Mother Nature. Evergreen branches and garlands once served as symbols of enduring life and a fruitful year to come.

SFA Assistant Football Coach Todd Schonhar and wife Julia show off their custom SFA license plate.

Lumberjack fans may now ride with pride and contribute to student scholarships at the same time by purchasing a newly designed Stephen F. Austin State University license plate.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Art galleries operated by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art will close Wednesday, Nov. 23, for the Thanksgiving holidays and reopen Tuesday, Nov. 29.

Currently on display in the on-campus Griffith Gallery is "Art of the Pacific Rim: Artifacts and Art from Northwest America, Oceania, Melanesia, Asia and Central America."

The exhibition, which comprises over 30 masks, weapons, dolls and artifacts from the private collection of Nacogdoches residents Dr. Robert Gruebel and Jo Ellen H. Carlson, will close on Friday, Dec. 16.