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SFA announces new dean of Nelson Rusche College of Business


Dr. Danny R. Arnold


Dr. Danny R. Arnold has been named dean of the Nelson Rusche College of Business at Stephen F. Austin State University and will join the faculty Aug. 1, pending approval by the Board of Regents.

SFA business students study abroad


SFA business students and their faculty advisers visited the world-famous insurance company Lloyd's of London during a study abroad program this spring.

SFA to host Preserve America Workshop


Stephen F. Austin State University will host a free Preserve America Workshop on gravestone identification Friday, June 18, at several cemeteries in Houston and Cherokee counties.

Participants will learn to identify and distinguish between the most commonly used stones for cemetery markers in East Texas, including marble, granite and ironstone, as well as other materials that are often mistaken for stone such as zinc and concrete, said Dr. Perky Beisel, assistant professor of history at SFA.

SFA to open Mata Ortiz pottery exhibition


Mata Ortiz pottery such as this example will be exhibited in the upstairs hallway of SFA's Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, beginning with an opening reception at 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 14.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and Friends of the Visual Arts will open an exhibition of Mata Ortiz pottery at 5:30 p.m.

Tickets now on sale for SFA's 'Side by Side by Sondheim' and 'Beauty


SFA Professor Alan Nielsen plays the piano while SFA theatre students Justin Hughes and Kathryn Knights rehearse songs from "Side by Side by Sondheim," which the School of Theatre will open at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 25, in W.M. Turner Auditorium as part of its summer season.

SFA announces new dean of James I. Perkins College of Education


Dr. Judy A. Abbott


Dr. Judy A. Abbott has been named dean of the James I. Perkins College of Education at Stephen F. Austin State University and will join the faculty Aug. 1, pending approval by the Board of Regents.

SFA Center for a Livable World to host expert panel on sustainability


IHS (NYSE: IHS) a leading global source of critical information and insight, today announced that Mark Wysong, IHS vice president, Environment, and Marilyn Johnson, IHS director, Sustainability and Environmental Initiatives, will join a renowned panel of global experts June 1-3, 2010, at the Texas Capitol in Austin for an executive workshop on sustainability entitled, "Toward a Livable World," which is sponsored by Stephen F. Austin (SFA) State University's Center for a Livable World.

SFA Music Prep offers summer dance classes for adults and children


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS- Reaching beyond music lessons, the Music Preparatory Division of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will offer dance and movement classes this summer for both adults and children. All classes will be taught in Room 201 of the Norton Health and Physical Education Building.

SFA hosts art opening and screening of 'The National Parks'


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - An art opening and free film should bring a large crowd to The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House on the evening of Friday, June 4, according to Christian Cutler, director of galleries at Stephen F. Austin State University.

"At 5:30 p.m. the School of Art will open 'Nac Collects,' which offers a fascinating glimpse inside the homes of Nacogdoches art collectors who have graciously agreed to share their art works with us," Cutler continued.

SFA to host band camps


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will once again host a series of band camps for middle and senior high school instrumentalists and drum majors during the month of June.

"For two weeks, students from across the state will rehearse and perform as members of various concert groups and receive instruction from a world-class teaching staff composed of SFA faculty and some of the best public school teachers in Texas," said Gary Wurtz, assistant director of the SFA School of Music.

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