Dr. Severn Doughty

The Stephen F. Austin State University Mast Arboretum Les Reeves Lecture Series will host Dr. Severn Doughty, executive secretary of the Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association, at 7 p.m. Feb. 19 in Room 110 of the Agriculture Building on Wilson Drive.

For the fourth consecutive reporting period, enrollment is on the rise at Stephen F. Austin State University. Student enrollment increased from 10,648 in spring 2008 to 11, 226, an increase of 5.4 percent.

State universities have kept a watchful eye on enrollment numbers during the past few semesters because funding from the state hangs in the balance, according to Dr. Baker Pattillo, SFA president. The spring semester is the final semester of the base-funding period, which determines university funding for the next two years.

Students from Stephen F. Austin State University recently competed in the J. Benton Storey Undergraduate Student Horticulture Judging Contest and brought home top awards. Pictured are, from left, Chris Capps, Cypress senior; Carnan Anderson, Bowie senior; Andrea Schroeder, Arlington senior; Rebecca Pledger, Brenham senior; and adviser Dr. Jeff Adkins.

A student team from Stephen F.

New sign at "Birdwell Corner"

The new sign at the corner of North Street and East College is just the first in a series of improvements that will be made to the area of the Stephen F. Austin State University that is commonly referred to as "Birdwell Corner."

Dr. Craig Morton, SFA agricultural mechanics professor, will lead the upcoming SFA Mast Arboretum seminar "Garden Tool Maintenance for the Mechanically Challenged."

The SFA Mast Arboretum will host a garden seminar titled "Garden Tool Maintenance for the Mechanically Challenged" from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Agricultural Mechanics Shop on College Street, next to the Military Science Building.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present a student-directed production of Aurin Squire's "Defacing Michael Jackson" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, in the Downstage Theatre of the Griffith Fine Arts Building on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present the Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band in a joint concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, in Cole Concert Hall, 2210 Alumni Dr., on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Registrations are still being accepted for the two children's choirs offered through the Stephen F. Austin State University Music Preparatory Division. The Live Wire Choir is open to children in kindergarten through second grade, and the Lyric Choir is open to those in third grade and above.

Valerie Ertz

The three new members of the Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents appointed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry are very familiar with the campus.

Valerie E. Ertz of Dallas was reappointed to serve on the board for her second six-year term. The owner and president of VEE Services, Ertz has been a member of the board since 2003 and served as chair of the board in 2008.