NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s timbersports team, the Sylvans, won the collegiate contest during the 39th annual Arkansas State Lumberjack Competition held Oct. 8 in Sheridan, Arkansas.

In addition to winning the competition, the team, comprising 26 SFA students, won every event in the collegiate division. 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Dr. Christina Guenther, professor of flute at Stephen F. Austin State University, will join music faculty colleagues in presenting the concert “Controversy and Hope: Music for Flute and …” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.
 
Performing with Guenther will be Dr. Brad Meyer, percussion; Dr. Deb Scott, trombone; Dr. Samantha Inman, flute; and Davidson Reyes, piano.
 
Works by Gareth Farr, Zachery S. Meier, Angela Oh, Gary Schocker and Valerie Coleman will be performed.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Center for Applied Research and Rural Innovation has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration that will support the center’s mission of boosting regional industries and communities.

*Rescheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.*

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Chamber Singers at Stephen F. Austin State University will present “Ode to Music,” a concert extolling the virtues and wonder of music, when the ensemble and guests perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Omicron Delta Kappa hosted a kickoff for the Leaders of Tomorrow program with a retreat Saturday in the Baker Pattillo Student Center and Norton HPE Complex on campus, marking the beginning of a yearlong mentorship with Nacogdoches County eighth graders.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — To celebrate with current students and past alumni returning for the Homecoming weekend, the construction management program in Stephen F. Austin State University’s James I. Perkins College of Education will host an open house for its new laboratory facility from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 21 at 514 E. Austin St. in Nacogdoches. 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Tickets are still available to experience a performance by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Ruthie Foster at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, in the newly renovated Turner Auditorium in Griffith Fine Arts Building.

Foster opens the 2023-24 Centennial Season of the Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts’ University Series.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – “Invasive Species,” a body of work by Lauren Selden, professor of art  (metals/jewelry/sculpture) at Stephen F. Austin State University, has a solo exhibition from Oct. 11 through 19 at the Cora Stafford Galleries at the University of North Texas, Denton.
 
The body of work was created after Selden attended a residency in Fiskars, Finland, funded by an SFA Creative Activity Grant. The series “Invasive Species” consists of sculptural works that explore the interplay between geometric forms and nature, according to Selden.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Wind Ensemble at Stephen F. Austin State University will present “The Music of Omar Thomas” for its first concert of the 2023-24 academic year. The program will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, in Turner Auditorium inside the newly renovated Griffith Fine Arts Building on the SFA campus.