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Early Childhood Research Center ribbon-cuttingCurrent and former members of Stephen F. Austin State University's Board of Regents participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Early Childhood Research Center Sunday in Nacogdoches. Pictured are, from left, former Regent Kenneth James, Regent Bob Garrett, former Student Regent Stephanie Tracy, Student Regent Morgan Tomberlain, Regents Richard Boyer and Melvin White, former Regent James I.
Mindy Sue Meyers' soft sculpture "Cupcakes" will be included in "Eats & Treats," an exhibition the SFA College of Fine Arts and School of Art will open at 6 p.m. Friday, July 17, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches. The exhibition will run through Saturday, Aug. 29.NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Artists Mindy Sue Meyers and Mark Menjivar will be present for the opening of "Eats & Treats," at 6 p.m.
Early Childhood Research CenterNACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University will celebrate the opening of its new Early Childhood Research Center on July 19 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, children's singing performances and public tours of the $30.8 million one-of-a-kind facility.
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Parents of newborns through 7-year-olds can still register their children for any of the Kindermusik Adventure Camps offered by the Stephen F. Austin State University Music Preparatory Division Monday, July 27, through Friday, July 31.
Karen Greer and Erin Stephens Tang, certified and licensed Kindermusik teachers, will offer four different age-appropriate classes in which parents and children will play, learn, sing, dance, create and share in the fun of making music together, said Pat Barnett, director of the Music Preparatory Division.
La Porte sophomore Eddie Edge (right) teaches Round Rock junior Waldron A. Archer (left) and Corpus Christi sophomore Kory Pullam (center) steps for a dance sequence in SFA School of Theatre's current production of Athol Fugard's "'Master Harold' . . . and the boys." The play, one of three included in the Summer Repertory season, will be presented for the last time at 7:30 p.m.
SFA theatre students cast in "Schoolhouse Rock Live! Too" greet young audience members after the performance. The children's musical is one three shows being presented during the SFA School of Theatre's Summer Repertory season that continues through Saturday, July 18.If your lawn is thin, parched or weedy, plan to attend the Stephen F. Austin State University Mast Arboretum's Gardener seminar Saturday July 11. Local photographer and garden columnist Jeff Abt will present "Taking Care of Your Turfgrass" and will explain how to create and maintain a beautiful lawn in the difficult East Texas climate.
The workshop will be from 9 a.m. until noon in room 118 of the Agriculture building on Wilson Drive on the SFA campus. The cost for the seminar is $20 for members of the Friends of the SFA Gardens and $25 for non members.
These three original artworks are among the 50 pieces that will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis during the concluding party of "12 x 12" from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House. Proceeds will be used for scholarships benefiting SFA visual arts students.NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Community members attending the "12 x 12" fund-raiser from 7 to 9 p.m.
Dr. Paige MaskNACOGDOCHES, Texas - Dr. Paige Mask, assistant professor of human services at Stephen F. Austin State University, recently was recognized as an outstanding instructor in distance learning by the Northeast Texas Consortium of Colleges and Universities.
The cast of "Picnic" rehearses a scene in front of one of the last two sets SFA Associate Professor Tomy Matthys has designed for the university. Matthys will retire this summer after 44 years and over 400 theatrical productions at SFA. Patrons attending Friday and Saturday's productions of "Picnic" in W.M. Turner Auditorium can view over 20 of his scenic design models that will be on display in the lobby.