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Pineywoods Youth OrchestraMembers of the Pineywoods Youth Orchestra, a part of the Stephen F. Austin State University Music Preparatory Division, pose after a recent concert. The ensemble will present its annual spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 14, at First United Methodist Church in Nacogdoches. The concert will feature Dr. Andrew Parr, SFA professor of music, performing G.F. Handel's "Organ Concerto No. 10, Op. 7, No.
SFA students recently brought home the third place trophy from the District 10 American Advertising Federation's National Student Advertising Competition held in Houston.The Stephen F. Austin State University Mast Arboretum will host the Les Reeves Garden Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 21, in the Agriculture Building, Room 110, located on Wilson Drive.
Dr. Jim Robbins, extension horticulture specialist and ornamentals professor with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, will be the featured speaker. He will discuss his top 100 plants in a lecture titled "Hey, I'll Trade You This Pink Flowering Fringe Tree for That Contorted Pine."
Brittany Nicole ScottNACOGDOCHES, Texas- Graduating with a flawless 4.0 grade-point average, Nacogdoches native Brittany Nicole Scott will be among the students receiving diplomas at Stephen F. Austin State University's May commencement exercises on May 16.
Thomas Morrow ReavleyNACOGDOCHES, Texas-Thomas Morrow Reavley, a Nacogdoches High School graduate and senior judge of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, will address new graduates at Stephen F. Austin State University's spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 16.
Three students from the SFA College of Fine Arts recently received the inaugural Dean's Awards from Dr. A.C. Buddy Himes, dean of the college. Pictured with Himes, from left, are David Hathway, El Campo theatre major; Amy Bennett, Alief music education major; and Shaun Roberts, Lufkin art major.NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - A documentary about Texas coal wars and a panel discussion on alternative energies will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, 329 E. Main St. in downtown Nacogdoches. The evening is a joint presentation of the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts, School of Art and Austin Heights Baptist Church.
The Stephen F. Austin State University Center for Regional Heritage Research will present two heritage workshops featuring lectures and hands-on learning activities consecutive Fridays, May 1 and May 8.
The lectures will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Baker Pattillo Student Center, Room 2.201, and hands-on learning activities will follow from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Oak Grove Cemetery, located on North Lanana Street in Nacogdoches.
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 8, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus.
The scenic cantata, composed between 1935 and 1936, is based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection of the same title. SFA's presentation will feature the SFA combined choirs, orchestra, and faculty soloists Debbie Berry, soprano; Bruce Fowler, tenor; and David Howard, baritone.
More than 30 heritage resource managers and independent researchers recently attended the first of two El Camino Real de los Tejas Heritage Tourism workshops. The group traveled to Mission Dolores Visitor Center in San Augustine and toured a section of the trace near Geneva, Texas.