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SFA President Dr. Baker Pattillo is surrounded by Lumberjacks Thursday as he signs a proclamation designating the last day of each work week as "SFA Spirit Friday."Fridays will be even more spirit-filled than usual beginning this fall at Stephen F. Austin State University.
Officials from Grayson County College and Stephen F. Austin State University met recently to sign a formal articulation agreement between the two institutions. Pictured from left are Dr. Ann Kirch, GCC dean of academic instruction; Dr. Jeanne Hardin, GCC vice president of instructional services; Dr. Alan Scheibmeir, GCC president; Dr. Baker Pattillo, SFA president; Dr. Richard Berry, SFA provost and vice president for academic affairs; and Dr.
Juan Carlos Ureña, assistant professor of modern languagesJuan Carlos Ureña, an assistant professor of modern languages at Stephen F. Austin State University, has earned the first Hispanic Studies Ph.D. ever awarded at Texas A&M University.
Sharon Lee Smith, co-owner of Blue Moon Gardens, will present "Herbs in the Landscape and in the Kitchen" at an SFA Mast Arboretum gardening seminar Sept. 13.The Stephen F. Austin State University Mast Arboretum will host a gardening seminar titled "Herbs in the Landscape and in the Kitchen" from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 13.
The University Research Council of Stephen F. Austin State University has recommended 10 Faculty Research Grants totaling more than $194,000 for funding in 2008-2009 through the university's Research Enhancement Program.
Jazz guitarist John Jorgenson will lead The John Jorgenson Quintet in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, in W.M. Turner Auditorium as part of the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts' University Series.NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F.
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS -Piano pedagogy students in the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music and SFA's Music Preparatory Division will partner to offer a new program for 6- to 12-year-olds wanting to learn to play the piano.
Students enrolled in the Piano Laboratory Program will receive weekly 30-minute private lessons and 30-minute group lessons, each taught by an SFA college student working towards a piano pedagogy certification. The program is under the leadership of Dr. Mario Ajero, SFA assistant professor of piano pedagogy.
ArtsPower's musical version of Judy Blume's popular "Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great" is one of the five shows included in the 2008-2009 season of the Stephen F. Austin State University Children's Performing Arts Series.
Heather Nolan Yerkes, the daughter of Alvin and Melody Nolan of Lufkin, has maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average during her educational career at Stephen F. Austin State University. Yerkes, a home-schooled student, will begin her career as a music teacher in Fort Worth. She is pictured with her husband, Jordan.A Lufkin native will graduate from Stephen F.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Enrollment in the second summer session at Stephen F. Austin State University grew slightly from 2007, continuing a modest upward trend that began in the first summer session.
SFA's Summer II enrollment reached 4,033, a 1.1-percent increase from the same semester in 2007 when 3,989 students attended classes. In all, 44 more SFA students attended Summer II classes this summer than in 2007.