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Dr. Michael Tkacik, the new director of the School of Honors at Stephen F. Austin State University, speaks to students during a class. Tkacik will continue to teach while serving in his new role as director.Dr. Michael Tkacik considers himself very lucky. His dream job just became his real job.
From left, Dr. Mary Nelle Brunson, associate vice president for academic affairs, Shirley Dickerson, Ralph W. Steen Library director, and M.E. McWilliams, AARC director, were among the guests at the OWL launching party held Sept. 5 in the AARC.Online tutoring for writing is now available to Stephen F. Austin State University students through the Academic Assistance and Resource Center, located in the Ralph W. Steen Library.
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Area 6- to 12-year-olds may register for a ceramics class offered by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, 329 E. Main Street in downtown Nacogdoches as part of the Creative Art Saturday program.
Under the guidance of and SFA art education majors and Assistant Professor Marsha Blount, participants will construct ceramic bowls that will be used in conjunction with Bowls of Hope, the annual charity drive benefiting H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Eat).
Senior theatre major Emily Womack, who plays Kate Jerome in SFA's upcoming production of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs," rehearses a scene with Nicholas Mills, Houston senior who portrays Kate's 14-year-old son, Eugene. The award-winning comedy will open at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, in W.M. Turner Auditorium and run through Saturday, Oct.
"Yellow House," a Type C-Print by Lynn Saville, will be included in "Lynn Saville: Night Vision" which will open at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Art will open "Lynn Saville: Night Vision" with a 6 p.m. reception Friday, Oct.
Pictured from left, Dr. William Arscott, Charlie Howard and Dr. Scott RobinsonCharlie Howard (center), organizer of the East Texas Landman's Charity Golf, recently donated $2,600 of the proceeds from the event to the cinematography program of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art. The golf tournament was sponsored in part by Chesapeake Energy and Burk Royalty. Pictured with Howard, from left, are Dr.
Herbert Midgley, SFA lecturer of music, will perform "Songs of Herbert Midgley" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, in the Music Recital Hall of the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.NACOGDCOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present a faculty recital, "Songs of Herbert Midgley," at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, in the Music Recital Hall on the SFA campus.
More than 100 historians will make presentations on subjects of interest to East Texans during the East Texas Historical Association's annual fall meeting at the Fredonia Hotel Sept. 25-27.
Dr. Don Graham
The 12th-annual Georgiana and Max S. Lale Lecture will be presented by Dr. Don Graham, the J. Frank Dobie Professor of American and English Literature at the University of Texas in Austin.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - An afternoon of outdoor adventure and excitement awaits at the Pirates of the Pineywoods party from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at the SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St.
Aspiring pirates are encouraged to wear their favorite pirate costume as they embark on a voyage through the forest to dig for buried treasure, battle sea creatures, and walk the plank, among other adventures. Food, drink and treasures galore will be served up to the whole crew.