NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s horticulture program and Horticulture Club will host their sixth annual Spring Plant Fair from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the SFA Plantery located at 1924 Wilson Drive.

Plants available for purchase include a variety of summer annuals like coleus, vinca, sweet potato, summer snapdragon, wishbone flower and more. Students also will have a selection of native plants like blue-eyed grass, winecups and asters for sale. All plants sold will grow well in the East Texas area.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. April 11 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.

Dr. Yan Chen, professor in medicinal plant physiology with the Louisiana State University School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences, will present “Everything You Wanted to Know about Crapemyrtle Bark Scale but Were Afraid to Ask.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts Dean’s Circle at Stephen F. Austin State University will recognize six students during the presentation of the annual Dean’s Awards at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Faculty members in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Education Studies were awarded funding through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Community Outdoor Outreach Program to support their East Texas Adventurers program, an environmental education-focused camping initiative.

The funding will support the creation of four camping trips that invite students from Nacogdoches’ McMichael Middle School to interact with and learn from nature.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of “Kabluey,” a dark indie comedy film written and directed by and starring Scott Prendergast, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre and Dance will present the student-directed dramedy for young audiences “Nice & Slow” by Lojo Simon at 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, and at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 6, in the Black Box Theatre in the Griffith Fine Arts Building, on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Clarinetist Dr. Vanguel Tangarov and pianist Ekaterina Tangarova will present a guest recital featuring works by Carl Maria von Weber, Alamiro Giampieri, Francis Poulenc and Marin Valtchanov when the duo performs at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in Cole Concert Hall on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.

The program will include von Weber’s “Fantasy and Rondo,” Giampieri’s “Carnival of Venice,” Sonata by Poulenc, and Rondo by Valtchanov.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Dr. Scotty Horey, instructor of percussion at the Music School of Delaware, will present “Yin and Yang, Marimba and Drums” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in the Music Recital Hall, Wright Music Building, on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished,” will be the main feature of a concert presented by the Stephen F. Austin State University Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in Cole Concert Hall, Wright Music Building, on the SFA campus.

The student ensemble will also perform Aaron Copland’s “Letter from Home” and Leo Delibe’s Prelude and Mazurka from the ballet “Coppelia.”

The Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Oliver Yan, graduate assistant conductor from Hong Kong.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Two graduate students from Stephen F. Austin State University's Department of Biology have been recognized for their exceptional contributions at the 2024 annual meeting of the Texas Chapter - American Fisheries Society.

Anastasia (Umstott) Simpson, a first-year graduate student advised by Dr. Carmen Montaña-Schalk, assistant professor of biology, was awarded the best oral presentation. Her groundbreaking research focuses on the examination of fish communities in East Texas rivers and streams.