Axe ’Em, Jacks!
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Hospitality students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s James I. Perkins College of Education volunteered with the university’s Project RAICES, a grant-funded initiative to increase the number of ESL-certified teachers in East Texas and to provide resources to parents of English learners, during its two community events this semester Oct. 7 and Nov. 18.
Hicks’ ‘Common Threads,’ vol. 132, selected for New York Public Library exhibition
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Works by Candace Hicks, associate professor of art in the School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University, have recently been included in a new permanent collection in the New York Public Library.
Hicks’ “Common Threads,” vol. 132, an ongoing series of embroideries in the form of composition notebooks, is part of the Women’s Work collection within the new Polonsky Exhibition.
Tickets still available for Dailey & Vincent’s Christmas show at SFA
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Tickets are selling quickly for the University Series’ presentation of award-winning entertainment duo Dailey & Vincent when they visit the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University Thursday night, Dec. 14.
U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions to address SFA December graduates
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions, who represents Texas' 17th Congressional District, will deliver the commencement address during Stephen F. Austin State University’s graduation ceremonies Dec. 15 and 16 in Johnson Coliseum.
SFA’s construction management program to host open house for tiny home
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University construction management students in the James I. Perkins College of Education’s School of Human Sciences will host an open house featuring the tiny home they built this fall from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 9 at the Village Nac community at 1188 County Road 823 in Nacogdoches.
SFA students explore local businesses to generate entrepreneurial ideas
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — More than two dozen Stephen F. Austin State University students majoring in a variety of subjects spent the semester exploring local businesses to learn about the challenges owners faced on their paths to success.
SFA’s Electric Guitar Ensemble to perform jazz standards, Christmas favorites
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Electric Guitar Ensemble at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform a varied program ranging from jazz standards to Christmas favorites when the student group performs at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, in the Music Recital Hall, Wright Music Building, on the SFA campus.
SFA’s combined choirs to present Seasonal Celebration concert
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The combined choirs at Stephen F. Austin State University will present the annual Seasonal Celebration concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus.
The annual holiday event features the Singin’ Axes and Kantorei choirs with Dr. Tod Fish, conductor; and the A Cappella Choir with Dr. Michael Murphy, conductor. Graduate student conductors are Tate Ashby of Lufkin and Ryan Herriage of Sulphur Springs.
SFA Symphony Orchestra to perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Symphony Orchestra at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform Dimitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, in W.M. Turner Auditorium, located on the SFA campus.
SFA to present student-directed ‘Spanish for Estranged Latin Kids’
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre and Dance will present the student-directed one-act play “Spanish for Estranged Latin Kids” by Carl(os) Roa at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, in the new Black Box Theatre in the Griffith Fine Arts Building, SFA campus.