NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Advanced and graduate sculpture installation students at Stephen F. Austin State University, along with their professor, Eden Collins, will host “Jacks of All Trades,” a pop-up exhibition, from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at Turner Fabrication, 718 S. University Drive, Nacogdoches.
Dr. David Creech to be SFA Gardens December lecture series speaker
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.
Dr. David Creech, director of SFA Gardens, will present “Is the Pineywoods Native Plant Center a Case Study of Divine Intervention … or Maybe Not? Capitalizing on the Best Plants, Plans and People to Create a Green Resource for the Gulf South.”
Lumberjack Nursing Guarantee offers promise of admission to SFA’s DeWitt School of Nursing
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Incoming first-year college students who want to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing will now find the admission process easier at Stephen F. Austin State University with the Lumberjack Nursing Guarantee.
SFA first-generation students awarded $5K scholarships from Coca-Cola
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Six first-generation students at Stephen F. Austin State University received $5,000 scholarships from Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages to help with their financial needs so they can continue their studies at the university.
SFA’s Cooking Matters program holds eighth season in new location
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Human Sciences’ six-week community nutrition program, Cooking Matters, completed its eighth year at a Nacogdoches food pantry’s new resource center earlier this month.
Partnering with the East Texas Food Bank and Nacogdoches HOPE Food Pantry, students in SFA’s community nutrition course provided nutrition education and basic cooking lessons to participants in the community from Oct. 2 through Nov. 6.
New SFA centennial merchandise features tartan
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — In honor of Stephen F. Austin State University’s centennial year, the merchandising program in the James I. Perkins College of Education School of Human Sciences is offering centennial-branded SFA tartan pocket squares and scarves for purchase.
Featuring the official SFA tartan along with the SFA centennial logo, the items are available exclusively online through SFA’s merchandising program website.
SFA’s concert bands to perform a variety of themed works
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Three concert bands at Stephen F. Austin State University will present a variety of works when the students perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, in Turner Auditorium, Griffith Fine Arts Building, on the SFA campus.
The Wind Ensemble, directed by Dr. Tamey Anglley, director of bands at SFA; the Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Dan Haddad, associate director of bands; and the Symphonic Band, directed by Dr. Chris Kaatz, assistant director of bands, will each perform works reflecting different themes.
SFA Music Prep, NISD collaborate in educational outreach initiative
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Symphony Orchestra at Stephen F. Austin State University recently presented a concert for approximately 450 Nacogdoches ISD second grade students in an educational outreach initiative and collaborative partnership between the school district and SFA School of Music and its Music Preparatory Division.
“The primary goal of the concert was to introduce young children to classical music and provide them with an exhilarating live performance experience in the newly renovated Turner Auditorium at SFA,” said Alba Madrid, director of Music Prep.
SFA alumni reflect on benefits of online degree programs during National Distance Learning Week
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — You don’t have to be on campus to take advantage of a high-quality, affordable education at Stephen F. Austin State University. You also don’t have to be available to attend classes between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
“Most of our online students are nontraditional,” said Megan Weatherly, executive director of the Lumberjack Learning Commons at SFA. “From caregivers to full-time workers to students who are constantly on the move, online programs provide them the flexibility and access to reach their educational goals.”
Van Kley, Cunningham collaborate on piney woods plant manual
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — For years, the lack of a comprehensive local flora manual for East Texas has been an impediment for Dr. James Van Kley’s ongoing research as a professor of biology at Stephen F. Austin State University. The problem is nearing its end as Part 1 of the book “Herbaceous Plants of the Pineywoods of East Texas and Louisiana” was published in October with text written by Van Kley and illustrations created by Bruce Lyndon Cunningham, a Nacogdoches-based illustrator.
Axe ’Em, Jacks!