NACOGDOCHES, Texas – A solo exhibition of works by Candace Hicks, associate professor of art in the School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University, will open in mid-February in the The Artspace Gallery, North Las Vegas campus of the College of Southern Nevada.

Hicks’ exhibition features work from her series “Notes for String Theory.” The show runs Feb. 16 through April 20. An artist talk and reception is planned for 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26.

Hick explains that her work centers on “being a reader of fiction.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Stanley Center for Speech and Language Disorders has openings in the Little Jacks program for children ages three to four experiencing communication concerns.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS – Formerly a course at Stephen F. Austin State University called “Pen & Pigment,” “Words of Art” is a student organization-led collaborative event that presents contributors with publication and exhibition opportunities.

Students who participated in “Pen & Pigment” engaged with one another to produce cohesive paintings and poetry that effectively correlated their disciplines.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – New choreographic works created by the Stephen F. Austin State University dance faculty and guest artists Elias Kababa, Lacreacia Sanders and Torens Johnson will be featured in the program "Omnium-gatherum" presented Feb. 15 through 17 in W.M. Turner Auditorium, Griffith Fine Arts Building, on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The University Series at Stephen F. Austin State University brings comedian Joe Zimmerman to Nacogdoches for a performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, in W.M. Turner Auditorium, Griffith Fine Arts Building, on the SFA campus.

A favorite of late-night shows such as “The Tonight Show,” “Last Comic Standing” and “Comedy Central,” Zimmerman is a frequent performer on university campuses and at corporate events.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Dr. Matibur Zamadar, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University, has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for his second invention of a drug to treat bacteria that is resistant to most existing antibiotics and kills millions of people around the world with an invasive infection.