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New partnership promotes diversity and inclusion in SFA’s DeWitt School of Nursing


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs and the DeWitt School of Nursing have formed a partnership to train all nursing students and faculty in critical issues relating to diversity and multicultural education.

Dr. Katy Trotty, assistant professor and coordinator for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, said the training will focus on giving students and faculty tools to grow personally and professionally.

Prospective college students, families invited to SFA open house


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — College-bound students and their families are invited to Stephen F. Austin State University’s in-person, on-campus Showcase Saturday event Feb. 25, which offers participants a unique opportunity to experience life as a Lumberjack.

SFA’s Pineywoods Camerata to perform Baroque music from Germany, Italy


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Pineywoods Camerata at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform Baroque music from Germany and Italy when faculty members and students present a recital at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, in Cole Concert Hall in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.
 
The Pineywoods Camerata is a string faculty-led, conductorless ensemble dedicated to performing Baroque works with an informed stylistic approach, according to Dr. Jennifer Dalmas, professor of violin at SFA and Camerata member. The group usually performs once each academic year.

SFA play “Everybody” provides challenges in sound design


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – A distinctive twist in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play “Everybody” is that, at any given performance, any one of five different actors could play the title role, based on a lottery which also determines what roles will be played by the other four actors in that group.
 

Words of Art student-led collaborative hosts successful event


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the SFA Department of English and Creative Writing recently presented the exhibition “Re-Visions” as part of the Words of Art student organization-led collaborative event that offered contributors with publication and exhibition opportunities. SFA student organizations Subplots and Art Alliance facilitated the collaborative effort. Pictured at the exhibition’s opening reception are, from left, Dr. M. Dustin Knepp, dean, College of Liberal and Applied Arts; Dr.

SFA’s Swingin’ Axes, Aces to present works by Tamaro, Nestico, other jazz greats


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Swingin’ Axes and Swingin’ Aces jazz bands at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform works by Mike Tamaro, Sammy Nestico, Alan Baylock and other jazz legends when the ensembles take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.
 
“This is the opening jazz ensemble concert of the spring 2023 semester and will feature some great standards in addition to more recent compositions for jazz ensemble,” said Dr. J.D. Salas, director of jazz studies at SFA and director of the Swingin’ Axes.
 

Dr. Lee Furbeck begins tenure as SFA’s inaugural vice president of enrollment management


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — With goals to emphasize cross-campus collaboration, Dr. Lee Furbeck was named Stephen F. Austin State University’s inaugural vice president of enrollment management and began her tenure in the position Monday.
 

New partnership promotes diversity and inclusion in graduate-level athletic training program


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science have formed a partnership to educate all graduate-level athletic training students in critical issues relating to diversity and multicultural education. 
  

New SFA partnership ensures database tools for business students


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University has entered a technology partnership with Devart, one of the leading developers of database management software, to provide dbForge Studio for Structured Query Language Server to students in the Rusche College of Business.

The dbForge Studio SQL Server’s integrated development environment helps users design databases, write SQL code, compare databases, synchronize schemas and data, and generate meaningful test data.

Cassandra Montesano, SFA’s Equine Center supervisor, receives President’s Achievement Award


NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– One day after celebrating her fourth anniversary as Stephen F. Austin State University’s Equine Center supervisor, Cassandra Montesano received an unexpected phone call. 

On the other end of the call was Dr. Stephanie Jones, associate professor in the Department of Agriculture and director of SFA’s Equine Center, to inform Montesano of the news –– she had been named one of eight recipients of the university’s 2023 President’s Achievement Award. 

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