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 “John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs,” directed by filmmaker and SFA alumnus Derek Wayne Johnson, at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at The Cole Art Center @ The […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House will present “Twenty,” an exhibition featuring the work of Benjamin Muñoz, running Nov. 2 through Jan. 19 at The Cole Art Center. “We are excited to host ‘Twenty’ and have Ben Muñoz as […]
McMichael Middle School teacher Pedro Tovar has been ranked fourth among 6,000 English as a Second Language teachers in Texas schools. Those schools represent around 300 districts in the state. The second-year teacher received the recognition this week from Texas Bilingual Education Association during an event held in McAllen. Tovar works with students newly arrived in the […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Several students in the Music Preparatory Division of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music secured positions on the TMEA All Region Orchestra during recent competition in Kilgore. “We are delighted to announce that 10 string students earned well-deserved spots in the prestigious Region 4 and Region 21 Orchestra,” said […]
Nacogdoches High School’s Amanda Alger won Reserve Grand Champion Beefmaster in the heifer show at the 2023 Pineywoods Fair over the weekend. Amanda was one of several NHS students who won and placed with livestock or projects at the fair. Goat Show Matty Lockard – Grand Champion Senior Showmanship, fourth place in class and 15th […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Numerous Stephen F. Austin State University administrators attended the University Series’ Ruthie Foster concert, the first event of the Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts’ Centennial Season and the first University Series performance since 2019-20 when the pandemic, followed by three years of Griffith Fine Arts Building construction, halted the series. Welcoming […]
Another group of students from Japan arrived this week in Nacogdoches and will spend time at two NISD campuses. Middle school and high school students from Ikueikan Junior High and High School are from Kagoshima City located on the island of Kyushu of Japan. On Wednesday, the high school students were touring NHS where they […]
Nacogdoches ISD students and staff will be on fall break Friday and Monday, Oct. 13 and Oct. 16, but there is still a full slate of activities this weekend. On Friday, the Dragons host Mount Pleasant at 7:30 p.m. in the 2023 Pink Out football game. Nacogdoches and Mount Pleasant are two of three teams tied for […]
Nacogdoches High School’s marching band will perform at 9:15 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 14, in the Region 21 marching contest at Homer Bryce Stadium on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University. Bands in Region 21 will march all day Saturday, beginning with Class 2A schools at 9:15 a.m. Class 5A bands begin at 8:15 […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The diverse roles in today’s banking and wealth management industry require not only good numbers sense but also “soft skills,” according to industry experts advising Stephen F. Austin State University students at the fall “Bank on Your Future” career exploration day. The event, hosted Oct. 4 by the Chadwick Family Banking Program in […]