NACOGDOCHES, Texas — To mark Stephen F. Austin State University’s first 100 years, university students, faculty, staff and alumni are holding a friendly competition to see which group can complete the most service hours between now and SFA’s Founders Day, Sept. 18. The goal is for all four groups to earn a total of 100,000 service […]
Jennifer Sommers, director of education and community engagement with the Houston Ballet, recently led an arts-in-education workshop for students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s James I. Perkins College of Education. Sommers’ visit was the first in a series of experiential learning events made possible by the Margaret Hoover Perkins Research award, administered by Dr. Lauren Burrow, […]
A panel of industry professionals provided Nacogdoches High School juniors and seniors a number of best practices – as well as some not-so-best practices – on a range of topics related to job interviews, employment and performance at work. The program was hosted Wednesday by NISD’s Career & Technical Education Department at the NHS auditorium. […]
Eight Nacogdoches High School STEM students competing with five projects are advancing to the state science fair in March at Texas A&M. The students are part of the Stephen F. Austin State University STEM Academy. The regional science fair was held Feb. 10 at Kilgore College. Nacogdoches High School students (and their projects) advancing to state […]
Margie Chumbley is an institution where Nacogdoches Independent School District is concerned. The longtime teacher spent 58 years in public education, including 33 years as a substitute for NISD. A generation of students in Nacogdoches have come to know Chumbley when she filled in at McMichael and Mike Moses Middle Schools, Nacogdoches High School as […]
The Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents celebrated Presidents Day by officially electing Dr. Steve Westbrook the 10th president of the university. Here, Westbrook signs the Bible all previous SFA presidents signed before him while surrounded by his family: wife, Dayna, and sons, from left to right, Reed and Bryce. In addition to friends, […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Singin’s Axes and Kantorei choirs at Stephen F. Austin State University will welcome Fort Worth ISD Lone Star Youth Chorus and its director, Jesse Cannon II, along with other guests to perform in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, in Cole Concert Hall on the university campus. The program, […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Stephen F. Austin State University DeWitt School of Nursing held its inaugural Nursing Leadership Conference Feb. 3 to inspire emerging leaders in the field through dynamic speakers, career placement vendors and an SFA alumni panel discussion. The conference hosted fourth-semester nursing students, as well as nursing students from Panola College in Carthage. […]
Monday, February 20, is a student holiday at Nacogdoches ISD. Teachers and staff for the district will take part in a workday while students have the day off. We hope you have a great weekend!
Vivyan Nieberding is continuing Nacogdoches High School’s run of National Merit success. The NHS senior is one of 15,000 National Merit finalists named earlier this month. It’s the second straight year the school has seen one of its seniors advance this far. In 2022, Nyssa Galatas was a National Merit Scholar winner. “Vivyan is a […]