Career and Technical Education students from Nacogdoches High School will design and construct dining and meeting tables that will be used in a new central fire station that was part of a bond approved in 2023 by city voters. This week, students from Laura Hairston’s Practicum of Entrepreneurship class have been making presentations to firefighters […]
Four Nacogdoches High School art students scored 4 out of 4 at the Texas Art Educators Association contest held Feb. 14 at Pine Tree High School. The students earned medals for their submissions to the regional competition. Alicia Dowell, Avonlea Grimes, Isabelle Turnham and Luigy Garcia earned top scores with their works: • Alicia submitted […]
A $10,000 grant from Eaton Corp. will help fund the purchase of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) materials and resources at McMichael Middle School. The surprise announcement came Thursday during a pep rally for sixth-graders at McMichael will allow Nacogdoches ISD to further expand career and technical education opportunities at the middle school campus […]
Nacogdoches ISD will begin spring break with an early release for students on Friday, March 6. NISD will be closed for spring break Monday, March 9, through Friday, March 13. Classes will resume on Monday, March 16. Early release schedule for NISD on Friday, March 6: Fredonia Early Childhood Center at 11:25 a.m. Margie Chumbley […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Savannah Bunn, a senior dance performance and choreography major in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Denard Haden School of Theatre and Dance, has been selected as a fellow of the thINKingDANCE Emerging Writers Fellowship for her scholarly and creative work. Bunn was one of two undergraduates nationwide chosen for the fellowship, which recognizes […]
Nacogdoches High School students in the career and technical education department are again helping out Village Nac, a faith-based community providing assistance for those suffering from chronic mental health issues or chronic homelessness. This time, the students are building temporary outhouses that will be used by Village Nac while the organization expands its permanent facilities, […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurship academic program in the Nelson Rusche College of Business were collectively named the top emerging entrepreneurship program in the country by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. According to USASBE, the award recognizes programs that are bold, innovative […]
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 […]
Callie Lynn, a Stephen F. Austin State University biology graduate student from Rusk, represented SFA at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools’ Three Minute Thesis Competition Feb. 19-20 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Under the guidance of Dr. Jason Bruck, associate professor of biology at SFA, Lynn presented “The Dolphin Cocktail Party Effect: Did You Whistle […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved Stephen F. Austin State University’s strategic plan, campus master plan and future Lumberjack Crossing residence hall during its Feb. 18-19 quarterly meeting in Austin. “Together, these actions represent a significant milestone in SFA’s continued integration into the UT System and establish a unified roadmap […]