Article Category: Recent School News

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Three Stephen F. Austin State University students and their faculty representative recently learned that they are among 63 teams in the nation to gain acceptance into the competitive Scholars Transforming Through Research advocacy program, presented by the Council on Undergraduate Research. This marks the first time SFA students have participated in the competitive application-based […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Three seniors from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Stephen F. Austin State University gained valuable real-world experience through prestigious internships during the summer of 2024.  Hudson Hart, a senior mathematics major from Pearland, spent his summer at Cleveland State University participating in the Great Lake Wind Energy Research Experience for Undergraduates, […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Two students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business recently advanced to the second round of Fastenal’s National Sales Invitational by making compelling 90-second “elevator pitches” for a fictional company as part of a pre-announced case study. Brylee Adams, marketing senior from Houston, and Oscar Sanchez, management senior from Jasper, […]

Nacogdoches ISD students and staff will be on fall break Friday and Monday, Oct. 11 and Oct. 14, but there will still be a full slate of activities this weekend. On Friday, the Dragons (3-2 on the season and 1-0 in District 7-5A) host Hallsville at 7:30 p.m. in the 2024 Pink Out football game. CLICK […]

5 p.m. Oct. 15  The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House 329 East Main Street, Nacogdoches Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Art will open an international art exhibition, “Crossing Water: Explorations of a Transformative Act” Oct. 15 at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.  The exhibition will showcase […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Brent McLemore, former director of Stephen F. Austin State University’s Center for Career and Professional Development, has been named director of the university’s new Center for Professional and Continuing Education, or PACE, which was created to leverage SFA’s knowledge resources to address the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis in Deep East Texas. […]

Nacogdoches High School sophomore Olivia Ajero will be featured later this month on NPR’s “From The Top” program, a series that captures the performances and personal stories of some of the top classically-trained young musicians around the country.  Olivia is also a student at Stephen F. Austin State University’s Music Preparatory Division and the daughter […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of the classic comedy/horror film “Gremlins” at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct 4, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House. The Friday Films Committee selected “Gremlins” to celebrate the film’s […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business recently awarded the inaugural Sanner-Berry Business Professorship to Dr. Justin Blount, professor in the Department of Business Communication and Legal Studies. The new professorship was created through an endowment by Christine “Chris” Sanner Berry and James “Jim” Berry, both 1985 graduates of SFA. Professorships are […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– The public is invited to celebrate 65 years of the Humane Society of Nacogdoches County at an exhibit hosted by Stephen F. Austin State University’s East Texas Research Center. The exhibit’s opening is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 11 on the second floor of the Steen Library on campus. “The association […]