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SFA Music Prep fall class registration underway

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Registration is underway for fall classes in the Music Preparatory Division of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music, according to Alba Madrid, Music Prep director. The fall roster for youth includes private lessons in piano, violin, cello, viola, bass, voice, saxophone and flute. Lessons may be available for other instruments […]

SFA faculty and students research freshwater biodiversity in rivers of South America

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Dr. Carmen Montaña, assistant professor of biology at Stephen F. Austin State University, led an international research expedition funded by National Science Foundation to study freshwater biodiversity in rivers in the Guiana Shield, a tropical region in South America facing environmental challenges. The international collaborative research team included Drs. Brent Burt and James […]

SFA students study natural resources in the Netherlands

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — With the added perk of exploring a new culture, 12 students from Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture traveled to the Netherlands this summer to learn about the country’s natural resources and horticulture production. Over the course of the two-week trip, students visited four cities while observing […]

INSTALLATION OF NEW TURF AT DRAGON STADIUM ALMOST COMPLETE

Installation of new turf at Dragon Stadium is nearing completion. Crews with Hellas Construction Inc. have been working overnight the last two weeks to avoid the worst of the summer heat. In May, the eight-year-old artificial turf at Dragon Stadium was damaged by the heavy rains that caused flooding in Nacogdoches. That same month, NISD […]

SFA alumna publishes children’s book to teach motorcycle riding, safety basics to young girls

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Katherine Noble meticulously flipped through children’sbook after children’s book, poring over each one’s subject matter to gain inspiration for the all-important decision: what her book, the capstone project for her Master of Arts in publishing program at Stephen F. Austin State University, was going to be about. A motorcycle aficionado, Noble’s decision to […]

SFA Gardens to host fall plant sale

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host its annual Fabulous Fall Festival Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 7 and 8 at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center in historic Nacogdoches. The sale will feature an array of hard-to-find, “Texas-tough” plants, with an emphasis on native, pollinator-friendly selections, garden favorite perennials […]

SFA’s Friday Night Film Series to screen ‘Rainbows End’

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 “Rainbows End,” a 2010 documentary made by SFA filmmaking alumni Eric Heuber and Andy Cope. The screening is at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, in The Cole Art Center […]

SFA students go abroad to explore history and architecture in Greece

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — For nearly two weeks this summer, 16 students from various colleges and areas of study at Stephen F. Austin State University traveled to 14 cities on mainland Greece to study the country’s history, culture, economy and politics, as well as learn how to become a global citizen through travel. Dr. Perky Beisel, […]