NACOGDOCHES, Texas — In her first appearance before a Stephen F. Austin State University audience, Zoe Weil, co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education, will present “The World Becomes What We Teach: A Solutionary Approach to Humane Education.” The presentation, the second in the series, is made possible by SFA’s Montgomery Professorship for Humane Education. […]
Nacogdoches ISD Board of Trustees will hold an agenda review at noon, Friday, Jan. 13, at the E.J. Campbell building at 420 S. Shawnee St. The meeting will be in person. A livestream of the meeting will be available on the district’s YouTube channel Nacogdoches ISD. Anyone wishing to address the board in person during public […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will present the 2023 Pineywoods Horn Day featuring Dr. Eldon Matlick Saturday, Jan. 21, in Wright Music Building on the SFA campus. The second annual Horn Day targets horn players in middle school, high school and college as well as semi-professional performers. Event coordinator […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Internationally acclaimed pianist Aviram Reichert will perform works of Frédéric Chopin, Paul Ben-Haim and César Franck in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Cole Concert Hall on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University. The program includes Chopin’s Nocturnes: in B flat Minor Op. 9 no 1; in […]
NISD Staff JAN 02, 2023 Nacogdoches ISD students return to classes on Tuesday, Jan. 3, following the Christmas holiday. (Teachers and district staff were back on Monday, Jan. 2, for a work day.) We hope everyone had a great break, and we wish you a Happy New Year!
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Art students studying three dimensional design with Professor Lauren Selden at Stephen F. Austin State University created a large-scale inflatable Purple Pikachu as a final group project for fall 2022. Using plastic and packing tape for the sculpture and a blower fan for inflation, the art students planned and organized a public presentation and […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Jan. 12 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building in the Pineywoods Native Plant Center. Ben Miller, director of landscape architecture with Lufkin-based design firm Goodwin-Lasiter-Strong, will present “Everything you wanted to know about pruning […]
Nacogdoches ISD’s Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday to initiate the process under Texas Education Code to become a District of Innovation (DOI). Following the adoption of the resolution, the board held a public hearing for comments. Later in the meeting, the board authorized Superintendent Dr. Gabriel Trujillo to appoint the members of […]
Raguet Elementary’s choir visit to Rotary Club of Nacogdoches on Wednesday marked the 68th year the school’s students performed for the service club at Christmas. The tradition of an NISD choir visiting Rotary goes back even further, 78 years to 1944. The only interruption in personal appearances, as far as anyone can recall, was in […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – A collection of posters that commemorate milestones of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is displayed at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House through Jan. 20. Cole Art Center is Stephen F. Austin State University’s historic downtown art gallery. The “Lincoln Center Posters” exhibition features premium limited-edition prints […]