NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Seven Stephen F. Austin State University faculty members recently were selected to receive Teaching Excellence Awards. The award program is an opportunity to recognize outstanding faculty members for their contributions to the university through excellence as teachers. Each of the university’s six colleges selects a member of its faculty to receive an award. One […]
Thirty-six employers, East Texas colleges and branches of the military filled Malcolm Rector Center for Advanced Careers & Innovation on Thursday for Nacogdoches High School’s Youth Career Summit. Held in partnership with Workforce Solutions of Deep East Texas, the summit allowed NHS juniors and seniors to visit with East Texas firms that might provide employment […]
Nacogdoches High School’s Students of International Origin Club visited Fredonia Early Childhood Center April 5 to read with NISD’s Pre-K students. “It is exciting to witness our high school students mentoring preschool students and interacting with them by reading aloud to, listening to, and conversing with each other.” Club Sponsor Dr. Katherine Whitbeck said. “After […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Kevin Carr, a 1992 Stephen F. Austin State University finance graduate and owner of Community Beer Co. in Dallas, will be the speaker at the Rusche College of Business College to Career Conference keynote session from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. April 25 in the McGee Business Building, Room 133, on the SFA campus. The event […]
The STAAR (State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness) testing schedule gets going this week at Nacogdoches ISD and will last until the end of April. Wednesday, April 10 Reading for Grades 3-5 Reading for Grades 6-7 English I EOC (end-of-course) at Margie Chumbley Academy for Success Thursday, April 11 Reading for Grade 8 Friday, […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Candace Nelson, guest Shark for ABC’s “Shark Tank” and founder of Sprinkles Cupcakes and Pizzana, served as the speaker for the fourth installment of Stephen F. Austin State University’s Nelson Rusche Distinguished Lecture Series, which took place March 26. The series, hosted by SFA’s Rusche College of Business, is designed to bring scholars and business leaders to […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Jazz Doctors of Stephen F. Austin State University will join The Swingin’ Aces jazz band for a concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, in Cole Concert Hall, Wright Music Building, on the SFA campus. The concert will open with The Swingin’ Aces, directed by Jake Walburn, performing some jazz standards […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — A Zulu nation queen traveled to Nacogdoches in March to thank graduate students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business for helping an orphanage in her home country of South Africa that houses children who have lost their parents to AIDS. Queen Nompumelelo Zulu met with the students in SFA Associate […]
Percell Warren, who spent his entire 38 years in public education with Nacogdoches ISD as a teacher, counselor and assistant principal, died last week. He was 88. Warren joined NISD in 1958, shortly after receiving his college degree. Warren was a biology teacher at E.J. Campbell High School; the campus served the district’s Black students […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. April 11 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center. Dr. Yan Chen, professor in medicinal plant physiology with the Louisiana State University School of Plant, Environmental and Soil […]