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 […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Faculty members in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Education Studies were awarded funding through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Community Outdoor Outreach Program to support their East Texas Adventurers program, an environmental education-focused camping initiative. The funding will support the creation of four camping trips that invite students from Nacogdoches’ […]
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 “Kabluey,” a dark indie comedy film written and directed by and starring Scott Prendergast, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre and Dance will present the student-directed dramedy for young audiences “Nice & Slow” by Lojo Simon at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 6, in the Black Box Theatre in the Griffith Fine Arts Building, on […]
Nacogdoches FFA will hold a Show Team meeting at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 26, at the Malcolm Rector Center for Advanced Careers & Innovation at Nacogdoches High School (entrance to the Malcolm Rector can be accessed from Maroney Drive behind NHS). Parents of students currently in third-grade and eight-years-old and enrolled in Nacogdoches ISD that might be […]