Brown named head football coach, athletic director for Nacogdoches High School

Emmanuel “Jay” Brown has a long and successful history coaching football at the collegiate level and in Texas high schools, including the last six years as an assistant coach for the Nacogdoches Dragons. On Thursday, Brown was named head football coach and athletic director at NHS. “I want us to win, and I want us […]

SFA students and local bankers explore the future of digital assets

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Tokenized deposits. Bitcoin. Stablecoin.  Rich Perez, vice president of innovation and strategy at the Texas Bankers Association, helped local bankers and Stephen F. Austin State University students demystify those terms and understand their impacts at a recent banking and wealth management career day hosted by the Nelson Rusche College of Business’ Chadwick Banking […]

SFA Sylvans win eighth-straight Southern Forestry Conclave, earn highest point total ever

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– The Stephen F. Austin State University Sylvans timbersports team has once again claimed victory at the 67th annual Association of Southern Forestry Clubs Conclave, marking the Sylvans’ 20th overall Conclave title and extending their winning streak to eight consecutive Conclaves. Hosted this year by the University of Arkansas at Monticello Forestry Club, the […]

SFA Upcoming Events and Key Dates

Below is Stephen F. Austin State University’s calendar of events and key dates for March 23 to April 6.Note: This calendar is not intended to be comprehensive; click the calendar links below for more events. Baseball vs. Abilene Christian University  6 p.m. March 25Pilgrim’s Park  SFA’s baseball team will compete against Abilene Christian University.  ‘Murder Me […]

SFA students, alumna advocate for undergraduate research in Washington, DC

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Three Stephen F. Austin State University students and one alumna recently represented SFA at the Council on Undergraduate Research’s Scholars Transforming through Research conference in Washington, D.C. They also visited the offices of U.S. senators from Texas to advocate for undergraduate research. Nearly 40 teams from 34 universities nationwide were accepted to the […]

SFA horticulture students to host spring plant fair

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s horticulture program and the SFA Horticulture Club will host the annual student-run Spring Plant Fair from 8 to 3 p.m. April 11 at the SFA Plantery, located at 1924 Wilson Drive behind the Agriculture Building.  Plants available for purchase include a variety of native perennials, edibles, […]

SFA’s Chadwick Banking Program to host cryptocurrency, GENIUS Act discussion

Presentation by Rich Perez, vice president of innovation and digital strategy, Texas Bankers Association 4 to 5 p.m. March 18McGee Business Building, Room 116SFA campus Learn how cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence and other new technologies are reshaping the financial world from Rich Perez, vice president of innovation and digital strategy at the Texas Bankers Association, in his […]

NHS students pitch designs for tables that will go in new Nacogdoches fire station

Career and Technical Education students from Nacogdoches High School will design and construct dining and meeting tables that will be used in a new central fire station that was part of a bond approved in 2023 by city voters. This week, students from Laura Hairston’s Practicum of Entrepreneurship class have been making presentations to firefighters […]