SFA’s MLK Day of Service slated for Jan. 15

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Student Development and Access Services within the Division of Student Affairs is encouraging students, faculty, staff and the Nacogdoches community to participate in the 2024 MLK Day of Service Jan. 15. The event honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who inspired thousands of people around […]

SFA students earn awards at AAF conference, competition

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Art and  Mass Communication and Marketing departments earned honors at the annual District 10 American Advertising Federation Student Conference and Competition held in November in Houston. SFA students worked alongside their peers from other universities in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma to create and […]

BARTON NAMED NISD POLICE CHIEF

Joel Barton Jr. has been named Nacogdoches ISD Chief of Police following the retirement of Sandra Murray. Barton, who joined the district in August, has nearly 20 years of experience in law enforcement, including 12 years as a State Trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety. Barton also served three years as a Deputy […]

SFA to screen  ‘Lapsis’ film

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 the film “Lapsis,”  written and directed by Noah Hutton, at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House. The story is about delivery […]

SFA’s third Montgomery Professorship presentation scheduled for Feb. 20 with Cynthia Trapanese

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Cynthia Trapanese, a senior lecturer in the humane education program at Antioch University, will present “Teaching to be kind: Humane Education in the Classroom” for Stephen F. Austin State University’s Montgomery Professorship for Human Education Speaker Series at 6 p.m. Feb. 20 in the Janice A. Pattillo Early Childhood Research Center. SFA’s Montgomery […]

SFA nursing students donate to the Nacogdoches Treatment Center

After winning a $250 prize for being the largest group to attend the Stephen F. Austin State University Alumni Association’s Senior Send-Off, a group of students from SFA’s DeWitt School of Nursing decided to pay it forward and donate their winnings to the Nacogdoches Treatment Center. The students and Alumni Association presented the donation to […]

SFA banking program helps students launch careers before graduating

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Sophie Clakley of Carthage, a senior banking major in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business, was attending the Independent Bankers Association of Texas annual convention in September 2022 when she struck up a conversation with her future boss. C Welch, a certified fraud examiner and assistant deputy comptroller for midsize […]

NISD MOURNS LOSS OF TOM MILLER, FORMER BQJ PRINCIPAL

NISD Communications Tom Miller, who led Brooks-Quinn-Jones Elementary as principal for six years before retirement and committed nearly his entire working life to public education, died Thursday after a lengthy illness. Services are at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 10, at North Street Church of Christ. Other than an eight-year run owning and operating a school […]

EARLY RELEASE FOR NISD ON DEC. 20; CHRISTMAS BREAK BEGINS DEC. 21

NISD Communications DEC 11, 2023 Nacogdoches ISD will begin the holiday break with an early release for students on Wednesday, Dec. 20. NISD will be closed for Christmas break Thursday, Dec. 21, through Friday, Jan. 5. Teachers and staff return on Monday, Jan. 8, for a work day while students return to classes on Tuesday, […]