It’s all 1s again for Nacogdoches High School’s Golden Dragon Marching Band. The varsity symphonic band directed by Jacob Weems received straight 1s on stage and in sight-reading during the UIL Concert and Sight-Reading contest held April 5-6 in Whitehouse. Those scores, when added to the 1st division rating from last fall’s marching contest, means […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The musical/comedy “[title of show]” is set to take the stage April 20 through 23 in Kennedy Auditorium on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University. With music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and book by Hunter Bell, the production provides great growth opportunities for college students who are learning the […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – A film by Armando Silvas Jr., graduate student in the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art’s filmmaking program, has been selected to be produced as the 2023 SFA summer feature. Silvas’ “The Russian at Christmas” is a feature-length action/comedy holiday film about a Russian hitman who tracks down a mall Santa […]
In the 2023 Spring semester, state testing in Texas is changing and the original State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) will fully transition to the newly designed STAAR 2.0. This means all students will be assessed exclusively online, and students will see several different types of questions rather than the traditional multiple choice. […]
Recruiters representing 32 firms, colleges and branches of the U.S. military were on hand Thursday, April 13, at the Youth Career Summit at Malcolm Rector Center for Advanced Careers and Innovation at Nacogdoches High School. NHS collaborated with Workforce Solutions Deep East Texas on the job fair and career summit for the second year in […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s chapter of the Society for Advancement of Management received several awards in March at the first in-person SAM International Business Conference since the COVID-19 pandemic. At the conference in Nashville, Tennessee, students from around the world competed in categories ranging from business pitch and extemporaneous speech […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Local banking experts discussed the variety, flexibility and security offered by the banking industry with Stephen F. Austin State University students in the Rusche College of Business at a recent career exploration day. They also stressed the industry’s focus on giving back to the community through serving, advising and lending. The event, sponsored […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. May 11 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center. Heather Kirk-Ballard, an assistant professor and state extension specialist for consumer horticulture at the Louisiana State University AgCenter, will present “Tips and […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s Model European Union team, which consists of nine political science majors and one international business major, earned Best Delegation honors at the Midwest Model European Union competition for the second year in a row. Hosted by Indiana University, the MMEU competition is the second-oldest intercollegiate simulation of the European […]
Nacogdoches High School swept to a district title in UIL academic competition, its first overall championship in years. NHS earned the overall school sweepstakes with 537.5 points. Competitions that are part of the district contest are speech and debate, academic and one-act play. Several NHS students are advancing on to regional competition, and the school’s […]