SFA’s Cooking Matters program kicks off its seventh season

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Cooking Matters, a six-week community nutrition program hosted by Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Human Sciences, kicks off its seventh year Monday, Sept. 19. Cooking Matters will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. each Monday through Oct. 24 in the Human Sciences Building North. Through the Helping Other People Eat nonprofit food […]

SFA horticulture professor featured in popular lifestyle magazine

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Dr. Jared Barnes, associate professor of horticulture in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, was interviewed by People magazine for a home and garden segment featured in the publication’s Sept. 12 issue.  In the question-and-answer piece, Barnes provided gardeners with tips to help prolong chrysanthemum blooms through […]

SFA music faculty to present annual Pi Kappa Lambda scholarship concert

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Faculty members of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will be the featured performers during the annual Pi Kappa Lambda Music Faculty Showcase at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus. The concert highlights the talents of the diverse School of Music performing […]

NISD TRUSTEES APPROVE PAY RAISE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT BUS DRIVERS

NISD Staff AUG 19, 2022 Nacogdoches ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved Thursday night a 19.4 percent increase in the hourly pay rate for its school bus drivers.  Beginning bus drivers will now be paid $16 per hour, an increase from $13.40. The midpoint scale hourly pay rate increased to $20.56, and the maximum rate […]

SFA’s Dr. Heather Olson Beal selected as congressional fellow

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Dr. Heather Olson Beal, a professor in the James I. Perkins College of Education’s Department of Education Studies, was recently selected by the American Educational Research Association to serve as a congressional fellow. Olson Beal heads to Washington soon to work alongside staff for either a congressional office or […]

Summer residencies translate to improved artistry

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – This past summer took Stephen F. Austin State University art professors Lauren Selden and Shaun Roberts to separate residencies where their adventures were as different as their art. Yet their time spent studying, creating and exploring different countries and regions resulted in transformative experiences that will make them better artists and teachers. […]

SFA School of Art Faculty Exhibition to feature works from summer residencies

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Works of art created during summer residencies will be showcased in Stephen F. Austin State University’s annual School of Art Faculty Exhibition showing  Aug. 30 through Sept. 30 at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches. Each year, the faculty exhibition features a wide variety of artworks […]

SFA’s School of Social Work to offer Doctorate of Social Work program

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Following recent approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Social Work will begin offering a Doctorate of Social Work program in spring 2023, officially becoming the university’s fourth doctoral-level degree option.  SFA’s DSW program is structured to enhance the clinical expertise of social workers […]

NISD GETS 1,200 NEW CHROMEBOOKS IN THIRD ROUND OF FEDERAL FUNDING PROGRAM

NISD AUG 02, 2022 Nacogdoches ISD secured 1,200 new Chromebooks at no cost to the district by using the third round of the Emergency Connectivity Fund, a federal program that provides money for technology purchases in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chromebooks will mostly be used to replace older iPads in use by […]