Callie Lynn, a Stephen F. Austin State University biology graduate student from Rusk, represented SFA at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools’ Three Minute Thesis Competition Feb. 19-20 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Under the guidance of Dr. Jason Bruck, associate professor of biology at SFA, Lynn presented “The Dolphin Cocktail Party Effect: Did You Whistle […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Biology will host the J.H. Burr Distinguished Lecture Series at 5 p.m. March 19 in Kennedy Auditorium. The featured speaker will be Dr. Lee Fitzgerald ’78, SFA alumnus, professor at Texas A&M University and curator of the herpetology collection at the Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University will present Grammy nominee and five-time Blues Music Award winner Sue Foley at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, in Turner Auditorium. The performance is presented by SFA’s Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts as part of the University Series. “We are excited to welcome an artist of Sue […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship has announced the three winners of the Pop-up Pitch Competition held throughout the fall semester. The top three video pitches were decided by audience applause during halftime at the SFA men’s basketball game Feb. 2. “The student entrepreneurs took center stage at halftime and […]
E.J. Campbell came to Nacogdoches in 1910, appointed principal of Nacogdoches Colored School. For the next 27 years, Campbell oversaw a growing school and expanded opportunities in public education offered to Black Nacogdoches students. Today, 116 years later, an NISD facility still bears his name. The E.J. Campbell Annex located at 420 S. Shawnee St. […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– An ensemble of artists representing Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Art — including a faculty member, graduate students and alumni — will be featured in the spring exhibition, “Five Painters: New Myths,” on view from April 11 to May 16 with an opening reception and panel discussion from 5 to 7 […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– The American String Teachers Association has awarded Stephen F. Austin State University’s Music Preparatory Division the 2026 Outstanding National String Project Consortium String Project Award for its SFA Strings Project. The SFA Strings Project provides high-quality string instruction to students of all ages across East Texas through partnerships with local schools and community […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University reported significant gains in spring 2026 enrollment, marking its first spring-to-spring enrollment increase since 2019 and the largest spring enrollment increase since 2010. Overall spring headcount increased 7% compared to spring 2025, surpassing 10,000 students for the first time in three years. Undergraduate enrollment grew 9%, representing the […]
Friday, Feb. 13, is a student holiday and staff professional development day at Nacogdoches ISD. Monday, Feb. 16, is a student and staff holiday for the district. Classes will resume on a regular schedule Tuesday, Feb. 17.
Ginger Gore Russell, a Stephen F. Austin State University Master of Fine Arts in photography candidate from Hemphill, earned first place in the Texas Photographic Society’s juried TPS 33: The International Exhibition with her photo, “Among Thorns.” Jurors selected Russell’s photo as the top entry from a competitive, international pool of 850 submissions. According to […]