A $10,000 grant from Eaton Corp. will help fund the purchase of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) materials and resources at McMichael Middle School. The surprise announcement came Thursday during a pep rally for sixth-graders at McMichael will allow Nacogdoches ISD to further expand career and technical education opportunities at the middle school campus […]
Nacogdoches ISD will begin spring break with an early release for students on Friday, March 6. NISD will be closed for spring break Monday, March 9, through Friday, March 13. Classes will resume on Monday, March 16. Early release schedule for NISD on Friday, March 6: Fredonia Early Childhood Center at 11:25 a.m. Margie Chumbley […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Savannah Bunn, a senior dance performance and choreography major in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Denard Haden School of Theatre and Dance, has been selected as a fellow of the thINKingDANCE Emerging Writers Fellowship for her scholarly and creative work. Bunn was one of two undergraduates nationwide chosen for the fellowship, which recognizes […]
Nacogdoches High School students in the career and technical education department are again helping out Village Nac, a faith-based community providing assistance for those suffering from chronic mental health issues or chronic homelessness. This time, the students are building temporary outhouses that will be used by Village Nac while the organization expands its permanent facilities, […]
NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurship academic program in the Nelson Rusche College of Business were collectively named the top emerging entrepreneurship program in the country by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. According to USASBE, the award recognizes programs that are bold, innovative […]
Margie Chumbley is an institution where Nacogdoches Independent School District is concerned. The longtime teacher spent 58 years in public education, including 33 years as a substitute for NISD. A generation of students in Nacogdoches have come to know Chumbley when she filled in at McMichael and Mike Moses Middle Schools, Nacogdoches High School as […]
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 […]