Information below provided by Stephen F. Austin State University Marketing Communications – Phone: (936) 468-2605 – Email: umc@sfasu.edu
NACOGDOCHES, TX – Stephen F. Austin State University’s Axes and Embers barbecue competition team will serve attendees at Student Involvement’s Homecoming game tailgate from 2 p.m. until supplies run out on Oct. 24 in front of Pineywoods Dining Hall on East College Street.
Smoked jambalaya will be served from the Lumberjack Express mobile food lab before the football game versus Southeastern Louisiana University at 5 p.m. at Homer Bryce Stadium.
Proceeds will fund Axes and Embers’ travel and competition costs including the team’s barbecue contest in Montgomery Dec. 5. Previous fundraisers included brisket, pork belly, barbecue and cheese grits for two SFA Alumni Association tailgates and the association’s Lumberjack Legacies event.
Watch for the team’s spring schedule at gosfa.com/axesandembers and help fund their competitions by designating “Axes and Embers” at sfasu.edu/giving.
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Stephen F. Austin State University, the newest member of The University of Texas System, began a century ago as a teachers’ college in Texas’ oldest town, Nacogdoches. Today, it has grown into a regional institution comprising six colleges — business, education, fine arts, forestry and agriculture, liberal and applied arts, and sciences and mathematics. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, SFA enrolls approximately 11,000 students while providing the academic breadth of a state university with the personalized attention of a private school. The main campus encompasses 421 acres that include 40 academic facilities, 11 residence halls, and 68 acres of recreational trails that wind through its six gardens. The university offers more than 80 bachelor’s degrees, more than 40 master’s degrees and four doctoral degrees covering over 120 areas of study. Learn more at sfasu.edu.