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Pursiful and Burns continue to dominate as All-Americans
SFA Bass Club's Grant Pursiful and Ben Burns were the first duo to lock in a spot on the 2025 Bassmaster College All-American Team after dominating the Legends Trail early in the season! 🎣💪 The All-American honor, limited to eight anglers, celebrates the best in collegiate bass fishing — not just in competition, but also in leadership and academics. Congratulations on your “reel”-y big accomplishment, Jacks! 💜 Learn more about SFA's sport clubs or follow the Bass Club's victories on their Instagram, @sfa_bass.
Turning logs into lessons, one cut at a time! 🌲🪵🪓
Forestry Field Station students get hands-on experience with our Woodmizer LT40 sawmill, gaining real-world training in log and lumber grading. Each group tackles a log, evaluates defects like knots and sweep, then develops and tests a cutting solution to maximize lumber recovery. It’s a fun, hands-on way to sharpen a key forestry skill.
Dr. Jordan Barkley arrives on campus 📣🙌🎉
It's a big day! Dr. Barkley joins SFA as our new provost and executive vice president for the Division of Academic Affairs, where he’ll lead the way in academic programs, faculty development and student success.

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Fast Facts

MSN-FNP graduates
100% pass rate
national certification exam past five years
June 2024

$1 million
stock portfolio
managed by
business students
June 2025

Approximately
200,000 sq. ft. of
new construction
upgraded dining and
academic facilities
over the next two years
May 2025

Aviation sciences
first in the nation
to fly state-of-the-art
Tecnam P-Mentor
two-seat airplanes.
June 2024

EXPLORE ACADEMICS

Have a dream career or a major in mind? Still undecided? With more than 120 areas of interest at SFA,
you can find the path that’s best for you.

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Explore your passions, meet our faculty

Select an area of interest and discover how we inspire success – one Lumberjack at a time.

Life At SFA

State-of-the-Art STEM Building

The Ed and Gwen Cole STEM Building helps SFA continue to produce top-ranking scholars within the STEM fields. The building houses a planetarium, research laboratories, collaborative classrooms and makerspaces — areas that allow students to collaborate and create prototypes.

Housing & Dining

Lumberjacks enjoy plenty of housing and dining options on and off campus.

Competitive Division I Sports and Spirit teams

SFA is the proud home of championship-winning sports, cheer and dance teams.

Clubs & Organizations

Follow your passion and make friends by getting involved! We have hundreds of clubs and organizations ready to welcome you.

18 Beautiful Bodies of Water Nearby

Outdoor enthusiasts can paddle along the Neches River or catch fish at one of many area lakes.

The Axe Handle

SFA freshmen receive an axe handle to personalize with their own Lumberjack spirit. Students can be seen (and heard) banging axe handles on the bleachers at SFA football games.

Ole Cotton

Ole Cotton is an imposing 75mm cannon that fires a celebratory shot every time the SFA Lumberjack football team scores. The SFA ROTC cadets man Ole Cotton just beyond the south end zone at Homer Bryce Stadium. The powerful blast can be heard – and often felt – all over town.

The Homecoming Bonfire

SFA's traditional bonfire and pep rally are the centerpieces of homecoming. Usually held in October, homecoming is a series of traditions that bring Lumberjacks together to celebrate SFA. Other events include homecoming elections, downtown parade, football games and much more.

Purple Haze

Press play to hear our rowdy Purple Haze student section in action. At SFA’s home football games, fans in the student section loudly bang their axe handles on a metal “Purple Haze” sign to show support for our beloved Lumberjacks (and to rattle the opposing team). Now that’s a home-field advantage!

Kyle Ainsworth, special collections librarian at Stephen F. Austin State University’s East Texas Research Center, pictured far right, accepts a $3,000 donation from representatives of The Sons of the Republic of Texas. Pictured, from left, are Joe Allport, Adolphus Sterne Chapter, Nacogdoches; Greg Bell, Ephraim Daggett Chapter, Fort Worth; Dan Ray, Thomas J. Rusk Chapter, Dallas; Dr. Jeffrey Owens, North East District representative; Randy Pollard, past president general and San Jacinto Chapter representative, Houston; Larry Lucas, Piney Woods District representative; Jeff Corbin, second vice president general and San Jacinto Chapter representative, Houston; Ken Raney, SRT treasurer general; and Devin Lindsey, SRT president general.

SFA’s East Texas Research Center, The Sons of the Republic of Texas partner to preserve the area’s role in Texas Revolution
Dr. Julie Bloxson, associate professor of earth sciences and geologic resources at Stephen F. Austin State University, has been named 2025 Inspirational Geoscience Educator by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

SFA faculty member earns 2025 Inspirational Geoscience Educator Award
Jessica Mayes, Stephen F. Austin State University’s inaugural JacksTeach Science Teacher fellow, will work alongside Mindy Wurtz, clinical instructor and JacksTeach master science teacher, to design and deliver high-impact professional development workshops for educators.

SFA’s JacksTeach program launches fellowship to support STEM educators

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Pursiful and Burns continue to dominate as All-Americans

Turning logs into lessons, one cut at a time! 🌲🪵🪓

Dr. Jordan Barkley arrives on campus 📣🙌🎉