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  • August 6
    Students, parents and SFA members showing the "axe 'em" hand sign crowd a large hall with purple lights in the background

    For the first time in its history, Stephen F. Austin State University has received over 20,000 undergraduate applications for a fall semester, marking a 17% increase over fall 2024 applications and a 67% rise since 2019. SFA also served more than 3,000 students during summer orientation sessions like the one pictured, marking the largest summer orientation attendance in SFA’s history.

  • August 1
    Ballet dancers perform on stage with a wintry backdrop

    Stephen F. Austin State University’s 2025-26 University Series returns with a lineup of nationally acclaimed artists in Turner Auditorium, Griffith Fine Arts Building. All performances will be held at 7:30 p.m.

  • July 28
    Cole Tomberlain

    Cole Tomberlain, president of The Tomberlain Insurance Group based in Longview, will give the commencement address during Stephen F. Austin State University’s summer graduation ceremony for undergraduates at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, in Johnson Coliseum. 

  • July 14
    Larrian Menifee was this year's keynote speaker at SFA's Department of Education Studies second annual Lifelong Learning Conference.

    Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Education Studies held its second annual Lifelong Learning Conference June 27 at the Janice A. Pattillo Early Childhood Research Center. This year’s keynote speaker was Larrian Menifee, pictured, an SFA alumnus who earned his Bachelor of Music in music education in May 2021 and who serves as a music educator and volleyball coach at Ball High School in Galveston.

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