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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.

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. 

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.

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.