Axe ’Em, Jacks!
Business and Community Services is the point of contact for local and regional businesses seeking to work directly with faculty and students of the Rusche College of Business. We provide assistance to the community by leveraging the expertise of our faculty and students, most often by assigning class projects or connecting industry directly with faculty who have expertise in a particular area.
Using our database of faculty expertise and course topics and projects, we match local and regional businesses and industries with the resources and people who can help them.
If you’re interested in our services, contact Dr. Marcus Cox, BCS coordinator, at mcox@sfasu.edu or 936.468.3830.
Proudly sponsored by Mustang Cat, a premier corporate partner with the College of Business.
Current and upcoming projects
East Texas Alliance of Hope: Graduate business students are helping the Lufkin-based nonprofit connect with more donors, become one of the most visible nonprofits in the area and expand into Nacogdoches.
Past projects
Light for Africa Ministries: Graduate business students helped plan a for-profit sewing business to help this nonprofit create jobs in the area and raise funds for children in South Africa who lost their parents due to AIDS.
St. Patrick Catholic School in Lufkin: Graduate students examined enrollment and retention data, analyzed fundraising and marketing efforts, conducted a survey of faculty and staff, and then proposed revised strategic plans for the school. These plans featured projected financial impact information to help the school build on its rich legacy.
Texas Sundown Seasonings: Marketing graduate students worked with this small business in Nacogdoches that produces food seasonings and sells its product in 82 Brookshire Brothers stores as well as through Amazon to analyze the seasoning industry and the company’s marketing efforts to develop a strategic marketing plan for growing the business.
American Red Cross offices in Dallas, Houston and East Texas: Students who expressed interest in nonprofit management worked as unpaid interns to receive class credit and gain experience in volunteer recruitment, volunteer management and recognition, and budgeting.
Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce: Lecturer G.W. Scott provides Microsoft Excel lessons to the chamber's Lunch and Learn attendees.
Nacogdoches Area United Way: Business seniors conducted strategic analysis of operations and presented recommendations to executive officers and board members.
Judy B. McDonald Public Library in Nacogdoches: Marketing students examined ways to increase usage of e-books via social media campaigns.
The Kennel Klub: Business students completed a market and industry analysis for prospective entrepreneurs who were considering opening a dog boarding facility in Nacogdoches county.
Internships
The College of Business works with several organizations in the region to provide internships to SFA students. These often lead to workforce opportunities for both the students after graduation and businesses looking for skilled employees. Participants have included:
- CHI St. Luke's Health
- the City of Nacogdoches
- Elliott Electric Supply
- Etech Global Services
- Fastenal
- Smith Sawmill Service
- and Woodland Heights Medical Center.
If you’d like to participate in our internship program, email mcox@sfasu.edu or call 936.468.3830.
Speaking requests
Faculty members in the College of Business have spoken on a wide range of business topics to organizations and at events such as the Nacogdoches Economic Development Corporation, the Rotary Club of Nacogdoches, area high schools, the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce, the Texas Jaycee Annual Meeting, the Center Economic Development Corporation, and the Texas Broiler Symposium.
If you’d like us to present on local and regional business issues at your civic, nonprofit or other group meeting, email mcox@sfasu.edu or call 936.468.3830.
Contact
Dr. Marcus Cox, Business and Community Services coordinator
936.468.3830
mcox@sfasu.edu
Physical Address:
McGee Business Building
Room 403M
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 13009, SFA Station
Nacogdoches, Texas 75962