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The Nacogdoches Law Enforcement Foundation, a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting local law enforcement agencies, approved approximately $150,000 in funding for equipment and training. As part of the initiative, the foundation gifted The University of Texas System Police Department at Stephen F. Austin State University 30 duty tourniquets with carriers and two automated external defibrillators for new patrol vehicles. The foundation was incorporated in March 2022 and is headed by Korey Kahler, a lecturer of computer science at SFA. Pictured, from left, are Roy Patterson Jr., patrol sergeant; Eleno Adame, CID corporal; Elijah Lenderman, police officer II; Amanda Kennedy, assistant chief of police; Dusty Jones, CID corporal; Whitney Mask, corporal; Douglass Mask, patrol lieutenant; and Kahler.

Stephen F. Austin State University has appointed successful financial planner, business strategist and SFA alumnus Taylor Kovar as the first entrepreneur-in-residence at the university’s Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship in the Rusche College of Business. 

Preliminary data for Stephen F. Austin State University shows encouraging trends across multiple areas, including enrollment, retention and student interest. The spring Showcase Saturday, which invites prospective students and their families to experience life as a Lumberjack, saw the highest attendance in the university’s history.

Stephen F. Austin State University has appointed Dr. Jason Reese as the acting dean of the Nelson Rusche College of Business, effective Monday, March 10.