Axe ’Em, Jacks!
After winning a $250 prize for being the largest group to attend the Stephen F. Austin State University Alumni Association’s Senior Send-Off, a group of students from SFA’s DeWitt School of Nursing decided to pay it forward and donate their winnings to the Nacogdoches Treatment Center. The students and Alumni Association presented the donation to the center’s director, Kathy Strong, Monday, Dec. 11.
ABOUT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY
Stephen F. Austin State University, the newest member of The University of Texas System, began a century ago as a teachers’ college in Texas’ oldest town, Nacogdoches. Today, it has grown into a regional institution comprising six colleges — business, education, fine arts, forestry and agriculture, liberal and applied arts, and sciences and mathematics. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, SFA enrolls approximately 11,000 students while providing the academic breadth of a state university with the personalized attention of a private school. The main campus encompasses 421 acres that include 37 academic facilities, nine residence halls, and 68 acres of recreational trails that wind through its six gardens. The university offers more than 80 bachelor’s degrees, more than 40 master’s degrees and four doctoral degrees covering more than 120 areas of study. Learn more at the SFA website.