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Stephen F. Austin State University’s Counseling Services is now offering animal-assisted therapy with Rudy, the golden retriever. Students can visit the Baker Pattillo Student Center 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Friday to meet Rudy, or submit a request through the Lumberjack Wellness Network for a visit or event. 

The Stephen F. Austin State University Sylvans timbersports team claimed its seventh consecutive victory at the 66th annual Association of Southern Forestry Clubs Conclave, marking the Sylvans’ 19th overall Conclave title. A highlight of this year’s competition was Holly Parkin and Maddie Sweeten’s record-setting performance in the women’s crosscut event.

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.