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Economics and finance students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Nelson Rusche College of Business received monetary awards — many donated by Nacogdoches-area financial institutions — during a recent ceremony.

Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship held its fourth annual “Shark Tank”-style Lumberjack Entrepreneurship Competition April 25. Pictured, front row from left, are David Lebaillif, senior electrical engineering major from Nacogdoches, who earned the $5,000 second-place prize for Tilting Tiles; Kamara Hutchins, sophomore computer information systems major from Fresno, Texas, who earned the $10,000 first-place prize for Banz Braiding; and Rory Price, entrepreneurship junior from Edgewood, who earned the $2,500 third-place prize for 2-Tier Bakery. Pictured, back row from left, are Chloe Culver, forestry and agriculture senior from Argyle, who earned one of the $1,250 honorable mention prizes for The Hydroponic Pantry, and Francisco Bracho and William Thompson, entrepreneurship seniors from Houston and McKinney, respectively, who earned the other $1,250 honorable mention prize for Perfumes and More.

Stephen F. Austin State University students in the School of Human Sciences’ “Medical Nutrition Therapy II” course completed nutrition simulations in collaboration with third-semester students in the DeWitt School of Nursing April 15-16. Dietetics and nutritional sciences students participated in individual 15- to 20-minute simulations acting as dietetic specialists in an acute care setting. Justin Pelham, clinical instructor in James I. Perkins College of Education’s School of Human Sciences, acted as their clinical preceptor. The nursing students role-played as patients who have Type 2 diabetes mellitus and have been hospitalized due to diabetic ketoacidosis. 

Stephen F. Austin State University’s Endowed Faculty Recognition Ceremony honored 25 distinguished faculty members April 29. Faculty members were awarded medallions inscribed with the name of their endowment to represent their contributions to world-class research, teaching and scholarship.