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SFA College of Fine Arts Dean’s Circle to recognize 2020 award recipients


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts Dean’s Circle will recognize outstanding students during the presentation of the annual Dean’s Awards at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, in Kennedy Auditorium on the SFA campus.

Two new awards were added this year – the John N. and Margaret Staley Scholarship in Fine Arts and the Ruth Buzzi Honorary Dean’s Award in Filmmaking – to bring the total of Dean’s Awards to six, according to Dr. A.C. “Buddy” Himes, dean of the College of Fine Arts.

SFA School of Music using latest research to teach voice students amid COVID concerns


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Vocal instruction in the COVID-19 world has taken on a new look, and choral instructors and voice students at Stephen F. Austin State University are following the newest guidelines that have emerged from scientific studies worldwide.

SFA School of Theatre to present diverse, adaptable season


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Although the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way live performances are presented worldwide, the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre has planned a diverse and adaptable season for 2020-21 that will bring live theatre to the stage and inside East Texas homes.

Legal scholars Blount and Shrewsbury land paper in Ivy League journal


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — A research article co-authored by a pair of professors in the Stephen F. Austin State University Rusche College of Business is featured in the latest edition of the prestigious University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, an Ivy League publication that’s read around the world.

Exhibition to feature works by SFA School of Art M.F.A. alumni


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin State University will present the work of Keisha Brathwaite, Erik Ordaz and Aldo Ornelas in “T3RNION: In Hindsight: Non-Visible Patch Points, Surface Levels, Journey & Connections.”

All three artists earned their M.F.A. degrees from the SFA School of Art last year. The show is open Sept. 1 through Oct. 3 in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

SFA faculty members receive TAER awards for serving students with visual impairments


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Dr. Shannon Darst, assistant professor, and Donna “DJ” Dean, clinical instructor, in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Education Studies received two of the 12 awards presented by the Texas Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired in 2020 for leadership and service in the field.

SFA College of Business converting online degrees to eight-week format


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — All online degree programs in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business will be converted to an eight-week format by spring 2021. The college has already started the process of moving classes to the new model, which will replace the traditional 16-week schedule.  

SFA social media ranked third in Texas for engagement


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Among 338 universities researched, Stephen F. Austin State University ranked No. 32 nationally and No. 3 in Texas for social media engagement — a metric of growing importance in an increasingly virtually connected world.

Hurricane Laura causes class cancellations/closure


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Based on forecasts that indicate Hurricane Laura will be a Category 3 storm at landfall and will impact our area with high winds and rain beginning late Wednesday night, the following operational changes are now in effect at Stephen F. Austin State University:

Accounting student lands major scholarship, CPA on the way


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — One Stephen F. Austin State University student doesn’t have to worry about paying for the review courses and registration fees associated with the four-part Uniform CPA Examination she’ll take next year.

Nicole Phifer, a graduate student in accountancy at the Rusche College of Business, recently received an important windfall – a $10,000 scholarship from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a nonprofit established through the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to oversee the audits of public companies.

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