NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Jordan Coleman, a Master of Arts in public history student from Effingham, Illinois, has been named a Jess Hay Graduate Fellow by The University of Texas System for the 2024-25 academic year.

The fellowship is a unique graduate opportunity established by the late Jess Hay, a former UT System regent who was an advocate and visionary leader for the UT System. Hay passed away in 2015. The fellowship was designed to tie graduate education to timely and high-quality research benefiting the state of Texas.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Two theatre students from Stephen F. Austin State University brought the highest honors in collegiate acting to the university when they won the Irene Ryan Acting Competition at the National Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival recently in Washington, D.C.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University students received monetary awards — many donated by Nacogdoches-area financial institutions — during an April 17 ceremony.

Award recipients were chosen by faculty members from the SFA Rusche College of Business’ Department of Economics and Finance.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University's chapter of the Bilingual Education Student Organization was given the Texas Association for Bilingual Education’s Unity Through Excellence Award during the 2024 BESO Spring Leadership Institute.

The award recognizes efforts to foster a supportive community for BESO members while passionately advocating for bilingual education. SFA’s chapter of BESO began in spring 2019.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — As Bruce Huber neared his retirement after 35 years at communications company RR Donnelley, he and his wife, Tonya, decided to pursue his passion for working the land and hospitality by opening Huber Gardens, an agritourism business six miles west of downtown Nacogdoches. But they needed some help with the “business” part.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Graduate students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business are gaining real-world experience by helping the East Texas Alliance of Hope increase its visibility as the go-to local resource for those who are battling cancer.

Ashley Berry, the founder of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Lufkin, is about to mark a decade without cancer herself. To celebrate, she wants to help more East Texans impacted by cancer by increasing awareness of the nonprofit and its services in Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Students enrolled in Dr. Dan Li’s spring session of art appreciation at Stephen F. Austin State University experienced the innovative intersection of art and technology.

Li, visiting professor of art education in the School of Art, presented non-art majors with an opportunity to create contemporary functional art through board game design, facilitated by technology.

“Their latest endeavor aimed to foster a sense of belonging within ‘The Oldest Town in Texas,’” Li said.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Eight Stephen F. Austin State University staff members recently were selected to receive the university’s President’s Achievement Award.

Selected by Interim President Gina Oglesbee, awardees received an inscribed plaque and $750. Recipients were nominated by staff, faculty and students. To be eligible for nomination, the honorees were required to be full-time staff members with at least one year at SFA.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — From recording studios to lobbyist apps, Stephen F. Austin State University students pitched their business ideas to win the third annual “Shark Tank”-style Lumberjack Entrepreneurship Competition April 26.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Project Raíces, a grant-funded program facilitated through Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Education Studies, has completed its first year of Language and Literacy Academias with their 2023-24 cohort, enhancing bilingual and multilingual education for school districts in Nacogdoches and Angelina counties.