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McDonald-Lysinger Piano Duo to perform at SFA


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will present the McDonald-Lysinger Piano Duo in a recital at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

Alex McDonald and Catharine Lysinger, both of Dallas, will present “The Orchestral Piano: Virtuosic Transcriptions,” which features works by Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky and Maurice Ravel.

SFA ranked among top 20 most affordable in nation for online child development degree


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Bachelor of Science in human sciences with an emphasis in human development and family studies has been ranked as one of the top 20 most affordable online child development degree programs in the nation by affordablecolleges.com.

SFA assistant professor volunteers in Kenya


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Dr. Flora Farago, assistant professor in Stephen F. Austin State University’s human development and family studies program, spent three weeks in Kenya working on various nonprofit projects during the summer.

SFA theatre students to present ‘Pitching to the Star’


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Playwright Donald Margulies’ “Pitching to the Star” will open the fall semester of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre’s student-directed plays.

SFA’s Guenther, Petti to present ‘Song and Dance’ recital program


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will present faculty members Christina Guenther and Ron Petti in a recital at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, in Cole Concert Hall as part of the Calliope Concert Series.

Guenther, professor of flute, and Petti, director of accompanying at SFA, will perform the program “Song and Dance” featuring works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Franz Schubert, Grigoras Dinicu, Samuel Barber, Eugène Bozza, Philippe Gaubert and Eldin Burton.

Scholarship program celebrates 10 years at SFA


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — During the past 10 years, the Gilbert I. “Buddy” Low Scholarship Program has covered the cost of tuition and fees for several San Augustine High School graduates to attend Stephen F. Austin State University.

Those involved with the scholarship program recently celebrated a decade of promoting student success with a luncheon that brought scholarship donors, current and past scholarship recipients, and SFA administrators together.

SFA’s Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture hosts community-wide tree contest


NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Beginning the week of Sept. 18 through Friday, Nov. 17, Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture will host NacogdoTREES, a free, community-wide contest celebrating the natural beauty of Nacogdoches.

Former SFA twirler recalls special time at SFA nearly 70 years ago


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – With excitement and anticipation, Mary Jo Goodwin Morris made the five-hour drive from her home in New Braunfels to the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.

The 87-year-old former SFA twirler had been invited to attend the Lumberjack Marching Band and Twirl-O-Jacks Reunion and to perform with an SFA alumni band in Homer Bryce Stadium prior to the kickoff of the football game between the SFA Lumberjacks and the University of Incarnate Word.

SFA’s Music Prep to host Middle School Choir Camp


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Music Preparatory Division in the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will host its annual fall Middle School Choir Camp from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.

The choir camp is designed to help East Texas area middle school students learn their UIL all-region competition music, according to Pat Barnett, director of the Music Preparatory Division.

SFA’s Calliope Series to present unique horn, fiddle performance


NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Calliope Concert Series at Stephen F. Austin State University will present guest artist Jacquelyn Adams performing a horn recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

Adams, who is assistant professor of horn at The University of Southern Mississippi, will perform with her husband, award-winning fiddler Thomas Jenkins, accompanied by SFA School of Music faculty member James Pitts, piano.

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