NACOGDOCHES, Texas — With canes and signs in hand, members of Stephen F. Austin State University’s Braille and Cane Club held a parade recently on the university’s campus to celebrate White Cane Safety Day.

This national day of recognition is known as both White Cane Safety Day and Blind Americans Equality Day. It is annually celebrated in the U.S. on Oct. 15 to honor the contributions Americans who are blind or visually impaired make to the nation.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House will host a reception for works submitted to the NEA Big Read Nacogdoches’ “A Novel Response” contest sponsored by the Nacogdoches Public Library. The reception is at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25.

The NEA Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. This program seeks to broaden understanding of the world and its communities, and of oneself, through the joy of sharing a good book.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Pianist Janice Fehlauer will present her “Carnival!” recital program in a guest performance at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, in Cole Concert Hall on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

The recital is a feature of the SFA Friends of Music Concert Series, and the program is “a celebration of carnival traditions all over the world,” Fehlauer said.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The exciting string quintet SYBARITE5 will perform the newly composed “Electric Blue Sand,” written by Stephen Lias, professor of composition in the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music, when the ensemble performs at SFA in the College of Fine Arts’ University Series.

The concert is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in W.M. Turner Auditorium and is sponsored in part by Cataract, Glaucoma, Cornea & Retina Consultants of East Texas/Benchmark Optical/Medical Arts Surgery Center.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University senior nursing student Savana Eaton and assistant professor Dr. Angela Jones are equipping nursing students across the nation with a pocket reference card to assist them during patient interactions.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — A Stephen F. Austin State University student’s desire to make a difference in animal conservation took her more than 8,000 miles from her hometown of Jasper to the bush of Zimbabwe, giving her the chance to walk with lions.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Stephen F. Austin State University Charter School has been ranked the best charter elementary school in Texas.

Niche, an organization dedicated to helping users find the best colleges, schools, neighborhoods and companies using data and analysis, ranks schools and districts based on statistics and reviews from students and parents. It recently ranked 315 Texas charter elementary schools, and SFA’s Charter School came out on top.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — A group of students and faculty from Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Computer Science recently attended the 2018 Grace Hopper Celebration in Houston, the world’s largest annual gathering of women technologists.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin State University music faculty members J.D. Salas and Daniel Chapa will present a tuba and euphonium recital with collaborative pianist Hyun Ji Oh in the opening event of the 14th annual SFA Octubafest celebration.

The concert is at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, in Cole Concert Hall and is part of the SFA Friends of Music Concert Series.

Octubafest is an international concert and recital series started by the Harvey Phillips Foundation to showcase the tuba and euphonium as solo instruments, according to Salas.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin State University’s A Cappella Choir will present “Music of Our Time” when the choral ensemble performs its first concert of the fall semester at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.