NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University will celebrate its 95-year history at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Plaza. The event will pay homage to a tradition that dates all the way back to SFA's opening day – birthday cake – along with a newer tradition: purple ice cream.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs is hosting Noche de Gala to celebrate Hispanic-Latinx Heritage Month at 7 p.m. Sept. 27 in the Twilight Ballroom in the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the SFA campus.

Keynote speaker Zahira Kelly, an African-Latina writer, artist, international speaker and award-winning sociocultural critic, will discuss her experiences as an African-Latinx woman and address current issues within the Latinx community.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University and Houston Community College will kick off the semester and their interior design partnership with an open house showcasing HCC’s Central campus facilities from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 in the Learning Hub Building, Room 100, on the HCC Central campus.

Students, faculty, staff, interior design alumni and community members are invited to attend the free event.

Sally Ann Swearingen, SFA associate professor of interior design, said the event is a celebration.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host its annual Fabulous Fall Festival Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raguet St. in historic Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — A new initiative involving Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business and corporate leaders will help support student success and provide a link between the academic and corporate worlds.

Through this new launching partnerships program, corporate partners can have a consistent and lasting impact on the Rusche College of Business’ students, programs and facilities.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Whether she is promoting Stephen F. Austin State University’s educational programs or working in the Nacogdoches community with young people, Dr. Judy Abbott, dean of SFA’s James I. Perkins College of Education, is all about education and the community.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host a Saturday Seminar on wildscaping for pollinators from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 22 at the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.

“Pollinators are responsible for one out of every three bites of food we eat, but their populations are threatened with serious decline,” said Dawn Stover, SFA Gardens research associate and pollinator plant specialist. “Anyone can help native pollinators by planting their own backyard pollinator habitat.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Tickets are still available to a performance of the Reduced Shakespeare Company in “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin State University art students who participated in a Maymester study abroad program in Iceland will present the course work they created in an exhibition to show Sept. 10 through 21 in the lower art building on the SFA campus.

“Endless Dusk: An Icelandic Experience” will open with a reception at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, in the student galleries.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Researchers at SFA Gardens are reaping the sweet rewards of their ongoing investigation into the feasibility of adding kiwifruit to the state’s long list of agricultural commodities.

Since the initial crop produced in 2014 – the state’s first-ever successful kiwifruit harvest – the expanding plot of golden kiwifruit, located on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus, has produced more than 1,500 pounds of the small, tender-fleshed fruit.