NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Symphony Orchestra at Stephen F. Austin State University recently presented a concert for approximately 450 Nacogdoches ISD second grade students in an educational outreach initiative and collaborative partnership between the school district and SFA School of Music and its Music Preparatory Division.

“The primary goal of the concert was to introduce young children to classical music and provide them with an exhilarating live performance experience in the newly renovated Turner Auditorium at SFA,” said Alba Madrid, director of Music Prep.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — You don’t have to be on campus to take advantage of a high-quality, affordable education at Stephen F. Austin State University. You also don’t have to be available to attend classes between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

“Most of our online students are nontraditional,” said Megan Weatherly, executive director of the Lumberjack Learning Commons at SFA. “From caregivers to full-time workers to students who are constantly on the move, online programs provide them the flexibility and access to reach their educational goals.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — For years, the lack of a comprehensive local flora manual for East Texas has been an impediment for Dr. James Van Kley’s ongoing research as a professor of biology at Stephen F. Austin State University. The problem is nearing its end as Part 1 of the book “Herbaceous Plants of the Pineywoods of East Texas and Louisiana” was published in October with text written by Van Kley and illustrations created by Bruce Lyndon Cunningham, a Nacogdoches-based illustrator.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Voice students in the School of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University will present “Opera Scenes of Fantasy and Frivolity” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — A team of three sports business students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business earned a spot in the final four of the Sport Marketing Association’s 2023 Case Study Competition in October at the SMA annual conference in Tampa Bay, Florida.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Trombone Choir at Stephen F. Austin State University will present a diverse program ranging from a fanfare for brass instruments to works of jazz when students perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.
 
Dr. Deb Scott, professor of trombone in the SFA School of Music, will conduct the Trombone choir in its performance of “Fanfare for the Vienna Philharmonic” by Richard Strauss and arranged by Dr. Bruce D. Tychinski, professor of trombone at the University of Delaware.
 

*This concert has been canceled and may be rescheduled in the spring.*

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Four Stephen F. Austin State University alumni from the Rusche College of Business sports business program are supporting the Texas Rangers during the team’s World Series run as part of the organization’s business development and ticketing operations staff.

Bryana Novegil ’21 & ’23, Aaron Rangel ’20, Isaiah Schreiber ’20 and Isaiah Yates ’18 hope to see their team take home its first World Series title in its 62-year history.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The popular jazz bands at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform a mixture of classic and contemporary jazz standards when the student ensembles take the stage in Turner Auditorium Friday night, Nov. 10, on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.
 
“The SFA jazz ensembles are so excited to perform in the newly renovated Turner Auditorium,” said Dr. JD Salas, director of the Swingin’ Axes jazz band.
 

To support ongoing research and teaching in the Department of Earth Sciences and Geologic Resources, Petroleum Experts Limited (Petex) donated the MOVE suite of software valued at $2,764,444.18 to the department.