NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's James I. Perkins College of Education will host Barrio Writers, a free weeklong summer writing program, June 5 through 9 on the SFA campus.

This is the third year SFA is offering the program, which is tailored for students ages 13 through 21 with an interest in reading and writing. This year's program is the largest with 40 participants from Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Central and Central Heights.

Dr. Heather Olson Beal, SFA associate professor of secondary education, is coordinating the program.

During their study abroad experience, Stephen F. Austin State University students attended a presentation by Dr. Forrest Yang, a marketing professor at the City University of Hong Kong, who highlighted the importance of building relationships to conduct business as well as the tax-free port and low-tax structure, which made Hong Kong a key business location for multiple companies.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Have you ever seen a lumberjack use chopsticks?

Riley Peacock investigates a native flower during the 2014 Pineywoods Camp.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's SFA Gardens will host three Pineywoods Camps this summer for children ages 4 to 15. The camps offer outdoor adventure, exploration and recreation in the scenic forests in and around Nacogdoches.

RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs in the U.S. and Canada to promote waste reduction activities on their campuses. Stephen F. Austin State University recently won first place in the Southland Conference RecycleMania tournament, for the second consecutive year.

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Horticulture professor Dr. Dennis Werner will be the guest speaker for the SFA Gardens' monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series, slated for 7 p.m. June 8 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m.

Parastoo Nikravesh, a Stephen F. Austin State University mass communication junior from Jacksonville, Texas, was awarded the Founders' Scholarship from the Headliners Foundation of Texas, a non-profit organization promoting excellence in journalism. As a student journalist, Nikravesh serves as the editor-in-chief of The Pine Log, SFA's award-winning student newspaper.

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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University Campus Recreation Department will host the fifth annual Worsham Bass Tournament on Saturday, June 24, at Jackson Hill Park and Marina on Lake Sam Rayburn in Broaddus.

All proceeds go to the Dr. Raymond Lee Worsham Scholarship, which provides financial assistance to student employees of SFA's Campus Recreation Department.

Cleveland senior Tristan W. Brewster-Arnold has been selected as this year's recipient of the Charles D. Jones Art Scholarship awarded by the SFA Friends of the Visual Arts.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Tristan W. Brewster-Arnold has been selected as this year's Charles D. Jones Art Scholarship recipient at Stephen F. Austin State University. Brewster, a senior from Cleveland, Texas, is studying drawing in SFA's School of Art.

Cypress sophomore Katherine Liller has been selected as this year's recipient of the Robert Kinsell Art Scholarship awarded by the SFA Friends of the Visual Arts.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Katherine Liller has been selected as this year's recipient of the Robert Kinsell Art Scholarship, awarded by the Friends of the Visual Arts at Stephen F. Austin State University.