NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Imagine being in a classroom where you don’t speak the language. You try to complete your assignments. You try to communicate with your classmates, but you can’t.

“There are a lot of kids coming into Texas who don’t speak English and Spanish learners who are having trouble in the classroom. I was one when I was younger, and I didn’t have the guidance I needed,” said Miriam Lira, a student at Stephen F. Austin State University who has recently been involved with helping create a chapter of the Bilingual Education Student Organization.  

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Stephen F. Austin State University timbersports team, the Sylvans, claimed its third consecutive victory at the 62nd annual Association of Southern Forestry Clubs Conclave hosted last week by Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

“This was the most talented and dedicated team I’ve seen since becoming the faculty advisor in 2012,” said Dr. Jeremy Stovall, associate professor of forestry.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Wind Ensemble at Stephen F. Austin State University will present “Faces & Places” when the student group performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus.

The concert will feature Dr. Jacob Walburn, assistant professor of trumpet at SFA, as soloist on American composer John Mackey’s iconic trumpet concerto “Antique Violences.” SFA Director of Bands Dr. David Campo directs the Wind Ensemble.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Jacob Spies of Douglass and Kristine Cross of Houston have been selected as the 2019 Mr. and Miss SFA. The two Stephen F. Austin State University students will be honored during halftime of the SFA men’s basketball game against Sam Houston State University March 9 at 4:30 p.m.

The Mr. SFA title was established in honor of the late Stan McKewen, a 1934 SFA graduate. The Miss SFA title was established in honor of Arnodean Covin, who was named Miss SFA in 1940, 1941 and 1942.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Children's Performing Arts Series at Stephen F. Austin State University will present two performances of the enchanting "Madeline and the Bad Hat" on Wednesday, March 6, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus.

The third in Ludwig Bemelman’s “Madeline” series, "Madeline and the Bad Hat" is presented by ArtsPower National Touring Theatre. The story focuses on the unbreakable bonds of friendship and family, according to Diane Peterson, SFA Fine Arts Box Office manager and director of the children's series.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music and the Friends of Music Concert Series will present the Buyse-Webster Duo performing in a flute and clarinet recital at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 2, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of the documentary “Koo-Hoot Kiwat: The Caddo Grass House” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 1, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

In the PBS film, which is directed by Curtis Craven, a Caddo tribal elder and his apprentice return to their ancestral homeland in East Texas to direct the construction of a traditional grass house.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents approved appointment of two new leaders for the University Police Department during its Tuesday meeting

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture has entered into a partnership with Beihua University, located in China’s Jilin Province, assuring further opportunities for international research and collaboration across the disciplines of environmental science, forestry and spatial science.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The SFA Alumni Invitational Showcase runs from Jan. 30 through May 3 in Griffith Fine Art Gallery on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.

The exhibition features works by former SFA art students and includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, metal work, ceramics and mixed media.