NACOGDOCHES, Texas - When opportunity came knocking on the door of Ana Romero, Stephen F. Austin State University Rusche College of Business alumna, she answered with a determined curiosity.

"My friend messaged me one day and said there was a position opening at Amazon and I should apply," Romero said. "I thought, 'I'll go for it. There's no harm in trying.' I had heard Amazon's interview process was brutal, so I didn't know what my odds were."

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Speech-language pathology graduate students at Stephen F. Austin State University recently presented findings from their capstone research projects, part of the Department of Human Services' curriculum requirements to earn a Master of Science in speech-language pathology.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Seniors pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Stephen F. Austin State University's Richard and Lucille DeWitt School of Nursing recently held a disaster drill in conjunction with local emergency personnel to help better prepare in the event of a crisis.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Dr. Tim Clipson, Stephen F. Austin State University professor in the Department of Business Communication and Legal Studies and SFA 101 Freshman Success coordinator, will offer the commencement address during the university’s spring graduation ceremonies Saturday, May 13.

Clipson has served SFA for 36 years in various roles and was recently named professor emeritus in the Department of Business Communication and Legal Studies. He will retire from SFA May 31.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Puzzling looks situate on their faces as an unfamiliar teacher begins speaking Arabic. As words flow from her mouth, the students fall deeper into confusion. Scanning the worksheet, they see symbols that bear no meaning to them.

For a day, Stephen F. Austin State University students discovered what it was like being an English language learner, immigrant and refugee student during an immersive trip to Las Americas Middle School in Houston.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University Rusche College of Business graduate students in the Society for Advancement of Management recently placed first in the graduate division during the annual Council for Advancement and Support of Education competition held in Orlando, Florida. SFA’s undergraduate team finished third in its division.

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 "If You Build It" at 7 p.m. Friday, May 5, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

"If You Build It" follows designer-activists Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller to rural Bertie County, the poorest in North Carolina, where they work with local high school students to help transform both their community and their lives.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Latin Lumberjacks ensemble at Stephen F. Austin State University will present a Cinco de Mayo concert from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 4, in the plaza outside the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the SFA campus.

The Latin Lumberjacks is comprised of members of the Sound Recording Technology program within the SFA School of Music. Directed by Luigi Lazareno, music faculty member, the group will perform a variety of classical and popular songs in salsa style.

Chris Turner, assistant professor in the SFA School of Music, will sing the role of Elijah when the combined choirs at SFA, the Orchestra of the Pines and music faculty soloists perform Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 5, in W.M. Turner Auditorium.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The combined choirs at Stephen F.