NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present the student-directed, one-act play "Twister" by SFA Playwright-In-Residence Jack Heifner at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 31, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, in the Downstage Theatre on the SFA campus.

McAllen senior Pedro Adan Dominguez is the director, and he describes "Twister" as the story of a couple that survives a destructive natural disaster to find that their dreams for the future have been very different.

SFA's Rockin' Axes will perform "The History of Rock" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, in the Twilight Ballroom of the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the SFA campus. Admission is free.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present the Rockin' Axes performing "The History of Rock" at 7:30 p.m.

Stephen Lias

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Another composition by Dr. Stephen Lias, professor of composition at Stephen F. Austin State University, will have its world premiere on a national stage when the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra performs it at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

The Stone Fort Wind Quintet at SFA features, from left, Charles Gavin, horn; Christopher Ayer, clarinet; Kerry Hughes, oboe; Christina Guenther, flute; and Lee Goodhew, bassoon. The ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F.

The Department of History will host Dr. Patrick Manning, Professor Emeritus of World History at the University of Pittsburgh and the former president of the American Historical Association.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas -Dr. Patrick Manning, who serves as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus of World History at the University of Pittsburg, will visit Stephen F. Austin State University this month for a reception and public lecture.

Dr. Le'Ann Solmonson, Stephen F. Austin State University professor in the counselor education program and chair-elect of the Faculty Senate, has been named the American Association of University Women's Woman of the Year for higher education. Solmonson also was appointed as a trustee to the Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Dr. Le'Ann Solmonson, Stephen F.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture and SFA Gardens will host an Earth Day celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 1 at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center located at 2900 Raguet St.

The event, held in conjunction with the SFA Gardens Mast Arboretum spring plant sale, is a family-friendly gathering that aims to engage the community in the outdoors and sustainable living.

Stephen F. Austin State University interior design students built cardboard furniture to learn about casegoods (storage cabinetry) construction and sustainable design. The furniture is displayed on the second floor of the Steen Library on the university campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University interior design students recently put their skills to the test in a unique way: constructing furniture from cardboard.

Dr. Karen Embry Jenlink, professor of doctoral studies in educational leadership at Stephen F. Austin State University, recently accepted the gavel to serve as national president of the Association of Teacher Educators.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Dr. Karen Embry Jenlink, professor of doctoral studies in educational leadership at Stephen F.

Douglas Brinkley

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Douglas Brinkley, whom CNN has declared, "a man who knows more about the presidency than any human being alive," will headline the 2017 installment of the Archie McDonald Speaker Series at Stephen F. Austin State University.