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SFA's Parr to present 'Contrasts in Romantic Piano Music'


Andrew Parr

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present Andrew Parr in a faculty piano recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

SFA's Rusche College of Business establishes mentorship program


NACOGDOCHES, Texas - This spring Stephen F. Austin State University's Rusche College of Business implemented a mentorship program to provide students with an additional resource outside of an academic setting.

This program matches members of the Rusche College of Business Executive Advisory Board with an SFA student based on the student's goals, the mentor's industry specialty and location, and personalities. Mentors advise and guide students as they advance in college and help students launch their careers.

SFA librarian's National Endowment for the Humanities grant once again recognized


NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The National Endowment for the Humanities has once again recognized an NEH grant awarded to Kyle Ainsworth, special collections librarian at Stephen F. Austin State University's Steen Library, by including it in NEH's 50 States of Preservation series.

The series highlights former preservation assistance grants for smaller institutions awarded to libraries and archives across the United States.

SFA's Rusche College of Business to host fourth College to Career Conference


NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's Rusche College of Business will host its fourth College to Career Conference from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Thursday, March 23, in the McGee Business Building on the SFA campus.

C2C, a professional development event, will feature sessions throughout the day with speakers from across the state representing companies such as Kohls, Wells Fargo, Wintrust Commercial Finance, Pilgrim's Pride, Austin Bank and more.

SFA Gardens' Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series to feature nationally recognized palms expert


Grant Stephenson, founder of Horticultural Consultants Inc. in Houston and an expert on cold-hardy palms, bamboo and cycads, will be the guest speaker for the SFA Gardens' monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series, slated for 7 p.m. March 9 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.

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Guatemala study abroad experience available to SFA food, nutrition and dietetics graduate students


NACOGDOCHES, Texas - For the first time, Stephen F. Austin State University graduate students enrolled in the School of Human Sciences' dietetic internship program will have the opportunity to study abroad in Guatemala with Refuge International, an organization providing health care to remote areas of the world.

SFA's 'Intimate Apparel' continues through Saturday


This scene from the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre's production of Lynn Nottage's "Intimate Apparel" features theatre students Tanner O'Neal, Longview senior, and Kiara Hawkins, Tyler freshman. The award-winning play is about a black seamstress whose clients range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes.

SFA reports increase in spring enrollment


SFA has recorded a spring 2017 enrollment of 11,639, an increase from this past spring of almost 1 percent. Enrollment in Spring 2016 was 11,545. 

"While we are always happy to see an increase, we are particularly glad to see that new student enrollment has increased at both the undergraduate and graduate level," said Monique Cossich, executive director of enrollment management. "New undergraduate enrollment - including first-year and transfer students - is up 3.2 percent, and new graduate student enrollment is up 3 percent."

SFA recognized for helping students with financial assistance


Stephen F. Austin State University has been recognized as one of the best in the country at helping its students financially. Student Loans Report, a site helping students make smart financial decisions and educating them about student loans, ranked SFA among its top 200 institutions in its Most Affordable Colleges for Incoming Freshmen with Financial Need Report.

Orchestra concert to premiere SFA graduate student's composition


NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Orchestra of the Pines at Stephen F. Austin State University will present the program "With a Stroke of a Pen" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 6, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

The concert, which will feature the world premiere of "Fantasy: Beyond the Forest" by SFA music composition student Kyle Henkel of Argyle, includes a program of music in which each piece tells a story of suspect and mystery, according to Gene H. Moon, director of orchestras at SFA. Henkel is the winner of this year's composition competition in the SFA School of Music.

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