NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The application process for the prestigious 2017 George and Peggy Schmidbauer Young Artist Competition at Stephen F. Austin State University is underway, and a number of potential contestants have submitted performance videos.
SFA's Meyer to perform premieres of several unique works

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present Dr. Brad Meyer performing a faculty percussion recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.
Exhibition to feature works from local art collections

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Works from private Nacogdoches art collections will be featured in an exhibition that opens Jan. 17 in Griffith Gallery on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.
SFA's University Series to feature Seraph Brass Quintet

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - America's top female brass players will take the stage in a Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts' University Series performance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus.
Pre-registration now open for SFA's third annual diversity conference
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Topics ranging from discrimination in professional environments to poverty and race within the education system to the modern-day contextualization of Jesus will be discussed during the third annual Diversity Conference, to be held Saturday, Jan. 28, on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.
Organized and hosted by SFA's Office of Multicultural Affairs, the conference gathers East Texas professionals, SFA students and faculty members, and the Nacogdoches community to join conversations about various diversity-related issues.
SFA Gardens' Theresa and Les Reeves lecture series to feature forest pathologist

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SFA to screen 'Inequality For All'
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 "Inequality For All" at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.
SFA's online master's degree in early childhood education program ranked as one of the most affordable in nation
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's online master's degree in early childhood education program has been ranked as one of the most affordable in the nation by AffordableColleges.com, a website dedicated to helping students find a path to a rewarding, quality education.
SFA School of Music to present classic Christmas opera
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present Gian Carlo Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors" at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, and at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16, in Cole Concert Hall in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.
"Amahl and the Night Visitors," a 45-minute Christmas opera performed in English, has delighted audiences since its television premiere in 1951. The Three Kings, on their search for the Christ Child, stop for the night at the home of a widow and her young, disabled son.
SFA student organization creates cookbook to benefit local food bank
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Members of the Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics at Stephen F. Austin State University have created a cookbook, "The Lumberjack's Guide to Whole Food Cooking," and are offering it for sale to help benefit a local food bank.
SAND is an SFA student organization comprising about 30 members who are aspiring food, nutrition and dietetics professionals devoted to changing people's health through eating wholesome, unprocessed meals.