NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Six faculty members were appointed to new leadership positions at Stephen F. Austin State University by the Board of Regents Tuesday.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Internships provide valuable experience in any chosen career. But completing an internship can also be a deciding factor for a recent college graduate looking to land that big first job.

For fine arts students majoring in various areas of art and theatre at Stephen F. Austin State University, internships often take them to big cities in far-away places and open the doors to exciting experiences.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Junior Jacks Theatre Camp of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre is popular among area children entering third through ninth grades.

So much so that the third through sixth grades category is already filled for this summer's two-week day camp. But a few openings are available for seventh through ninth graders, according to Carolyn Conn, associate professor of theatre at SFA and the camp's director.

Junior Jacks was designed as a day-camp version of the highly successful High School Summer Theatre Workshop at SFA.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A seed-saving seminar and workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building in the SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St.

Led by SFA Gardens' research associate Greg Grant, the workshop will allow participants to explore the basics of saving vegetable and flower seeds, including seed development, harvesting, cleaning and storage. They also will learn the different categories of seed treatment in order to promote germination.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - In 2003, Stephen F. Austin State University's School of Human Sciences was among the first to offer an online Master of Science in human sciences. Today, the program continues to have impact.

"This program was one of the first of its kind," said Dr. Lynda Martin, director of SFA's School of Human Sciences. "Most universities offered only face-to-face programs, but after many stakeholders expressed their interest in an online program, we began to address the need."

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The 32nd Watercolor East Texas juried exhibition will open with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 30, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

This year's juror is Ann Bell, a full-time professional artist for more than 30 years. Bell, who is a member of the Visual Arts Alliance and Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, has a studio in Houston and teaches a business of art class that covers websites, pricing, publicity and marketing art.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Music Preparatory Division in the School of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University will offer Piano Safari Camp Monday through Friday, Aug. 1 through 5.

Taught by Dr. Mario Ajero, associate professor of piano at SFA, the class will meet for one hour each day in Room 223 of the Boynton Building on the SFA campus. The camp, which is limited to 10 participants, is for beginning students with no piano experience in the first through third grades.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - History books can fall short when describing the sights, sounds and thrills of standing on some of America's earliest colonized lands.

Stephen F. Austin State University history undergraduate Hannah Russell of Houston had the opportunity to close her books and experience her favorite historical period firsthand this summer through an internship at Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation in Virginia.