NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's Nelson Rusche College of Business awarded $2,500 each to top scholars in its Student Success Passport Program.

The program, which began in fall 2015, aims to help students hone their professional skills through workshops, conferences and online assignments while competing for scholarships.

Braxton Berthot, an SFA freshman general business major from Douglass, Texas, received a scholarship.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University professors in several departments were recently awarded a second round of funding from the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program totaling just over $1 million.

The Noyce program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 STEM teachers.

NACOGDOCHES - Christopher Talbot, director of the School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University, announced the recipients of SFA and Friends of the Visual Arts Scholarships for the 2016-2017 academic year at the recent opening of the 33rd Annual Art Alliance Spring Show. More than $34,000 in scholarships was awarded.

Recipients included:

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Art Alliance student organization at Stephen F. Austin State University recently held its 33rd Annual Spring Art Show in the School of Art galleries. Forty-three art students entered 86 works.

Abelardo Morell, distinguished photographer and juror of Texas National 2016, juried the show. He chose 41 works for inclusion.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University theatre major Kathleen Easterling of Central Heights was recently selected as one of two national Alpha Psi Omega Scholarship recipients for 2015-2016.

Continuing a tradition of excellence in the SFA School of Theatre, Easterling's selection represents the fourth time in seven years an SFA theatre student has been chosen for this prestigious award, according to Dr. Richard Jones, professor of theatre at SFA and advisor to SFA's Beta Phi cast of Alpha Psi Omega. Jones nominated Easterling for the award.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University Psychology Club and Psi Chi chapter, an international psychology honors society, will host the inaugural Psychology Research Seminar Conference Tuesday, May 10, in the McKibben Education Building.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Registration has begun for the annual Summer Art Academy offered by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art for the two-week camp that will meet June 6 through 17 on the SFA campus.

Students going into kindergarten through sixth grade may enroll in classes that include drawing, painting and ceramics.

"The academy is an exciting opportunity for young artists to work with a variety of media under the supervision of practicing artists and educators," said Cala Coats, SFA art instructor and director of the academy.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Harpist Emily Mitchell, newly appointed artist-in-residence and professor of harp in the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music, has released her fourth CD of compositions by American flutist and composer Gary Schocker.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Looking for weekend plans? Stephen F. Austin State University has the answer.

SFA's James I. Perkins College of Education offers a unique doctoral degree program in educational leadership on weekends to help full-time working individuals further their education.

Dr. Patrick Jenlink, coordinator of SFA's doctoral degree program in educational leadership, said SFA's program stands out because of its weekend and face-to-face delivery, two aspects Jenlink said are important to prospective students.