NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches will be open during most of the Christmas and New Year's holiday break for Stephen F. Austin State University, gallery officials have announced.

Cole Art Center will be closed Thursday and Friday, Dec. 24 and 25, and Friday, Jan. 1. Normal gallery hours are from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's Nelson Rusche College of Business has expanded its degree options with a new human resource management major.

"We believe this new major will assist students wanting to work in the human resource field," said Dr. Mitch Crocker, chair of the management, marketing and international business department. 

The creation of this major is in response to students requesting a specific degree in the human resource field. Also, Crocker said the college has been seeking opportunities to offer more specialized degrees.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Three Stephen F. Austin State University donors were honored during the SFA Gala held recently at the university.

Philanthropic contributors to the university are recognized by induction into one of three societies: the Fredonia Society, the Thomas J. Rusk Society and the Stephen F. Austin Society. The cumulative levels of giving range from $100,000 to $1 million or more.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A donor recently gave an ambrotype image estimated to be about 160 years old of the stone house to the Stone Fort Museum on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

The image will be on display in 2016 as part of the tricentennial celebration at the museum, according to museum director Carolyn Spears.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Decked out from head-to-toe in their favorite sports team's regalia, crowds from around the world gather in the stadium to watch as the game unfolds.

Whether it is the Olympics, Super Bowl or World Cup, hosting and marketing mega sporting events requires a certain skill set.

In the spring 2016 semester, Stephen F. Austin State University's Nelson Rusche College of Business will offer a new international sports marketing course for students studying sports business.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Santa hats, glitter and glue covered the tables inside Stephen F. Austin State University's Human Services Building, as university students and more than 10 children from area schools attended a collaborative holiday celebration Wednesday.

SFA's visual impairment, orientation and mobility program, SFA's Braille and Cane Club, the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services - Division for Blind Services, and the East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind hosted the event.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen Lias, professor of composition in the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music, has once again been commissioned to write a new orchestral work celebrating the centennial of the National Park Service as part of the National Endowment for the Arts "Imagine Your Parks" initiative.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Fans of The 5 Browns still have time to purchase tickets to the popular sibling pianists' holiday concert slated for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.

The 5 Browns will bring their Christmas spirit to Nacogdoches with a program of festive favorites when they perform as part of the SFA College of Fine Arts' 2015-2016 University Series.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Three Stephen F. Austin State University donors will be honored during the 27th annual SFA Gala on Saturday, Dec. 12, in the Grand Ballroom of the Baker Pattillo Student Center.

This year's Gala honorees include Jimmy W. Murphy, the late Marleta Chadwick and The Charles and Lois Marie Bright Foundation.