NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Music Preparatory Division at Stephen F. Austin State University will host new student registration and ensemble auditions Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Music Prep House, 3028 Raguet St.

The program, which is a division of the SFA School of Music, will mark 35 years in 2015 of offering musical instruction and training to East Texas children and youth, according to Pat Barnett, Music Prep director.

"Come be a part of Music Prep and help us celebrate 35 years of existence in 2015," she said.

Workers install a solar array on the roof of the recently opened Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building located in the Pineywoods Native Plant Center at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Workers install a solar array on the roof of the recently opened Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building located in the Pineywoods Native Plant Center at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Ethan Kauffmann

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - SFA Gardens at Stephen F. Austin State University will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, in the Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St. in Nacogdoches. Ethan Kauffmann will present "Green Roofs, Green Walls, the South Carolina Way."

Former Stephen F. Austin State University Lumberjack basketball player Desmond Haymon, center, explains the importance of basketball fundamentals at the second annual Brad Underwood Basketball Camp.

Former Stephen F. Austin State University Lumberjack basketball player Desmond Haymon, center, explains the importance of basketball fundamentals at the second annual Brad Underwood Basketball Camp.

Dr. Ron E. Anderson

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Dr. Ron E. Anderson, professor of music at Stephen F. Austin State University, will offer the commencement address during the university's summer graduation ceremonies Saturday, Aug. 9.

SFA president Baker Pattillo, right, congratulates Board of Regents Chairman Steve McCarty for being named athletic director emeritus at Tuesday's quarterly board meeting.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University President Baker Pattillo surprised Steve McCarty, retired athletic director and current chair of the Board of Regents, at the board's Tuesday meeting by awarding him a new title: athletic director emeritus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Due to the success of Stephen F. Austin State University's recent marketing campaign, the Board of Regents approved extending the project through the next fiscal year, allocating $1.6 million for a two-phase plan that will include more of the popular "Lumberjacks Make Great" billboards and other advertising.

Pictured is last year's WET juried exhibition first place winner, "Monkey On Her Back" by Mary Hooper.

The 30th Watercolor East Texas juried exhibition will open with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 26, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches. This year's juror is Michael Holter, a nationally known artist from Plano who works in watercolor figurative and oil landscapes.

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 "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.