NACOGDOCHES, Texas - SFA Gardens at Stephen F. Austin State University will host its annual Fabulous Fall Festival Plant Sale from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St. in historic Nacogdoches.
Friends of Theatre awards scholarship, shifts focus to audience growth
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Friends of Theatre, the community organization that supports the work of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre, has achieved its goal of endowing a scholarship for a theatre major with financial need.
SFA School of Theatre to stage student-directed 'Lone Star'
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present the student-directed one-act play "Lone Star" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, in the Downstage Theatre on the SFA campus.
Rosie's Hope

Rosie didn't get mad when she was three months pregnant and doctors diagnosed her husband, Ted, with leukemia. Six months later, when their son, Joseph, was born, Rosie brought him home from the hospital and began to care for him and his older sister, while at the same time helping her husband deal with the effects of chemotherapy.
Pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa to be featured in Cole Performing Arts Series

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music and Cole Performing Arts Series will present pianist Dr. Kiyoshi Tamagawa in a guest recital at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, in Cole Concert Hall in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.
Guest trumpet recital reunites noted musician and former students

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will present Dr. Grant Peters, professor of trumpet at Missouri State University, in a recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.
'Dead Man's Cell Phone' premieres Oct. 8 on SFA's Turner stage
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - As part of its 2013-2014 University Series "Live Out Loud," the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts, along with the SFA School of Theatre, will present "Dead Man's Cell Phone" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Oct. 8 through 12, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus. A special 2 p.m. matinee performance will also be presented on Saturday, Oct. 12.
SFA announces fall enrollment figures
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University has recorded a fall enrollment of 12,772 students.
This figure represents a slight decrease from the all-time high SFA enrollment of 12,999 recorded in fall 2012. University officials attributed the 1.7-percent decrease to various factors, including higher SFA admission standards and graduation of the largest class in school history in May.
Fall Meeting of East Texas Historical Association announced
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The East Texas Historical Association, headquartered on the campus of Stephen F. Austin University, will hold its annual Fall Meeting Sept. 26-28 at the Hotel Fredonia in downtown Nacogdoches.
SFA music faculty to present recital of percussion, saxophone works

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will present Dr. Nathan Nabb, associate professor of saxophone, and Dr. Brad Meyer, director of percussion studies, in a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Cole Concert Hall in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.