NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Art galleries operated by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art will be closed during the university's spring break.

A 2008 Pulitzer-prize finalist, Bill Bishop (pictured on left) and Dee Davis, an expert on rural societal issues (on right), will both be among the featured speakers at the Heritage Development Summit on Thursday, March 8, at Stephen F. Austin State University.

An expert on rural societal issues and a Pulitzer-prize finalist will be among the speakers featured at the second annual Heritage Development Summit on Thursday, March 8, at Stephen F.

The SFA A Cappella Choir will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 5, in Cole Concert Hall. The program includes works the ensemble recently performed for choral directors from seven states and pieces the choir will sing during its 11-day European tour in May.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - When the Stephen F. Austin State University A Cappella Choir presents it concert at 7:30 p.m.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Choral Union and Women's Choir at Stephen F. Austin State University will present a joint concert, "Expressions: An Eclectic Program of Choral Songs from the Heart," at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

David Howard, SFA associate director of choral activities, directs both ensembles.

The Choral Union, an auditioned 70-voice mixed choir, will open the concert with three works that serve as a "sampling for the energetic musical expressions, both sacred and secular, of 20th-century Argentina," said Howard.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Jazz music will fill W.M. Turner Auditorium as the Swingin' Axes and Swingin' Aces of Stephen F. Austin State University present a joint concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8.

Under the direction of SFA Associate Professor Deb Scott, the Aces will begin the concert with a program that includes Gordon Goodwin's arrangement of Cole Porter's "It's All Right with Me" and Oliver Nelson's "Black, Brown, and Beautiful," featuring Nacogdoches sophomore Jacob Barnhill on alto saxophone.

Collaboration between the DeWitt School of Nursing and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics has led to pioneering research, prompting a statewide initiative to address the nursing shortage in Texas.

Collaboration between two SFA academic areas has led to pioneering research, prompting a statewide initiative to address the nursing shortage in Texas.

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department representatives remove giant salvinia from B.A. Steinhagen Lake near Jasper. The samples are being used by researchers at SFA's National Center for Pharmaceutical crops to search for possible cancer treatments.

A thorn in the side of area boating enthusiasts may provide a ray of hope for some cancer patients, according to recent research findings at SFA's National Center for Pharmaceutical Crops.

Area residents are invited to join Nacogdoches Naturally Saturday, March 3, for a day trip to Ragtown Recreation Area in the Sabine National Forest.

Participants will meet at the SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St., at 9 a.m. and ride in SFA vans or caravan in their own vehicles to the Recreation Area located in Shelby County. Travel time is approximately one hour. The group will return to Nacogdoches at approximately 4 p.m.

SFA A Capella Choir

The SFA A Cappella Choir will be performing at the spring convention for the Southwestern Division of the American Choral Directors Association in Dallas on Thursday, March 1. The 52-member ensemble is one of only seven university choirs invited to perform for the choral directors representing public and private schools in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.