John Noel Roberts, director of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - John Noel Roberts, director of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music, will present a faculty recital, "Three Centuries of Keyboard Sonatas," at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas -Stephen F. Austin State University has recorded the second-highest enrollment in its history, with 12,903 students registered for classes. The university's highest enrollment, 12,954 students, was recorded in fall 2010.

Although the number of undergraduate students increased by 99, from 11,269 to 11,368, the number of graduate students decreased from 1,685 to 1,535. The number of first-time freshmen increased 10.5 percent, from 2,177 to 2,406.

The newly renovated SFA TV2 studio at Stephen F. Austin State University.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A ribbon cutting for the newly renovated SFA TV2 studio and KSAU radio station at Stephen F. Austin State University will be held Thursday, Sept. 22, in the Boynton Building, 2126 Alumni Drive.

Patricia Foster, assistant professor of psychology at SFA, has been chosen to receive the 2011 Distinguished Teaching Award from the College of Reading and Learning Association at their annual conference in November in San Diego, California.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Patricia Foster, assistant professor of psychology at Stephen F.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present a student-directed production of W.B. Yeats' "The Saga of Cuchulain" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24. All performances are in the Downstage Theatre located on the first floor of the Griffith Fine Arts Building.

The full-length production, which is taken from a series of plays known as the Cuchulain Cycle, is actually three dance plays, explained Weslaco senior Jonathan Garcia, director.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Tickets are now available to "A Bounty of Voices," a fund-raising dinner musicale being presented by the SFA School of Music and Friends of Music at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Grand Ballroom of the Baker Pattillo Student Center. Proceeds will benefit the SFA A Cappella Choir's May tour to Austria and the Czech Republic.

Charles Gavin

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Charles Gavin, professor of horn at Stephen F. Austin State University, has invited eight of his colleagues to perform with him during his faculty recital, "Mozart Interrupted," at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

"Self-Portrait" by John Heliker is one of the pieces included in "John Heliker: Drawing on the New Deal 1932-1948," which the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Art will open at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F.

Stephen F. Austin State University voice professor Scott LaGraff and pianist Andrew Hudson will perform a well-known works from the 19th century German song repertoire at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Baritone Scott LaGraff, Stephen F.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Faculty members of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will be the featured performers during the annual Pi Kappa Lambda Recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

"This concert showcases our diverse faculty and their talent," said Deborah Dalton, SFA associate professor of voice and president of the local chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda, the national music honor society.