NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Stephen F. Austin State University's The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, located at 329 E. Main St. in downtown Nacogdoches, is currently closed through Thursday, June 2, while new exhibitions are being installed.

The center will reopen on Friday, June 3, for the 5:30 p.m. opening reception for the "2011 Nacogdoches Art League Annual Exhibition," which will run through Saturday, July 2, in the second floor Hallway Gallery. Peter Andrew, SFA professor of art, serves as the exhibition's juror.

An SFA Art Academy participant pauses to admire the mask she created during the two-week camp for area kindergartners through sixth graders. This summer's academy will meet in the SFA Art Building from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday, June 13 through 24.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Registrations are still being accepted for the Summer Art Academy offered by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art.

The Stephen F. Austin State University Campus Recreation Department will host weeklong "Little Jack Camp" sessions throughout June and July for children ages 5-12.

Little Jack Camp will offer a variety of activities including swimming, rock climbing, basketball, tennis, nature activities, visual arts, racquet sports, soccer, scavenger hunts, team games, water safety and movies.

Interior Design students (Left to Right): Kali Benbrooks, Angela Lovelace, Katye Adams, Loren Brown and Khrystina Soriano pictured with Dr. Darla O'Dwyer.

Interior design students from Stephen F. Austin State University recently had the opportunity to put their design skills to the test during the second annual Jack Design Challenge, a four-week interior makeover for an SFA faculty or staff member.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS- Registration is still open for the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music's series of band camps for middle and senior high school instrumentalists and drum majors during the month of June.

"For two weeks, students from across the state will rehearse and perform as members of various concert groups and receive instruction from a world-class teaching staff composed of SFA faculty and some of the best public school teachers in Texas," said Gary Wurtz, assistant director of the SFA School of Music.

SFA ROTC Battalion Commander Jacob Kelly of Douglass, right, is presented with the George C. Marshall Award by Lt. Col. Todd Reichert, SFA military science professor, at the recent College of Liberal and Applied Arts honors banquet.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University senior Jacob Kelly recently received the George C. Marshall Award while attending the Army Cadet Command George C.

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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The SFA Gardens at Stephen F. Austin State University will host its monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 19, in the Agriculture Building, Room 110, at 1924 Wilson Dr. Horticulturist Mark Weathington will present "Thoughts on Bringing Color, Form, Texture and Excitement into the Southern Landscape."

Nacogdoches Naturally is offering families the opportunity to participate in a field trip to the Caney Creek Recreation Area for fishing, bird watching, hiking and picnicking on Saturday, May 14. Participants will meet at Stephen F. Austin State University's Pineywoods Native Plant Center at 8 a.m. and caravan to the site.

Stephen F. Austin State University School of Musc graduate students and facult members inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda.

Three graduate students and three faculty members from the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music were recently inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda, the national music honor society.