Although Stephen F. Austin State University leaders will not be sure of the amount of state funding the university will receive until a budget is approved by the Texas Legislature, regents approved increases in fees to prepare for a predicted shortfall. A 4.95 percent tuition and fee increase was approved for the 2011-2012 academic year, along with an increase in room and board rates of approximately 3 percent.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents approved new faculty and staff appointments, changes of status, promotions and retirements at its regular meeting Tuesday.

Faculty appointments include John B. Sullivan, lecturer of mathematics and statistics; Tiffany Bice-Wigington, assistant professor of social work; and Casey B. Hart and Tim V. Nolcox, instructors of communication.

SFA theatre students Erin Whitmire and Lamar Jefferson rehearse a scene from the School of Theatre's upcoming production of Guillaume Apollinaire's surrealist play "The Breasts of Tiresias" in which the title character reveals to her husband that she is now a man.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - "It's completely different from anything I've ever seen or done before!," exclaimed senior theatre major Erin Whitmire of Wink, who plays the title character in St

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Symphonic and University Bands of Stephen F. Austin State University will present a joint concert, "Journeys," at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

"The program will take the audience on a journey through a large part of the 'sound-spectrum offered by wind bands," said Brett A. Richardson, SFA assistant director of bands and the Symphonic Band's conductor.

Staff Sgt. Gene Dooley, an SFA alumnus, will be the guest trumpet soloist during a joint concert of the SFA jazz bands, the Swingin' Axes and Swingin' Aces, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28, in Cole Concert Hall.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Classics by Stan Kenton and a selection of blues, funk, swing and shuffle will be performed during the joint concert by the Stephen F.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University bands will present a free "Concert in the Park" at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 1, in the wooded area between the Baker Pattillo Student Center and the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.

Beginning at 1 p.m., Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma, honorary band service fraternity and sorority, will be selling $5 hamburger plates that include a hamburger, chips and a drink.

David Lambert will be honored as the Outstanding Music Alumnus by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music during the Friends of Music's annual Extravaganza, which begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, at the Hotel Fredonia Convention Center.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will honor David Lee Lambert with the Outstanding Music Alumnus Award on Friday, April 29, during Extravaganza 24.

The Rev. Rick Russell helped present information to San Augustine and Broaddus students regarding casting, conservation, rigging, fish identification and safety. More than 80 fifth graders participated in the event at the Piney Woods Conservation Center on Sam Rayburn Reservoir.

More than 80 fifth-graders from San Augustine and Broaddus participated in the first KidFish Program on April 8 at Stephen F.

Dr. David W. Campo, associate director of bands at Stephen F. Austin State University, is one of the Louisiana composers whose work will be performed by the SFA Wind Symphony during its "Home Boys" concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Music by Louisiana composers will be featured during "Home Boys," a concert by the Stephen F. Austin State University Wind Symphony at 7:30 p.m.