The first president of Stephen F. Austin State University will be honored at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, with the dedication of Birdwell Plaza. The plaza is located at the corner of North and East College streets, the former location of the building named for Dr. Alton W. Birdwell.

Families who want to spend a day having fun outdoors will have the perfect opportunity on Saturday, Oct. 24. Nacogdoches Naturally will lead a caravan from Stephen F. Austin State University's Pineywoods Native Plant Center to the Caney Creek Recreation Area at Lake Sam Rayburn for a day of fishing, bird watching and picnicking.

Outdoor activities at the recreation area will be provided by Rachel Collins, executive director of the Lake Sam Rayburn Nature Center.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present the Piney Woods Camerata at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus. This will be the fifth concert presented by the conductor-less ensemble created in 2007. Performers for this concert include SFA string students and faculty members Jennifer Dalmas, violin; Gene H. Moon, viola; and Evgeni Raychev, cello. The concert will feature Arcangelo Corelli's Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No.

Pictured clockwise from bottom left, are Caitlin Williams, Caroline Preston, Allison Jeffrey, Kwaku Hemeng (standing), Hayden Himes, David Stephens, Sylvia Salas, Eddie Mendez, Maria Alvarado and Annie McCabe.

SFA art education students and participants in the October Creative Arts Saturday ceramics class show off the bowls they made for the Bowls of Hope Charity Dinner to be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

John W. Goodall, SFA professor of oboe and associate dean of the College of Fine Arts, will perform Carl Maria von Weber's "Concertino for Oboe and Winds" with the SFA Wind Ensemble during its "German Masters" concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The SFA Wind Ensemble will present "German 
Masters," a concert of music by famous German composers, at 7:30 p.m. 
Tuesday, Oct.

Bruce Fowler

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Bruce Fowler, Stephen F. Austin State University assistant professor of voice, will present a recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents approved a slate of new faculty and staff appointments and changes of status during its regular meeting Monday.

Dr. A.C. "Buddy" Himes, dean of the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts, Mayor Roger Van Horn and the corporate sponsors for the recent Winners' Circle fund-raiser

Dr. A.C. "Buddy" Himes (far right), dean of the Stephen F.

Stephen F. Austin State University is seeking thoughts and opinions from the surrounding community to implement a plan to enhance student learning.

A steering committee will choose a topic, based on input from the SFA community, for the Quality Enhancement Plan, a carefully designed, focused course of action to improve the quality of the collegiate experience for students and increase the value of an SFA degree.