NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - "Rivers and Tides," an award-winning documentary about the work of landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House. Admission is free.

British artist Goldsworthy is renowned throughout the world for his ephemeral, or transient, work in ice, stone, leaves and wood, many of which he captures in photographs before they melt or otherwise become subject to the forces of nature.

Pictured (from left) Peggy Byers, Diana Boubel and Linda Bianco.

Employees of the Purchasing and Inventory Department at Stephen F. Austin State University recently were honored during Minority Enterprise Development Week in Dallas, an annual event held by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas --The SFA Mast Arboretum will host its annual Fabulous Fall Festival from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at the SFA Intramural Fields on Wilson Drive.

This event features the annual fall plant sale fundraiser benefiting the SFA Mast Arboretum, Pineywoods Native Plant Center, Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden and their various educational programs. All of the plants are produced at SFA by the staff, students and volunteers.

Stephen F. Austin State University students take part in the 2007 "Back Lot Bash" following Freshman Convocation. This year's event is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 28.

The Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce and Stephen F. Austin State University will roll out the red carpet for the Class of 2012 at the annual "Back Lot Bash" Thursday, Aug. 28, behind the William R. Johnson Coliseum.

SFA President Dr. Baker Pattillo is surrounded by Lumberjacks Thursday as he signs a proclamation designating the last day of each work week as "SFA Spirit Friday."

Fridays will be even more spirit-filled than usual beginning this fall at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Juan Carlos Ureña, assistant professor of modern languages

Juan Carlos Ureña, an assistant professor of modern languages at Stephen F. Austin State University, has earned the first Hispanic Studies Ph.D. ever awarded at Texas A&M University.

Sharon Lee Smith, co-owner of Blue Moon Gardens, will present "Herbs in the Landscape and in the Kitchen" at an SFA Mast Arboretum gardening seminar Sept. 13.

The Stephen F. Austin State University Mast Arboretum will host a gardening seminar titled "Herbs in the Landscape and in the Kitchen" from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 13.

The University Research Council of Stephen F. Austin State University has recommended 10 Faculty Research Grants totaling more than $194,000 for funding in 2008-2009 through the university's Research Enhancement Program.