NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Dr. Deb Scott, professor of trombone and bass trombone at Stephen F. Austin State University, will perform works by living composers in a recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.
 
Works of two prominent women composers, including Ida Gotkovsky and Elizabeth Raum, will be featured along with works by Ben Morris, SFA’s new composition faculty member, and by Canadian composer Michalis Andronikou.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Singin’ Axes and Kantorei choirs at Stephen F. Austin State University will welcome Fort Worth ISD Lone Star Youth Chorus and its director, Jesse Cannon II, along with other guests to perform in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, in Cole Concert Hall on the university campus.
 
The program, “Holding the Light: A Black History Month Celebration” will feature works by Robert Ray, B.E. Boykin and Marques L.A. Garrett, according to Dr. Tod Fish, associate director of choral activities at SFA and Singin’ Axes and Kantorei director.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Stephen F. Austin State University DeWitt School of Nursing held its inaugural Nursing Leadership Conference Feb. 3 to inspire emerging leaders in the field through dynamic speakers, career placement vendors and an SFA alumni panel discussion.

The conference hosted fourth-semester nursing students, as well as nursing students from Panola College in Carthage.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs and the DeWitt School of Nursing have formed a partnership to train all nursing students and faculty in critical issues relating to diversity and multicultural education.

Dr. Katy Trotty, assistant professor and coordinator for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, said the training will focus on giving students and faculty tools to grow personally and professionally.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — College-bound students and their families are invited to Stephen F. Austin State University’s in-person, on-campus Showcase Saturday event Feb. 25, which offers participants a unique opportunity to experience life as a Lumberjack.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Pineywoods Camerata at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform Baroque music from Germany and Italy when faculty members and students present a recital at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, in Cole Concert Hall in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.
 
The Pineywoods Camerata is a string faculty-led, conductorless ensemble dedicated to performing Baroque works with an informed stylistic approach, according to Dr. Jennifer Dalmas, professor of violin at SFA and Camerata member. The group usually performs once each academic year.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – A distinctive twist in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play “Everybody” is that, at any given performance, any one of five different actors could play the title role, based on a lottery which also determines what roles will be played by the other four actors in that group.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the SFA Department of English and Creative Writing recently presented the exhibition “Re-Visions” as part of the Words of Art student organization-led collaborative event that offered contributors with publication and exhibition opportunities. SFA student organizations Subplots and Art Alliance facilitated the collaborative effort. Pictured at the exhibition’s opening reception are, from left, Dr. M. Dustin Knepp, dean, College of Liberal and Applied Arts; Dr.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Swingin’ Axes and Swingin’ Aces jazz bands at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform works by Mike Tamaro, Sammy Nestico, Alan Baylock and other jazz legends when the ensembles take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.
 
“This is the opening jazz ensemble concert of the spring 2023 semester and will feature some great standards in addition to more recent compositions for jazz ensemble,” said Dr. J.D. Salas, director of jazz studies at SFA and director of the Swingin’ Axes.