NACOGDOCHES, Texas — In her first appearance before a Stephen F. Austin State University audience, Zoe Weil, co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education, will present “The World Becomes What We Teach: A Solutionary Approach to Humane Education.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art’s call for entries in the 2023 Texas National Competition and Exhibition will remain open through a Jan. 31 deadline.

Texas National features an assortment of art from various media, according to Erik Ordaz, exhibition coordinator for Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House where the exhibition will show from April 14 through June 30. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third best in show at the juror’s discretion.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s Dr. George Avery, staff archeologist and cultural heritage coordinator, will present “Archeology of Two Freedom Colonies in Deep East Texas” during the East Texas Archeological Society meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 26 in the Ferguson Building, Room G78, on the SFA campus. 

Meetings are open to the public. The society has met five times a year — primarily on the SFA campus — since 2009. 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Joseph C. Phillips Jr., a music composition graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, has been named one of Princeton University’s Mary Mackall Gwinn Hodder Fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts recently announced the five newest recipients, which includes artist Kayla E., choreographer Moriah Evans, theater artist Modesto ‘Flako’ Jimenez, conceptual artist Charisse Pearlina Weston and composer Phillips, who studied with composition professor Dr. Stephen Lias while attending SFA.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – A reception to mark the closing of the exhibition “Jennings Tofel: Drawing Genesis” is planned for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.