NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University has named Mary Ann Rojas the inaugural executive director of the Center for Applied Research and Rural Innovation.

A native of rural West Texas and graduate of Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Rojas comes to Nacogdoches with over 20 years of executive experience in government, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and brings along a wealth of experience in education, training and workforce development. Rojas has served as an executive director of workforce development organizations in Missouri and Texas.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s James I. Perkins College of Education has partnered with the Galena Park Independent School District to staff up to five paid internships during the 2022-23 academic year.

The program, which launches this fall, will let students use clinical teaching assignments to gain valuable classroom experience before entering the education workforce. While all teaching areas are available, GPISD particularly needs interns in early childhood through sixth grade, special education, bilingual education, math and English language arts.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– For the third year in a row, Stephen F. Austin State University has been named a College of Distinction for supporting undergraduate experiences grounded in a philosophy of well-rounded, individualized engagement, with graduates entering the workforce ready to adapt in an ever-changing society.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s James I. Perkins College of Education was awarded a grant to create literacy-focused learning modules for teacher candidates that are meant to enhance their ability to teach reading once they enter the field.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — If a parent visits Stephen F. Austin State University’s campus and needs to occupy their child while filling out forms, meeting with university officials or touring facilities, they’ll have a bit of help from the James I. Perkins College of Education.
 
Dr. Heather Olson Beal, professor in the Department of Education Studies, had her students create 45 book-based activity kits that are available on the first floor of the Steen Library next to the front desk.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The traditional fine arts camps focusing on art, music and theatre are once again drawing potential future Lumberjacks to the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University this summer and boosting the local economy.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – In the first field course that Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art has been able to offer since COVID-19 shut down the nation in 2020, SFA students traveled to Big Bend National Park in West Texas in May. They spent a week camping and photographing breathtaking desert landscapes before returning to campus to edit and print their images.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — In April, marketing students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business received funds from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to create a program for identifying and confidentially reporting the behaviors of a potential active shooter to help prevent attacks at SFA and in communities.
 
As part of a competitive funding opportunity to develop approaches to prevent targeted violence and terrorism, DHS awarded $2,000 to students in SFA’s advertising and promotion course to create the EnLight program.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Nearly 25 students from Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business spent 10 days in France learning about the management of bakeries, champagne houses, French fashion brands, chocolate production and more through SFA’s study abroad program.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host a houseplant and succulent summer sale 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 9 at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center greenhouse, located at 2900 Raguet St. The sale will feature succulents, cacti and houseplants of various varieties, plus a few other exciting odds and ends. This will be a much smaller event than the SFA Gardens semi-annual plant sales and will offer a very specific selection of plants intended for indoor or special care. Limited parking will be available at the PNPC greenhouse.