NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University student journalists received 25 awards from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association for their performance at a statewide journalism competition and for their contributions to campus media outlets throughout 2021.

The Pine Log, SFA’s student newspaper, earned 12 awards for previously published/broadcast content, and the Stone Fort yearbook won nine awards for its 2020-21 volume. KSAU, SFA’s student-run radio station, also received a first-place award in the advertising/PSA/Promo-Audio category.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s Model European Union team, which consists of nine political science majors within the Department of Government, earned Best Delegation honors at the Midwest Model European Union Competition.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Symphonic Band and University Band at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform “a homage to the heavens” during the ensembles’ final spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Jacks of Steel at Stephen F. Austin Stage University will present the traditional soca and calypso music of Trinidad and Tobago, along with versions of rock and pop songs with an island twist, when the student ensemble performs at 6 p.m. Monday, April 18, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — President Scott Gordon and the university have mutually agreed that it is in the best interest of both parties for the employment relationship to end. The Board has appointed Dr. Steve Westbrook to serve as SFA’s interim president until a permanent president assumes the office.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The School of Theatre at Stephen F. Austin State University will present William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” at 7:30 nightly through Saturday, April 9, in Kennedy Auditorium on the SFA campus. SFA theatre students, from left, Jaz’Lyn Lewis of Longview and Mariano Aguirre of Little Elm perform in a scene from the play. General ticket prices are: $15, adult; $10, senior (62+); $7.50, SFA faculty/staff; $7.50, youth; $5, student.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Human Sciences and the DeWitt School of Nursing completed a nutrition simulation for dietetics students using a case study for Type 1 diabetes.
 
The simulation, delayed for two years due to COVID-19, was the first of its kind, with third-semester nursing students role-playing as patients and dietetics students role-playing as professionals in a clinical setting.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The arrival of spring in Texas heralds the return of diverse migratory species, such as the ruby-throated hummingbird, purple martin, chuck-will’s-widow and yellow-billed cuckoo, just to name a few. Located within North America’s central migratory flyway, Texas provides a diversity of habitat critical to the survival of millions of birds on their biennial journey to breeding or wintering habitats.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– The Texas Association of Museums recently awarded the Stone Fort Museum the Mitchell A. Wilder Silver Publication Design Award for a poster created by Ajani Brown, senior art education major and Stone Fort Museum assistant. The poster was created to market the museum’s event, “Esperanza’s Night Out at the Stone Fort Museum.”