Category Archives: SFA News
SFA’s Piano in the Pines Camp shifts to online
With so many youth camps being canceled this summer, the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music has a camp that offers online piano instruction that can be enjoyed from the safety of one’s own home. Registration for the … Continue reading
SFA helps ensure teaching talent for East Texas students through grant
Stephen F. Austin State University teacher candidates and East Texas students are benefiting from a grant program launched by the Texas Education Agency in 2018. One of the goals of the Grow Your Own grant program is to recruit and … Continue reading
SFA’s STEM Academy provides area students hands-on research opportunities
Sounds of chirping frogs filled the air, but it wasn’t coming from the pond students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s STEM Academy sat near. Sarah Riley and Kennedy Tinajero listened intently on a laptop to breeding frog calls they … Continue reading
SFA theatre alumna lands TV host job with Space Center Houston
Stephen F. Austin State University alumna Mai Le is the host of Space Center Houston’s Explorer Camp TV, a new weekly show that gives audiences an up-close look at the exciting world of human space exploration. A 2013 graduate in … Continue reading
SFA announces recipients of 2020 Research and Creative Activity grants
Stephen F. Austin State University’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies has announced the recipients of its annual Research and Creative Activity grants. The RCA grant program was created to help support the initial research efforts of SFA faculty members … Continue reading
SFA Counseling Clinic to host free online stress management group series
The Counseling Clinic at Stephen F. Austin State University will be hosting a free weekly tension, stress management and relaxation group starting at 3 p.m. July 1 via Zoom. All are welcome to join the one-hour, open discussions and learn … Continue reading
SFA fine arts podcast shares online instructional ideas
Like all universities and public and private school systems across the globe, Stephen F. Austin State University found itself in mid-March suddenly shifting from delivering all in-person classroom instruction to online. Some courses adapt to remote instruction easier than others. … Continue reading
Orton traveling photo exhibition of Upshaw family to ‘retire’ in permanent venue
Cole Art Center to reopen Orton traveling photo exhibition of Upshaw family to ‘retire’ in permanent venue The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, Stephen F. Austin State University’s historic downtown gallery, will reopen to the public Tuesday, … Continue reading
Online access to ‘The Tempest” purchased through Fine Arts Box Office
“The Tempest” rehearsals started a few weeks ago with Stephen F. Austin State University theatre students doing all the traditional elements of theatrical rehearsal, like script analysis and blocking, while also discovering the opportunities and limitations of creating and presenting … Continue reading
SFA researchers study iconic, threatened turtle species of the Southeast
During one of the last cool mornings in May, an aluminum boat filled with four Stephen F. Austin State University researchers navigated a muddy waterway to a hoop net trap located under the drooping limbs of a streamside tree. As … Continue reading


