Category Archives: All SFA

Broadcast journalism students from Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Media and Communication recently toured major media outlets in Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston, gaining firsthand insight into career opportunities awaiting them after graduation. The tours were provided, in part, … Continue reading →

After pitching business ideas since the beginning of the school year, five Stephen F. Austin State University student teams advanced to the final round of the fifth annual Lumberjack Entrepreneurship Competition recently at the SFA Planetarium. The high-energy, “Shark Tank”-style … Continue reading →

Weldon “Buddy” Alders, a 1958 Stephen F. Austin State University graduate who earned a Bachelor of Science in agriculture, has been named the 2026 Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture Distinguished Alumnus. He is the owner and operator of … Continue reading →

Nearly 30 Stephen F. Austin State University students helped the Sylvans earn its seventh consecutive victory and sweep all the collegiate events at the Louisiana Forest Festival April 25 in Winnfield by scoring 54 points overall. No team has ever … Continue reading →

East Texas businesses now have a free community resource designed to preserve the vitality of their companies through a business succession program called Purple Spikes, a new initiative from Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship. As part … Continue reading →

Stephen F. Austin State University’s Friends of the Visual Arts, a community organization supporting East Texas arts and art students through fundraising, has established a new scholarship honoring Dr. Jill Carrington, retiring professor of art history at SFA, and her … Continue reading →

Stephen F. Austin State University’s IEEE Robotics Team captured first place at the IEEE Region 5 Robotics Competition in March in Boulder, Colorado. SFA engineering students competed against 25 teams from 23 universities to earn top honors at the prestigious … Continue reading →

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will interview acclaimed actor and Texas native Dennis Quaid for the fifth installment of Stephen F. Austin State University’s Nelson Rusche Distinguished Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. April 9 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Grand … Continue reading →

Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurship academic program in the Nelson Rusche College of Business were collectively named the top emerging entrepreneurship program in the country by the United States Association for Small Business … Continue reading →

Callie Lynn, a Stephen F. Austin State University biology graduate student from Rusk, represented SFA at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools’ Three Minute Thesis Competition Feb. 19-20 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Under the guidance of Dr. Jason Bruck, associate … Continue reading →