Category Archives: SFA News
SFA geology students achieve highest score in a decade on national assessment
Students from Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Geology recently achieved the department’s highest overall performance score in a decade on a national standardized assessment designed to test core knowledge and retention. The group score of 12 graduating seniors … Continue reading
Studying abroad presents special challenges during worldwide COVID-19 crisis
Finishing spring semester 2020 studies, which have been online, in the midst of a worldwide pandemic would be stressful for any college student. But imagine yourself as a fine arts student who had chosen this academic year to study abroad. … Continue reading
Lumberjacks in SFA Rusche College of Business will soon benefit from a new partnership with Mustang Cat
The Stephen F. Austin State University Rusche College of Business recently secured a corporate partnership with Mustang Machinery Company, Ltd., a company that sells and rents construction equipment and engines and operates under the name Mustang Cat. The partnership allows … Continue reading
SFA’s Graduate Research Conference winners announced
Winners of Stephen F. Austin State University’s 2020 Graduate Research Conference were recently announced after organizers restructured the annual event as a result of the ongoing pandemic. “COVID-19 brought an immediate halt to our university’s classes on campus as well … Continue reading
SFA graduate Castillo accepted into prestigious art program at Texas Tech University
A Stephen F. Austin State University art student and a recipient of the Ed and Gwen Cole Dean’s Award in Art has been accepted into a highly competitive Master of Fine Arts program at Texas Tech University, where she has … Continue reading
SFA now offering construction management degree
Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Human Sciences is now offering a Bachelor of Science in construction management. A partnership among SFA’s Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, College of Sciences and Mathematics, James I. Perkins College of … Continue reading
Long distance doesn’t stop SFA social work student from helping feed the hungry
COVID-19 has affected people in all aspects of their lives — socially, professionally and, for some, nutritionally. Thankfully, Nacogdoches Helping Other People Eat, the largest food pantry in East Texas, is receiving assistance from many community members in helping feed … Continue reading
Boerne artist Gonzales wins 2020 Texas National
The winning artist in the 2020 Texas National Competition and Exhibition at Stephen F. Austin State University is Boerne artist Victoria Gonzales. The announcement was made recently on the SFA School of Art website, which also features a short walk-through … Continue reading
SFA business professor teaches students how to track, interpret COVID-19 data
This semester’s special-topics class in a business communication at Stephen F. Austin State University started out as a crash-course in data visualization, with students tracking financial and logistics information as well as the occurrence and location of wildfires, both nationally … Continue reading
SFA Charter School works to end academic year on a high note despite pandemic
Classrooms at the Stephen F. Austin State University Charter School are frozen in time. Incomplete drawings and books with marked pages rest in students’ cubbies. “When we said goodbye for spring break, my students and I didn’t get a chance … Continue reading


