Category Archives: SFA News
Annual 12×12 event raises funds for SFA art scholarships, grants
Work is well underway to make this year’s 12×12 scholarship fundraiser for the Friends of the Visual Arts at Stephen F. Austin State University another success. The silent auction features 12-by-12-inch pieces of art created by approximately 70 artists from … Continue reading
SFA’s interior design program receives reaccreditation
The Stephen F. Austin State University Bachelor of Science in interior design program has been awarded the Council for Interior Design Accreditation. With this accreditation, which attests to program quality, interior design students can be confident the program meets the … Continue reading
SFA names new athletic director – Ryan Ivey
Ryan Ivey has been appointed director of athletics at Stephen F. Austin State University by President Baker Pattillo. Currently serving as athletic director at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, Ivey will join the SFA athletics department on July … Continue reading
SFA chemistry and biochemistry students help professor file patent
Stephen F. Austin State University students enrolled in a patent application course gained first-hand experience with international patent applications by assisting with a patent for an SFA faculty member’s invention that could slow or stop progress of certain cancers. Dr. … Continue reading
Awards presented at SFA’s Annual Art Alliance Spring Show
The Art Alliance student organization at Stephen F. Austin State University recently held its 35th Annual Spring Art Show in the School of Art galleries. Forty-one art students entered 87 works. Jed Perl, distinguished critic and juror of Texas National … Continue reading
SFA art scholarships announced for 2018-19 academic year
Christopher Talbot, director of the School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University, announced the recipients of SFA and Friends of the Visual Arts scholarships for the 2018-19 academic year at the recent opening of the 35th Annual Art … Continue reading
SFA theatre students, Friends of the Visual Arts participate in Blueberry Festival
Activities in and around The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House on June 9 will add to the traditional food, fun and festivities of the annual Texas Blueberry Festival. Students from the Stephen F. Austin State University School … Continue reading
SFA employee receives commendation from U.S. Army
A Stephen F. Austin State University employee was honored recently with a Public Service Commendation Medal from the U.S. Army. Sonnie Mosier, an administrative assistant in SFA’s Department of Military Science, received the medal, which is one of the highest … Continue reading
SFA to screen ‘Valley Uprising’ film
The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of the documentary “Valley Uprising” at 7 p.m. Friday, June 1, in The Cole Art Center @ The … Continue reading
SFA Department of Mathematics and Statistics hosts math festival
Sixth through eighth grade students from local schools recently spent the day at Stephen F. Austin State University exploring math with the help of faculty and students at the university’s first Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival, hosted by the Department of … Continue reading


