Category Archives: SFA News
SFA graduate student works to save endangered plant species
Laura Baker, a biotechnology graduate student at Stephen F. Austin State University, is presenting her research on threatened Hibiscus plants native to East Texas at an upcoming conference. Baker has been selected by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular … Continue reading
Nacogdoches Naturally to host day trip to national forest
Join Nacogdoches Naturally for a day trip to Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area in the Davy Crockett National Forest on Saturday, April 6. Participants will meet at 8 a.m. at SFA’s Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St., and ride on … Continue reading
Former U.S. senator to headline SFA’s Archie McDonald Speaker Series
Former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will be the featured guest at the 2013 installment of the Archie McDonald Speaker Series at Stephen F. Austin State University. Hutchison served as senator from 1993 through January 2013 and remains the only … Continue reading
SFA to stage student-directed ‘Adam and the Experts’
The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present a student-directed production of “Adam and the Experts” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 12, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in the Downstage Theatre in the … Continue reading
World-famous trombonist to perform at SFA, discuss gender perspectives
World-famous trombonist Abbie Conant will bring her 600-pound quadraphonic sound system to the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University when she performs in concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 25, in the newly refurbished Music Recital Hall in the … Continue reading
Popular SFA Steel Band to perform spring concert
The SFA Steel Band, also known as the “Jacks of Steel,” will perform an exciting and diverse concert of music under the direction of Brad Meyer, director of percussion studies, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, in Cole Concert Hall … Continue reading
SFA to stage student-directed ‘Woman and Scarecrow’
The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present a student production of Marina Carr’s “Woman and Scarecrow” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23. All performances will be in … Continue reading
SFA choir, orchestra to perform complete Handel’s ‘Messiah’
A first for Nacogdoches will take place when the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music present a full performance of G.F. Handel’s great oratorio, “Messiah,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, in Kennedy … Continue reading
Faculty organ recital to honor Bach’s work
Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music faculty organist Jeremy S. Bruns will perform a recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at Christ Episcopal Church in honor of the great composer Johann Sebastian Bach. The date of the … Continue reading
‘Pen & Pigment’ exhibition features SFA student art and poetry
A collaborative project between Stephen F. Austin State University student writers and artists will culminate in the annual “Pen & Pigment” exhibition, which opens at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in Griffith Gallery, located in the Griffith Fine Arts Building. … Continue reading


