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Monday, Feb. 25, 2019

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Griffith Blvd. closing beginning March 16

Mr. and Miss SFA announced

OMA to host ‘Something To Chew On’ series tomorrow

SFA Gardens to host floral design workshop

Department of History to host “A Literate South” author tonight

Wellness challenge week two rankings released

Women in STEM Style Show and Luncheon committee seeking posters

Early Childhood Laboratory accepting applications

Campus Recreation to host Spring Wellness Fair

‘Three One-Act Plays by Asian Authors’ coming to the main stage

Faculty chamber recital to feature ‘Zodiacal Light’

 
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Griffith Blvd. closing beginning March 16

SFA will soon reconstruct Griffith Blvd. to improve the main entrance to campus.

The west bound, north side of the street will be fenced off for the project beginning March 16, the first day of spring break, and will be closed for the remainder of spring semester.

All vehicles parked there must be moved before students leave for spring break. Vehicles left on Griffith Blvd. during spring break will be towed.

Alternative parking can be found in the Lumberjack Village Garage on Baker and Feazell Streets and on the top two floors of the Aikman Garage on College and Raquet Streets.

Thank you for your cooperation and patience as SFA improves its beautiful campus.

Mr. and Miss SFA announced
Mr. and Miss SFA

Jacob Spies of Douglass and Kristine Cross of Houston have been selected as the 2019 Mr. and Miss SFA. The two SFA students will be honored during halftime of the SFA men’s basketball game against Sam Houston State University March 9 at 4:30 p.m.

Spies, who received the Stan McKewen Mr. SFA Award, is a senior accounting major. Cross, who received the Arnodean Covin Miss SFA Award, is a senior majoring in food, nutrition and dietetics.

The Mr. and Miss SFA titles are annually presented by the SFA Office of Student Affairs Programs and the alumni association to exemplary students who well represent and promote the university.

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OMA to host ‘Something To Chew On’ series tomorrow

The Office of Multicultural Affairs will host the “Something to Chew On” series from noon to 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Baker Pattillo Student Center, Rooms 3.101 and 3.102.

The series helps stimulate open dialogue about current issues among the campus community. This event will focus on “Achieving Unity Within Diversity” and feature discussions on how to unify campus organizations and students.

The series is free and open to SFA students, faculty, staff and the community. Participants also can engage in interactive activities, and food and prizes will be offered.

For more information, contact the OMA at (936) 468-1073 or multiculturalcenter@sfasu.edu.

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SFA Gardens to host floral design workshop
Cunningham

SFA Gardens will host a floral design workshop to share methods for creating artistic flower arrangements.

The event will run from 9 a.m. to noon March 9 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building, Room 101, at the SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raguet St.

Jordan Cunningham, SFA Gardens greenhouse technician, will explore the principles of floral design, including shapes, colors, materials and construction.

Participants will create their own floral arrangement to take home. All materials will be provided.

Cost for the seminar is $25 for SFA Garden members and $35 for non-members. Space is limited and preregistration is required. To register for the seminar or for more information, contact the SFA Gardens education office at (936) 468-4129 or sfagardens@sfasu.edu.

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Department of History to host “A Literate South” author tonight
Schweiger

SFA’s Department of History will host Dr. Beth Barton Schweiger, a historian and 1983 SFA alumna, at 7 p.m. tonight in Dugas Liberal Arts North, Room 142.

Schweiger’s talk, “A Literate South: Why Southern Readers Matter,” will detail how her experience at SFA shaped her career and forthcoming book, “A Literate South: Reading Before Emancipation.” According to Dr. Hunter Hampton, lecturer in SFA’s history department, attendees will hear about the importance of literature and literacy in the American South during the years leading up to the Civil War.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Hampton at (936) 468-2048 or hamptonh@sfasu.edu.

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Wellness challenge week two rankings released

SFA’s Employee Wellness staff would like to recognize and congratulate the top three winning teams and the most improved team for exemplifying wellness throughout the Kick Axe Wellness Challenge's second week.

Dr. Vitamin and the Aches and Pains placed first. Team members include Becky Garrett, John Wyatt, Kim Odems and Cristina Santoyo.

Team Bod Squad placed second. Team members include Gloria Hoefler-Johnson, Joyce Johnston, Carrie Kennedy-Lightsey and Geivonna Little.

Thin Mints placed third. Team members include Sarah Kouliavtsev, Joanna Armstrong, James McMahen and Robin Johnson.

The most improved team is H r Us. Team members include Linda Parish, Deja Peterson, Carson Woodruff and Erick Santos.

For information about additional Employee Wellness programs, click here.

Women in STEM Style Show and Luncheon committee seeking posters

The organizers of the annual Women in STEM Style Show and Luncheon are requesting research posters in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines for a gallery walk scheduled for April 9.

Anyone interested may apply to present a poster. Click here to apply. Limited funding is available for poster printing.

The deadline to submit an application is March 27. Acceptance notices will be sent by March 29.

For more information, contact Dr. Jane Long, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, at (936) 468-1804 or longjh@sfasu.edu.

Early Childhood Laboratory accepting applications

The Early Childhood Laboratory is accepting applications for all classrooms, infants through pre-K, from March 1 through 31.

Applications are available in the lab's main office, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

For more information, call (936) 468-4006, or visit the lab's website at sfasu.edu/echl.

CAMPUS RECREATION
Campus Recreation to host Spring Wellness Fair
Wellness Fair

Campus Recreation’s Spring Wellness Fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Twilight Ballroom.

Services will include various wellness exams, chair massages, product samples, refreshments, educational materials and giveaways from a variety of SFA and Nacogdoches organizations and businesses. The event is free to faculty, staff and students.

It is a great opportunity for students to learn about various organizations on campus and in the community. Faculty members are encouraged to bring or inform their classes about the event.

For questions, contact Jessica Waguespack, Employee Wellness assistant director, at (936) 468-6056 or waguespaja@sfasu.edu.

FINE ARTS
‘Three One-Act Plays by Asian Authors’ coming to the main stage
One-Act Plays

A unique opportunity to see multiple one-act plays by different authors presents itself when SFA’s School of Theatre performs “Three One-Act Plays by Asian Authors” scheduled for 7:30 p.m. tomorrow through Saturday, March 2, in Turner Auditorium.

Rick Jones, professor of theatre at SFA, directs the show, which features one-acts by Rabindranath Tagore, Mishima Yukio and Gao Xingjian. Click the read more link for information about each play.

Single tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $7.50 for youth. Tickets for SFA students are $5. For tickets or more information, call the SFA Fine Arts Box Office at (936) 468-6407 or visit theatre.sfasu.edu.

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Zodiac
Faculty chamber recital to feature ‘Zodiacal Light’

SFA’s School of Music and its Friends of Music Concert Series will present “Zodiacal Light,” a faculty chamber recital, at 7:30 p.m. March 5 in Cole Concert Hall.

The recital will feature Drs. Christina Guenther, flute; Christopher Ayer, clarinet; Lee Goodhew, bassoon; and Ron Petti, piano. They will perform works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Roger Zare, Kyle Hovatter and Daniel Dorff.

Zare is an American composer and pianist. His “Zodiacal Light” was commissioned by the Flute and Clarinet Duo Consortium in 2018. Each movement is based on rare and awe-inspiring events that light up the night sky. The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, is the inspiration for the first movement. The second movement, False Dawn, is a reference to the composition's title. The Zodiacal Light is a luminous cone that appears along the ecliptic, or the line along which the sun moves throughout the year.

Recital tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, and $3 for students and youth. For tickets or more information, call the SFA Fine Arts Box Office at (936) 468-6407, or visit finearts.sfasu.edu.

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THIS AND THAT
Tree circles

Fifty years in the making, a forest of cedar trees in south Japan is a sight to behold.

According to a document by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, a section that forms concentric circles is due to a project started in 1973 in an area that was designated as experimental forestry.

To read more, click here.

 
CALENDAR
Monday, Feb. 25

Track and field at Southland Conference Indoor Championships
All day
Birmingham, Alabama

Women's golf at Islander Classic
All day
Corpus Christi

Tuesday, Feb. 26

Women's golf at Islander Classic
All day
Corpus Christi

Tennis vs. Louisiana State University - Monroe
1 p.m.
Nacogdoches

Softball vs. Prairie View A&M University
3 p.m.
Nacogdoches

Baseball vs. Prairie View A&M University
6:30 p.m.
Nacogdoches

Wednesday, Feb. 27

Women's basketball vs. University of Central Arkansas
6:30 p.m.
Nacogdoches

Men's basketball at University Central Arkansas
7 p.m.
Conway, Arkansas

Thursday, Feb. 28

Baseball vs. University of Portland
6:30 p.m.
Nacogdoches

Friday, March 1

Softball at Illinois State University
9:30 a.m.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Tennis vs. The University of New Orleans
1 p.m.
Nacogdoches

Baseball vs. University of Portland
6:30 p.m.
Nacogdoches