Join SFA’s National Association of Interpretation students and SFA Gardens for the 2019 SFA BioBlitz, which features 24 hours of citizen science, beginning at 1 p.m. today and continuing through 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.

SFA student and NAI President Jessica Mattox recruited students to lead various sessions on species identification and education, guide hikes, trap animals, and more. Volunteers will help teach science skills like the use of identification apps and guides. Participants are encouraged to join in sessions that range from mammals and trapping to frogs and snakes.

The event is free and family friendly. Some sessions will be hosted specifically for children, such as the outdoor literacy hike, which will be followed by s'mores and fireside stories from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight. There will be more family-friendly activities from 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow, including identification games and eco-art.

Participants are encouraged to download the free iNaturalist app to help identify and log wildlife discoveries.

Click here to view the schedule of events.

For more information, contact Jocelyn Moore, assistant coordinator of education at SFA Gardens, at (936) 468-1863 or moorejv@sfasu.edu.

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 tomorrow in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building, Room 101.

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.

The west bound, north side of Griffith Boulevard will be fenced off for construction beginning March 16. The one-way entrance to Griffith Boulevard from North Street will remain open, and vehicles will then exit accessing Clark Boulevard.

The project is scheduled to begin March 16, the first day of spring break, and will be closed for the remainder of the spring semester. All vehicles parked there must be moved before students leave for spring break. Vehicles left on Griffith Boulevard 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 Raguet streets.

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

SFA’s Research Enhancement Program is available to tenure-track faculty members who seek to fund various types of research and creative activities.

The deadline for the Research Grant Development and Research Pilot Studies grants is 5 p.m. March 25.

For more information on the amount and criteria, click here.

Anyone interested may contact Sherry Tucker at (936) 468-6606.

Undergraduate students who conduct research involving any aspect of religion may submit abstracts to present at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion annual meeting in March 2020 in Irving.

Dr. J.B. Watson Jr., SFA associate professor and SSSR vice president for organizational development, developed the Harry Hale Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Presented Research, which will be awarded for the first time this year. Students compete for this recognition.

This March, two SFA College of Liberal and Applied Arts students, Noel Faure and Kathleen Osborn, were selected to make scholarly presentations at the SSSR annual meeting in Irving. Dr. Karol Chandler-Ezell, SFA associate professor, is their research supervisor.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to inform students of this research and presentation opportunity. Abstracts for next year’s annual meeting are due in early October.

Contact Watson at jwatson@sfasu.edu for more information on how to plug students in to this undergraduate research opportunity for next year.

SFA’s School of Honors will host a lecture by its former director, Dr. Allen Richman, professor emeritus of history, at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, in the McKibben Education Building, Room 131.

Richman, the 2006-07 Regents Professor, will present “For Faith and Fortune – The Significance of the First Crusade: 1095-1099.” He will discuss the history of the crusade and its lasting significance on the world.

This event is free and open to the SFA and Nacogdoches communities. Refreshments will be provided.

Contact Jennifer Crenshaw in the SFA School of Honors at (936) 468-2813 or jmcrenshaw@sfasu.edu for more information.

The Center for Teaching and Learning is hosting two separate educational circles.

Dr. Amber Wagnon, assistant professor of secondary education, will lead a teaching circle that will focus on methods, tools and best practices for providing students with feedback. Topics include basics of quality feedback, peer-to-peer feedback, instructor feedback facilitated through technology and informal feedback in the classroom. The circle will meet at noon March 12 and 26, and April 9 and 23 in the Steen Library, Room 220A.

Dr. Jim Adams, assistant professor in the Department of Physics, Engineering and Astronomy, will lead a science, technology, engineering and mathematics-focused reading circle. Participants will read and discuss James M. Lang's “Small Teaching.” The CTL will provide copies of the book to all participants. The meetings are scheduled for 4 p.m. March 13 and 27, and April 3 and 17 in the Steen Library, Room 220A.

Registration for both circles is limited. To register, log into mySFA, click the "Employee" tab, click "myTraining," click "browse for training," and select either the teaching or reading circle options.

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A special screening of a film by William E. Arscott, filmmaking professor, is scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

“Hoorah” was filmed across portions of the Southwestern United States between 1975 and 1976 on 16mm color film stock with a crew of SFA students. Described as a “poetic documentary,” it examines the vanishing American Indian culture at that time and the rise of the “white face,” according to Peyton Paulette, filmmaking adjunct faculty member and chair of the Friends of the Visual Arts film committee.

“This will be the first time this film has been screened for a public audience, and it’s the first time the final finished film has been screened in color,” Paulette said. “Previous screenings have been in black and white.”

For more information, call (936) 468-1131.

SFA’s School of Theatre will present Edward Albee’s one-act play “The Zoo Story” at 7:30 p.m. tonight and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Downstage Theatre.

Directed by Jackie Rosenfeld, senior lecturer in the School of Theatre, “The Zoo Story” is about a conversation between two strangers in a New York City park.

"'The Zoo Story' is considered to be the first absurdist play written by an American playwright," Rosenfeld said.

The play is recommended for mature audiences. Tickets are $4. For tickets or more information, call the SFA Fine Arts Box Office at (936) 468-6407 or theatre.sfasu.edu.

SFA’s combined choirs and orchestra will present “War and Peace” at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Turner Auditorium.

Dr. Michael Murphy, director of choral activities, directs SFA’s A Cappella Choir; Dr. Tod Fish, associate director of choral activities, directs the Men’s Choir and Women’s Choir; and Dr. Pierre-Alain Chevalier, visiting director of orchestral activities, directs the Orchestra of the Pines.

Prior to the concert, a lecture will be presented at 6:30 p.m. in the Griffith Gallery by Dr. Samantha Inman, assistant professor of music theory, and Dr. Jamie Weaver, associate professor of music history.

For tickets or more information, call the SFA Fine Arts Box Office at (936) 468-6407, or visit finearts.sfasu.edu.

SFA’s School of Music will present guest artist Shane Reeves in a percussion recital at 6 p.m. Monday, March 11, in Cole Concert Hall.

Reeves will perform works by Claude Debussy, Mark Applebaum, Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, Robert Stright, Dave Hollinden and Andy Akhio. He also will perform one of his own compositions, “Scavenger Mastermind.” The piece is a multi-percussion solo that makes use of a variety of instruments, including gongs, woodblocks, drums and castanets, along with non-conventional instruments, such as a metal bowl and a wooden plank.

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.

SFA’s School of Theatre has begun a campaign to fund its scholarship created to honor the late Dr. Alan Nielsen, a former theatre professor and creator of SFA’s cabaret troupe, The Original Cast.

During his career at SFA, Nielsen inspired hundreds of students to pursue careers in theatre arts. By building the scholarship fund to an endowment, future theatre students will benefit for years to come from Nielsen’s devotion to theatre education, according to Cleo House Jr., director of the School of Theatre.

House hopes that the many SFA students who were mentored by Nielsen will use this scholarship opportunity to “give back” to their alma mater and honor a great educator.

Lisa, an avid bird photographer known on social media as Ostdrossel, set up a photo booth disguised as a bird feeder in her yard.

Using food to attract them, Lisa is able to snap photos as the feathered friends stop by for a snack.

To view more of her photos, click here, or check out her Instagram.