SFA’s Board of Regents will convene a special meeting at 8 a.m. tomorrow in the Austin Building, Room 307.

Presentation and board action on agenda items include the initial gross maximum price for construction of a basketball practice facility and curriculum changes for fall 2019.

The board will move to executive session.

The meeting is expected to adjourn at approximately 8:30 a.m.

The SFA Alumni Association will host two baseball game university nights in June.

The first will be when the Texas Rangers play the Oakland Athletics June 8 at Globe Life Park in Arlington.

The second will be when the Houston Astros play the Seattle Mariners June 29 at Minute Maid Park in Houston.

For more information or to purchase tickets, click here for the Rangers game, and here for the Astros game.

SFA's STEM Research and Learning Center will host two separate summer programs for area children interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

Ladyjacks Who Code is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. July 29 through Aug. 1.

The program invites incoming seventh and eighth grade girls to create computer programs and develop interactive games and/or stories. This summer, Ladyjacks Who Code is sponsored by BP and is free.

Applications require a math or science teacher recommendation. For more information, click here.

Scouting STEM Day for boy and girl scouts is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon June 28. Parents also are invited to attend.

The cost is $20 per child and $10 per parent. The registration deadline is June 7. For more information, click here.

More than 1,500 candidates will cross the stage during SFA’s commencement ceremonies tomorrow in Johnson Coliseum.

Steve Stagner, a 1991 SFA alumnus and former Mattress Firm CEO, will deliver the commencement address.

Just five years after his SFA graduation, Stagner became a Mattress Firm franchise owner. He eventually became the chief executive of the company, the nation’s largest mattress retailer, overseeing strategic planning as well as core functions, such as sales, marketing, merchandising, finance and operations.

Candidates from SFA’s James I. Perkins College of Education and the College of Fine Arts will participate in a 9:30 a.m. ceremony. Candidates from the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, the Rusche College of Business, the College of Liberal and Applied Arts, and the College of Sciences and Mathematics will participate in a 2 p.m. ceremony.

To view the ceremony online, visit SFA's Facebook.

The STEM Research and Learning Center will host Investigations in Math and Science, a weeklong summer program for incoming sixth through eighth grade students. This summer’s iMAS program is scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon June 17 through 20, and 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 21.

The investigations include computer science, geology, engineering, chemistry, astronomy and physics. Friday’s session concludes with a pizza and pool party.

The cost is $250, and scholarship opportunities are available. For more information, click here.

SFA Today will begin publishing a single weekly issue after the end of the spring academic semester.

The weekly issue will be published Wednesdays throughout the summer.

The Kyle Keller Basketball Camp is offering a special discount for SFA faculty and staff.

Boys in second though 12th grades whose parents are faculty or staff are eligible for a 20% discount to any Kyle Keller Basketball Camp session.

To receive the discount, parents need to print and complete the paper application, located on the website.

For more information, call the SFA basketball office at (936) 468-3108, or visit kylekellerbasketballcamps.com.

SFA’s School of Theatre is once again preparing to perform at the prestigious International Collegiate Theatre Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.

For the third time, SFA theatre students will tour a play that will be seen at the largest performing arts festival in the world during a two-week trip to Edinburgh in August. This year, SFA dance students will be among those performing.

This year’s play is “Tales of Neverland,” a stage adaptation written by Angela Bacarisse, professor of theatre, based on the book “Peter Pan.”

The School of Theatre is looking for people who may want to help sponsor students and pay for trip expenses or participate in the trip.

A $25 donation can pay for five daily student bus passes; a $35 donation pays for one student to take a musical workshop; a $50 donation pays for about seven breakfasts; a $100 donation pays for rental of standard scenic pieces; a $500 donation pays for tickets for 10 students to attend the Royal Military Tattoo; and a $1,000 donation pays for housing for one student.

For information on supporting the students, contact Bacarisse at abacarisse@sfasu.edu or (936) 468-1126. Tax-exempt donations can be made at sfasu.edu/giving. Please write “Scotland trip” in the special instructions box.

This year’s SummerStage Festival presented by the SFA School of Theatre runs June 27 through July 12 and features the musical comedy “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” and the beloved children’s story “The Reluctant Dragon.”

With its laid-back approach, SummerStage is designed to provide fun, easy-going and less formal live theatre experiences for East Texas audiences, according to Cleo House Jr., director of the SFA School of Theatre.

“SummerStage is not only an excellent opportunity to beat the summer heat, but it’s also a destination for the families of Nacogdoches County to have some fun and laughs together,” House said. “Even our show times are more flexible during the summer to accommodate families from all walks of life.”

For tickets or more information, visit SFA's School of Theatre website.

Registration is underway for summer lessons and camps offered by the Music Preparatory Division of SFA’s School of Music.

Lessons are offered in piano, jazz piano, voice, guitar, flute, Suzuki violin and other instruments. Private lessons begin the week of June 3.

Guitar Camp, with Larry Greer as the instructor, will be from 2 to 3 p.m. June 11 through 14 at the Music Prep House. The lessons are designed for students ages 10 and up. Tuition is $50, and guitar rental is $10. Lessons are provided in rock, country, classical and jazz. Class size is limited to 10 students.

Dr. Mario Ajero will direct the Kids Summer Piano Camp for children in first through third grades. Classes are 10 a.m. to noon July 15 through 18 in the Boynton Building, Room 223. Tuition is $100, and class size is limited to 16 students. Registration deadline is June 3.

Dr. Ping-Ting Lan will instruct a six-week adult intermediate piano class from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Mondays, June 17 and 24, and July 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 in the Boynton Building, Room 223. Tuition is $110, and class size is limited to 16 students.

Registration forms and more information can be accessed at music.sfasu.edu/prep. For more information, contact Pat Barnett, Music Prep director, at pbarnett@sfasu.edu or (936) 468-1291.

As the semester comes to an end, some of you may be gearing up for a fun vacation while others are gearing up for a nap. For those in the second group, the Sleep Pod may become a new essential.

This creation from Hatch Sleep is like a giant swaddle for adults. The pod applies pressure to your whole body, which can lessen anxiety and help you fall asleep.

To read more, click here.