Dr. Lauren Burrow, associate professor of elementary education, and Dr. Chrissy Cross, assistant professor of secondary education, were recently published in the National Science Teaching Association's journal, Science and Children.

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Pruit recently presented at the biannual conference of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision in Seattle.

During Pruit's roundtable, "Counseling Student Impairment and Required Programmatic Counseling," presenters discussed the results of a quantitative study of current graduate counseling students and reviewed findings, including counseling student mental health status and the comparison of programs requiring programmatic counseling and those that do not. Presenters also explored implications for the counselor education and supervision field.

The roundtable intended to inform and improve counseling program approaches to address student needs.

Burrow recently presented a poster, "Using Middle/High School Student-Authored Mentor Texts to C.R.E.A.T.E. Socially Responsible Teacher Candidates," co-authored by Dr. Heather Olson Beal, professor of secondary education, at the International Literacy Association's annual meeting.

The poster reports research on the community responsiveness and engaged advocacy in teacher education programs, which focuses on preparing teachers who are engaged and connected to the communities in which they teach.

Following a positive campus-wide response, the Office of Multicultural Affairs will continue its Diversity and Inclusion Certification Program during the spring semester. The program offers faculty and staff a variety of sessions to enhance understanding of diversity, inclusion and social justice.

Workshop facilitators are asked to present on a topic that aligns with the OMA's mission and is beneficial to faculty and staff. Those interested in being a facilitator must complete this form by Nov. 8.

For more information, contact Veronica Beavers, OMA director, at vbeavers@sfasu.edu.

Closing this year’s International Film Festival is “I Girl” (Yo Niña) with a pre- and post-discussion led by Dr. Anne Smith, professor of philosophy in the Division of Multidisciplinary Programs. The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight in Dugas Liberal Arts North, Room 142.

The screening is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be provided.

Foreign film standards vary from those in the United States, and topics may address controversial subject matter. Use your discretion in deciding whether to view these films. Each film will feature English subtitles.

SFA's Campus Recreation Department will host the Fall Wellness Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Twilight Ballroom.

The free event will provide resources and services from a variety of SFA and Nacogdoches organizations and businesses, including health screenings, product samples, refreshments, educational materials and giveaways. Faculty members are encouraged to bring or inform their class about the event.

For more information, contact Jessica Waguespack, employee wellness assistant director, at (936) 468-6056.

Men's golf:

The team finished 10th at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate golf tournament.

A reception for the exhibition “Denali: Artists Respond to Music Inspired by Wilderness” is slated for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Griffith Fine Arts Gallery.

SFA’s School of Art hosts the exhibition through Nov. 21. Two languages – music and visual art – combine to create works of art made in response to chamber music composed in Denali National Park. The exhibition is a collaboration between the Elements Artist Group and composers from the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival’s Composing in the Wilderness Program, directed by Dr. Stephen Lias, composing professor.

In 2017, Lias led nine experienced composers into the backcountry of Denali National Park where they composed original chamber music inspired by their wilderness experiences and shared recordings of their compositions, musical scores, ideas and inspiration with the Elements' artists. The artists worked in a variety of media, including fiber art, ceramic tiles, painting, poetry and artist books to create 18 works of visual art, each one a personal response to a musical composition.

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

Spectrum Ensemble will bring a program of original percussion duo works to Nacogdoches when founders Jaime Esposito and Stephen Hall perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the Wright Music Building’s Band Hall, Room 121.

Spectrum Ensemble is a music group based in Denton advocating for LGBTQ+ representation in classical music by performing concerts of new music written by top young queer composers and performed by queer/ally musicians. Additionally, proceeds from concerts are donated to LGBTQ+ advocacy nonprofits/charities.

Concert 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.

Clarinetist Frank Kowalsky, professor emeritus at Florida State University, will perform a guest recital at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in Cole Concert Hall.

Kowalsky will collaborate with several SFA music faculty members, all of whom are graduates of Florida State University.

Dr. Jennifer Dalmas, violin and viola, Dr. Evegeni Rachev, cello, and Dr. Ron Petti, piano, were all doctoral students at FSU while Kowalsky was professor of clarinet there. Rachev’s cello teacher at FSU was Lubomir Georgiev, who wrote Dialogues I for cello and piano. Rachev will perform it with Kowalsky that evening.

Concert 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.

Birds have the ability to see an entire spectrum of colors invisible to the human eye.

Birds are tetrachromats, meaning they see four colors, including UV, blue, green and red. Humans are trichromats and can only see blue, green and red.

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