The Office of International Programs will host a study abroad informational session for faculty and staff. Information about faculty-led and exchange programs, independent programs, and provider programs will be discussed at the session scheduled from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25, in the Steen Library Wyatt Room.

Study abroad is a key experience to prepare students for the challenges of living in a global community, and the OIP wants to ensure students are aware of and encouraged to explore opportunities.

If you are not able to attend but would like more information, you may schedule a one-on-one meeting with the OIP.

For more information, contact Heather Catton, OIP director, at hcatton@sfasu.edu, or Inés Maxit, study abroad coordinator, at maxitie@sfasu.edu.

Described by past participants as “eye opening” and “extremely important,” SFA’s Office of Multicultural Affairs will host the 12th annual Tunnel of Oppression next month in partnership with the Lumberjack Cultural Association.

First held in 2007, the Tunnel of Oppression seeks to expand the public’s understanding of what it means to be oppressed, whether economically, mentally, culturally or in any other sense.

This year’s Tunnel of Oppression will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 4 and 5. Registration will be held in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Theater.

The event is free and open to the public. However, due to the seriousness of some of the topics, children younger than 13 should be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

SFA's Office of Multicultural Affairs will host the fourth annual Homecoming Step Show, which will feature guest host Darren Brand, a comedian, writer, producer and actor.

Dance groups will compete for a $1,000 grand prize and $500 second place prize. The show will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Grand Ballroom.

Tickets cost $3 for SFA students and $6 for faculty, staff and community members. Instead of purchasing a ticket, SFA students can bring three nonexpired canned goods to the OMA, Room 3.101 in the student center.

Cross-country:

The men's and women's teams competed at the Arturo Barrios Invitational. To view results, click here.

Football:

SFA - 24 vs. Abilene Christian University - 31

Bowling:

The team placed ninth at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Invitational. To view results, click here.

Soccer:

SFA - 6 vs. Nicholls State University - 0

SFA - 1 vs. Southeastern Louisiana University - 2

Volleyball:

SFA - 3 vs. Southeastern Louisiana University - 0

Women's Tennis:

The team competed at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Texas Regionals. To view results, click here.

SFA’s Men’s and Women’s Choirs will present the program “Elemental: Songs about Earth, Wind and Fire” at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Cole Concert Hall.

The program's theme lends itself to a wealth of outstanding texts and music based on the subjects of Earth, wind and fire, according to Dr. Tod Fish, associate director of choral activities in the School of Music and the choirs’ director. SFA collaborative pianists Hyun Ji Oh and Dr. Thomas Nixon will accompany.

“This theme has allowed for tremendous diversity in our programming,” Fish said. “The choirs will perform music ranging from earlier masters, such as Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert and Clara Schumann, to current star composers Jake Runestad and Eleanor Daley.”

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.

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. Thursday, 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.

Tickets are still available for a performance of Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats whose rockabilly show is coming to SFA at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in Turner Auditorium as part of the College of Fine Arts University Series.

Attending the high-energy show fronted by Rocker, with his signature upright bass, is a great way to kick off a full weekend of homecoming fun at SFA, according to Scott Shattuck, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts and director of the series. “He’s gonna ‘Rock This Town,’ no doubt about that,” Shattuck promised.

Prior to the Rocker performance, Dr. J.D. Salas, associate professor in the SFA School of Music and a professional jazz-blues bassist, will present an informative talk at 7 p.m. in Griffith Fine Arts Gallery.

Single event ticket prices for the University Series are $30 for adults, $24 for seniors, $15 for SFA faculty and staff, and $12 for non-SFA students/youth. Tickets for SFA students are $3.

Taste and smell are the “ingredients” that form flavor, with smell accounting for 80% of the flavor experience.

The Right Cup, a scented cup designed to get people to drink more water, tricks the brain into thinking water is something else. The nose picks up the scent produced by the cup while the tongue senses a hint of sweetness.

To sniff out more of the story, click here.