SFA recently recognized seven of its faculty members with 2020 Teaching Excellence Awards for their dedication to their students and profession.

Awardees are as follows:

Rusche College of Business — Marie Kelly, lecturer in the Schlief School of Accountancy

College of Liberal and Applied Arts — Dr. Andrew Lannen, associate professor of history

James I. Perkins College of Education — Dr. Jim Ewing, associate professor of education studies

College of Fine Arts — Amanda Breitbach, assistant professor in the School of Art

Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture — Dr. Yanli Zhang, professor of geospatial sciences

College of Sciences and Mathematics — Dr. Jane H. Long, associate professor of mathematics

Adjunct Teaching — Erica Dillard, lecturer in SFA’s Department of Education Studies

Several SFA government faculty members will provide commentary regarding election results tomorrow. Dr. Steven Galatas will be interviewed as a panelist on CBS 19 at 6:30 and 10 p.m.

Rebecca Jackson McElyea will provide commentary on KETK’s 5 and 6 p.m. news shows, and Dr. Lee Payne will provide commentary at 8 and 9 p.m.

SFA has partnered with Texas A&M University System’s RELLIS Academic Alliance to offer a face-to-face completer program for the Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies’ early childhood through grade 6 concentration in Bryan-College Station.

This partnership, beginning in fall 2021, will help students from Blinn College District and other institutions seamlessly transition into the SFA program.

“The SFA campus and the RELLIS Academic Alliance share a very important goal: We want to reshape education to meet the needs of our Texas students,” said Dr. Scott Gordon, SFA president. “The RELLIS Campus is a tremendous model where multiple institutions are offering programs in one location. That’s innovation, and innovation is the key to success.”

SFA is the first institution outside the Texas A&M University System to be invited to offer a bachelor’s degree within the RELLIS Academic Alliance.

For more information, visit sfasu.edu/rellis.

The next SFA Faculty and Staff Breakfast is set for 7 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center dining hall.

For a discounted price of $3, faculty and staff are invited to enjoy an all-you-care-to-eat breakfast while catching up with colleagues and making new campus contacts. Help spread the word about this event, and invite your SFA colleagues to join you.

The monthly Faculty and Staff Breakfast is brought to you by the SFA Social Events Team in the spirit of our “SFA Envisioned” strategic plan, which includes fostering a culture of engagement within our campus community.

To stay informed about future breakfasts and other SFA social events, “like” the SFA Faculty/Staff Lounge Facebook page.

A construction zone will be established tomorrow around the Griffith Fine Arts Building that includes the creation of a perimeter fence surrounding the work site. It is anticipated that construction will take up to 24 months, weather permitting. Motorists and pedestrians are urged to use extreme caution in the area, expect minor traffic delays and use alternate routes if possible.

Note the following areas of impact:

Sidewalks will be closed to pedestrians around the work site, including the east sidewalk on North Street from Alumni Drive to East College Street and the south sidewalk of East College Street from North Street to the Wright Music Building.

Eastbound traffic on East College Street will be reduced to the left lane only from North Street to the music building.

Westbound traffic on Alumni Drive will be reduced to the left lane only from the music building to North Street.

The parking lot on the East College Street-side of the music building will permanently close for the duration of the project.

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SFA's acclaimed jazz program will present its first and only live concert of the fall semester from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 13 behind the Nacogdoches Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The socially distanced, outdoor concert on Pilar Street is free and open to the public and is a collaborative effort between the SFA School of Music and the Nacogdoches CVB, according to Dr. Deb Scott, professor of trombone and director of the Swingin’ Axes jazz band at SFA. Attendees should bring their own chairs for seating and wear face coverings.

To manage the limited number of people allowed to gather according to CDC guidelines, attendance orders will be received through Eventbrite, an online ticket platform. Access tickets at visitnac.org/backporch-jazz. One ticket will be issued for groups of up to four people who will be seated in the same boxed area on the brick streets behind the CVB. Entrance will be through the CVB building.

On the program are works by Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Chase, Glen Miller and other jazz greats.

For additional information, contact the School of Music at (936) 468-4602 or CVB at (936) 564-7351.

SFA’s Percussion Ensemble will perform works by Nathan Daughtrey, Francisco Perez, Rüdiger Pawassar and other noted composers in a virtual concert at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6.

Directed by Dr. Brad Meyer, associate professor of percussion at SFA, the ensemble will perform Daughtrey’s “Shock Factor;” Perez’s “Nalu;” and “Study in 5/8” by Mitchell Peters, among others.

To access the live concert free of charge, click here. For more information, contact the School of Music at (936) 468-4602.

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