SFA faculty and staff are invited to an Advisor Appreciation Day celebration planned from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 2 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Twilight Ballroom.

Join us for cake and punch during this program and reception to celebrate advising at SFA.

For more information, contact Sharon Brewer at brewersj@sfasu.edu or (936) 468-2707.

SFA faculty and staff are encouraged to attend presentations by the final three candidates for the position of director of the Center for Career and Professional Development. The presentations will take place daily from 10 to 10:30 a.m. today through Friday, Oct. 1, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Multimedia Room next to Starbucks.

The presentations also may be attended via Zoom.

Meeting ID: 971 9278 3287

Passcode: 485230

Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions at the end of each presentation and will be invited to submit feedback to the search committee.

​If you have questions, email Amy Roquemore, search committee chair, at aroquemore@sfasu.edu.

The Office of Multicultural Affairs will host the annual Homecoming Stroll-Off at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Grand Ballroom.

“Strolling can be attributed to the historically Black fraternities and sororities in the early 1900s,” said Veronica Beavers, director of the OMA. “This was a time when many African Americans faced discrimination and obstacles at college institutions. Strolling and stepping showed pride, strength and unity among these organizations.”

The competition will have three rounds with the winners of both rounds winning $250 before facing off for an additional $500.

Dr. Douglas Brinkley, CNN presidential historian and professor of history at Rice University, will present “Discovering America from the Road” from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Theater.

Originally slated for Sept. 14, the event was postponed due to inclement weather.

Brinkley, whom CNN declared, “a man who knows more about the presidency than any human alive,” is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities at Rice, an American historian, best-selling author and sought-after commentator on U.S. presidential history. He has authored books on several presidents, including Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. Nancy Reagan personally selected Brinkley to edit President Reagan’s 2011 presidential diaries.

The SFA Alumni Association's Ring Week will kick off Monday through Wednesday, Oct. 4 through 6.

Faculty and staff should encourage students who have earned 60 hours or more to purchase their SFA ring. Balfour representatives and association staff members will be available at the Pearman Alumni Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to answer questions, size rings and assist with orders.

This year, three coin ring styles have been added as well as a rose gold metal option.

For more information, visit sfaalumni.com/ringweek.

Business professionals who want to reap the benefits of licensure as a certified public accountant have the opportunity through a new program offered by the Rusche College of Business.

The Accountancy Pathway to CPA, an online and online-interactive curriculum, is designed for experienced, working professionals interested in obtaining the courses required to sit for the CPA exam.

Offered through the Schlief School of Accountancy, the 30-hour program results in a Master of Professional Accountancy, a certificate in forensic accounting and analytics, and qualification to sit for the CPA exam in the state of Texas, with no degree in accounting required to enroll.

“This degree program is designed for those who have been in the workforce long enough to truly know what direction they want their career to take,” said Dr. Nikki Shoemaker. “As a CPA, you become more valuable across all industries in both the public and private sectors, and you become a strong candidate for management positions.”

The student jazz bands will present their fall fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, at Fredonia Brewery in downtown Nacogdoches.

“Swingin’ at the Brewery” will feature the Swingin’ Axes, directed by Dr. Deb Scott, and the Swingin’ Aces, directed by Dr. J.D. Salas. New this fall is a third student jazz ensemble, Swingin’ Jacks, directed by Dr. Jacob Walburn, which also will perform.

“This is the first time in the history of SFA that there have been three full jazz bands,” Scott said, “and this will be the Swingin’ Jacks’ premiere performance.”

“Swingin’ at the Brewery” will feature works by Gordon Goodwin, Chick Corea and other jazz greats.

Food options will be available from Casa Del Bayou food truck and the brewery’s Rebellion Pizza.

Donations for the School of Music’s jazz program will be accepted at the event.

Fredonia Brewery is located at 138 N. Mound St. For additional information, contact the School of Music at (936) 468-4602 or the brewery at (936) 305-5125.

A faculty recital that reflects on life through folk music, nature and spiritual allegory will be presented by the School of Music.

New music faculty member Bob Eason, saxophone, will perform with guest artist Michael Seregow, piano, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, in Cole Concert Hall in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.

Works on the program include “Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise,” Op. 26 by Franz Doppler; “The Solitude of Stars” by Stacy Garrop; “Alma” by Tania León; Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano by David Maslanka; and “Danse Espagnole” by Manuel de Falla. Eason did the musical arrangements for the Doppler and León pieces.

“Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise” was originally written for flute and piano and features Hungarian folk melodies and dances. “The musical lines are dripping with romanticism and theatricality, and the expressive nature of the piece fits the saxophone well,” Eason said.

Altered photographic artwork by a retired SFA professor will be among the pieces available for purchase in this year’s 12 X 12 Art Scholarship Fundraiser presented by the Friends of the Visual Arts at SFA.

Robert Kinsell, who retired from SFA in 2013 after 25 years of teaching in the School of Art, is this year’s 12 X 12 featured artist. The purpose of 12 X 12, which features 12-by-12-inch pieces of art created by artists from Nacogdoches, Lufkin and other areas of Texas, is to raise funds for FVA scholarships and grants awarded to SFA art students. Between $12,000 and $15,000 is awarded annually in scholarships to deserving students in the School of Art.

Kinsell, who was an advertising executive in Chicago before coming to SFA, and his wife Judy live in the Davis Mountains of Far West Texas where his work “is a response to my immediate surroundings here in the mountains of the Chihuahuan desert,” he said.

Sometimes all you need to see the wonder of the world around us is a different perspective, and photographs from the 2021 Drone Photo Awards offer just that.

Tens of thousands of images were submitted from photographers in 102 countries, representing a vast array of themes, from people to wildlife.

See the world from above with these photos.