A Campus Climate survey will distribute today to faculty, staff and students inviting the campus community to provide feedback on:

• the university’s mission, vision and goals as we seek input to renew the SFA Strategic Plan

• the climate around diversity, equity and inclusion on campus

• and student-only questions intended to fulfill the Texas Legislature’s requirement to gauge student satisfaction every two years.

Created in collaboration with multiple SFA offices and distributed by Hanover Research, respondent identities will remain completely anonymous.

Organizers also are offering participation incentives, including a $10 gift card for the first 400 student respondents; a $2,500 scholarship for the college with the highest percentage rate of faculty respondents; and a choice of gift packages for staff members in the office with the highest percentage rate of respondents.

To learn more, visit the Campus Climate survey website.

SFA Hillel will host guest speaker and Hungarian Holocaust survivor Ted Doron at 5 p.m. today in the McGee Business Building, Room 116. Doron, who will join via Zoom, will share his story and then engage in a Q&A with attendees.

Doron, whose father died in the German concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, was born in Budapest on Nov. 17, 1938. In 1956, during Doron’s last year in high school, he was able to escape to Austria after the border opened during the Hungarian Revolution. From there, he went to Israel, worked as a lab technician in Haifa, and served in the Israeli army for over two years.

Doron later emigrated to Montreal, where he worked in a lab and attended university at night. In 1965, he received a Bachelor of Science, married and had two children. He then attended the University of Rochester in New York in 1970 and received a doctoral degree in nuclear chemistry.

The Board of Regents met to discuss various campus initiatives, approving policy revisions and hearing reports during their recent quarterly meeting.

Judi Kruwell, interim vice president of finance and administration, gave a report on the 2022 budget status and an analysis of changes. She said that the previously reported budget deficit of $19.2 million has been revised to $8.6 million after taking into account contingency expenditures in the budget, housing revenues, investment earnings and other nonbudgeted revenue streams.

The departments of history and government invite the SFA community to a free screening and discussion of the classic film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" slated for 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in Dugas Liberal Arts North, Room 142.

Dr. Julie Harrelson-Stephens, associate professor of government, and Dr. Randi Cox, associate professor of history, will offer opening remarks reflecting on the film's historical context and its continuing relevance for current international politics.

Help SFA welcome prospective Lumberjacks and their guests during Showcase Saturday on Feb. 26. Volunteer shifts are available from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.

Available volunteer opportunities include:

• greeting guests

• giving directions to session locations

• setting up or tearing down session locations

• and answering questions about the SFA and Nacogdoches communities.

Registration for volunteers closes at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21.

For additional information, email Emily Jefferson, director of undergraduate recruitment, at jeffersoeg@sfasu.edu.

Men's Basketball

SFA - 81 vs. Chicago State University - 61

Women's Basketball

SFA - 84 vs. Chicago State University - 55

SFA - 69 vs. New Mexico State University - 55

Softball

SFA - 0 vs. University of Evansville - 5

SFA - 11 vs. Jacksonville State University - 7

SFA - 4 vs. Louisiana Tech University - 11

SFA - 3 vs. Syracuse University - 5

SFA - 1 vs. University of Louisiana Monroe - 3

If you think cooking at home is difficult, consider what astronauts go through just to have a taco. During lunch, put on your headphones and enjoy this interview with astronaut Megan McArthur.