Sasso published two research articles in the academic journal Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors with various colleagues from different institutions. Both articles explore issues related to collegiate sororities and fraternities.

The first article is "Differences in Informal Alcohol Protective Behavior Strategies between Fraternity & Sorority Members." The second is "Sense of Belonging of New Members who are First-Generation College Students: A Single-Institution Qualitative Case Study."

Join us as we welcome fall 2022 admitted Lumberjacks and their guests during Axe'cepted Students Day, planned for Saturday, April 2.

Volunteer shifts are available from 9 a.m. to noon and noon to 3 p.m. To volunteer, complete the online registration form.

Available 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. Volunteers should wear purple clothing and comfortable shoes – and keep weather in mind. They need to arrive 10 minutes before their shift to check in at the front table upon entering Johnson Coliseum, where a sticker name tag will be provided.

The sign-up form will close at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 31. For more information, email Emily Jefferson, director of undergraduate recruitment, at jeffersoeg@sfasu.edu.

The James I. Perkins College of Education has partnered with Huntington Independent School District to staff three paid internships per semester.

Set to begin this fall, the internships, paid by HISD, will allow SFA students to benefit from paid positions as they finish their clinical teaching requirements while providing HISD with the strongest of the SFA teacher intern candidate pool.

Applications for The Best of SFA Award are being accepted up to 5 p.m. Friday, April 1. Three students will be selected to represent SFA for the 2021-22 academic year.

Students must meet the minimum requirements listed below to apply. These requirements will be verified by the Office of Student Engagement.

• Must have completed 90 earned credit hours by December 2021. At least 48 of those hours must have been completed at SFA.

• Must have a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade-point average.

• Must be within 12 months of graduating from SFA and must be enrolled for the spring 2022 semester.

• Must not have received this type of award from SFA or any other college or university.

To learn more and to apply, click on the online application.

Hospitality program students will host the Kentucky Derby fundraising event at 6 p.m. Friday, April 1, at the Fredonia Hotel.

Themed “The Winner’s Circle,” the event will feature a four-course dining experience inspired by traditional Kentucky Derby dishes. A cocktail reception with a cash bar will open an hour prior to the meal, and silent and live auctions will take place throughout the evening.

The event benefits the School of Human Sciences through student scholarships, student travel funds to conferences and industry events, and faculty development programs.

Guests are encouraged to wear traditional derby attire, which includes big hats, bow ties and colorful dresses. Tickets are $60 per person and $100 per couple, or $400 for a table of eight. Tickets need to be purchased in advance.

For more information, call (936) 468-4048, or email Carlie Allen at carlie.allen@sfasu.edu.

The Economics Reading Group in the Rusche College of Business is hosting a virtual speaker event with Melina Palmer, founder and CEO of The Brainy Business, a consultancy on behavioral economics.

The event is at 5:30 p.m. today in the McGee Business Building, Room 133. With downloads in 170 countries, Palmer’s podcast is used by many universities and businesses as a resource for teaching applied behavioral economics. Free books will be available while supplies last.

The Sylvans, SFA’s timbersports team, claimed top honors at the 63rd annual Southern Forestry Conclave, surpassing 11 other well-known universities from across the southern United States in both technical and physical forestry competitions. The event, hosted by the University of Tennessee, comes after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This marks the first time in Sylvans history that the club has won four consecutive Conclaves,” said Dr. Jeremy Stovall, Bone Hill Distinguished Professor of Silviculture and Sylvans faculty advisor. “That now brings us to seven wins over the past eight Conclaves, with 16 wins in total.”

The Sylvans scored 237 points overall, with North Carolina State University placing second with 213 points. Clemson University rounded out the top three with 206.75 points. This is the eighth-consecutive Conclave in which the SFA Sylvans have taken first place in the physical events.

The Rusche College of Business will unveil three newly renovated and named areas on the first floor of the McGee Business Building, including two in honor of SFA donors, at 1:30 p.m. April 22.

In addition to the donors who made these renovations possible, SFA President Dr. Scott Gordon, members of SFA’s Board of Regents and Dr. Timothy Bisping, dean of the College of Business, will be present to dedicate the Gerald and Candy Schlief Lobby, Jimmy D. Berry Dean’s Suite and Rusche College of Business auditorium.

The James I. Perkins College of Education and the Pineywoods Native Plant Center are coordinating with local K-12 schools to host the Birds, Bees, Bugs and Blossoms environmental science event today and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and from 8 a.m. to noon April 8. The events will take place at the SFA Mast Arboretum.

For more information contact Dr. Alan Sowards at (936) 645-9742 or Dr. Tonya Jeffery at (832) 549-5599.

Faculty and staff working toward their certified public accountant licenses can attend the free CPA2B Bootcamp from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 1, in the McGee Business Building, Room 133.

The Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants East Texas is hosting the session, which is designed to equip participants with the knowledge they need for the CPA exam. The event features presentations by Collen Rickenbacher, business etiquette expert, on résumé writing and dressing for success; Donna Hiller, director of qualifications for the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, on the CPA exam process and Texas CPA licensing; and a panel of CPAs from TXCPA East Texas on their experiences navigating the path to CPA licensing.

Breakfast and lunch are included. To register, visit the TXCPA website, or email Rori Shaw at rshaw@tx.cpa.

Baseball

SFA - 2 vs. Sam Houston State University - 1

SFA - 7 vs. Sam Houston State University - 9

SFA - 4 vs. Sam Houston State University - 10

Softball

SFA - 1 vs. Tarleton State University - 0

SFA - 6 vs. Tarleton State University - 1

SFA - 7 vs. Tarleton State University - 1

Women's Tennis

SFA - 3 vs. Sam Houston State University - 4

Beach Volleyball

SFA - 3 vs. University of Central Arkansas - 2

Providing opportunities for voice students to perform on stage and preparing artist educators entering the teaching field are goals of the opera theater program at SFA.

The 2022 SFA Opera Theater will feature two one-act operas, “Gallantry: A Soap Opera” by Douglas Moore and “Gianni Schicchi” by Giacomo Puccini, along with the scene “Stomp Your Foot” from Aaron Copland’s “The Tender Land.”

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 31 through April 2, in Cole Concert Hall.

The Swingin’ Axes and Swingin’ Aces jazz bands will present their “Swingin’ At The Brewery” fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 1, at Fredonia Brewery in downtown Nacogdoches.

Admission to the outdoor concert is free, but donations are encouraged to benefit the SFA School of Music’s jazz program.

The Swingin’ Axes will perform Radiohead’s “Knives Out," Count Basie’s “Sweet Georgia Brown” and Dan Gailey’s “Big Al Meets the Barnyard Gals,” among other jazz favorites.

The Swingin’ Aces, directed by Dr. J.D. Salas, will play some standard selections from the swing era in addition to a few rock selections from the group Steely Dan.

Artist Adriana Corral will serve as juror for the 27th Texas National, SFA’s acclaimed art competition and exhibition, which opens April 8 and runs through June 30 in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches. Art patrons and community members will have an opportunity to participate in a “juror’s chat” session with Corral at 5 p.m. April 8, to be followed by an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Texas National features an assortment of art from various media, according to Erik Ordaz, exhibition coordinator for Cole Art Center. Prizes will be awarded for first, second, third and best in show at the juror’s discretion.

A combination of bare-bones Brechtian and physical commedia styles is what theatre patrons will experience when attending the School of Theatre’s presentation of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.” Exploring the social and economic perspectives of romantic relationships of the 17th century laced with Shakespearian slapstick, “The Taming of the Shrew” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, April 5 through 9, in Kennedy Auditorium on the SFA campus.

California-based photographer Beth Moon has traveled the globe and documented ancient trees since 2006. Her latest quest was to take photos of the baobab trees, a native tree of Africa, before they are all gone.

Check out Moon’s stunning black-and-white images of the ancient baobab trees of Madagascar, Senegal and South Africa and learn more about these endangered giants.