Ivancic was recently published in the Educational Procurement Journal, a quarterly magazine that highlights issues relevant to the educational procurement profession. Her article titled “Are We Entering the Jetson’s Age of Purchasing?” was featured as a cover story for the winter 2023 issue. The article discusses ways procurement has advanced over the years and the impacts autonomous procurement could have on university procurement departments.

The Research Enhancement Program offers grants to encourage and enhance the research and creative opportunities for tenure-track faculty members by supporting innovative research and creative activity, and serving as seed monies to increase competitiveness in the acquisition of external funds or otherwise contribute to a creative repertoire.

Deadlines:

• Research Grant Development and Research Pilot Studies – March 13 for summer projects; proposals must be approved by the respective chair and dean by the deadline.

• Minigrants – July 31 or until funds are depleted.

Information about the different grant programs is available on ORGS’ internal funding page. All grant proposals must be submitted in Cayuse.

For questions, contact Jennifer Patterson, ORGS director, at hanlonjd@sfasu.edu, or Dr. Nick Long, chair of the University Research Council, at longne@sfasu.edu.

SFA's School of Art and the Department of English and Creative Writing recently presented the exhibition “Re-Visions” as part of the Words of Art student organization-led collaborative event that offered contributors with publication and exhibition opportunities. SFA student organizations Subplots and Art Alliance facilitated the collaborative effort. Pictured above at the exhibition’s opening reception are, from left, Dr. M. Dustin Knepp, dean, College of Liberal and Applied Arts; Dr. Gary Wurtz, dean, Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts; Megan Bynum of Brownwood, president of the Art Alliance; Rae Bynum of Brownwood, vice president of Subplots; Mark Perkins of Center, president of Subplots; Dr. Lorenzo Smith, SFA provost and executive vice president for academic affairs; and Dr. Elizabeth Tasker, chair of the Department of English and Creative Writing.

In honor of Black History Month, the School of Social Work is hosting a screening of the HBO documentary “The Apollo” Sunday, Feb. 26. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the screening begins at 7 p.m. The event at the Baker Pattillo Student Center Theater is free and open to the public. Student and athletic groups are welcome.

Attendees are encouraged to “dress to impress” and bring a nonperishable canned good for donation to the Helping Other People Eat nonprofit food pantry in Nacogdoches. Email James Morris at morrisjr1@sfasu.edu to make a reservation for your group.

With the 2023 spring severe weather season fast approaching, University Police Department’s Emergency Management division, in coordination with the National Weather Service, is participating in Spring Severe Weather Awareness Week. This is a safety campaign designed to help our campus and surrounding communities prepare for the upcoming spring severe weather season. Each day during the week, a different topic will be discussed and explored. Awareness information on the topics below will be shared daily on UPD’s social media accounts.

Daily topics:

• Today: Flash Flooding

• Tomorrow: Tornadoes

• Thursday, Feb. 23: Lightning

• Friday, Feb. 24: Watches and Warnings

• Saturday, Feb. 25: Mobile Home Safety

For more information on these daily awareness topics and other weather concerns, view the National Weather Service website.

UPD's Emergency Management division, in coordination with the National Weather Service, also will facilitate a full-scale tornado drill to prepare for Spring Severe Weather Awareness Week at an unspecified time tomorrow on campus.

UPD police officers and Emergency Management staff members, along with selected faculty, staff and personnel from the SFA Charter School will participate in the drill.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the International Friendship Program for the spring semester. The program promotes interaction between SFA’s international students and members of the SFA and Nacogdoches communities.

This semester, instead of assigning individual groups, the Office of International Programs will plan large group activities so everyone can meet a wider range of people. Two events, such as game times and coffee breaks, will be planned each month and all participants will be invited to attend.

To join, fill out the short survey.

Activities are slated to begin the week before spring break, and participants are encouraged to watch for an email.

Join us as we welcome prospective Lumberjacks and their guests to campus during Showcase Saturday Feb. 25. Shifts are available between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Volunteer opportunities include greeting guests, giving directions to session locations, setting up or tearing down session locations, and answering questions about our SFA and Nacogdoches communities.

Find more information and complete the sign-up form today. Volunteer sign-ups will close at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. Email questions to Courtney Burns, assistant director of first year initiatives for the Office of Admissions, at brantoncr@sfasu.edu.

The student-led Economics Reading Group in the Rusche College of Business is hosting a speaker event with Paul Oyer, author of “An Economist Goes to the Game: How to Throw Away $580 Million and Other Surprising Insights From the Economics of Sports.”

The event is planned for 5:30 p.m. tonight in McGee Business Building, Room 133. Oyer will join the event via Zoom.

Human Resources is conducting additional training this month for those involved in interview and hiring processes. The session will take place in the Baker Pattillo Student Center, Multimedia Room 2.106 near Starbucks.

Register for training in mySFA in the employee section by clicking "myTraining," "learning" and "browse for training." Then, search "Toolkit."

The training session is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. today.

The Health and Wellness Hub is set for a grand opening at the end of the month that is the culmination of more than a year’s worth of collaboration among multiple departments and the university’s administration.

Scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, the event will celebrate the consolidation of six departments and services that used to work separately: Health Services, Counseling Services, Student Outreach and Support, the Lumberjack Food Pantry, Student Wellness and an on-campus contact for the Family Crisis Center of East Texas.

The upcoming event will include a ribbon cutting, appetizers and cake, tours of the facility, and comments from President Dr. Steve Westbrook and Andrew J. Dies, assistant vice president of student affairs and dean of students.

The Center for Career and Professional Development is hosting its spring Career Fair series beginning tomorrow.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to inform students about the events. Career fairs are a great way for students to connect with potential employers hiring for full-time or internship opportunities.

• Tomorrow - All Majors Career Fair

• Tuesday, Feb. 28 - Construction Management and Interior Design Career Fair

• March 21 - Agriculture Career Fair

• April 14 - Teacher Career Fair

For more information, contact CCPD at (936) 468-3305 or ccpd@sfasu.edu.

Men’s Basketball

SFA - 70 vs. The University of Texas at Arlington - 75

Women’s Basketball

SFA - 72 vs. Utah Tech University - 56

SFA - 59 vs. Southern Utah University - 67

Bowling

SFA finished sixth overall in the Mid-Winter Invitational in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Softball

SFA - 2 vs. Army - 0

SFA - 0 vs. Baylor University - 3

SFA - 4 vs. Longwood University - 7

SFA - 0 vs. University of Oklahoma - 22

Baseball

SFA - 6 vs. Kansas State University - 7

SFA - 4 vs. Kansas State University - 8

SFA - 8 vs. Kansas State University - 14

SFA - 5 vs. Kansas State University - 16

Tennis

SFA - 3 vs. University of Louisiana Monroe - 4

SFA - 1 vs. Texas State University - 6

The Swingin’ Axes and Swingin’ Aces jazz bands will perform works by Mike Tamaro, Sammy Nestico, Alan Baylock and other jazz legends when the ensembles take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, in Cole Concert Hall.

The Swingin’ Axes will perform “Rivers” by Mike Tamaro; “Us” by Thad Jones; “JEN-TEN” by Greg Yasinitsky; and “But Beautiful” by Lennie Niehaus.

The Swingin’ Aces, directed by Dr. Jake Walburn, will perform “Dindi” by Antonio Carlos Jobim; “Things Are Getting Better” by Julian Adderly; “Swampwater Blues” by Les Hooper; “Two Seconds to Midnight” by Alan Baylock; and “Tribute to the Count” by Sammy Nestico.

A distinctive twist in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play “Everybody” is that, at any given performance, any one of five different actors could play the title role, based on a lottery which also determines what roles will be played by the other four actors in that group.

As a result, there’s a lot of sound recording technology involved, which presented some unique challenges for CC Conn, professor of theatre and sound designer for the School of Theatre and Dance’s presentation of “Everybody,” slated for Thursday, Feb. 23 through Sunday, Feb. 26, in Kennedy Auditorium.

“Everybody” is an allegorical story in which a representative human faces the prospect of imminent death and tries to find a way to avoid or ameliorate the situation.

The Pineywoods Camerata at SFA will perform Baroque music from Germany and Italy when faculty members and students present a recital at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, in Cole Concert Hall.

The Pineywoods Camerata is a string faculty-led, conductorless ensemble dedicated to performing Baroque works with an informed stylistic approach, according to Dr. Jennifer Dalmas, professor of violin and Camerata member. The group usually performs once each academic year.

New faculty member Pablo Moreno Holguin, oboe, will be featured as a soloist on Alessandro Marcello’s Concerto in C minor, one of the best known works of the period for oboe. The concert also features Dr. Minhae Lee, harpsichord, and SFA string students.

A performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 will highlight a concert presented by SFA’s Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Cole Concert Hall.

Conducted by Dr. Gregory Grabowski, director of orchestral activities, the Symphony Orchestra also will perform Franz Schubert’s “Rosamunde Overture” and Camille Saint-Saëns “La Muse et le Poete,” which will feature faculty members Dr. Jennifer Dalmas, violin, and Dr. Evgeni Raychev, cello.

These lifelike structures seem to have more than just a green thumb.

Artist Kim Simonsson created “Moss People,” life-sized sculptures that are painted and then flecked with nylon fiber, making the sculptures look like they’re covered in lichen. Read the article and check out the enchanting photos of the sculptures in many locations including the Finnish countryside, where they appear eerily at home.