Burrow was selected to serve on the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Conference planning committee for 2023.

IARSLCE is the only international organization whose expressed primary purpose is to cultivate, encourage and present research across all engagement forms and educational levels. The association promotes high quality trans-disciplinary research across a wide range of approaches and forms and builds the capacity of scholars, practitioners and community partners to engage in such research.

The fall conference is planned for Oct. 25-27 at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Proposals are being accepted until May 26 on the conference's website.

Those interested in learning more about the conference or proposals, contact Burrow at burrowle@sfasu.edu.

Odunuga was selected to serve as an organizer for an international meeting sponsored by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology planned for July in Boston, Massachusetts.

He was interviewed by ASBMB Today about what to expect for this summer’s education meeting, which offers new pedagogical research, career guidance and a strong sense of community.

Sasso and two colleagues recently published “A Descriptive Quantitative Exploration of College Students of Promise During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in the Journal of Underrepresented and Minority Progress.

The article identifies financial, emotional and social factors that negatively impacted student persistence for students of promise, or academically at-risk undergraduate students.

Jason W. Downing ’92, SFA alumnus as well as principal, Deloitte and chief operating officer of its clients and markets business unit, will give the commencement addresses during the university’s four graduation ceremonies Friday and Saturday, May 5-6.

Candidates from the College of Liberal and Applied Arts will participate in a ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday, May 5.

Candidates from the Nelson Rusche College of Business, the School of Human Sciences and the Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts will participate in a ceremony at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 6.

Candidates from the departments of education studies, human services and educational leadership, and kinesiology and health science — all in the James I. Perkins College of Education — are slated for the 12:30 p.m. ceremony, followed by the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture and the College of Sciences and Mathematics at 4 p.m.

SFA Today will reduce its normal two-day-a-week publishing schedule throughout the summer.

The faculty and staff newsletter will publish once each week on Wednesday now through the start of the fall semester and will resume publishing two per week Aug. 29.

To have an article run in SFA Today, it must be submitted through the UMC Service Desk portal by noon the Tuesday prior to each week's Wednesday publication.

This fall, the James I. Perkins College of Education will add the Master of Education in curriculum and instruction to its offerings, which is designed for educators wishing to evolve their teaching skills to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population.

The program features evidence-based research to promote the expanding skills and knowledge professionals need in diverse EC-12 educational settings. It also takes the students through a holistic approach involving theory, research and practical application to develop multitiered teaching skills.

The East Texas Forest Entomology Seminar celebrated 50 years of extending knowledge and resources to forest entomologists, professors and graduate students at its annual meeting in April.

In 1973 thanks to support from the Texas Forest Service and SFA, the East Texas Forest Entomology Seminar was created to increase collaborative efforts in the hopes of decreasing prevalent forest pest issues. Over the years, approximately 1,200 presentations have been delivered as a means to address forest health-related topics.

Following a three-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students and professionals met again for technical presentations at the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture. Over the course of the event, attendees were given an opportunity to interact and reflect on the seminar's impact over the last five decades.

Business owners, travel and tourism professionals, and local economic development leaders are invited to attend the Deep East Texas Travel and Tourism Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Twilight Ballroom.

A collaboration between faculty members at SFA and Tarleton State University, this conference is the first in a series of education and engagement sessions that are part of the larger Texas Forest Country Travel and Tourism Collective.

SFA’s Health and Wellness Hub is relocating to the third floor of the Rusk Building May 8-31 while HVAC repairs are made to its current location at the corner of East College and Raguet streets.

The Hub asks faculty and staff to let students know that all services except for the Family Crisis Center of East Texas and Lumberjack Food Pantry will be available in the following capacities during this time:

• Counseling Services will be limited to virtual sessions except for services needed by students in crisis. They are encouraged to visit the hub’s temporary location between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to meet with a counselor in person. Initial consultation walk-in times will be suspended until the start of the fall semester. Call (936) 468-2401 for more information.

• Student Wellness coaching will be limited to virtual sessions. Drop-in hours will be suspended until the start of the fall semester.

• Health Services will have only some services available. Call (936) 468-4008 for information and to schedule an appointment.

• Student Outreach and Support services will be by appointment only. Call (936) 468-4008.

• The Lumberjack Food Pantry will be closed May 8-31.

• Family Crisis Center services will resume in July.

For more information, visit The Hub's temporary relocation webpage.

For those involved in the interview and hiring process, Human Resources is hosting training sessions for its new toolkit. The session goes through the hiring process from start to finish.

Register for training in mySFA. Go to “Employee,” then “myTraining.” Then, click “Browse for Training” and search for “Hiring Manager Toolkit.”

Training is planned for 10 a.m. May 10 in Austin Building, Room 101.

The Division of University Marketing Communications is looking for students to participate in its upcoming summer social media series, #SFASummerInternship.

If you know of a student who is completing an internship over the summer, who would like to be featured on SFA’s flagship social media pages, and is able to create content for an Instagram Story takeover, email their contact information to socialumc@sfasu.edu.

For more information, contact Kerry Whitsett, marketing communications coordinator, at (936) 468-2553 or whitsettkd@sfasu.edu.

Baseball

SFA - 5 vs. Sam Houston State University - 21

SFA - 2 vs. Sam Houston State University - 17

SFA - 3 vs. Sam Houston State University - 8

Beach Volleyball

SFA - 0 vs. Georgia State University - 3

SFA - 3 vs. University of North Carolina Wilmington - 2

Softball

SFA - 8 vs. New Mexico State University - 1

SFA - 2 vs. New Mexico State University - 1

SFA - 4 vs. New Mexico State University - 3

SFA’s School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will show a selection of short films by current SFA students as a feature of the Friday Night Film Series starting at 7 p.m. Friday, May 5, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

Music enthusiasts will have a special opportunity to hear a performance by two of Nacogdoches’ most beloved young pianists, Nio and Oliva Ajero, when the sibling duo performs a concert to benefit the Music Preparatory Division of SFA’s School of Music.

The primary goal of the “Harmony for Hope” concert, scheduled for 7 p.m. May 23 at First Baptist Church, is to collect funds to be used to offer scholarships to Music Prep students who have demonstrated exceptional dedication and talent in their musical pursuits and who have financial need.

Art lovers can view winning entries in the 288th Texas National Competition and Exhibition through June 30 at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

Greenville, South Carolina, artist Aldo Muzzarelli is the first place winner in SFA’s 2023 juried show for his mixed media piece “Extemporaneous Menina Picking Up Prejudices I.”

Second place went to Graham, Washington, artist Kimberly Balla for oil metallic pigment on panel titled “On the Edge of a Dream.”

Eric Sweeney, artist from Garland, earned third place for the digital print “M.E. Moses.”

SFA art alumna Emily Fleniken will be the guest speaker at the School of Art’s Graphic Design Portfolio Night from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in Room B121 and the front art gallery of the Art Building off Wilson Drive.

Fleniken, a 2013 SFA graduate, is co-owner and creative director of Lemon Seed Marketing, an agency specializing in strategy and branding for the home services industry.

This is an administrative position responsible for coordinating and overseeing administrative support operations within the department.

The person in this role will be responsible for assisting with budget planning, forecasting, and monitoring; and planning, organizing, and performing a wide variety of administrative activities. They may supervise assigned staff, including student workers.

This is a professional position responsible for supporting programs of and coordinating the development and delivery of all curriculum generated through the STEM Research and Learning Center.

The person in this role will be responsible for connecting content and pedagogy across the center's programs and assisting in producing deliverables implemented within teaching, learning and outreach efforts.

This is a professional position responsible for performing editorial and copywriting work in support of the operation of the Division of University Marketing Communications.

The person in this role will be responsible for contributing to the development, publication and dissemination of department-produced communications; assisting with the development and implementation of marketing campaigns; assisting with special projects as assigned; and ensuring the quality, consistency and conformity of departmental public relations, branding and publication functions.

To view all current job openings, visit the SFA Careers website.

A map recently created with photos taken by Hope, a spacecraft that’s orbiting Mars, is out of this world!

A team of scientists at the Center for Space Science at New York University Abu Dhabi put together more than 3,000 images to create the map that shows the Red Planet in all its dusty glory.

To learn more about this project, visit simplemost.com.