Shrewsbury was asked to serve as a panel judge for the 74th Annual National Moot Court Competition Western Regional round at the University of Utah College of Law Nov. 10. While he was a law student at the university, Shrewsbury was on a team of Western regional champions.

The top two teams advanced to the National Moot Court Championships in New York City in January, which will focus on the case of a young internet influencer who was sanctioned by the Securities and Exchange Commission and sued by a private purchaser of a type of digital currency she recommended in an online post.

Carney co-edited a collection of essays with Routledge Press, featuring a group of scholars from the United States and the United Kingdom. Titled "The Politics and Power of Bob Dylan’s Live Performances: Play a Song," this book examines Dylan’s music from various disciplinary perspectives, with a particular focus on how his live performances reflected the times and the tensions embedded at particular historical moments.

Co-edited with Erin C. Callahan, literature professor at San Jacinto College, this book offers a unique and interdisciplinary take on the significance of popular culture. In addition to co-writing the introduction, Carney contributed the essay “Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Implications of the Past: A Case Study.”

Odunuga’s career path in biochemistry was recently featured in the seventh edition of the textbook "Biochemistry." He is an alumnus of Olabisi Onabanjo University, the University of Ibadan and Rhodes University.

Odunuga has taught in both Nigeria and the United States in lecturer and professor positions. He is working on developing laboratory experiments that are accessible, safe and inexpensive.

The SFA Today faculty and staff newsletter has tried out new formats over the past few weeks to improve readability and ease of use to maximize reach and engagement. Now, we’re seeking reader feedback.

Please complete a brief survey and share a bit about your SFA Today user preferences. Thanks for your help with making SFA Today a useful communication tool for our faculty and staff!

Join us for the annual Holiday on the Plaza from 5 to 7:30 p.m. today. This festive event brings together faculty, staff, students and their families to celebrate the season, enjoy delicious treats and participate in holiday-themed activities.

Help us count down to the lighting of the SFA campus. Prior to the lighting, which will take place in front of the Austin Building, we will have performances by the incredible SFA Kantorei and Singin’ Axes choirs as well as SFA Charter School students. Enjoy booths, visit specialty food trucks in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Plaza, and stop by Santa’s Workshop. The student center retail food venues will also be open.

We look forward to celebrating the holidays with you and your family!

SFA’s fall Registration Rally will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Lumberjack Learning Lab on the first floor of Steen Library.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to tell students about the all-day event, which is intended to offer students a one-stop opportunity to receive help clearing holds and to register for the spring semester.

Representatives from the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships, Student Business Services, the Office of the Registrar and the Student Success Center, among others, will be stationed and ready to offer one-on-one assistance.

As part of its affiliation with The University of Texas System, SFA has named eShipGlobal Inc. as the preferred vendor to manage and provide shipping and delivery services for parcels and freight.

Department personnel responsible for shipping are encouraged to register for a training to learn about eShipGlobal services and how to create shipments, access reports and more. Training is available on 10 to 11 a.m. Dec. 6 and 2 to 3 p.m. Dec. 7. To register and access the trainings, click the link.

For more information, contact Central Stores at ext. 4044 or ppd-CD.CR@sfasu.edu.

Six first-generation students received $5,000 scholarships from Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages to help with their financial needs so they can continue their studies at the university.

The scholarships were awarded through Generation Jacks, an extended learning community for students who are the first in their families to achieve four-year college educations. GenJacks members take classes together, participate in service activities and host social events for the GenJacks community.

The Organization for Women’s Leadership and Equity invites all interested staff and faculty to a lunch meet-up from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 8 on the fourth floor terrace in the Cole STEM Building. Bring a lunch and come visit with some great people!

OWLE is a professional organization of staff and faculty who work together to empower women and support women’s professional advancement while balancing their professional, personal, physical and mental health demands and needs.

For more information, email owle@sfasu.edu.

Incoming first-year college students who want to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing will now find the admission process easier with the Lumberjack Nursing Guarantee.

Prospective students who are interested in nursing can earn guaranteed admission to the DeWitt School of Nursing based on their entry into SFA as a first-year student with excellent academic performance. These students will still be required to submit an application for admission to the nursing school, but their acceptance will be assured as long as they meet certain criteria.

SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.

Dr. David Creech, director of SFA Gardens, will present “Is the Pineywoods Native Plant Center a Case Study of Divine Intervention … or Maybe Not? Capitalizing on the Best Plants, Plans and People to Create a Green Resource for the Gulf South.”

Faculty and staff are encouraged to inform students about a study abroad opportunity in Croatia scheduled for July 23-31. The “Discovering Business in Croatia” trip, which is open to incoming first-year students regardless of major and to current non-business majors, offers the following:

-Faculty-led, three-hour-credit course in the Rusche College of Business

-Immersive experience in a foreign culture with tours of Croatian businesses ranging from sweet treats to automobiles

-Sightseeing in cities including Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik

-Scholarships to offset trip costs

-Opportunity for students to create a Lumberjack family before arriving on campus

Students who wish to apply for this trip should visit the OIP website by Jan. 26. For more information, email Drew Thornley, associate professor of legal studies and a co-instructor for the course, at thornleyam@sfasu.edu.

This holiday season, the Dean of Students Office is hosting a Toys for Tots toy drive. You can bring new, unwrapped toys to the third floor lobby of the Rusk Building. Toys will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Dec. 8.

Donated items will go to Toys for Tots and will stay within the Nacogdoches community to help local families have a brighter holiday season. For more information, email dos@sfasu.edu.

The Research Advancing Identities and Student Experiences Center, or RAISE Center, will host the inaugural RAISE Conference Feb. 22. This year's conference theme is “The Research Odyssey: Charting New Waters in Identities, Experiences and Community Engagement.”

The center is calling for proposals and welcomes submissions from undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff. The projects may be completed independently or in collaboration with multiple stakeholders. In addition, the center hopes to publish its top presentations in its new RAISE Center Journal.

You may review the proposal guidelines online. The submission link will be shared before winter break. For more information, email raise@sfasu.edu.

Help SFA share a glimpse into life as a Lumberjack by participating in our social media series, #SFASelfieSaturday.

Each Saturday, a selfie-style photo submitted by a faculty or staff member will be featured on SFA’s flagship account to tell our audience about colleges, programs and organizations, and to highlight the university’s amazing community.

To be featured, submit a selfie-style photo of you with your students, along with your name, the name of the class or organization and information that can be incorporated into a post to socialumc@sfasu.edu.

Football

SFA – 24 vs. Eastern Kentucky University - 36

Men's basketball

SFA - 86 vs. Loyola Marymount University - 76

SFA - 92 vs. Drake University - 68

SFA - 49 vs. Utah State University - 79

Women's basketball

SFA – 55 vs. The University of North Texas - 78

SFA - 73 vs. Texas Southern University - 58

SFA - 67 vs. Rice University - 56

Volleyball

SFA – 3 vs. Abilene Christian University - 1

SFA – 3 vs. Utah Valley University - 1

SFA - 1 vs. Grand Canyon University - 3

To view more SFA Athletics news and a schedule of upcoming events, visit sfajacks.com.

Dr. Cody Hunter, assistant professor in the School of Music, will present a faculty concert, “Omnium Gatherum: Music for Bassoon,” at 7:30 p.m. today in the Music Recital Hall, Wright Music Building.

The program title means “miscellaneous gathering,” referring to the eclectic selection of bassoon works to be performed, according to Hunter.

The steel drum band, also known as Jacks of Steel, will present the program “From Dawn to Dusk” at 6 p.m. tomorrow, in Cole Concert Hall.

Each piece in “From Dawn to Dusk” represents “the flow of time throughout the day, starting in the morning and ending late in nighttime,” according to Dr. Jamie Vilseck, adjunct instructor of percussion and director of the Jacks of Steel.

The School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of “Bubba Ho-Tep,” based on the novella by Nacogdoches author Joe R. Lansdale and adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

The story is about residents of a nursing home who begin dying of “dubious causes,” and an aged Elvis and a Black senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy, both residents, discover that the perpetrator is an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions, according to IMDb. Directed by Coscarelli, it stars Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley/Sabastian Haff, Ossie Davis as Jack, and Bob Ivy as Bubba Ho-Tep.

The School of Music will present an evening of festive music featuring various student ensembles in a Holiday Celebration Concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, in Turner Auditorium, Griffith Fine Arts Building.

The fundraising concert ushers in the holiday season while benefiting students in the School of Music, according to Dr. J.D. Salas, professor in the School of Music and concert organizer.

Advanced and graduate sculpture installation students, along with their professor, Eden Collins, will host “Jacks of All Trades,” a pop-up exhibition, from 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 8 at Turner Fabrication, 718 S. University Drive.

The exhibition will include installation sculptures, interactive artworks and performance pieces. Artists include graduate students Dave Clark, Melonie Kotschwar and Gavin Gilmore; undergraduate students Leah Baters, Brandon Cano De Leon, Emily Gilbert, Bryce Hopkins, Nate Morris and Grimm Thompson; and Collins, assistant professor in the School of Art.

In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, an unlikely fugitive captured the hearts of the local community and a big-name celebrity. A potbellied, rescue pig named Kevin Bacon escaped from his owners’ home leading to a two-week chase that even caught the attention of his namesake. Kevin Bacon, the pig, was eventually lured home via sticky bun.

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