The Dean of Students Office needs volunteers for its Behavioral Conduct Formal Hearing Panel, which consists of students, faculty and staff. Chosen participants will work with the DSO as well as hear and adjudicate behavioral conduct cases.

This role requires a large time commitment. Chosen participants will be asked to attend training(s) on how to adjudicate conduct cases as well as dedicate hours of their work week or school week to hear a case.

This opportunity is a great résumé builder and a chance to gain more insight into the administrative side of student affairs and the DSO’s work. If you are interested, complete the Behavioral Conduct Panel Membership application.

For more information, email Brendan Lardie, coordinator of student conduct, at brendan.lardie@sfasu.edu.

The Research Advancing Identities and Student Experiences Center will host its inaugural conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center with keynote speaker Mercedes Franks, Nacogdoches Public Library manager.

The conference’s theme is “The Research Odyssey: Charting New Waters in Identities, Experiences and Community Engagement.”

A design by Caleb Forrest, a 2023 graduate of the School of Art’s graphic design program, was chosen by the IMPACT Conference Planning Committee as the official T-shirt for the upcoming national IMPACT Conference to be hosted Feb. 22-25 on campus.

“One of the most fun aspects of my design career has been dabbling in T-shirt/apparel design, so when I heard about the opportunity to design a shirt for this year’s IMPACT Conference, I jumped on it immediately,” Forrest said. “I was especially excited for the chance to represent SFA through my design!”

Forrest’s official conference T-shirt will be available for free on a first-come, first-served basis to registered attendees of the IMPACT Conference. A limited number of discounted registrations for $75 are still available for students, faculty, staff and community members. Fill out this form if you are interested in attending.

The Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture extends an invitation to faculty, staff and students to attend its annual Undergraduate Research Showcase from 1 to 5 p.m. tomorrow with an awards reception to follow until 6 p.m. The event will take place in the Forestry Building, Room 117.

Presentations by individual and group undergraduate researchers include topics from agriculture, forestry, environmental science and geospatial science disciplines.

The Organization for Women’s Leadership and Equity invites all interested staff and faculty to OWLE’s February meeting. 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.

The meeting will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Wyatt Room of Steen Library, as well as via Zoom. If you are interested in the Zoom link, email, owle@sfasu.edu in advance of the meeting.

The Greg Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship will co-host the first Business Development Series event of 2024 with the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce at 6 p.m. tonight, in the McGee Business Building, Suite 377.

The event is designed for individuals and small businesses interested in learning more about the basics of marketing and utilizing new marketing tools for their businesses. Topics will include target markets, branding and communicating with customers through various marketing platforms. This event is free to the public, but registration is requested.

Experience the journey of a trafficking survivor at “Unseen Suffering: A Human Trafficking Simulation” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Twilight Ballroom.

This event is free and open to the public. Drinks and snacks will be provided. For more information, call the Family Crisis Center of East Texas at (936) 639-1681 or visit their website.

The cheerleaders from the SFA Cheer and Dance Team are holding a cheer clinic and performance for children in kindergarten through fifth grade from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 3.
All participants receive a T-shirt, poms and a game ticket for the women’s basketball game against Tarleton State University. Participants will perform at halftime, and the cost to register is $65. For more information, check out the registration webpage or email cheerdance@sfasu.edu.

Women's basketball

SFA - 59 vs. Grand Canyon University - 54

SFA - 75 vs. California Baptist University - 97

Men's basketball

SFA - 51 vs. Grand Canyon University - 53

SFA - 79 vs. California Baptist University - 81

Tennis

SFA - 4 vs. University of Louisiana Monroe - 3

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

An exhibition of works by San Antonio-based Japanese artist Hiromi Stringer will show Tuesday, Feb. 6, through March 23 in the Ledbetter Gallery of The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

Hosted by the School of Art, the exhibition “The Dog Show: Time Traveler Umeyama’s Drawings from the 21st Century” is a set of drawings depicting a variety of dog breeds with observations by the artist’s time-traveling character Shoei Umeyama, according to Weelynd McMullan, exhibition coordinator for The Cole Art Center.

Pianist Dr. Daniel Milan will present a solo guest recital featuring works by Franz Josef Haydn, Frédéric Chopin, Dinu Lipatti and Alexander Scriabin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, in Cole Concert Hall, Wright Music Building.

Milan describes the program as containing a number of his “personal bucket-list pieces.”

The School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of the film “Selma,” written by Paul Webb and directed by Ava DuVernay, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

Selected to celebrate February as Black History Month, “Selma” chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965 when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement.

While keeping busy on a long flight, craft enthusiast Meegan Rubin noticed a little passenger, baby Romey, captivated by her knitting. With only an hour left on the flight and moved by Romey’s attention, Rubin knitted a beanie for the baby.

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