Nominations for the 2023-24 President’s Achievement Award will close tomorrow. Eight awards will be apportioned by the ratio of staff members within Equal Employment Opportunity categories. Recipients chosen by the university’s president will receive an inscribed plaque and $750. To be eligible, nominees must:

• be a full-time, benefits-eligible staff member
• be employed at SFA for a period of at least one year as of Aug. 31, 2023
• have not received the award within the last three years
• and be nominated by the SFA community; self-nominations will not be accepted.

Nominations may be submitted electronically by staff, faculty or students through the President’s Award nomination online form.

Additionally, hard copy forms and secure ballot boxes will be placed at the Physical Plant Department, Baker Pattillo Student Center Information Desk, PPD Housing Operations and the SFA Help Desk in the Steen Library.

For questions, contact Ryan Dietrich at ext. 7261 or ryan.dietrich@sfasu.edu.

El periodo de nominaciones para el Premio Presidencial al Desempeño 2023-24 se termina el miércoles 7 de febrero.

El premio se otorgará a ocho colaboradores y los ganadores recibirán una placa y una remuneración de $750. Los finalistas serán seleccionados por el presidente de la universidad con base en los siguientes criterios:

• Ser un empleado de tiempo completo con derecho a beneficios.
• Ser empleado de SFA por un período de al menos un año a partir del 31 de agosto del 2023.
• No haber recibido este premio en los últimos tres años.
• Haber sido nominado por la comunidad de SFA. No se aceptarán auto nominaciones.

El personal, la facultad, y los estudiantes pueden enviar sus nominaciones electrónicamente a través del forma electrónica para nominaciones a el premio presidencial al desempeño.

También hay formularios impresos y urnas seguras y confidenciales en los siguientes lugares: la Planta Mecánica conocida como Physical Plant, escritorio de información conocido como el Student Center Information Desk, centro de operaciones de vivienda estudiantil conocido como Housing Operations, y el escritorio de ayuda en el primer piso de la biblioteca conocido como Library Help Desk.

Les invitamos a participar en el proceso de nominación. Si tienen alguna duda, pueden comunicarse con Ryan Dietrich ext. 7261, o por correo electrónico ryan.dietrich@sfasu.edu. Si prefieren, pueden contactar con Grace Saldaña Romero, Presidenta del Consejo de Empleados al correo electrónico saldanagrace@sfasu.edu.

SFA's Stanley Center for Speech and Language Disorders has openings in the Little Jacks program for children ages 3 to 4 experiencing communication concerns.

The center, which is located in the Department of Human Services and Educational Leadership in the James I. Perkins College of Education, offers speech therapy services to residents of East Texas.

Families are already starting to look at their options for summer camp experiences, and SFA’s Summer Camps webpage is one of the top search results. Take a moment and review your camp information to ensure its accuracy.

If updates are needed or your camp isn’t listed, submit a webpage content update ticket to the Division of University Marketing Communications with your camp details.

Dr. Nghia Nguyen, associate professor of education studies, is available to present an interactive discussion and exploration of the science of compassion at classes and meetings during April. The session, "The Science of Compassion: Approaches for Professionals/Students and Its Practical Implications in Personal and Professional Settings," lasts 45 minutes to an hour.

Compassion science research indicates promising relationships between the practice of compassion and positive health and wellness markers.

For more information, or to schedule a session for your students or fellow faculty and staff, preferably for a Tuesday or Thursday in April, email Nguyen at nghia.nguyen@sfasu.edu.

The Center for Career and Professional Development is hosting several professional development events for students, faculty and staff to attend in February.

• Résumé workshop: 5 p.m. tomorrow in the Baker Pattillo Student Center, Room 2.201

• Construction management and interior design career fair: 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, in the student center Twilight Ballroom

• Career fair prep workshop: 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, in the student center, Room 2.201

• All majors career fair: 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, in the student center Grand and Twilight ballrooms

Faculty and staff should encourage students to attend these free events. Professional dress is required for career fairs. For more information, visit the CCPD website or email ccpd@sfasu.edu.

The East Texas Research Center is hosting the presentation "Slavery Document Research" from 4 to 5 p.m. Feb. 28 at the ETRC Archive Lab and via Zoom.

Kyle Ainsworth, project manager of the Lone Star Slavery Project and SFA special collections librarian, will cover the basics of tracing slave ancestry, from offering tips for research in antebellum deed and probate records to exploring early postwar resources (census, chattel mortgage and marriage). Participants will have the opportunity to examine original documents held at the ETRC.

Register in advance if you wish to attend. For more information, email Candice Cloud, archive lab liaison, at candice.cloud@sfasu.edu.

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. Friday, Feb. 9, via Zoom. If you are interested in the Zoom link, email owle@sfasu.edu in advance of the meeting.

The Division of University Marketing Communications’ social media team is putting together a special Valentine’s Day post to celebrate SFA couples.

If you would like to be included in the post on SFA’s flagship social media accounts, send a photo of you and your sweetheart at an SFA event, at a location on campus, or with SFA gear to Kerry Whitsett, marketing communications coordinator, at socialumc@sfasu.edu.

Dr. David Hillis, Alfred W. Roark Centennial professor in natural sciences at The University of Texas at Austin, will be the featured speaker for Darwin Day from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Twilight Ballroom.

Hillis will present “Applications of the Great Tree of Life,” which includes his studies in molecular evolution and biodiversity. His Tree of Life research focuses on how we can use it to understand the processes of evolution.

Darwin Day celebrates the work of Charles Darwin and offers the opportunity to reflect on the contributions of many scientists, particularly biologists.

Men's basketball

SFA - 77 vs. Utah Valley University - 72

SFA - 64 vs. Tarleton State University - 75

Women's basketball

SFA - 72 vs. Utah Valley University - 63

SFA - 73 vs. Tarleton State University - 62

Tennis

SFA - 5 vs. The University of Texas at Tyler - 2

SFA - 7 vs. Grambling State University - 0

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 today 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.

The University Series brings comedian Joe Zimmerman to Nacogdoches for a performance at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in Turner Auditorium, Griffith Fine Arts Building.

A favorite of late-night shows such as “The Tonight Show,” “Last Comic Standing” and “Comedy Central,” Zimmerman is a frequent performer on university campuses and at corporate events.

Formerly a course at SFA called “Pen & Pigment,” “Words of Art” is a student organization-led collaborative event that presents contributors with publication and exhibition opportunities.

The exhibition, titled “Co-Elaborate,” will be shown through Friday, Feb. 9, in the student galleries of the Lower Art Building on Wilson Drive. A closing reception is scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday.

New choreographic works created by the SFA dance faculty members and guest artists Elias Kababa, Lacreacia Sanders and Torens Johnson will be featured in the program "Omnium-gatherum" presented Feb. 15 through 17 in Turner Auditorium, Griffith Fine Arts Building.

"‘Omnium-gatherum’ means a collection of miscellaneous people or things,” said Heather Samuelson, coordinator of the dance program and an associate director within the SFA School of Theatre and Dance. “Our choreographic works are so diverse and interestingly different from one to the next, we thought this was a good description of what will be presented.”

A solo exhibition of works by Candace Hicks, associate professor of art in SFA's School of Art, will open in mid-February in The Artspace Gallery, North Las Vegas campus of the College of Southern Nevada.

Hicks’ exhibition features work from her series “Notes for String Theory.” The show runs Feb. 16 through April 20. An artist talk and reception is planned for 6 p.m. Feb. 26.

This is a full- or part-time faculty position responsible for teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses. The role works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. The clinical instructor reports to the chair.

This is a professional position responsible for performing complex accounting work in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, state and federal laws and regulations, and university policy. The role works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

This role is responsible for coordinating and directing the activities of the grounds maintenance section of the Physical Plant Department. The person in this role assists in determining supply needs and reports those needs to the manager of grounds.

For more career opportunities, visit SFA's career website.

You've got a week left to catch a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. Sadly, you've already missed the Krewe of Chewbacchus, but you can still catch Neil Patrick Harris' ride with the Krewe of Orpheus.

View parade schedules and routes.