Miller was recently promoted by the College Board to serve as a table leader for the 2024 Advanced Placement Statistics Exam reading.

Each year, only a few dozen university-level statistics faculty are awarded this responsibility nationwide. Miller led a virtual table of AP graders through scoring more than 10,000 exam questions related to discrete probability distributions. Miller earned the promotion in his fifth year of working with the AP program, an honor often reserved for those with eight to ten years of service on a particular exam.

The Office of Admissions is looking for faculty and staff volunteers for Showcase Saturday set for June 22.

Shifts are available from 9 a.m. to noon and noon to 3 p.m. Help welcome future Lumberjacks to campus and show them what makes SFA great!

If you are interested in participating, complete the volunteer registration form.

SFA is extending the deadline for initial eligibility and renewals for the Purple Promise Guarantee Program to July 1.

New students must be admitted to SFA as a regular degree-seeking student by that date. Both new and renewal students must complete all financial aid requirements by July 1, including the receipt of a valid FAFSA by the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships.

For complete eligibility and renewal requirements, visit the Purple Promise Guarantee Program webpage.

Are you interested in shaping conversations that affect SFA staff members? Are you willing to serve, or do you know another staff member willing to serve as a voice for campus employees? Be a part of the Staff Council’s ongoing efforts to advocate for campus improvement by nominating a staff member to run for office as a council representative.

Nominations for representatives will remain open through June 26 and elections will be held in July. Visit the Staff Council website to submit a nomination and learn more about the organization.

Parking permits for the 2024-25 academic year are now available.

To order a parking permit online, log in to mySFA and follow the step-by-step instructions listed below. To complete the application, you need your vehicle information such as license plate number and vehicle make, type and color. It is important to register all vehicles you may drive to campus. The permit fee will be deducted from your paycheck.

• Once logged in to mySFA, locate the “Employee” tab.

• Select “Parking Portal” under the “Parking” section.

• Under “Customer Authentication,” select the “CAS Affiliated Login” button.

• Enter all required information.

• Click the “Process Transaction” button twice or the permit will not be ordered.

Permits ordered before Aug. 1 will be mailed to the address indicated on the application. Permits ordered on or after Aug. 1 must be picked up in the Parking Services office on the first floor of the Wilson Parking Garage.

For more information, visit sfasu.edu/parking or call Parking Services at (936) 468-PARK, or 7275.

The Center for Applied Research and Rural Innovation will take a landmark step toward rural innovation in the deep East Texas region with the addition of the center’s new research facility. To celebrate this milestone, CARRI will host a groundbreaking ceremony at 1:30 p.m. June 18 at the location of the facility, 7308 U.S. Highway 59 N.

Along with the ceremonial groundbreaking, the event also will offer networking opportunities and refreshments. Additionally, Dr. Neal Weaver, SFA president, along with federal and state representatives are slated to speak.

Faculty and staff are asked to complete an Employee Wellness survey for feedback on current wellness services and to better understand needs and preferences. Your valuable input on this survey, which takes three to five minutes to complete, will help enhance the employee wellness program.

For more information, contact Livia Pierce at employeewellness@sfasu.edu or ext. 2495.

Human Resources is hosting in-depth sessions about the hiring toolkit. These sessions are for any staff or faculty who either serve on a committee or have hiring process responsibilities.

June trainings are every Wednesday. Access Zoom links on the HR webpage under the "Professional/Personal Development" tab.

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

Dawn Stover, study leader at the East Texas Plant Materials Center within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, will present “Unleashing the Flower Fairy: The Evolution of the Southern Garden Girl.”

The first SummerStage Festival to be presented in the Griffith Fine Arts Building's Flex Theatre features everyone’s favorite blockhead taking the stage in “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.”

With music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and Andrew Lippa, and book by John Gordon, the family-friendly show will be presented by the School of Theatre and Dance July 1-2 and July 5-6.

This is a professional position responsible for advising undecided, prospective and enrolled students in course selection and academic program planning consistent with each student’s interests and abilities.

This is a professional position responsible for assisting in the provision of legal services for the university with exposure to the wide range of legal issues presented in the Office of the General Counsel.

The person in this position is responsible for overseeing the administrative, business and financial operations of the Health and Wellness Hub.

This is a full-time or part-time faculty position responsible for teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses.

View more career opportunities at careers.sfasu.edu.

If you would guess the most silent place on earth is in Antarctica or the Sahara Desert, you'd be wrong. It's actually in Minnesota.

At Orfield Laboratory, visitors can experience the Anechoic Chamber, a room so well-designed to absorb sound that even the blink of an eye sounds loud. It's so silent that visitors often hear their own bodies, like their blood flowing, and sometimes find the quiet overwhelming.

"Hear" more about the room by watching a video on goodnewsnetwork.org.