SFA’s horticulture program and Horticulture Club will host Plants and Pancakes from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Plantery, located at 1924 Wilson Drive.

Plants available for purchase include a variety of edibles, succulents, houseplants and more. Pancakes will be free, but donations are encouraged.

In the event of rain, Plants and Pancakes will be held inside the Plantery greenhouse.

For more event information, contact Dr. Jared Barnes, associate professor of horticulture and steward of the Plantery, at barnesj@sfasu.edu. To learn more about the Plantery, visit its website or follow @sfahorticulture on Instagram.

Though spring is usually the peak season for severe weather, fall can also bring dangerous weather including tornadoes, damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding. It's also a good time to start preparing for winter weather.

To help our community get ready, the National Weather Service has designated this week as Fall Severe Weather Awareness Week.

To view campus emergency procedures for thunderstorms, tornado safety and more, visit the severe weather section of SFA’s Emergency Management webpage.

This year’s Fall into Fitness Team Challenge is officially live! Form a team of three to five members, choose your team captain and work together to log 1 million combined total steps before Nov. 10. It’s not too late to join, and you have up to two weeks to go back and track your steps. Help SFA win the UT System traveling trophy!

Follow these steps to get started:

1. Click here to join the UT Living Well Fall into Fitness challenge.

2. Join or create a team (must have three to five team members).

3. Start tracking.

For more information, contact Livia Pierce, assistant to the director of Human Resources, at ext. 2495 or employeewellness@sfasu.edu.

Human Resources is offering an in-person hiring manager toolkit training session at 3 p.m. today in the Baker Pattillo Student Center, Multimedia Room 2.106. These sessions are for any staff or faculty who either serve on a search committee or have hiring process responsibilities.

The hiring toolkit can be found on the HR website under the "Managers" section.

The public is invited to celebrate 65 years of the Humane Society of Nacogdoches County at an exhibit hosted by the East Texas Research Center. The exhibit’s opening is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow on the second floor of the Steen Library.

Looking for some great reads? Stop by and pick up a free book, courtesy of SFA Press, until 4:30 p.m. today at the University Marketing Communications office in Austin Building, Room 121.

Available titles include “A Winter Tale,” “I’m Samson,” “Nacogdoches: Now and Then,” “Well Done,” “A Day at SFA,” “East Texas Impressions” and “Chopper Blues.”

Quantities are limited, and books will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. SFA Press is unable to deliver books or send them through campus mail, so be sure to pick them up in person.

SFA Gardens will host its annual Fabulous Fall Festival Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.

SFA’s Student Engagement invites local alumni and Nacogdoches community members to assist in building the foundation of the annual SFA Homecoming bonfire from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Intramural Fields.

A 1,000-year-old seed, unearthed from an Israeli cave, has blossomed to life. Scientists are thrilled by this discovery, as the plant it sprouted from may be a lost medicinal species mentioned in the Bible. The seed was discovered during an archaeological dig and may be a rare, extinct variety. Researchers are conducting genetic analysis to determine the exact species and explore its potential medicinal properties.

Read more at Goodnewsnetwork.org.