SFA will be featured on an episode of the Amazon Prime television series "The College Tour," which highlights colleges and universities across the country and showcases campus life through stories told by current students.

Hosted by Alex Boylan, winner of CBS’s "The Amazing Race," each episode of "The College Tour" focuses on a single institution, providing an in-depth look at academics, campus culture and student experiences.

The Office of Admissions invites you to a Slate open forum at 2 p.m. Feb. 11 via Zoom.

Whether you're looking to maximize Slate’s potential for recruitment or have specific questions about its features, this session is for you. This interactive forum will provide an opportunity to ask questions about Slate functionality and best practices, learn creative ways to use Slate for recruitment and utilize Slate's event feature.

Meeting ID: 914 7031 0262

Passcode: 203515

Research published by Dr. Rebecca Davis, associate professor of economics in SFA’s Rusche College of Business, that summarizes the history of U.S. coal-fired plant retirements and offers future projections for the industry was cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President.

The Center for Career and Professional Development is hosting several career fairs this spring.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to inform their students about the free events. If you would like your students to attend an event or workshop for a course, email ccpd@sfasu.edu to receive an attendance record.

• Construction Management and Interior Design: 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 12 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Twilight Ballroom

• All Majors: 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 19 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Grand Ballroom

• Agriculture: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 26 in the Agriculture Building, Room 110

• Teacher: 10 to noon April 4 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Grand Ballroom

If you know employers interested in recruiting at a career fair, have them email ccpd@sfasu.edu. For more information, visit the CCPD's upcoming events page.

The School of Human Sciences offers a new product in its line of official SFA Tartan merchandise — a luxury silk bow tie.

The item arrives pretied and ready to wear. Cost is $60 and can be purchased from the School of Human Sciences online store. Contact the School of Human Sciences to arrange on-campus delivery.

The East Texas Research Center will host four classes for its Archive Lab. Classes are at 4 p.m. on the first floor of Steen Library unless otherwise stated on the lab's registration page.

• Oral Histories: Feb. 20

• Creating an Exhibit: March 27

• Photo Digitization Workshop: April 17

• County Records Program: May 22

The Archive Lab is free and open to students, staff, faculty and community members. Class size is limited and registration is required. Register for classes on the ETRC Archive Lab events page.

Look for more information for each class as the dates approach. For more information, email candice.cloud@sfasu.edu, outreach archivist.

The Center for Career and Professional Development is hosting several events and workshops this spring. Faculty and staff are encouraged to inform their students about the free events. If you would like your students to attend an event or workshop for a course, email ccpd@sfasu.edu to receive an attendance record.

• Next Steps for Seniors Workshop: 5:30 p.m. Jan. 22 in Steen Library Wyatt Room

• Job and Internship Search Workshop: 5 p.m. Jan. 29 in McGee Business Building, Room 133

• Résumé Workshop: 5 p.m. Feb. 5 in Cole STEM Building, Room 401

• Career Wellness Check (Lumberjacks GROW): 5 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center, Room 3.201

• Love Your Résumé Pop-Up: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Spirit Lounge

• Résumé Workshop: 5:30 p.m. March 18 location to be determined

• Career Wellness Check (Lumberjacks GROW): 5 p.m. March 19 in McKibben Education Building, Room 131

• Career and Major Exploration: 5:30 p.m. April 9 in McKibben Education Building, Room 131

For more information, visit the CCPD's upcoming events page.

Burrow presented “FAIRYTALES: Accepting the Fantastic(a)l Writing of MotherScholars” at the European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, an international conference that fosters mutual interdependency and interconnectedness for qualitative inquirers.

The Academic Assistance Resource Center welcomes Helveston to its team.

Helveston is not new to the AARC — as a student, she was an AARC finite math tutor. She served in several student leadership positions, and after graduating, served as a graduate teaching assistant. In this position, she trained advanced tutors and conducted learning strategy workshops. Helveston graduated with a Master's of Business Administration.

Montaña received the 2025 Outstanding Fisheries Worker Award at the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society.

Montaña was recognized for making important research contributions to the knowledge of fish ecology and evolution, food web ecology, conservation of imperiled and endangered fish species, and management and conservation of freshwater ecosystems in temperate and tropical regions.

Montaña also is training the new generation of fisheries science students. At this annual meeting, two of her students were recognized for their outstanding research projects.

Turner and his collaborators published a peer-reviewed article titled “Comparison of two independent populations of compositional data with positive correlations among components using a nested dirichlet distribution” in "Psychological Methods."

The article derives novel statistical methodology to determine differences in population groups when the data sets are compositional such as when conducting Morris water maze experiments. The methods also are applicable in many other research fields including flow cytometry experiments within immunology, agriculture and sports statistics.

Faculty, staff and their immediate family members are invited to attend Citizens 1st Bank Family Nights during Southland Conference Saturday basketball doubleheaders at Johnson Coliseum.

By claiming complimentary tickets to any men’s basketball game listed below, you gain access to both the men’s and women’s basketball games scheduled on the same day. With consistent seating for both games, you can settle in for Ladyjacks games at 2 p.m. and Lumberjacks games at 5 p.m.

• Jan. 25: Northwestern State University

• Feb. 1: Lamar University

• Feb. 8: Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

• March 1: Nicholls State University

To claim your tickets, visit sfajacks.com and entering the promo code "CITIZENS."