In celebration of SFA’s dedication to academic excellence, the university held its inaugural Endowed Faculty Recognition Ceremony to honor 25 distinguished faculty members who hold both new and continued endowed professorships.

Faculty and staff are invited to an open house featuring two tiny homes built by construction management students from 11 a.m. to noon May 9 at the Village Nac community at 1188 County Road 823 in Nacogdoches.

Floral arrangements by students in the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture will be on display from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, May 5, in the Agriculture Building. The theme for the Spring Floral Design Exhibit is "Floral Designs of the World."

The Big Dip: 9 a.m. and 1 and 4 p.m., May 2, Grand Ballroom, Baker Pattillo Student Center

Plant Propagation with Dr. Andrew King: 9 a.m. to noon May 3, Brundrett Conservation Education Building

Choral Masterwork Concert with SFA Symphony Orchestra: 7:30 p.m. May 3, Griffith Fine Arts Building, Turner Auditorium

Final exams: May 5-9

Lumberjack Launch Guaranteed Admissions Program kickoff: May 7

Commencement: Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts, and Nelson Rusche College of Business: 3 p.m. May 8, Johnson Coliseum

Commencement: Graduate Studies: 6 p.m. May 8, Johnson Coliseum

SFA Gardens’ Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series: A Snake Woman’s Garden: 7 to 8:30 p.m. May 8, Brundrett Conservation Education Building

Commencement: College of Liberal and Applied Arts and College of Sciences and Mathematics: 3 p.m. May 9, Johnson Coliseum

Commencement: James I. Perkins College of Education: 6 p.m. May 9, Johnson Coliseum