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NACOGDOCHES, Texas 鈥 In setting the example of 鈥渂eing the best,鈥 Stephen F. Austin State University Professor of Military Science James Attaway recently was promoted from the rank of major to lieutenant colonel.
鈥淏eing promoted to lieutenant colonel means a lot to me,鈥 Attaway said. 鈥淚 started in the Army as a private more than 20 years ago and plan to retire in a few years with my final rank as a lieutenant colonel. It is incredible to think back on all I have experienced.鈥
NACOGDOCHES, Texas 鈥 As schools and universities carefully crafted their reopening plans amid the coronavirus pandemic, questions about health and safety for students and faculty were at the forefront. Right along with those were questions about sporting events and extracurricular activities.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas 鈥 The Stephen F. Austin State University Rusche College of Business is offering an entrepreneurship major beginning this semester. In response to high demand and the growing need to prepare students with versatile skills that are transferable across many industries, the goal of the program is to equip students with learning tools they can use during times of economic success or in times of uncertainty.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas 鈥 In celebration of the passage of the 19th Amendment, the bells of Griffith Fine Arts Building on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus will ring 19 times shortly after noon on Wednesday, Aug. 26, to commemorate the U.S. Constitution article that guaranteed women the right to vote.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas 鈥 Stephen F. Austin State University鈥檚 Sound Recording Technology program has caught the eye of Audinate, the global leader of professional digital audio networking, for SRT鈥檚 cutting-edge use of Audinate鈥檚 Dante platform.
Audinate showcased 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 use of Dante in a recent industry article touting the platform鈥檚 innovative capabilities. The article has been picked up and distributed by multiple media outlets and read by thousands of industry professionals.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas 鈥 鈥淪hining Light and Joy in our Community,鈥 a service project by the Beta Upsilon chapter of the Phi Upsilon Omicron national honor society for family and consumer sciences at Stephen F. Austin State University, received the 2020 National Professional Project Award from Phi Upsilon Omicron鈥檚 national council.
The award, which includes a plaque, a certificate and $150, recognizes projects that promote academic excellence while enhancing the leadership skills and professional knowledge needed to serve individuals, families and the community.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas 鈥 A traveling exhibition of local photographer Richard Orton鈥檚 images of the Upshaw family of Nacogdoches County, currently showing in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, will be on display through Saturday, Aug. 22.
The photographs, which have been featured in an exhibition that鈥檚 been traveling across Texas for the past three years, are the focus of Orton鈥檚 book, 鈥淭he Upshaws of County Line: An American Family,鈥 which is a documentation of the County Line community鈥檚 history through photographs and oral histories of the families who lived there.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas 鈥 Stephen F. Austin State University student Chris Moore is certain of one thing going into his first semester as Student Government Association president 鈥 the semester is unprecedented.
A senior sports business major from Carrollton, Moore has a track record of excelling during uncertain times. He successfully completed a full load of classes during the spring semester after making the transition from face-to-face to online classes. Now, he will balance his senior year of college, a global pandemic and his duties as student body president.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas 鈥 Students enrolled in Tyler Junior College鈥檚 wellness and exercise program now have a way to complete a four-year Bachelor of Science in kinesiology with a concentration in exercise science at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches.
The new pathway helps TJC students transfer their credits based on the Workforce Education Course Manual to 糖心vlog传媒, which recently switched to the Texas Common Course Numbering System.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas 卢鈥 According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, glaciers around the world have lost significant mass since the 1970s, due in part to warming trends in global temperatures. While the concept of massive sheets of ice may seem foreign to Texans, their importance can鈥檛 be overstated.