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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Mast Arboretum at Stephen F. Austin State University will host its monthly Les Reeves Garden Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 18, in the Agriculture Building Room 110 on Wilson Drive. Dr. Matthew Chappell, extension horticulturist and assistant professor at the University of Georgia, is the featured speaker and will discuss his research involving new plants and gardening needs for "marginal" and non-gardeners.

Scholarships are available at Stephen F. Austin State University for bilingual students pursuing a Master of Social Work degree and seeking a career in mental health in Texas after graduation.

"Two scholarships were awarded in the fall semester, and a third is available through competition for a student beginning the MSW program at ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ in the fall 2009 semester," said Sharon Templeman, ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ associate professor of social work and director of the master's degree program.

Stephen F. Austin State University theatre students rehearse one of the songs from "Schoolhouse Rock Live! Too," one of three shows included in the School of Theatre's summer repertory season. Pictured, from left, are Austin Chason, Spring junior; Jt Hearn, Emory freshman; Emma Palizza, Houston junior; and David Hathway, El Campo senior.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Tickets are now on sale for the Stephen F.

ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ of Nursing clinical instructors Michelle Klein, left, and Cally Claussen demonstrate a new, life-like human simulator designed to give nursing students more realistic patient experiences.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas-December graduates of Stephen F.

Anna Kathryn Holbrook, 92, sits near a photograph of herself wearing her great-grandmother Anna Raguet Irion's wedding gown during the 1936 Centennial celebration.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas-The Stone Fort Museum at Stephen F. Austin State University has received an American Heritage Preservation Grant to help restore two deteriorating wedding dresses worn by historic Nacogdoches figures.

Dr. James Standley

Long-time academic dean Dr. James Standley has been named dean of graduate studies at Stephen F. Austin State University.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The College of Sciences and Mathematics at Stephen F. Austin State University has received a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to develop Master Teaching Fellows within five East Texas school districts.

Dr. Mel E. Finkenberg

Dr. Mel E. Finkenberg, professor and chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science at Stephen F. Austin State University, has been named interim dean of the James I. Perkins College of Education effective July 1.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Local middle and high school band students still have time to register for Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music's summer band camps held on the ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ campus.

Students entering seventh and eighth grades are eligible for the middle school camp to be held Sunday, June 7, through Friday, June 12, and students entering ninth through twelfth grades can register for the high school camp to be held Sunday, June 14, through Friday, June 19.

Roger Hughes' ceramic vase won "Best in Show" in the 2008 Nacogdoches Art League Juried Art Exhibition. The 2009 show will open Friday, May 29, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Nacogdoches Art League will open its 39th annual juried exhibition at 6 p.m. Friday, May 29, in the Reavley Gallery of The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, 329 E. Main St. in Nacogdoches.