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Members from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and the Nacogdoches community present a family-friendly workstation during a ribbon-cutting event

University Marketing Communications
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October 1, 2026
Members from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and the Nacogdoches community present a family-friendly workstation during a ribbon-cutting event

Pictured, from left, at the family-friendly workstation’s ribbon-cutting ceremony are Mercedes Franks of the Judy B. McDonald Public Library; Dr. Catie Munguia, executive director of Better Together Nacogdoches; and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Dr. Lauren E. Brewer, Dr. Heather Olson Beal, and Tim Lewallen.


Stephen F. Austin State University received a grant from Better Together Nacogdoches to purchase a family-friendly workstation for the first-floor computer lab in Steen Library. The workstation, which allows parenting students a study space while caring for their child, was also funded by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. Tim Lewallen, assistant director of customer service for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Information Technology Services, communicated the need for the workstation to fellow grant writers Dr. Heather Olson Beal, professor of education studies; Dr. Lauren E. Brewer, associate professor of psychological sciences; and Mercedes Franks, manager of the Judy B. McDonald Public Library in Nacogdoches, which also has a family-friendly workstation.