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The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Press publication "The Road to Llorona Park" was recently named among NBC News' eight great Latino books of 2016. The book also was awarded the NACCS Tejas Fiction Book Award.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas -The recent Stephen F. Austin State University Press publication "The Road to Llorona Park" by Christopher Carmona has received two major accolades.

Chris Dempsey, senior garden technician for Stephen F. Austin State University's Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Gardens, will host a public seminar aimed at teaching participants how to select, plant and prune native trees from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raguet St.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - East Texas is blessed with an abundance of beautiful trees that thrive in southern landscapes.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The application process for the prestigious 2017 George and Peggy Schmidbauer Young Artist Competition at Stephen F. Austin State University is underway, and a number of potential contestants have submitted performance videos.

Dr. Brad Meyer

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present Dr. Brad Meyer performing a faculty percussion recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

Francisco Goya, Plate 13 from the "Disparate" series; "Modo de volar (Way to fly)," 1816-1823, will be featured in "The Collector Collects: Art from Private Nacogdoches Collections" showing in Griffith Gallery beginning Jan. 17.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Works from private Nacogdoches art collections will be featured in an exhibition that opens Jan. 17 in Griffith Gallery on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

Seraph Brass Quintet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus as part of the College of Fine Arts' University Series.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - America's top female brass players will take the stage in a Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts' University Series performance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Topics ranging from discrimination in professional environments to poverty and race within the education system to the modern-day contextualization of Jesus will be discussed during the third annual Diversity Conference, to be held Saturday, Jan. 28, on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

Organized and hosted by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Office of Multicultural Affairs, the conference gathers East Texas professionals, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ students and faculty members, and the Nacogdoches community to join conversations about various diversity-related issues.

Dr. Jason A. Smith, associate professor at the University of Florida's School of Forest Resources and Conservation, will be the guest speaker for the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Gardens' monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series, slated for 7 p.m. Jan. 12 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.

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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of "Inequality For All" at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's online master's degree in early childhood education program has been ranked as one of the most affordable in the nation by , a website dedicated to helping students find a path to a rewarding, quality education.