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Stephen F. Austin State University is reporting an increase in enrollment for the fall semester, as well as several other indicators of positive performance at the institution.

Enrollment increased from 12,606 in the fall of 2015 to 12,742 this fall. The largest growth was among freshman students, whose numbers increased 3.5 percent, from 3,251 in the fall of 2015 to 3,364 this fall.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Faculty members of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will be the featured performers during the annual Pi Kappa Lambda Music Faculty Showcase at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

"This concert is a showcase featuring the talents of our diverse performing faculty," said Deborah Dalton, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ associate professor of voice and president of the local chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda, the national music honor society.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Five presentations by Stephen F. Austin State University faculty and staff members will take place during the fall and early spring semesters as part of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Office of Multicultural Affairs' ongoing Consciousness Speaker Series.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's Rusche College of Business is hosting an Evening with Executives at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the McGee Building, Room 133, on the university campus.

Citizens National Bank CEO Brad Tidwell and his executive team will provide a "State of the Industry" address in which Tidwell will discuss his views of the banking industry and economy. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions after the address.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Choice seating is still available for the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts' presentation of Julian Sands in "A Celebration of Harold Pinter" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University officials and staff members are offering assistance to students displaced by the abrupt closure of ITT Technical Institute's resident campuses.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Gardens will host its annual Fabulous Fall Festival Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St., in historic Nacogdoches.

The sale will feature a variety of hard-to-find, "Texas-tough" plants, including Texas natives, heirlooms, tropicals, perennials, shrubs, trees and exclusive Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ introductions. Most of the featured plants are extensively trialed before being offered to the public and are produced by staff members and volunteers of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Gardens.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University recently launched a new scholarship management system to help provide students with a streamlined tool to search and apply for scholarships. 

AcademicWorks, a comprehensive, integrated scholarship management system, simplifies awarding scholarships and facilitates the move toward centralizing the university's scholarship management in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Office of Student Financial Assistance.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District, will hold court on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus this month during an event hosted by the university's College of Liberal and Applied Arts.