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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Art and Friends of the Visual Arts will offer Texas Blueberry Festival-goers the opportunity to view "Found Footage: Rediscovering Nacogdoches" and the George Hooker short promotional film "Nacogdoches: The Oldest Town."

The two films will be shown every hour on the hour starting at 10 a.m. with the last screenings starting at 3 p.m. on festival day, June 11, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches. Copies of the DVD will be available for purchase during the festival.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - An exhibition highlighting the history of African-American leaders in Nacogdoches is the final product for students in a history graduate course within Stephen F. Austin State University's College of Liberal and Applied Arts.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's educator preparation program within the James I. Perkins College of Education hosted its first Partners in Educator Preparation Appreciation Banquet on May 26 on the university campus.

During their final semester before graduation, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ students majoring in education begin their student teaching in school districts across Texas.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - More than 14,000 miles away in Bangalore, India, Stephen F. Austin State University graduate student Nandita Mehrotra puts the finishing touches on her thesis in preparation for its defense.

During the past few months, she has been studying patient-turnaround time at an outpatient cancer center in India and the role interior design plays in health care settings.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - International experience and cultural exchange are at the heart of the biennial trip Stephen F. Austin State University theatre students make to Ireland every other June.

Visiting the sites of major events in Irish history, which is inextricably tied up in the country's dramatic tradition, is another key benefit. Throw in a lot of museum visits and theatre-going, and you have the makings of a once-in-a-lifetime learning experience, according to Dr. Richard Jones, professor of theatre in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Theatre.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ has announced former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will serve as guest speaker for the college's inaugural Nelson Rusche Distinguished Lecture Series on Nov. 3.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 9, in the Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St. Greg Grant, research associate with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Gardens' Pineywoods Native Plant Center, will present "Show Me Your Garden and I Shall Tell You What You Are: Twenty Years Creating One View."

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Chad Huckaby of Martinsville has been appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to serve as student regent on Stephen F. Austin State University's Board of Regents during the 2016-17 academic year.

Huckaby, who graduated from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ in May 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics, is now pursuing a Master of Science in mathematical sciences at the university. He was named Mr. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ during his senior year.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The addition of a crop science course into the core curriculum has accelerated the need to build a 7,200-square-foot, three-bay, gutter-connected greenhouse totaling $150,000 on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.

The new facility will provide the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Gardens with a much-needed area for plant production and student-driven research projects, said Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Gardens Director Dr. David Creech, as well as assist horticulture and forestry students in obtaining real-world experience in an industry-standard greenhouse.

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 "The Unforeseen" at 7 p.m. Friday, June 3, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

Directed by Laura Dunn, "The Unforeseen" is the 2007 documentary about the development around Barton Springs in Austin and how many citizens responded, fearing the degradation of Austin's emblematic "swimming hole" and the environment sustaining it.