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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University Student Activities Association will host its annual East Texas Garage Sale from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 2, in the commuter parking lot, located near Homer Bryce Stadium on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's campus.

The association is taking reservations for those interested in selling items. For more information or to reserve your space, call the SAA at (936) 468-1222 or visit .

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Texas Folklore Society will hold its annual meeting April 10-12 at Kerrville's YO Ranch Hotel and Conference Center, 2033 Sidney Baker St., in Kerrville.

The society's 99th annual meeting will feature a variety of activities, including a "hootenanny" on Friday night, which will embrace a mix of music, poetry and storytelling.

Held in the city of art, music and history, this year's meeting will offer a number of destinations for art lovers and history and nature buffs, as well as die-hard shoppers.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Chinese 2D artist Zhi Lin will serve as juror for the 21st Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University's acclaimed annual art competition and exhibition.

The School of Art's annual juried competition and exhibition attracts entrants from across the United States, providing artists an opportunity to have their work juried by highly acclaimed artists and critics, such as Lin. This year's exhibition, which opens April 11 in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, includes 93 pieces of art by 82 different artist from 26 states.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Steinway artist Sergio H. Ruiz will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 6, in Cole Concert Hall in the Wright Music Building on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

Ruiz, who is professor of music and chair of the music department at Georgia College and State University, is in high demand as a performer, adjudicator and clinician, according to Andrew Parr, professor of piano at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University was recently named a top study abroad provider in the fourth annual Study Abroad Rankings, presented by Abroad101, America's first and largest study abroad review website.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's top-10 ranking was awarded based on student reviews of the university's current operations of its study abroad program.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Dr. Dana Cooper, associate professor in Stephen F. Austin State University's Department of History, has been chosen among Nerdwallet.com's "40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire" for 2015. Nerdwallet.com is designed to help readers access information, insight and consumer-driven advice about personal finance, which includes sharing information about making smart decisions concerning college and careers.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music's production of Frank Loesser's musical comedy "The Most Happy Fella" will offer an abundance of great roles that will showcase the talents of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ voice students.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Opera Theater will present "The Most Happy Fella" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, April 9 through 11, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus as part of the College of Fine Arts' University Series, "Connect."

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Gardens will host its annual Garden Gala Day Spring Plant Sale and Earth Day Celebration from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St., in Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Through a partnership between Stephen F. Austin State University's Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, the School of Human Sciences' Hospitality Administration program and Älvdalen Educational Center, a forestry and hospitality post-secondary technical college in Älvdalen, Sweden, 15 Swedish students and two faculty members from the educational center completed a two-week exploration of East Texas.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's Percussion Ensemble will perform with guest artist Dr. Joshua Knight at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

Under the direction of Dr. Brad Meyer, director of percussion studies for the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Music, the ensemble will perform the music of Dwayne Rice and Nathan Daughtrey, among others.