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Madison Fullerton, a student at the Stephen F. Austin State University Early Childhood Lab, hangs out with members of the women's basketball team during a "Meet the Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks" event on the school playground Tuesday. The children posed for photos, played games and shared snacks with members of both championship teams.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University alumna Lou Ann Richardson, an executive vice president and regional head of U.S. sales for Wells Fargo Global Financial Institutions, will be recognized as the 2014 Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter Honoree during an on-campus ceremony Wednesday, April 23.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Join the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Beef Center and Stephen F. Austin State University's Nacogdoches Naturally Family Outdoor Adventure Program for "Farm and Forestry Day" from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 26, at the Walter C. Todd Agricultural Research Center located 5.5 miles north of Nacogdoches on State Highway 259.

The free barnyard event is a chance for children and their families to be exposed to the farm animals at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Beef Center and gain awareness of the many educational experiences available from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Dr. Harry Downing, professor and chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stephen F. Austin State University, will present "Physics is Phundamental" at the upcoming Regents Lecture.

Downing, the 2013-14 Regents Professor, will deliver the address at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in the Miller Science Building Lecture Hall, Room 334, on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus. Refreshments will be served, and there is no admission charge.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present Dr. Stephen Lias, Dr. Nathan Nabb and Dr. James Pitts performing "Outside In - Inside Out," a faculty recital, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

The recital will be comprised of three large works, two of which are world premieres, composed by Lias, who is professor of composition at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. Staff pianist Pitts will accompany on two of the program pieces.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present the student-directed one-act play "No Exit" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 25, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26, in the Downstage Theatre on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

Written by Jean-Paul Sartre, "No Exit" will be directed by Weatherford senior theatre major Austin Holt. It is the story of three people - Garcin, Estelle and Inez - who are "stuck in hell with each other," Holt said.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - New annual scholarships totaling $200,000 for Stephen F. Austin State University students preparing for careers in the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) were approved by the Board of Regents Tuesday.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents approved faculty and staff changes during its quarterly meeting Tuesday.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Bands performing the annual "Concert in the Park" at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27, on the lawn in front of the Wright Music Building on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

All Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ concert bands will perform, according to Fred J. Allen, director of bands. Opening the concert will be the University Band under the direction of graduate assistant Stephen Morman of Athens who will conduct "Spirals of Light" by Sean O'Loughlin.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University will present the university's flagship orchestral ensemble, Orchestra of the Pines, performing its final concert of the semester at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

"Broadway, Movies and Music III" will feature famous movie soundtracks and Broadway tunes, according to Dr. Gene H. Moon, director of orchestras at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ.