Stephen F. Austin State University

A Stephen F. Austin State composition professor writes music inspired by his experiences in America’s national parks.

Stephen Lias is producing a new CD of contemporary classical music featuring five works, each focused on the wonders found in national parks.

Commentator Brian O'Nuanain shares his joy over a recent trip to Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches. 

With the threat of Ebola looming over Western Africa, volunteerism is still robust in other parts of the continent. Leon Young is a soil fertility specialist and Regents professor of agriculture at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches. He was in Angola ahead of the fall semester consulting in the Farmer to Farmer program through the nongovernmental organization CNFA.

“I was working with subsistence farmers who were trying to grow vegetables in the dry season to market to an emerging middle class in Angola,” Young said.

Aired Tuesday, July 1 at 12 noon. Bill Beckett spoke with Laura Rikard, an assistant professor of theatre at Stephen F. Austin State University and director for this production of “Alice In Wonderland.” Also joining Bill is Anna Drake, a junior in theatre at SFA, who will take on the role of "The Queen Of Hearts" in this production. The Performances are part of the SummerStage Productions presented in the W.M. Turner Auditorium on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches.

Aired Wednesday, June 25 at 12 noon. Bill Beckett spoke with Zach Hanks, an assistant professor of theatre at Stephen F. Austin State University along with Josh Wallace, a senior at SFA who plays the role of Atticus Finch in SFA’s Summer Stage Production of “To Kill a Mocking Bird.” This performance opens Friday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m. with multiple performances through July, in the W.M. Turner Auditorium on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches. More information at www.finearts.sfasu.edu or (936) 468 - 6407.