词条 | Stephen F. Austin State University | |||||||||
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| name = Stephen F. Austin State University | image = Stephen F. Austin State University seal.svg | image_size = | motto = Striving For Personal Excellence In Everything That We Do | established = 1921 | type = State university, public | academic_affiliation = Southern Association of Colleges and Schools | endowment = $81.7 million[1] | president = Dr. Steve Westbrook | provost = Dr. Steven Bullard | students = 13,144 | city = Nacogdoches | state = Texas | country = U.S. | campus = Small Town, {{convert|406|acre|km2}} | colors = Purple and White[2] {{color box|#5F259F}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} | nickname = Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks | sporting_affiliations = NCAA Division I FCS – Southland Conference | website = {{URL|www.sfasu.edu}} | logo = Stephen F. Austin State University logo.svg | logo_size = 250 }} Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) is a public university located in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. Founded as a teachers' college in 1923 as a result of legislation authored by State Senator Wilfred Roy Cousins, Sr.,[3] the university was subsequently renamed after one of Texas's founding fathers, Stephen F. Austin. Its campus resides on part of the homestead of Thomas Jefferson Rusk. Stephen F. Austin is one of four independent public universities in Texas (i.e., those not affiliated with one of Texas's six university systems). {{Coord|31.62139|-94.64917|display=title}}Stephen F. Austin State University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.[4]The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks are members of the Southland Conference and compete in Division I for all varsity sports. The Lumberjacks football team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The Lumberjacks basketball team has made five appearances in the NCAA Division I Tournament, with two upset first-round wins in 2014 and 2016. Though the university is located in the rural East Texas college town of Nacogdoches, the vast majority of SFA students come from Greater Houston, the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, and other cities throughout Texas. SFA has also served students from 46 states outside Texas and 42 countries outside the United States.[5] AcademicsStephen F. Austin offers more than 120 areas of study, including more than 80 undergraduate majors, nearly 60 graduate degrees, and three doctoral programs. Stephen F. Austin offers classes through six colleges and one independent school. The Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture is nationally recognized, and houses one of only two schools of forestry in the State of Texas (and the only forestry college in the timber-producing East Texas region). During the 2014–2015 academic year, there were 2,690 degrees awarded. Of those degrees, 2,108 (78%) were undergraduate, 558 were post-graduate (21%), and 24 (1%) were doctoral. In addition to the main campus which is located on 430 acres, the university maintains a {{convert|642|acre|km2|adj=on}} agricultural research center for beef, poultry, and swine production and an equine center; an observatory for astronomy research, a 2,650-acre experimental forest in southwestern Nacogdoches County and a {{convert|25.3|acre|m2|adj=on}} forestry field station on the Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Since 2007, Stephen F. Austin has served as the headquarters of the Association for Business Communication. It is also the home of the National Center for Pharmaceutical Crops, which in 2011 discovered a potential cancer-fighting agent from the extract of giant salvinia, one of the world's most notorious invasive species.[6] Colleges and schools
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Athletics{{Main|Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks}}In tribute to the forestry industry, which is a major component of the area's economy, the men's athletic teams are called Lumberjacks, and women's teams are known as Ladyjacks. All of SFA's athletic teams participate in the Southland Conference which hosts teams from the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Stephen F. Austin's colors are Purple and White. {{Col-begin}}{{Col-break}}Men's NCAA Sports:
Women's NCAA Sports
Stephen F. Austin sports teams participate in NCAA Division I (Football Championship Subdivision) for football in the Southland Conference. SFA's football team earned a berth into the FCS playoffs in 2009, which was the first for the university since 1995. The team also earned a playoff berth in 2010, marking the first time in the program's history that the team had reached the playoffs in consecutive seasons. The 2010 season also marked the first time that the school had won an outright conference championship since 1989. Stephen F. Austin's only bowl appearance was the 1973 Poultry Bowl, in which the team defeated Gardner–Webb 31–10. The men's basketball team reached its first NCAA tournament in 2009 after winning the Southland Conference regular season and tournament.[7] They lost 59–44 to Syracuse University. In their second appearance in 2014, they upset Virginia Commonwealth in overtime, 77–75. In their third appearance in 2016, they upset 3rd seeded West Virginia 70–56. In the second round against 6th seeded Notre Dame they lost 77–76 on a buzzer beater by Notre Dame's Rex Pflueger. Traditions
Notable alumni and faculty{{main|List of Stephen F. Austin State University people}}Points of interest and notable campus buildings
GalleryReferences1. ^As of 2017. {{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/stephen-f-austin-3624 |title=Overview |publisher=Stephen F. Austin State University}} 2. ^{{cite book|url=http://www.sfasu.edu/pubaffairs/sfa-official-university-identity-standards-manual.pdf |title=SFA Official University Identity Standards |accessdate=October 22, 2017}} 3. ^{{cite journal | year = 1987 | title = In Memory of Wilfred Roy Cousins | url = https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth204533/m1/356/ | journal = Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, First and Second Called Sessions of the Seventieth Legislature, Volume 4, legislative document, 1987 | page = 310}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sfasu.edu/4771.asp |title=Accreditations | SFASU |publisher=Sfasu.edu |date= |accessdate=2016-04-02}} 5. ^http://www.sfasu.edu/research/docs/FastFacts.pdf 6. ^{{cite web|author=July 11, 2011 – SFA Public Affairs |url=http://www.sfasu.edu/5547.asp |title=SFA researchers discover cancer-treating potential of invasive plant | News from 2011 | SFASU |publisher=Sfasu.edu |date=2011-07-11 |accessdate=2016-04-02}} 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D96UQPGO3.html|title=SFA earns first NCAA bid, Texas and A&M also in}} 8. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=http://www.sfasu.edu/studentaffairs/93.asp|title=Traditions Council {{!}} Student Affairs Programs {{!}} SFASU|website=www.sfasu.edu|access-date=2016-10-25}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Replacement Marker for Old Stone Fort|url=https://www.academia.edu/3770087/Recorded_Texas_Historic_Landmark_Replacement_Marker_for_Old_Stone_Fort|website=academia.edu|accessdate=16 May 2018|date=2008}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sfasu.edu/stonefort/|title=The Stone Fort Museum|website=www.sfasu.edu|accessdate=26 August 2017}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/planetarium/index.htm|title=The Planetarium|publisher=|accessdate=26 August 2017}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/observatory/obs.htm|title=SFA Observatory|website=www.physics.sfasu.edu|accessdate=26 August 2017}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://finearts.sfasu.edu/gallery_series.html|title=Page Not Found – College of Fine Arts – SFASU|work=sfasu.edu|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20040222171545/http://finearts.sfasu.edu/gallery_series.html|archivedate=2004-02-22|df=}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://library.sfasu.edu|title=Ralph W. Steen Library :: Home|website=library.sfasu.edu|accessdate=26 August 2017}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://library.sfasu.edu/aarc/|title=Tutoring - Academic Assistance and Resource Center|website=library.sfasu.edu|accessdate=26 August 2017}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://library.sfasu.edu/etrc/|title=Ralph W. Steen Library :: Archives|website=library.sfasu.edu|accessdate=26 August 2017}} External links{{Commons category}}{{Portal|Texas|University}}
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