Student Services

Academic Affairs

The Division of Academic Affairs offers numerous programs designed to foster student success. These include the Academic Advising Center; Academic Assistance and Resource Center; Office of International Programs; and SFA 101 Freshman Seminar.

Student Success Center

Academic Advising Center

The Academic Advising Center provides advising services for students who have not declared an academic major. Full-time advisors are available to assist students with course selection and with materials to help them explore career options. The center also has information and literature on all academic majors offered at SFA.

International Student Support Services

The Office of International Programs provides international student support services. Services include an SFA orientation, cultural adjustment, assistance with visa issues, banking assistance, resources for assistance and initial transportation from Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston to SFA upon arrival in Texas. In addition, the English Language Institute is available for students who encounter difficulties with the use of the English language.

Academic support is offered through the Academic Assistance and Resource Center. All offices and departments at SFA are committed to student success and, therefore, will assist international students with their needs.

University Affairs

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The Division of University Affairs is composed of the following areas: Student Affairs, Student Services, Campus Recreation, Student Publications, Divisional Operations and Public Safety.

Student Affairs

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The Department of Student Affairs strives to fulfill the university’s mission through personal connections with students, creating engaging and dynamic learning opportunities and providing programs and services designed to help students meet their personal and academic goals.

The department fulfills its mission through Support Services and Programs component areas.

The Office of the Dean of Student Affairs is located in the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the third floor.

Student Affairs Support Services

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Student Affairs includes the following departments: Counseling Services, Center for Career and Professional Development, Disability Services, Health Services, Student Rights and Responsibilities, Testing Services, and the Veterans Resource Center. Highly qualified professional staff members work individually with students to assist them in both their personal and academic goals.

Counseling Services

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Counseling Services provides assistance via individual and group counseling to students faced with adjustment problems and personal obstacles, and helps students with mental health concerns. Licensed professional counselors and graduate student intern counselors provide services on a strictly confidential basis. Counselors also assist in crisis situations and offer consultation to faculty and staff. Counseling Services offers psycho-educational presentations on mental health topics and conducts QPR training to teach members of the campus community how to assist people at risk of suicide. Counseling Services is located on the third floor of the Rusk Building. Appointments may be scheduled by stopping by or calling (936) 468-2401.

Center For Career And Professional Development

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The Center for Career and Professional Development provides centralized career planning and development serving all divisions of the university. We work to enhance student employability by helping students develop a professional brand through assistance with résumé preparation, networking and interview techniques, career coaching, and internship and job-search strategies. Additionally, we serve as the liaison between SFA students, alumni and prospective employers, offering a variety of employment opportunities. We connect students and employers through on-campus recruiting via job fairs, informational sessions, online job postings and networking events. We encourage students to take a proactive approach to their futures by utilizing our tools early and persistently. To access our services, students should register with us through Jobs4Jacks, our online career management platform.

Additional information may be obtained in person at the Rusk Building, third floor; on the CCPD website at sfasu.edu/ccpd; via mail at P.O. Box 13032, SFA Station, Nacogdoches, Texas 75962; or via phone at (936) 468-3305.

Disability Services

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The university is committed to providing equal opportunities in higher education to academically qualified students with disabilities who demonstrate a reasonable expectation of college success. Students with disabilities are integrated as completely as possible into the university community, as the university shares responsibility with the student for modifying campus facilities and programs to meet individual needs.

Following acceptance for clear admission to SFA, the process of obtaining services and accommodations begins with the completion of the application for services and submission of appropriate documentation by the student. Students living on campus needing special accommodations because of a disability should request the form available through the Residence Life Department or Disability Services. Documentation for academic and/or housing accommodations should provide sufficient evidence of a disability that substantially limits one or more major life activities as defined by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Guidelines for documentation are provided by Disability Services and should be reviewed by the student prior to seeking documentation from a qualified professional.

Documentation should be submitted well in advance of the initial semester in which accommodations will be requested. Sufficient time is necessary to provide for committee review of documentation and appropriate coordination of services. Refer to Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 in the University Policies section of this bulletin regarding provision of services for people with disabilities. Requests for additional information should be directed to:

Health Services

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Located on the corner of East College and Raguet streets, the Tucker Health Services Building is an outpatient medical facility offering medical services to all currently enrolled students. It is staffed by licensed physicians, a family nurse practitioner, nurses, laboratory personnel, and supportive technical and administrative staff. Partially funded by student service fees paid at registration, services include all clinic visits; diagnostic laboratory tests; injections of patient-furnished allergy medications; minor surgery, as determined by the clinic physicians; and many other services during regular clinic hours. Some cost-saving services are provided for a nominal fee (e.g., well-person screening tests, laboratory tests ordered by outside physicians and influenza immunizations).

Visits require an appointment, although patients with urgent medical conditions will be seen immediately. For life-threatening emergencies, call 911.

Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities

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The Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities adjudicates student misconduct in a manner that complements the university’s mission to enhance total education. It is the goal of the OSRR that every disciplinary hearing serve as a teachable moment that assists a student in learning to live in a community as a responsible citizen.

In addition to student discipline, the OSRR works with Academic Affairs to address early alerts issued by faculty members and advisors when there is a non-academic concern potentially impacting a student’s ability to be successful. The office also maintains the iCare Early Alert program, which supplements the Early Alert program available to faculty and advisors. The iCare program allows individuals who do not have access to the SSC campus platform to submit a concern they have about a current student’s ability to succeed.

Testing Services

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National tests such as the ACT, GRE, LSAT, TExES/ExCET and GMAT are offered through this office. Computer-based testing is offered for the TSI Assessment, Accuplacer, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, MCAT, MAT, Major Field Test, IQT, TEAS, TCOLE, TCLEOS, PAN, DSST, ASE Certification, TExES, TCEQ, Kryterion, Castle World Wide, Praxis, Pearson VUE, CLEP and Computer GED for those establishing high school equivalency. Distance-learning testing (correspondence tests) also are administered.

Veterans Resource Center

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The Veterans Resource Center at SFA provides a space for veterans to gather, socialize and form supportive relationships with other veterans. This space is a hub for veterans programming efforts that include connections with veteran faculty members and access to veterans’ resources provided by the university and outside agencies.

Student Affairs Programs

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The Office of Student Affairs Programs consists of a collection of student-oriented programs and services that provide opportunities for campus involvement, student leadership, civic engagement, campus spirit and traditions. More information about a few of these programs is provided below.

Student Engagement Programs

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The Office of Student Engagement Programs offers students ways to integrate themselves into campus life. Home of Greek Life, Student Activities Association, SFA Traditions Council, Involvement Center, Student Organization Resource Center, Homecoming, Jack Camp, Student Leadership and Service Programs, and more than 200 student organizations, SEP is the heart of campus life. SEP assists students in developing leadership skills that will enhance their career development and outside-the-classroom experience.

Office of Multicultural Affairs

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The Office of Multicultural Affairs engages the campus community in creating and sustaining a campus culture that enables understanding of one’s own cultural identity, understanding how that identity affects our world view, learning to competently communicate with those of other cultures and embracing the possibilities of participation in a pluralistic society.

Orientation Programs

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Orientation Programs provides assistance to all new students and family as they transition into SFA by offering programs during the summer and at other times during the year when new students arrive. OP also produces programs during Weeks of Welcome that are designed to welcome students to SFA at the start of their academic careers.

Spirit Programs

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Spirit programs is home to the 28-time National Collegiate Champion Cheer and Dance Teams. Teams comprise the large coed cheer, dance teams, small coed cheer, all-girl cheer, the Lumberjack mascot, and the Purple Haze Association. Spirit programs support our Lumberjack football and basketball teams, as well as our Ladyjack volleyball and basketball teams throughout the year before competing at their own national competition in April.

Student Government Association

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The Student Government Association serves as the representative voice of the student body to the faculty and administration. Concerns and issues important to students are made known through legislation passed by the SGA. A three-branch system consisting of the executive, legislative and judicial branches is utilized. The president of SGA, with the help of the other executive officers, heads the executive branch and helps activate legislation passed by the Student Senate. The senate is chaired by the speaker and is composed of representatives elected from the colleges and classes. Judicial authority is vested in the Student Supreme Court.

Student Services

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The services offered through the departments within Student Services help engender and capture the synergies of a residential campus.

Baker Pattillo Student Center

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The student center serves as the “living room” and “town square” of campus life. Its programs, facilities and operations are created with an emphasis on student development with service and satisfaction as the keystones to their success.

Residence Life

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The Residence Life Department is an integral part of the educational experience at SFA and seeks to provide a learner-centered residential environment conducive to the academic success and personal development of SFA students.

SFA provides on-campus housing for approximately 5,000 students. Students apply to live on campus through their mySFA account. Single students younger than 21 years of age prior to the 12th class day with fewer than 60 credit hours of coursework earned reside and dine on campus. More information on campus living and off-campus exemptions can be found at sfasu.edu/reslife.

Dining Services

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Aramark is the provider of campus dining services. Students and employees are offered meal plan options, as well as a wide selection of retail choices. Students who reside on campus in units without full kitchens participate in one of the residential dining plans.

ID Card Services

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Located on the first floor of the Baker Pattillo Student Center, the card services office produces and maintains student and employee ID cards that provide access to food service facilities, buildings, declining balance plans and more.

Baker Pattillo Student Center Information Desk

The Information Desk is a resource for students, faculty, staff and visitors on campus. Information Desk staff members can help locate individuals on campus and provide directions and campus maps. Information Desk staff members make refunds when vending machines malfunction and sell tickets to student events. Individuals off campus needing help finding telephone numbers for campus departments may call (936) 468-3401.

SFA Post Office

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Located in the Student Center, the SFA Post Office provides full U.S. postal services to all members of the SFA community. With more than 10,000 boxes, box rental is required for students who live on campus and is available to students living off campus.

Bookstore

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Barnes & Noble Bookstore is the official SFA on-campus supplier of course textbooks, supplemental materials and class supplies. Barnes & Noble Bookstore also offers a large selection of SFA spirit clothing and other SFA items for souvenirs and gifts. Books can be purchased at the store or online.

Banking Center

Commercial Bank of Texas offers a full range of banking services for students, faculty, staff and visitors. Located on the first floor of the Baker Pattillo Student Center, CBTx is open regular banking hours during regular academic semesters.

Printing Services

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University Printing Services is located at 1216 University Drive. It provides printing, binding and laminating services for academic departments, administrative offices, students, faculty and all university support organizations. Official letterhead, business cards, envelopes, etc. can be ordered at the facility, by phone or by printing a work order request found on the main SFA website A-Z directory.

Graphics Shop

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This is the university’s one-stop shop for copies, digital printing, large format posters, banners and other print-related services and supplies. The Graphics Shop specializes in fast turn-around of small quantity jobs, helping students and campus departments produce needed materials quickly.

Campus Recreation

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Campus Recreation, housed in the Student Recreation Center, offers students a wide variety of healthy and fun activities at all ability levels. Opportunities for active competition, fitness conditioning, skill building, stress release, leadership development and socialization are available through the many programs offered each semester. Students can take advantage of these opportunities through the various program areas of the department: intramural sports, aquatics, outdoor pursuits, camps, fitness, wellness, sport clubs and special events.

Student Publications

The Pine Log

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The Pine Log is the official newspaper of SFA. It is published each Wednesday during the fall and spring semesters except during university holidays and final exams. The Pine Log’s circulation is approximately 4,000. The newspaper is distributed on campus free of charge. Subscriptions by mail are available at $35 per academic year. The Pine Log is an independent student publication and is financially self-supporting. Revenue necessary to pay production costs, including student salaries, is generated by advertising sales.

Stone Fort

The Stone Fort yearbook is produced annually by student editors who are responsible for gathering content, designing the pages and preparing the project for printing. SFA students may purchase the yearbook on a subscription basis, either by signing up during Orientation or through their mySFA account. Organizations may purchase space in the yearbook to feature information and photographs about their programs and special events. The Stone Fort yearbook also includes individual photos of students enrolled during the academic year. Yearbooks are made available for pick up near the end of each spring semester. They also can be mailed to students who are no longer on campus.

Department of Public Safety

University Police

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The Department of Public Safety comprises police, parking, safety technology and emergency management. It is located at 232 E. College St. and is responsible for the protection of public and private property, public safety and the enforcement of university regulations, as well as the laws and ordinances of the City of Nacogdoches and Texas. The department also manages access, control and campus surveillance cameras in addition to providing 24-hour patrol protection for the campus.

The SFA Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report, which includes crime statistics, is available on the DPS website, or a mailed hard copy of this report can be requested by contacting the DPS administrative office at (936) 468-2252 or updemail@sfasu.edu.

Parking And Traffic

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The Parking and Traffic Office, a division of the Department of Public Safety, is located at 1925 Wilson Drive on the first floor of the Wilson Drive Parking Garage and is responsible for the oversight of all issued permits, parking enforcement, vehicle assists, pay-per-use/contract parking, citation appeals, special event parking and the evening Jack Track shuttle service.

Intercollegiate Athletics

SFA is a comprehensive, state-supported university committed to excellence in undergraduate and graduate education. This commitment extends to maintaining a successful intercollegiate athletic program as a substantial contributor to a comprehensive collegiate environment. The goals of the university and the Intercollegiate Athletics Department include excellence in achievement through specialized and multidisciplinary development, training and competition.

The university and the Intercollegiate Athletics Department provide a successful, high-quality program that involves a broad range of sports for students throughout the campus community, conforms to NCAA and Southland Conference regulations, and focuses on the educational, physical, mental and social well-being of student-athletes.

The university and the Intercollegiate Athletics Department ensure that all student-athletes meet academic standards set by the university and NCAA. All student-athletes are encouraged to complete chosen academic programs and become contributing citizens. Their health and safety receive the highest priority.

The university and the Intercollegiate Athletics Department are committed to providing equal opportunities for all student-athletes and members of the athletics staff.

SFA competes in both men’s and women’s intercollegiate athletics in the NCAA Division I level (FCS football) as members of the Southland Conference.

Men’s intercollegiate sports include football, cross-country, basketball, baseball, indoor/outdoor track and golf. Women’s intercollegiate sports include basketball, cross-country, softball, indoor/outdoor track, volleyball, tennis, soccer, golf and bowling.

Excellent facilities are located on campus, including Homer Bryce Stadium, home of the Lumberjacks football team and the men’s and women’s track programs; William R. Johnson Coliseum, home to the men’s and women’s basketball teams; the Gerald and Candace Schlief Tennis Complex, home of Ladyjack tennis; the SFA Soccer Complex, home to Ladyjack soccer; and the Shelton Gym in the HPE Complex, home of Ladyjack volleyball.

The baseball and softball teams compete in facilities located off campus at the Nacogdoches Baseball Park Complex on the city’s west loop.