Where Current Students, Parents, and Alumni Find Resources on the SFA Website

The SFA website organizes its resources by audience, so the fastest route is to pick your role first: Future Student, Current Student, Parents & Family, Alumni, or Community. Each group has its own set of links on the homepage, and the same grouping carries into the events and resource sections further down the page. If you already know your role, you can skip the general navigation and go straight to your block.

Current Student Resources

The Current Student block is the operational hub for enrolled Lumberjacks. According to the site, it links to:

• mySFA Portal — the central login point for student services
• Billing Deadlines — payment and account due dates
• Class Registration — enrolling in or adjusting courses
• Mental Health — counseling and wellbeing support
• Housing — on-campus living information
• Tutoring — academic help
• What Credits Transfer — evaluating prior coursework

There is also a separate Current Student events list (concerts, recitals, and similar campus happenings) with its own pagination, so events are kept apart from service links. If you are looking for something administrative, start with mySFA Portal; if you need a date, check Billing Deadlines or Class Registration.

Parent and Family Resources

Parents and guardians get a dedicated block rather than being folded into the student section. The listed links are:

• Financial Aid
• Visit
• Student and visiting (student and visitor information)
• Parenting Support Services

This grouping assumes you are supporting a student rather than acting as one, so financial aid and visit logistics sit at the top. For anything account-specific, parents are generally directed to the student's own portal access rather than a separate parent login.

Alumni Resources

The Alumni block covers staying connected and handling records after graduation:

• Alumni Association
• Sawdust Magazine — the alumni publication
• Transcript Requests
• Business Directory
• Alumni events, listed separately with their own pagination

Transcript Requests is the practical one if you need official records sent somewhere; the Alumni Association and Sawdust Magazine are the connection and news side.

Community and General Navigation

A fifth block, open to the community, lists public events such as the SFA Symphony Orchestra, guest recitals, and University Series performances. The homepage also carries a Main Navigation with the core sections — Programs, Visit, Cost & Aid, and Apply — plus a "Why SFA?" prompt and an Is SFA Right For You? path for prospective students.

How the Audience Grouping Works

The pattern is consistent: services and events are split by role, and each role's events list has its own pagination (the current-student list shows 6 pages, parent and alumni lists show 47–48 pages). That means you should not expect one combined calendar — check the block that matches you.

Practical Notes

• The site's tagline and headings ("You make a great Lumberjack!", "All hail to SFA") confirm the Lumberjack identity used throughout, so search results and page titles will use that term rather than "student."
• Location context: the campus is in Nacogdoches, described as far enough from Houston and Dallas to grow but close enough to get home for the holidays — useful if you are weighing a visit.
• Orientation for 2026 is referenced on the homepage, so incoming students should watch the Current Student and Future Student blocks for dates.

If you land on the homepage and are unsure where to click, identify your role first, then use that block's links rather than the general navigation — the general navigation is aimed at prospective students, while the audience blocks serve everyone already connected to SFA.