Nacogdoches education organizations celebrating 90 years
Nacogdoches education organizations celebrating 90 years By Donna McCollum and Christian Terry | May 5, 2021 at 3:36 PM CDT - Updated May 5 at 8:16 PM
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Many would agree educators are some of the hardest working people today. It was no different in 1931 for teachers, including women educators in Nacogdoches. Ninety years later two professional education groups are still promoting education through changing times.
“Women are smart. And women have been smart forever,” Dr. Judy Abbott frankly says.
But the focus is on the last 90 years when predominantly women traveled to Nacogdoches to the Stephen F Austin State Teachers College.
Organization hopes to improve accessibility at Nacogdochesâ Old University Building WEBXTRA: Old University Building By Donna McCollum | April 5, 2021 at 12:48 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 4:34 PM
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - The Old University Building near Washington Square is a towering presence, both physically and historically.
It was the site of a Civil War Hospital at one time,â said Betty Shinn, president of the Federation of Womenâs Clubs.
A second story museum tells visitors all about it, if they can climb the steep, circular stairs.
âMany of us cannot go upstairs to the museum for health reasons,â Shinn said.
But just about everyone can ride an elevator and the proposed elevator addition will not bother the integrity of the historical value of the building at all. The actual elevator would be located in the annex. Also needed is a handicap accessible restroom to supplement the currently inadequate sole restroom on-site.