Stephen F. Austin in Nac. In honor, here's an aggie joke. Feel free to share your own.

Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God was missing for six days.
Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found Him resting on the seventh day. He
inquired of God, "Where have you been?" God sighed a deep sigh of
satisfaction, and proudly pointed downward through the clouds. "Look
Michael, see what I have made." Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said,
"what is it?" "It's a planet" replied God, "and I've put LIFE on it. I'm
going to call it Earth, and it's going to be a great place of balance."
"Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused. God explained, pointing to
different parts of Earth, "For example, Northern Europe will be a place of
great opportunity and wealth while Southern Europe is going to be poor, the
Middle East over there, will be a Hot Spot. Over there I've placed a
continent of white people and over there is a continent of black people,"
God continued, pointing to different countries. "This one will be extremely
hot and arid while this one will be very cold and covered in ice." The
Archangel, impressed by Gods' work, then pointed to a particularly fine
place. "What's that?" "Ah," said God, "Austin, Texas. The most glorious
place on Earth. There are beautiful women and an exquisite campus, and it is
called 'The University of Texas at Austin'. The people from Austin are going
to be modest, intelligent and humorous and they're going to be found
traveling the world. They'll be extremely sociable, hard-working and
high-achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats and
carriers of peace. I'm also going to give them winning athletic teams who
will be admired and feared by all who come across them." Michael gasped in
wonder and admiration but then proclaimed, "What about balance, God? You
said there would be balance." God replied, "Wait until you see the
loud-mouth [censored] holes I'm putting next to them in College Station."

They made the announcement last year.
They were the last major State University that was independent.
It just came down to dollars

SFA '87

I'm an SFA Lumberjack. My alma mater is Stephen F. Austin. I will never, ever tell anyone that I graduated from UTSFA, UT-Nacogdoches, or any other name they come up with.

i graduated from West Texas State University in 1972, and it is now West Texas A&M University;

i even got a new diploma from them, twice as big as the WTSU one;

that being said, i'm 74, enjoying the life God has given me, regardless of college names. He has a plan~~~!!!~~~

My wife graduated there around 99 or so. I'll be sure and let her know to buy a tshirt......

Except for something on the door of the campus police cars, it has been a non event for the town. I’m sure the faculty and staff are feeling the UT impact more than residents, but so far nothing much has changed around here.

aren't they going to keep the SFA, no change to UT anything? seems like i herd that, but considering my memory; naa, won't go there

That’s what they say, but I always remember the words of the new owners of the company I was working for. They told everyone, nothing will change. We like what y’all are doing. Then six months later, you couldn’t even recognize the company. So we will see, but I would imagine more changes will be made,

They say they can’t change the name because Stephen F. Austin was a famous Texan. Same for Sam Houston University which is a part of Texas State.