NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin State University officially unveiled the Pineywoods Dining Hall — the university’s first mass timber building and the first mass timber project in The University of Texas System — ushering in a new era of campus dining… “It is the first mass timber project in The University of Texas System. …it highlights what makes East Texas special and the unique opportunities we have as a region of our state to contribute to all of Texans and hopefully a new way of building buildings all across the country,” said Dr. Neal Weaver, SFA President. Weaver described the project as a symbol of Lumberjack perseverance.