Texas Tidbits

Posted: 4/27/07

Texas Tidbits

Scholarships endowed at Wayland. Three families recently endowed scholarships at Wayland Baptist University. The McDougal Scholarship honors Delbert and Carolyn McDougal of Lubbock. He served more than 10 years on the Wayland board of trustees, including service as chairman and vice chairman of the board and chairman of the property management committee. The Norman and Louise Wright Scholarship, established by their children, honors longtime members of First Baptist Church in Plainview. He served on Wayland’s board of trustees. The Bill and Nell Hardage Scholarship was begun with gifts provided by the Hardages and completed with memorial gifts made at the time of his death one year ago. He was associated with Wayland more than 40 years—first as a student and member of the track and field team, and then later as a coach and administrator. He served, at various times, as director of special services, academic vice president, advancement vice president and executive vice president.

Foundation grants scholarship to Wayland San Antonio. Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio made a $60,000 scholarship gift for the 2007-2008 academic year to the San Antonio campus of Wayland Baptist University. The funds will be available for local students in the undergraduate nursing program, and in the master’s- level Christian ministry and counseling degree programs. The gift is a $10,000 increase over last year.

Estate gift benefits Howard Payne. Howard Payne University’s Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom will receive about $1.7 million for scholarships from the estate of Terry and Ouida Dunsworth of Bedford. With the addition of this gift, the academy’s total endowment is valued at $7 million, said Howard Payne President Lanny Hall.

Baptist communicators honored. Public relations representatives from several Texas-based Baptist agencies and institutions were honored in the Wilmer C. Fields Awards competition, sponsored by the Baptist Communicators Association. The marketing and public relations office at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor received the exceptional achievement award in interactive communications and first place in the website division. Miranda Bradley of Children at Heart Ministries won first place for a single feature article and second place for a series in the newspaper or newsletter division. Erin Tooley with Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas won first place in the poster or flyer division and first place for a direct mail kit or campaign. Dallas-based Guidestone Financial Resources’ communications department won first place in the special events category, and Guidestone’s Lisa Hennington won first place in the single direct mail category.

New director for Laity Lodge named. The H. E. Butt Foundation has named Steven Purcell director of the Laity Lodge Christian retreat center. Purcell, a native Texan, is a former managing director of Schloss Mittersill, a Christian retreat and conference center in Austria with ties to Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Owned and operated by the H.E. Butt Foundation, Laity Lodge has been presenting adult retreats since 1961 at its 1,900-acre facility in the Texas Hill Country.