The Texas Touch Tomorrow Today Endowment totals $93,000, and the Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas Legacy Committee hopes to reach the $100,000 milepost in honor of Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director-elect of national WMU and executive director-treasurer of Texas WMU the last six years. The committee wants to raise the additional $7,000 by Oct. 15, when Wisdom-Martin begins work at national WMU. To contribute, give online to Touch Tomorrow Today Endowment in honor of Sandy Wisdom-Martin, or send a financial gift to WMU Foundation, Texas Touch Tomorrow Today, 100 Missionary Ridge, Birmingham, AL 35242. Include a notation indicating the gift is in honor of Sandy Wisdom-Martin.
Stephen Stookey and Joe Rangel have joined the faculty in the School of Religion and Philosophy at Wayland Baptist University. Stookey, professor of religion, has taught courses at B.H. Carroll Theological Institute, Baptist Theological Seminary of Western Cuba, Dallas Baptist University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Evangelical College of Theology. He earned his undergraduate degree at Baylor University and his master of divinity and doctor of philosophy degrees from Southwestern Seminary. Rangel, associate professor of religion and religious education, was executive pastor of First Baptist Church in Weslaco the past two years and served as an assistant professor at Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon Seminary at the South Texas School of Christian Studies in Corpus Christi since 2008. He holds degrees from New Mexico Military Institute, Southern Methodist University, Southwestern Seminary and Biola University, where he earned his doctor of philosophy degree.
Howard Payne University entered a collaborative agreement with Ranger College to enable students to become registered nurses and earn the bachelor of science in nursing degree in four years plus one semester. Ranger College has pre-licensure approval through the Texas Board of Nursing to offer the associate degree in nursing that prepares students to attempt registered nurse licensure. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges approved Howard Payne University to offer a program that makes the bachelor of science in nursing degree available to students who obtain the registered nurse license.
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