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Around the State: DBU students study in Germany and France

Dallas Baptist University students spent a month of travel and study in Germany and France, engaging in academic learning, ministry and cultural immersion. Stark College and Seminary named Ellis Orozco as the public theologian in residence, effective July 1.

06/28/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Around the State: Teens and RA leaders attend Leadership Training Camp

Royal Ambassadors Leadership Training Camp drew teenaged young men who will serve on staff at various camps around the state this summer and adult RA and Challengers leaders to Latham Springs Camp and Retreat Center in June.

06/21/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Around the State: Baylor among most trusted universities

For the second year in a row, Baylor University has been named among the nation’s Top 10 Most Trusted Universities

06/14/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Around the State: HSU Cowboy Band celebrates centennial

Hardin-Simmons University’s “World Famous” Cowboy Band marked its centennial with a weekend reunion in Abilene during the spring semester.

06/07/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Around the State: Seniors attend Hilltop University at ETBU

About 200 senior adults participated in Hilltop University at East Texas Baptist University, an annual conference featuring worship, Bible teaching, fellowship and entertainment.

05/31/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Around the State: Baylor regents approve $902.4 million budget

Baylor University’s board of regents approved a $902.4 million university operating budget for 2023-24, an increase of $39.2 million (4.5 percent) from last year.

05/24/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Around the State: DBU-Oak Cliff Good Samaritan Awards presented

Dallas Baptist University presented the DBU-Oak Cliff Good Samaritan Award to Scott Coleman and Leigh Gettman-Allen for their Christian leadership and service to the Oak Cliff community in Dallas.

05/17/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Around the State: Ethiopian church hosts children’s ministry conference

Ethiopian Evangelical Baptist Church in Garland hosted a Children’s Ministry Experience Conference that drew more than two dozen participants from Ethiopian churches in nine states and from Edmonton, Canada.

05/10/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Around the State: ETBU Great Commission Center opens

ETBU celebrated the opening of its newly constructed Great Commission Center on April 28. TBM is seeking to help benevolence ministries and crisis pregnancy centers around the state provide diapers.

05/03/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Around the State: HSU hosts annual Western Heritage Day

Hardin-Simmons University expects about 3,000 students from schools throughout the Big Country region for its annual Western Heritage Day. Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas elected Jackie Evans Faughn of First Baptist Church in McKinney to a one-year term as president .

04/26/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Around the State: UMHB students participate in Watson Scholars’ Day

More than 110 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor students unveiled their undergraduate and graduate research projects during the 2023 Watson Scholars’ Day.

04/19/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Around the State: Nacogdoches church worships at coliseum

When First Baptist Church in Nacogdoches invited the entire community to its Easter Sunday morning worship service at Stephen F. Austin State University’s William R. Johnson Coliseum, the event drew about 1,700 worshippers, including more than 900 guests.

04/12/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard