Texas Tidbits

Posted: 10/28/05

Texas Tidbits

Valley Baptist Health System hosts seminar. Valley Baptist Health System will host a seminar on forensic sciences Nov. 4-5 at the Radisson Resort on South Padre Island. The seminar will address the high incidence of child abuse in the Rio Grande Valley, along with ways to prevent it and techniques to use in investigating child deaths. The seminar is designed for police, Child Protective Services workers, attorneys, social workers, ministers, health care providers and other professionals. For more information, call (956) 389-4702, e-mail Gena.McDonald@valleybaptist.net or visit www.valleybaptist.net.

Immediate deadline for Historical Society reservations. Members of the Texas Baptist Historical Society will elect officers, honor history-writing award winners and hear a presentation about the early history of Independence Baptist Church by Pastor Butch Strickland, curator of the Texas Baptist Historical Center-Museum, at 10:45 a.m., Nov. 14 at the Austin Convention Center, 500 East Cesar Chavez St. in Austin. Cost of the lunch meeting is $20 per person, and the reservation deadline is Oct. 31. To make reservations, call (972) 331-2235 or e-mail autumn.hendon@bgct.org. Advance payment can be mailed to the Texas Baptist Historical Society, 4144 N. Central Expressway, Suite 110, Dallas 75204.

Hardin-Simmons receives unrestricted gift. Hardin-Simmons University received a bequest estimated at more than $9 million–the largest in the school's history–from the June Frost Leland estate. Leland was a 1940 HSU graduate and Abilene philanthropist who died Sept. 2. "While we knew HSU was to be a recipient of Mrs. Leland's generosity in her will, we had no idea the bequest would be of this magnitude," President Craig Turner said. "The HSU family is humbled and grateful, because Mrs. Leland's largesse will have a profound impact on the university and its students from now on."

Logsdon dean addresses UMHB Bible conference. Tommy Brisco, dean of the Logsdon School of Theology at Hardin-Simmons University, will be the featured speaker at the annual University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Bible conference, Nov. 10. The conference, focusing on the Old Testament book of Hosea, is sponsored by the UMHB College of Christian Studies. The cost of the conference, which includes lunch, is $20 prior to Nov. 7 and $25 at the door. For more information or to register, contact Linda Fuessel at (254) 295-5075 or e-mail lfuessel@umhb.edu.

Texas Acteens named to panel. Six Texas Acteens have been selected to serve on the 2005-2006 Texas Acteens Advisory Panel. They are Rachel Latham of Travis Avenue Baptist Church, Fort Worth; Ashley Nash of Freeman Heights Baptist Church, Garland; Erica Lea of South Main Baptist Church, Pasadena; Samantha Cozad of First Baptist Church, Humble; Kara Fonville of Lakeside Baptist Church, Garland; and Kara Battershell of Hyde Park Baptist Church, Austin.

UMHB athletic training education program accredited. The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor has received accreditation for its athletic training education program offered in the exercise and sport science department. UMHB is one of 14 colleges in Texas and 338 in the United States with Committee for Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs accreditation, which allows students to become both state-licensed and nationally certified athletic trainers.