Around the State: ETBU students serve globally; preaching symposium slated at Truett

Chloe Hudson, a junior at East Texas Baptist University, visits friends she made during a summer internship in Indonesia. An average day for her consisted of educating villagers about water tanks or surveying a new village in need of tanks to provide a clean water source. (ETBU Photo)

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Summer Israel 300Students and faculty traveling with the East Texas Baptist University Global Study and Serve program visit Mount Arbel in Migdal and other sites in the Holy Land. (ETBU Photo)More than 130 East Texas Baptist University students served internationally this summer, in addition to students who worked at youth ministry internships in Texas Baptist churches, at Christian encampments and with missions outreach in Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky and California. Several students journeyed to the Holy Land on a Global Study and Serve trip with ETBU religion and history faculty, while biology students went to China, music students went to Germany and nursing students went to the Philippines. As a part of the Tiger Athletic Mission Experience, the ETBU men’s soccer team traveled to Nicaragua. ETBU students also served in South Korea, Uganda, Honduras and Indonesia. 

Preaching Symposium 250Walter Brueggemann of Columbia Theological Seminary, Ben Witherington of Asbury Theological Seminary and Leonard Sweet of Drew Theological Seminary are among the featured speakers at a Sept. 11-12 preaching symposium at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary. Guest preachers at worship services scheduled as part of the symposium are William Willimon of Duke Divinity School and Jared Alcantara of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. “God’s Word and Our Words” is the theme of the national symposium on the history and significance of Christian preaching, sponsored by the Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching at Truett Seminary and the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion. General admission is $100. For more information, click here

Dallas Baptist University will launch a new graduate degree program, the master of science in information technology and management degree. It is a 36-hour science/technology/engineering/mathematics degree designed to prepare students for the data-driven marketplace. The degree program will pair a broad-based foundation in organizational management with the technical fundamentals needed to lead highly skilled tech teams. Students also will explore how the interaction between technology, management and leadership provides solutions.

Baylor University received a $100,000 Moody Foundation Grant for upgrades to the first floor of its Moody Memorial Library, which marks its 50th anniversary this year. Improvements include the creation of a multipurpose learning space with flexible furnishings, upgraded interiors and up-to-date instructional technology. The Moody Foundation provided a sizeable lead gift in 1964 that helped finance the library’s construction in 1967 and eventual opening the following year.


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