Around the State: New DBU and HPU students join in SWAT and SWARM

Returning Dallas Baptist University students Ashley Patterson and Krissie Cossick served alongside new students at Mission Arlington. (Photo / Brittni Bean)

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DBU Move In Volleyball 300During SWAT—Student Welcome And Transition—week at Dallas Baptist University, the Lady Patriots Volleyball team spent a morning helping new students move in. (Photo / Brittni Bean)More than 600 students participated in SWAT—Student Welcome And Transition—week at Dallas Baptist University. Adam and Candice Wright welcomed students and prayed with them during a reception at the president’s home. After two days of on-campus events, students worked throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area on a series of community ministry projects.

SWARM 350Howard Payne University students participate in community-service events around Brownwood during SWARM— Serving With A Right Motive.More than 300 incoming freshmen and 50 transfer students participated in Jacket Journey orientation at Howard Payne University. As a part of orientation, the new students participated in Chime In, a ceremony in which they walked through the university’s Wilson Gate before arriving at HPU’s Old Main Tower to sing the alma mater for the first time together as a class. They also took part in community-service events around Brownwood as part of SWARM—Serving With A Right Motive.

HBU McNair Sloan 350Houston Baptist University President Robert Sloan and Robert and Janice McNair signed an agreement establishing the $5 million McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise on the HBU campus. Houston Baptist University and the Robert and Janice McNair Foundation teamed to establish the $5 million McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise on the HBU campus. HBU is one of six national colleges and universities the foundation has invited to host McNair Centers. The HBU center is designed to transform the lives of undergraduate and graduate students through an in-depth understanding of how free-market economics can intersect with an entrepreneurial worldview grounded in the Christian faith. Undergraduate students who successfully complete coursework and a special capstone program will be awarded a certificate that can be applied toward a graduate degree. HBU also has designed a master of science in management and entrepreneurship degree and plans to seek accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. 

D.H. Williams, professor of patristics and historical theology in the religion department at Baylor University, launched a center in China to study ancient philosophy and early Christianity in partnership with Xie Wenyu, a colleague at Shandong University in Jinan. The center is the first of its kind in China, and it offered its inaugural seminars in ancient Christian texts for professors and doctoral students this summer.

Dallas Baptist University launched a concentration on special-needs ministry within its Graduate School of Ministry. Courses within the special-needs concentration—designed to help students prepare to work alongside families with children who have special needs—are part of the master of arts in children’s ministry degree program. Classes include ministry with special-needs children, educational differences, classroom management strategies and a Christian worldview of disability. For more information, contact Shelly Melia at (214) 333-5494 or at [email protected]

Baylor University designated three longtime professors as master teachers, the highest honor granted to faculty for sustained excellence in teaching. They are Corey Carbonara, professor of film and digital media; Laine Scales, professor of higher education and associate dean of graduate studies and professional development; and Gaynor Yancey, professor of social work and director of the Center for Family and Community Ministries in the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work.

HPU Convocation 300Dalton Bigbee, professor of finance at Northeastern State University and 1969 graduate of Howard Payne University, delivered the address at HPU’s recent university convocation. Also pictured are Christopher Rosborough (left), assistant professor of music; Gerry Clarkson (center), chair of the department of physical sciences and associate professor of physical science; and HPU President Bill Ellis (right).Dalton Bigbee, professor of finance at Northeastern State University and a Howard Payne University alumnus, spoke at the convocation that launched the fall semester at HPU. Other program participants included Rick Beelby, associate professor of kinesiology; Gerry Clarkson, president of HPU’s faculty assembly and associate professor of physical science; Abraham Cooper, senior music performance major and biochemistry major; HPU President Bill Ellis; Melody Maxwell, assistant professor of Christian studies; Allen Reed, professor emeritus of music; Christopher Rosborough, assistant professor of music; Sydney Spencer, president of HPU’s Student Government Association; Mark Tew, provost and chief academic officer; and Elizabeth Wallace, professor of music.

Joe Rangel, professor of religion at Wayland Baptist University, will be the featured speaker at the Vision 2016 conferences Caprock Plains Baptist Area is sponsoring—in partnership with Wayland and the Baptist General Convention of Texas—Sept. 11 at First Baptist Church in Muleshoe and Sept. 18 at First Baptist Church in Plainview. In addition to addressing the celebration banquet at the conclusion of each conference, he also will lead afternoon sessions on “Bilingual Ministry Today” and “Understanding Multicultural Ministry.” Other session leaders include BGCT Executive Board staff and experts from the region. For more information, click here

Anniversaries


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First Baptist Church in Robinson, 150th, Sept. 10-11. Brooks Kimmey is pastor.

First Baptist Church in Floydada, 125th, Sept. 11. Tim Franks is pastor.

First Baptist Church in Conroe, 125th, Sept. 10-11. Jeff Berger is pastor. Special events begin at 1 p.m. Sept. 10 with a homecoming choir practice. A banquet featuring musical entertainment by Michael T. Smith, Gannon Sims and Amy Stevenson is scheduled at 5 p.m. Sept. 10. Tickets are available online here for $20 and must be purchased by Sept. 6. Sunday worship services will be at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m, with a historical marker dedication at 9:50. For more information call (936) 756-6601.

First Baptist Church in Lockney, 125th, Sept. 25. Joseph Tillery is pastor.

First Baptist Church in Earth, 90th, Aug. 28. Robbie Boyd is pastor.

Bill Killion, 20th, as minister of music at First Baptist Church in College Station.

Lisa Rowan, 20th, as administrative assistant at First Baptist Church in College Station.

Steve Queen, 15th, as counseling and family enrichment director at First Baptist Church in Abilene.

Jennifer Scamardo, 10th, as associate minister to children at First Baptist Church in College Station.

Jimmy Sanders, fifth, as pastor of Robertson County Cowboy Church in Franklin.

Becky Tucker, fifth, as director of children’s ministries at First Baptist Church in Abilene.

Revivals

First Baptist Church in Caldwell; Sept. 11-13; evangelist, Ross Chandler; music, Charles Covin; pastor, Steven Johnson.

New Hope Baptist Church in Ranger; Sept. 25-28; evangelist, Charles Massegee; music, Beverly and Pebbles Massegee; pastor, Ronnie Guess

Editor’s Note: This article was updated Nov. 1, 2016, to correct Becky Tucker’s name in the “anniversaries” section.


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