Renee Collins, professor and associate dean at Hardin-Simmons University, has published a book of devotionals. Howard Payne University names vice president for development.

Commissioned works by a New Mexico artist are displayed in the new Good Samaritan Gallery at the ETBU School of Nursing. Changes noted in key Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board staff positions.

Physical therapy students from Hardin-Simmons University volunteered as short-term missionaries for the Joni and Friends Family Retreat. The East Texas Baptist University men’s and women’s tennis teams traveled to France as a part of the Tiger Athletic Mission Experience program.

Nursing students from East Texas Baptist University traveled to the Philippines as a part of a Global Study and Serve program. Abilene schoolchildren participate in Dream Catchers, an annual day camp offered at Hardin-Simmons University.

Students from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor served in the Cayman Islands. Representatives from the Howard Payne University Baptist Student Ministry ministered in New York City. Hardin-Simmons University psychology and counseling students learned about family structures in a different culture during a trip to India.

Students in the East Texas Baptist University School of Natural and Social Sciences traveled to China as a part of the Global Study and Serve Program. Students in Hardin-Simmons University’s physician assistants program competed at the National Medical Challenge Bowl.

Emily Morrow of First Baptist Church in Ponder has been selected as a national Acteens Panelist. After donating about 10,600 volunteer hours, Texas Baptist Men wrapped up disaster relief following a series of spring storms in Longview, San Angelo and Abilene.

Twenty students in the physician assistant program at Hardin-Simmons University recently returned from a mission trip to the Dominican Republic. Go Now Missions student missionaries and their families gathered at Dallas Baptist University for a commissioning service before students begin summer missions experiences.

Texas Baptist Men volunteers are responding to needs after a series of tornados touched down in West Texas on May 18. East Texas Baptist University celebrated the 2019 National Police Week by hosting its annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Luncheon.

Dallas Baptist University recently hosted the annual spring reunion of Decatur Baptist College. Former Baylor Bears Head Football Coach Grant Teaff and retired missionary/evangelist Isaac Torres will receive Texas Baptists’ Legacy Awards for lifelong Christian service.

East Texas Baptist University hosted the grand opening of the ETBU School of Nursing at the Marshall Grand in downtown Marshall on May 4. Sara Diaz of Midland is the initial recipient of the Hispanic Christian Leadership Scholarship offered by Wayland Baptist University.

Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers completed work in the aftermath of tornadoes that hit Franklin and Alto, donating more than 10,000 volunteer hours.