More than 350 pre-kindergarten students from the Marshall Early Childhood Center participated in a field day sponsored by the East Texas Baptist University kinesiology department. A TBM Rebuild is scheduled Nov. 10-22 in Nederland, focusing particularly on individuals and families with the highest needs, including the elderly and single parents.

Buckner International and Texas Baptist Men worked together to serve meals to families affected by tornadoes in Dallas. The Nederland City Council designated Oct. 28 as “Texas Baptist Men Day” in their city.

More than 200 alumni, donors and students gathered Oct. 19 in Lubbock to dedicate the Robert H. Pinder Student Center, home of the Texas Tech University Baptist Student Ministry.

The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor athletic department hosted its third annual TouchDOWNS event in conjunction with Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Texas Baptists’ annual Hispanic Leadership Conference will be held Oct. 25-26 at Dallas Baptist University.

Wayland Baptist University received a $300,000 sustainability grant from the Lilly Endowment’s Youth Theology Network for KALEO, a program designed to foster Christian leadership among high school juniors and seniors. Baylor University has extended the contract of President Linda Livingstone.

Howard Payne University celebrated the presidential inauguration of Cory Hines as the university’s 20th president. The Texas Hunger Initiative announced the launch of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty,

Hardin-Simmons University’s Cowboy Band welcomed high schoolers from around the region for High School Band Day. Diego Silva, director of the Buckner Family Hope Center at Penitas, was part of the inaugural Faith and Opportunity Fellowship Sept. 16-20 in Washington, D.C.

A pair of Baptist chaplains were among about 350 participants in a Swim Across America fund-raising event Sept. 14 at Lake Ray Hubbard that raised about $250,000 for the Innovative Clinical Trials Center at Baylor’s Sammons Cancer Center.

Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon Seminary named Wally Goodman as director of the Doctor of Ministry degree program and Jeff Johnson as director of the Logsdon Seminary campus in San Antonio.

Physical therapy doctoral students at Hardin-Simmons University donated and customized more than 200 wheelchairs for disabled individuals in Thailand. President Linda Livingstone officially announced Baylor University’s plans to pursue Research 1/Tier 1 classification.

Students at Dallas Baptist University and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor participate in community service. TBM volunteers serve lunch to 1,000 students at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Johnny Shelton, chaplain for the Baltimore Ravens football team and founder of Attitudes In Motion, spoke to faculty and staff at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor University.