Kinesiology students from East Texas Baptist University staffed a field day for Washington Early Childhood Center in Marshall. The South Texas School of Christian Studies is now Stark College and Seminary. The Texas Baptist Missions Foundation Council approved 31 grants  totaling $502,550.

Texas Baptist Men disaster relief crews continue to work in the Kingsland and Marble Falls areas after homes in the Highland Lakes region flooded. The Wayland Baptist University chapter of Enactus worked with the university’s faculty and staff to donate 42 Bibles to the Crisis Center of the Plains.

Read this week’s news from around the state.

Learning and Leading classes at East Texas Baptist University staffed fall festivals for four Marshall schools. Levi W. Price received the award as the outstanding interim pastor of the year.

In this week’s Around the State: News from Baylor, DBU, Buckner, HBU, and ETBU; Carolyn Porterfield to retire from WMU of Texas after 24 years.

News from Buckner, Baylor, DBU, and HBU, plus anniversaries in this week’s Around the State.

During Family Weekend at East Texas Baptist University, more than 60 students and family members participated in Tigers Serve community service activities throughout the Marshall area.

Christian apologist Lee Strobel, author of “The Case for Christ,” spoke recently at Dallas Baptist University. Houston Baptist University named Michael Rosato as provost and vice president for academic affairs.

Baylor University’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing recently dedicated its newly renovated four-story academic building, formerly the offices of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board staff. Wayland Baptist University launched Impact 2020, a capital campaign to raise $30 million for student scholarships and campus improvements.

South Main Baptist Church in Houston donated 7,000 pairs of shoes to Buckner International’s Shoes for Orphan Souls program. Georgia Risenhoover of Granbury was sworn in as the first female chaplain in the 195-year history of the Texas State Guard.

Students from Dallas Baptist University and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor began the school year with community service.

The Baugh Center for the Visual Arts gallery at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor features an exhibit of works by faculty. Michael Evans, president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, will speak at the Hardin-Simmons University convocation.