Dallas Baptist University presented a $1,750 donation to Mission Arlington. Within a few weeks of its launch, the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor’s COVID-19 Student Relief Fund raised $37,000. Now, two companies are offering matching grants to help support students affected by the pandemic.

East Texas Baptist University held its spring commencement ceremonies on June 13, and graduates were allowed to choose whether to participate in-person or virtually. Wayland Baptist University and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor announce changes to starting dates for the fall semester.

Dallas Baptist University’s Zeta Chi sorority raised $9,000 at a coffeehouse featuring recording artist Chris Renzema prior to the COVID-19 lockdown. Wayland Baptist University named Joe Rangel associate dean of its School of Christian Studies.

Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers completed their work in Bowie after completing 118 chainsaw jobs, removing downed trees and broken limbs from homes following a tornado that hit Montague County on May 22.

East Texas Baptist University faculty, staff and community members covered the unfinished walls of the new Chapel on the Hill in blessings of Scripture and prayers. The Hardin-Simmons University board of trustees approved a $51.7 million budget for 2020-21 and several undergraduate degree programs during its May meeting.

More than 600 vehicles participated in a May 15 commencement parade honoring DBU graduates. HPU and ETBU announce tuition discounts.

To increase awareness of senior living residents and the workers caring for them, Buckner Retirement Services is launching a ribbon campaign titled Going Gold for Senior Living. Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers completed work in response to tornadoes in East Texas after giving more than 4,600 volunteer hours.

Dallas Baptist University has called on its alumni, supporters and other concerned Christians globally to join in a concerted time of prayer on May 14.

To reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19, Hendrick Health System contacted the engineering and robotics programs at two Abilene-area school districts, asking them to design motorized hospital trays.

With medical personnel in West Texas facing a possible shortage of personal protective equipment, Scott Franklin, professor of mathematics and computer science at Wayland Baptist University, came across the idea to print face shields on a 3D printer.

Volunteers from New Beginnings Baptist Church in Longview delivered boxes of food and necessities to the doorsteps of families served by Buckner. Two Texas young women were named to the National Acteens Panel.

Two TBM disaster relief units in Central Texas recently donated about 300 boxes to the Capital Area Medical Operations Center in Austin to help facilitate the distribution of medical supplies in the face of the COVID-19 crisis.