Dallas Baptist University presented honorary doctorates to Satish Kumar, founding pastor of Calvary Temple Church in Hyderabad, India, and David Brown, former chief of the Dallas Police Department. Howard Payne University’s board of trustees has named a presidential search committee.

The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor athletics staff and its student athlete advisory committee served as hosts to athletes with special needs. South Garland Baptist Church displayed artwork and recognized young artists from Club Hill Elementary School in Garland.

Baylor University commissioned 500-plus students to serve this summer as camp counselors. East Texas Baptist University honored the director of Mission Marshall and the city’s director of public works at its Good Samaritan Luncheon.

Baylor University’s Center for Christian Philosophy and its Institute for Studies of Religion received a three-year, $2 million research grant from Templeton Religion Trust. Ken Coffee, retired associate director of the State Missions Commission and former director of missions, and Virginia Connally, first female doctor in Abilene and Baptist philanthropist, will receive the 2018 Texas Baptist Legacy Awards.

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates delivered the 2018 McLane Lecture at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Tom Foran from First Baptist Church in Amarillo received the Correctional Institutions Division Volunteer Award.

Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary will launch an extension campus in Houston. Howard Payne University’s Symphonic Band will present its 23nd annual American Music Spectacular April 24.

Dallas Baptist University celebrated 30 years of service to the university by Chancellor Gary Cook. Former U.S. Secretary of State Robert Gates will lecture at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, former Congressman Kent Hance will lecture at East Texas Baptist University and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros will speak at a fund-raiser for Baptist University of the Americas.

East Texas Baptist University held a series of events as a part of its annual Global Missions Week. Howard Payne University’s New Braunfels Center will host its HPU 5000, a 5K race April 7. Prizewinning poet Tyehimba Jess will read selections from his work at Hardin-Simmons University.

The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor presented its 79th annual Easter pageant March 28. A dozen Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers served chicken fajitas to students at the University of Texas at Dallas, and a chainsaw crew worked in Walker County after straight-line winds caused damage in the Huntsville area.

Texas Baptist Men volunteers wrapped up disaster relief work in Erath County after completing 143 chainsaw jobs following an ice storm. Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Elijah Brown will speak at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

Spiritual Renewal Week at East Texas Baptist University featured a variety of events. First Baptist Church in Plano announced plans to relocate from its downtown location.

Howard Payne University students raise money for local ministry, TBM aids Erath County and Rockport, more news from HPU and Baylor, and anniversaries in this week’s On the Move.