ETBU trustees approve two master’s degree programs. East Texas Baptist University’s board of trustees at their regular fall meeting approved curriculum for two new graduate programs—the Master of Arts in Religion degree and the Master of Education degree. The Master of Education program will begin in summer 2011, and the Master of Religion program will begin in the 2011 fall semester, pending approval by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The board elected current officers to another year of service —chairman, Tom Lyles of Lindale, a member of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler; vice chair, Sam Moseley, attorney and member of First Baptist Church in Marshall; and secretary, Ray Delk, hospital administrator and member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Marshall.
Baylor chief ranks high on health-care list. Joel Allison, president and chief executive officer of Baylor Health Care System, has been included on Modern Healthcare magazine’s list of “100 Most Powerful People” in health care for the seventh year. At No. 23, Allison is the highest-ranked Texan on the list in terms of influence in the health-care industry, including both the public and private sector. Allison was nominated for the honor along with nearly 56,000 other health-care leaders from around the country. The final ballot—which included 300 nominees—drew more than 800,000 votes by Modern Healthcare readers.
BCFS family violence program receives grant. A Baptist Child & Family Services program in Del Rio to provide services to victims of family violence has received about $95,000 from the Texas Health & Human Services Commission family violence program’s special projects fund to sustain its work for the next two years. BCFS launched its Val Verde Family Violence and Victims’ Services program last year in response to community requests after Del Rio’s only domestic violence shelter closed. The grant will allow BCFS to continue providing services to abuse victims, as well as launch a community awareness campaign aimed at preventing future violence.
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