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Houston attorney Joe Jamail presented a $1 million gift to San Marcos Baptist Academy—the largest cash donation in the school’s 104-year history.

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Academy receives $1 million gift. Houston attorney Joe Jamail presented a $1 million gift to San Marcos Baptist Academy—the largest cash donation in the school’s 104-year history. It will serve as the lead gift for the construction of a special event center on the campus in memory of Jamail’s wife, Lee, who graduated from San Marcos Baptist Academy in 1944. In 2000, the Jamails gave $200,000 to establish an endowed scholarship at the academy, and the family has made other contributions to the school.

Student missionaries need VBS supplies. Students serving with Go Now Missions, the student missions-sending program of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, need Vacation Bible School supplies. A 23-member Go Now team expects to minister to more than 300 children through VBS events at churches throughout the Rio Grande Valley, May 30 to June 19. Supplies are requested by May 26, but they will be accepted throughout the duration of the Bible schools. For a complete list and details about the project, contact Sharon Rueda at (956) 750-1660 or [email protected]. Financial contributions, designated “Valley VBS,” can be sent to Baptist Student Center, 1601 W. Schunior St., Edinburg 78539.

New director named at Breckenridge Village. Keith Bruce, former director of institutional relations with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, has been named executive director of Breckenridge Village of Tyler, a Baptist Child & Family Services assisted-living campus for adults with developmental disabilities. He succeeds Charles Dodson, who announced his retirement plans in January. In addition to holding several management positions on the BGCT Executive Board staff, Bruce served as pastor of churches in Texas and Oklahoma. He received his undergraduate degree from Baylor University, and he earned his master of divinity degree and doctorate from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also holds honorary doctorates from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and Dallas Baptist University.

Gift to business school boosts Baylor fund-raising initiative. The Callaway Foundation has made a commitment to Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business to increase to $1 million the Callaway Foundation Endowed Scholars Fund. With that pledge, total fund-raising of the President’s Scholarship Initiative—a three-year effort Baylor President Ken Starr launched last year—exceeds $24 million.

ETBU trustees approve increased budget. The board of trustees of East Texas Baptist University approved a $30.2 million operating budget for the 2011-2012 academic year—an 11 percent increase over the current year’s budget. The 2011-2012 budget, which takes effect June 1, includes more than $7.5 million for student scholarships, an increase of 8 percent over the current budget.

 

 


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