Events

May 27, 2013
8th Annual Memorial Day Service, West side of Marshall Hall, 12:00 noon

•	Swaner Voted Academic All-American
	SOFTBALL: MARSHALL, Texas (5/24/13) – Finishing up a story book career as an East Texas Baptist University softball player, Lya Swaner earned another prestigious award for academics. Swaner has been named a Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-American by the NCAA Division III sports information directors as a third-team member. This is the third year in a row that ETBU has had an academic all-American.

•	“A Time of Remembrance” To Be Held at ETBU on Memorial Day
	MARSHALL, Texas (5/21/13)- East Texas Baptist University will hold a special “Time of Remembrance” on Memorial Day, May 27th beginning at noon in the Quad. The 8th annual service will commemorate those who have died in military service to our country.

•	ETBU Professor of Religion Dr. Jeph Holloway Writes Book Exploring “What is God doing about evil?"
	MARSHALL, Texas (5/21/13)- The East Texas Baptist University Professor of Religion Dr. Jeph Holloway has written a new book, “The Poetics of Grace: Christian Ethics as Theodicy.” Dr. Holloway searches Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians to explore a faithful response to perhaps the toughest question of all: what is God doing about evil?

•	ETBU English Professor Chosen for Seminar Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities
	MARSHALL, Texas (5/17/13)- The School of Humanities of East Texas Baptist University announces that Associate Professor of English Dr. Cassie Falke has been selected to attend one of seven “Summer Seminars for College and University Teachers” that are sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. A large number apply but only a few are chosen to attend, which brings together teachers from a broad variety of institutions to work in collaboration with peers and to study with experts in various humanities disciplines.

•	Four ETBU Students Attend Sigma Tau Delta 2013 International Convention
	MARSHALL, Texas (5/17/13)- Four students of East Texas Baptist University attended the Sigma Tau Delta 2013 International Convention recently held in Portland, Oregon. Caroline Guidry, Mara Hartsell, Laura Stevens and Kelsey Shaw attended the convention which brings together English majors and minors from all around the world.