May
21
2012

ETBU Awards Honorary Doctorate to Major General Vernon B. Lewis


Posted by Tiger Pride in Academics, Alumni, Honors


Major General Vernon B. Lewis

At the 2012 Spring Commencement, ETBU President Dr. Dub Oliver, with the blessing of the Board of Trustees, awarded an honorary doctorate degree to Major General Vernon B. Lewis.  Major General Lewis attended ETBU for two years before being called to military service.

Major General Lewis, native of Marshall and 1947 graduate of Marshall High School, attended East Texas Baptist College before being commissioned in 1951 at the Army Ground School in Fort Riley, Kansas. He later earned a Bachelor of Education degree from University of Nebraska at Omaha and a Master of Science degree from George Washington University.

Lewis received the Distinguished Service Medal, two Silver Stars, a Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star, two Legions of Merit, two Meritorious Service Medals, 13 Air Medals, a Commendation Medal for Valor, and a number of foreign awards. He served three combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and spent five years at the Pentagon working with the deputy chief of staff for operations.

Lewis founded and served as chief executive officer for Cypress International and MPRI, retiring in 2000. In his retirement, he continues to serve by being on the Board of Directors of Armed Forces Services Corporation, National Board of Armed Services YMCA, and ETBU Board of Trustees.
Major General Lewis has been married to Pat Lewis for 59 years. They have three children, Jeannie, Teresa, and Vernon B. Lewis III (Buddy), and four grandchildren.

We are exceptionally proud of Major General Lewis and are honored both for his service to our country and to have him as a member of the ETBU Tiger Family!

GO BLUE!

Apr
19
2012

ETBU Debate Team Ranks 9th in the Nation!


Posted by Tiger Pride in Academics, Faculty/Staff, Honors


ETBU’s Debate Team competed in the International Public Debate Association National Championship Tournament April 13-15 at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, where over 230 individuals from states as far away as Idaho and Washington competed in the three-day event.

Three of the seven ETBU competitors advanced to elimination rounds at the tournament. Junior Heather Matthews of Whitehouse, and senior Michael Hicks of Bastrop, La., both advanced to the round of 32 in the Varsity and Novice division respectively. Dr. Cole Franklin, coach of the ETBU team, advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Professional Division before facing elimination. Matthews was the 8th place speaker in the 70-competitor Varsity Division and Franklin won the 3rd place speaker award in the Professional Division.

The association also gave season-long awards to individuals and institutions based on success throughout the 2011-2012 competitive debate season. As individuals, ETBU had three competitors rank in the Top 20 at the close of the season. LaDarius Carter, ETBU alumnus finished the season ranked 6th nationally in the Professional Division. Franklin finished ranked 8th nationally and Matthews concluded the season as the 16th ranked IPDA Varsity debater in the country. As a unit, the ETBU team was highly ranked as well. The team finished ranked 4th in the Professional Division, 9th in the Novice Division and 14th in the Varsity Division for an overall ranking of 9th place in the country.

“We’re very proud of our success this year,” said Franklin. “Compared to our competition, we are a very small squad, but we have consistently had national success as a team. We look forward to continued success in the future.”

Proud?  We are too!  Way to go Debate Team!  GO BLUE!

Story taken from a press release by PR Director Mike Midkiff.

Apr
18
2012

ETBU Senior Selected to Present Paper


Posted by Tiger Pride in Academics, Honors


Alicia Ethridge, senior speech comm major, talks about her honors project at the Honors Chapel on April 11th.

ETBU senior Alicia Ethridge  was recognized this past weekend at the 2012 Southern States Communication Association convention in San Antonio where she presented her honors research paper, “The Relationship between Self-Esteem and Interpretation of Nonverbal Immediacy.”

The key here is that she was one of the only five selected to present from nearly 100 entries!

Dr. Carolyn Rester, Professor of Communication and the supervisor of Alicia’s honors project, had nothing but good things to say about Alicia and her project. “I am excited to see Alicia recognized for her scholarship in research. She is an excellent representative of the quality of work that ETBU students can do,” Dr. Rester said.

Way to go Alicia!  GO BLUE!

From a press release by ETBU PR Director Mike Midkiff.

Apr
5
2012

ETBU Nursing Student Earns Hero Award


Posted by Tiger Pride in Academics, Honors


Recently, ETBU senior nursing student, Judson LaGrone, was awarded the Good Shepherd Hospital Hero Award from Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Texas.

The Hospital Hero award is not a regularly scheduled award; rather it is only awarded when there are incidents of exemplary and meritorious behavior of hospital team members.

Several weeks back, Judson bravely stopped the abduction of a small child from the ER by standing between the child and the would-be abductor.  He noticed things were a little fishy after the child’s mother and a male acquaintance couldn’t get their stories together as to why the child had a lesion on one hand.

As it turned out, the child was taken from the father’s home without consent.

“As a level four ETBU nursing student, I have seen many different forms of care. We are taught how to watch for ‘red flags’ and always use our first instinct, as well as assessment data, to guide us through our practice rotation,” said LaGrone.

No one can ever know how the story would have ended. But at the very least, the child is safe now.

And they have Judson to thank for it.

We are so proud of you Judson!  GO BLUE!

Read the full story here from ETBU Public Relations Director Mike Midkiff.

Mar
2
2012

ETBU Soccer Player Danica Saxon Named to All Region Team


Posted by Tiger Pride in Academics, Athletics, Honors


ETBU senior Danica Saxon has been a staple on the soccer field for several years.  There’s a great reason why.

She’s good.

Want proof?  How about the fact that she was named to the  2011 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) NCAA Division III All-West Region team following her final season with the Tigers last fall.

A four-year midfielder for ETBU who ended her career ranked among ETBU career leaders in goals, assists and points, was named second-team All-West Region, she was one of just 10 players from the American Southwest Conference named to the all-region team, which includes Division III teams from Texas to the West Coast.

She ended her career with four All-ASC awards and was also a member of the ASC All-Academic team every year of her eligibility.

What’s more is that she has been chosen to receive a scholarship toward her postgraduate studies by the NCAA Women’s Enhancement Program.  She will receive a $6,000 award as part of the NCAA Women’s Enhancement Program Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics.

We are so proud of Danica, and while we are sad to see her move on to the next chapter in her life after graduation in May, we are honored that she is a member of the Tiger Family!

Way to go Danica!  GO BLUE!

 

Read the full story from SID David Weaver here.

Jan
20
2012

ETBU Student-Athletes Named to 2011 Fall ASC All-Academic Honor Roll


Posted by Tiger Pride in Academics, Athletics, Honors


A total of 32 Tigers, all of whom competed in sports during the fall of 2011, were named to the 2011 Fall American Southwest Conference All-Academic Honor Roll.

To be eligible, the student-athlete must be classified academically as a sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student during the competition season and have been in attendance and completed at least one academic year (two consecutive semesters) at their institution. They must also have a cumulative 3.0 grade point average (GPA) as certified at the conclusion of the academic semester in which the ASC championship sport is held.

College is pretty tough by itself, but to add the time and effort it takes to excel in a sport, it is a pretty awesome list to be on.

So who were they?

Cross country: Nick Meyers, Casey Morris, Emily Bach, Kara Linn Beall, Aimee Story.

Football: Jacob Alford, Andrew Boyce, Cameron Burrell, Patrick Gandy Joaquin, DeWayne Hamilton, Seth Hubbard, Elias Kawesa, Quinton Thomas, Steven Wright.

Men’s soccer: Micah Alonzo, Hugo Gonzalez, Nathan Hamblin, Jeff Landrum, John Salazar,  Austin Walker.

Women’s soccer: Kelsey Biscoe, Belinda DeGraff, Ashley Hamer, Rachel Pool, Ashley Ratcliff, Danica Saxon.

Volleyball: Macy Freeman, Kerri Kalina, Kali Kipp, Jade Laurence, Nicole Vanderlaan,  Breann Whitaker.

Way to go Tigers! GO BLUE!!

Jan
4
2012

ETBU + MJHS = SUCCESS!


Posted by Tiger Pride in Academics, Faculty/Staff


8th graders participate in the special off-campus math intervention program at ETBU.

60. That’s the percentage of students at Marshall Junior High School who struggle with math.

150. That’s the number of students from MJHS participating in a special off-ampus math intervention program at ETBU.

15.  That’s the number of volunteer facilitators from MJHS participating in the program.

6.  That’s the number of math-centered activities in which the students participate each day.

n. That’s the variable that represents the senior-level education majors at ETBU participating in the program.

So we have 60% + 150 + 15 + 6 + n = awesome.

I haven’t taken a math class in a decade, but I know this equation works.  Just ask eighth grade student Ti’Aqua Copeland.  “It has been awesome,” Miss Copeland said. “I can understand the Pythagorean theorem, and how to find the square root of numbers, and I had fun learning all of it.”

Known as the Off-Site Math Intervention Program, the students from Marshall Junior High School who meet eligibility requirements will spend a day on the ETBU campus in either Scarborough Hall or Harvey Daniel Bruce Building, where they participate in six individual mathematics sessions.

ETBU Dean of the School of Education Donna Lubcker said the ETBU students who were chosen to teach the MJHS students were all senior-level student teachers set to graduate in May 2012.

Marshall Junior High School Seventh Grade Principal Michael Morse said the program has so far proved more successful than the Saturday morning math and science boot camps that were provided to students last year.  “We have a lot more students willing to participate in the activities, instead of us having to force them to come to school on a Saturday,” he added.

So far, this program is getting an A+.  Educators are using their talents and abilities to teach, administrators are happy to have effective programs in place, and most importantly, students are learning!

We are very proud of these students, educators, administrators, and of our ETBU!  Way to go!  GO BLUE!

Read the full story from Marshall News Messenger’s Hannah DeClerk here.

 

 

Dec
14
2011

ETBU Unveils Centennial Logo


Posted by Tiger Pride in Academics, Alumni, Athletics, Faculty/Staff, Just for Fun, Memories on the Hill, Spiritual Life, Student Life


100 years ago, the very spot where I sit and type this was simply a hill.  No Scarborough.  No Marshall Hall.  Not even the College of Marshall, which would become East Texas Baptist College, then East Texas Baptist University.

Just a hilltop whose destiny would be forever changed by the formation of the University we now know and love.  It has been an amazing 100 years!

So we’re going to spend this next year of 2012 honoring those 100 years!  What a better way to kick it off than with the recently unveiled Centennial Logo.

The logo was developed through collaboration with the Centennial Council, the President’s Office, and the division of Enrollment Management and Marketing.

The logo incorporates the official lowercase ETBU and name with a banner featuring our official school colors, the word Centennial, and the date of our founding 1912, and the 100th year, 2012.  The logo also features a symbol of the University, the Beacon, and the numerals 00 to create 100.

The Centennial Year will be a busy one, including 4 special editions of the Hilltop Magazine, all dedicated to various point of University history, a Centennial themed 2012 Homecoming, and many more events throughout the year.

Help us celebrate the Centennial Year of East Texas Baptist University!  Stop by campus, get involved in an event, and don’t miss Homecoming this year.

It has been an amazing 100 years and we look forward to the next 100 years!

Way to go ETBU and HAPPY BIRTH-YEAR!!

Read more about the logo here.

Dec
1
2011

ETBU VP Set to Speak at Panola Commencement


Posted by Tiger Pride in Academics, Faculty/Staff, Honors


Dr. Shreilyn Emberton, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Sherilyn Emberton, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at East Texas Baptist University is slated tol provide the commencement address at Panola College graduation on Friday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. The event will be held in the A.J. Johnson Gymnasium.

Dr. Emberton has deep roots in East Texas, herself a 1978 graduate of Panola, where she was a member of the Panola Pipers, a cheerleader and a representative for student government.

We are very excited for this opportunity for Dr. Emberton and are very proud to have her as our Provost/VP for Academic Affairs.

Way to go! BO GLUE!

Click here to see the full story from the Marshall News Messenger.

Oct
17
2011

Nursing Perfection


Posted by Tiger Pride in Academics, Honors


100%.

Not 91%, or 95%, or even 99%.

100%. That’s the pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) examination for ETBU nursing students. Out of the 29 baccalaureate nursing programs in Texas, ETBU was the only BSN program to have a 100% pass rate for the 2010 examination year.  Out of the 92 RN programs in the state of Texas in 2010, ETBU nursing was one of five programs with a 100% pass rate on NCLEX-RN.

What’s more is that ETBU nursing graduates have demonstrated their excellence by obtaining a 100% pass rate on the national entry exam for four consecutive graduating classes.

100%. 4 years.  What does that mean?

That means if you want to be a nurse, if you want to go to a school with a reputation for excellence in nursing education, and if you want to be one of these classes that scores our next 100%, then you need to click here.

Way to go NURSING!! GO BLUE!!

Read the press release from ETBU here.

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