News - 2017

ABILENE, Texas - Coming down to a single match for the American Southwest Conference women's tennis championship, East Texas Baptist University clinched their first ever championship with a 5-3 win over top seeded University of Texas at Tyler. ETBU now receives the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament which will be a first for the program. ETBU has only had women's tennis for six years and head coach Jeff Bramlett is in his fourth year.

East Texas Baptist University presents their second annual Hilltop University, a spiritual retreat catered to senior adults where they experience student life on campus at ETBU. The conference will provide worship, Biblical teaching, fellowship, and entertainment from May 31-June 2, 2017.  

East Texas Baptist University held their Spring Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 6, 2017, in Baker Chapel of the Ornelas Spiritual Life Center, with ETBU President, J. Blair Blackburn, presiding. ETBU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Thomas Sanders presented the graduating class.
 

From Marshall News Messenger

East Texas Baptist University students, faculty and football players honored the memory of two of their own on Friday, which marked the one-year anniversary of the two former football players' death.

East Texas Baptist University students celebrated Arbor Day with the planting of three dogwood trees in the Grove area of ETBU's campus on April 28, the 145th celebration of Arbor Day.
 
Founded in 1972, the Arbor Day Foundation has grown to become the largest nonprofit membership organization dedicated to planting trees, with more than one million members, supporters, and value partners. During the last 44 years, more than 25 million Arbor Day Foundation trees have been planted in neighborhoods, communities, cities and forests throughout the world.