News - 2022

Several East Texas Baptist University nursing students were presented with the Polly Cargill Nursing Scholarship on behalf of the Jerry and Jack Cargill family and East Texas Baptist University. ETBU's Cameron Anderson, Reagan Creed, Trinity Griffith, Ta'Lena Johnson, Hailey Maloy, Megan McCarthy, Bailey Munch, Meagan Parker, Brittan Price, Laura Staley, Emma Stelzer, and Jaidakiss Younger received the scholarship during the reception held at the Marshall Grand.

East Texas Baptist University students, faculty, and staff gathered on Wednesday, September 28, for the annual See You at the Pole event, a global day of student-led prayer. The tradition that started in 1990 at a high school in Burleson, Texas, has since grown to see upwards of three million students in the United States and over 20 countries gather to pray at their school’s flagpole. 

Haleigh Akin, a senior elementary education major from Tyler, Texas, was crowned as the 66th Miss ETBU on Saturday, September 24. Akin, who embodies the spirit of what it means to be a Christian servant leader on campus and in the community, was selected from 11 contestants during the annual pageant sponsored by ETBU’s Student Government Association.

Hundreds of community members gathered for East Texas Baptist University’s annual Great East Texas Hymn Sing on Friday, September 23, in Baker Chapel of the Rogers Spiritual Life Center. ETBU welcomed the campus, alumni, and local church community to come together for a special time of worship, fellowship, and celebration of Christian faith.

The Texas Work Force Commission and Marshall Economic Development Corporation awarded East Texas Baptist University a $299,470 grant for the creation of the Workforce Training Center that will be located within Synergy Park, the University’s dedicated center for workforce development, educational learning, business workspace cooperative, and community organizational networking.