News - 2022

The East Texas Baptist University Tiger Baseball Team concluded its series of free baseball skills camps for local children. Over the last six weeks, the Tiger student-athletes spent their Thursday evenings teaching an average of 60 children per week the fundamentals of baseball and sharing their faith through personal relationship development, Gospel testimonies, and prayer. More than 120 local children participated in the baseball camps over the span of six weeks.

East Texas Baptist University’s Department of Music and Theatre Arts opened its 2022-2023 season with a production of Doubt: A Parable, written by John Patrick Shanley, from September 30 through October 2. The show, centered around mature themes of truth and hardship, was directed by ETBU Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts Andrew Wilson.

ETBU Tigers welcomed their families to the Hill for a weekend full of community and fellowship on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1. Over 1,000 ETBU family members attended Family Weekend social activities and the first Tiger Football home game versus Southwestern University.

East Texas Baptist University seniors Colton Berryhill from Bullard, Texas, and Annie Walker from Montgomery, Texas, were honored on October 3 with the Bob and Gayle Riley Servant Leadership Award for consistently displaying Christian servant leadership on campus and in the community. ETBU President Emeritus Dr. Bob Riley and his wife, Gayle, took part in the ceremony and presented the honorees with a miniature replication of the “Divine Servant” statue, created by Max Greiner, which can also be found on campus at the entrance to the Rogers Spiritual Life Center.  

Two East Texas Baptist University seniors, Ashly Quintanilla and Sevon Chambers, have been selected to receive scholarships provided by the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT) Foundation and its national partner, the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC).