News - 2025

East Texas Baptist University celebrated Homecoming 2025 by welcoming alumni and friends to on-campus festivities Friday, October 17, through Saturday, October 18. Throughout the week, the University held a variety of events that engaged students in faith and friendship, including pumpkin painting, Conversations with the President, trivia Tuesday, Powder Puff games, and Western dancing.

East Texas Baptist University’s Learning and Leading classes recently organized and hosted the 14th annual Fall Festivals for all five Marshall ISD elementary schools, including David Crockett Elementary, Sam Houston Elementary, William B. Travis Elementary, Price T. Young Elementary, and the Marshall Early Childhood Center, on October 6, 2025.

East Texas Baptist University recognized the dedication and Christ-centered service of two outstanding students during a special chapel service on October 8. Seniors Jamie Scott and Charles Guillot received the Dr. Bob and Gayle Riley Servant Leadership Award in honor of their exemplary commitment to servant leadership and faithful impact within the ETBU community.

East Texas Baptist University hosted the third annual Lyceum, a forum for Christian thinkers, writers, and scholars, on Monday, September 29, in the Ornelas Student Center. This free, public event, organized by the School of Christian Studies and Humanities, welcomed attendees to engage in a thought-provoking evening centered on the intersection of faith and scholarship.

ETBU Assistant Professor of Nursing Dr. Antay Waters, DNP, APRN, CNM, WHNP-BC, CNE, CRNFA, C-OBE, C-EFM, CNOR-SURG-OB, FNPWH has been inducted as a Fellow in the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH) in the inaugural class of 14 Fellows from across the United States at the 28th Annual NPWH Women’s Healthcare Conference in Las Vegas on October 1, 2025.