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East Texas Baptist University received an Outstanding Project Award for excellence in educational facility design in the Fall 2018 edition of Learning by Design, the premier source for education design innovation and excellence. The ETBU Tiger Softball Clubhouse has been recognized for its architectural and interior design and having next generation benchmark type design and planning features worthy of imitation.

East Texas Baptist University Tiger Athletics held the third annual Operation Christmas Child (OCC) Wrapping Party on Monday, November 12 as a part of the Samaritan’s Purse National Collection Week. Tiger Athletics collected 230 boxes for boys and girls through donations from over 500 student-athletes. Following the event, the boxes were delivered to Summit United Methodist Church in Marshall, Texas.

Using an 11-0 run to begin the second half, the East Texas Baptist University men's basketball team took control of their season opener against Centenary College en route to a 90-77 win, the first for new ETBU head coach Brandon Curran. Centenary falls to 0-1 to begin their season, and ETBU improves to 1-0 following the first game of the season.

East Texas Baptist University's Tiger Pom and Tiger Cheer teams traveled to Whitehouse ISD's Cain Elementary School on Oct. 28 to take part in a school-wide celebration of the "No Excuses Program." 

As part of this program, each classroom "adopts," represents, and learns about a college all year. Terri Cassels' Kindergarten class selected ETBU this year. 

"We are instilling in our students, from pre-k to 5th grade, the importance of going to college," Cassels said. "We want them to understand and believe that college can be a part of their future." 

Dropping their first game of the season, the East Texas Baptist University football remained in the national polls for another school record. ETBU entered the D3football.com poll for a school record seventh straight week. ETBU also entered this week ranked in the American Football Coach's Association poll for a record fifth straight week.