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The ETBU Cross Country and Track & Field teams departed Marshall early on January 1 for Belize as part of ETBU’s Tiger Athletic Mission Experience (TAME), where they partnered with International Sports Federation (ISF) and THREE18 Ministries for outreach and service over the next week. This is the 25th trip for the ETBU Athletic Department TAME initiative and the second for the Tiger Cross Country and Track & Field program; the program traveled to Greece in 2019.

The J.E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation recently awarded East Texas Baptist University a challenge grant of $850,000 toward the University's Restoring Feagin Hall initiative, launched last fall. To receive the challenge grant funds from the Mabee Foundation, the University must raise a total of $1,280,000 for the project by January 2027.

East Texas Baptist University welcomed students back to campus January 12 for the start of the Spring 2026 semester. At the start of the day, ETBU President Dr. J. Blair Blackburn addressed students, faculty, and staff at the first chapel service in Baker Chapel.

East Texas Baptist University’s Beach Volleyball team returned on December 14 from Roatan, an island in Honduras, as part of ETBU's Tiger Athletic Mission Experience (TAME), where they partnered with International Sports Federation (ISF) and Roatan Mission Fellowship for ministry and service for a week. This is the 24th trip for the ETBU Athletic Department TAME initiative and the first for ETBU Beach Volleyball.  

B. H. Carroll Theological Seminary at East Texas Baptist University is honored to announce the establishment of its first endowed scholarship, made possible through a generous estate gift from longtime Texas Baptist pastor, educator, and friend of the seminary, Dr. Jimmie Nelson. The Dr. Jimmie Nelson Endowed Scholarship will support students enrolled in Carroll’s Ph.D. program, continuing Dr. Nelson’s lifelong investment in ministerial education.