News about "Academics"

MARSHALL, Texas (11/04/15) - Two deserving East Texas Baptist University students received the 7th Annual Bob and Gayle Riley Servant Leadership Award. Jermaca Brown and Caleb Dorsey were presented their awards from Dr. Riley, president emeritus, and his wife Gayle, during Chapel on Wednesday, November 4, 2015.

MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER (10/29/15) - Twenty, 3- to 4-year-olds file in a circle around East Texas Baptist University kinesiology student Michael Coyne as he holds a green ball over his head symbolizing a "green light" in a ongoing game of red light/green light.

"Red light! Stop!" Coyne, a junior, shouts as he trades his green ball for a red one. "Now, shake!"

Coyne puts down the red ball and dances, each child joining in with him. 

All throughout the game, Coyne remains dressed in his Halloween costume, a full-sized hot dog with mustard.

MARSHALL, Texas (10/06/15) - The East Texas Baptist University Debate Team competed at the University of Arkansas at Monticello Weevil Wars Debate Tournament in Monticello, Arkansas the weekend of October 3-4. Eleven schools from six states competed at the event. While the team did not finish the tournament in the top three sweepstakes calculations, some individual debaters had success at the event. 

MARSHALL, Texas (9/21/15) - The East Texas Baptist University Debate Team competed at the Lee College Kickoff Classic Debate Tournament in Baytown, Texas and came away with a third place finish. Over 75 competitors from 11 schools across a five-state region competed in the tournament September 18-20. Ten ETBU students entered the competition and as a squad, the team finished in third place, falling only behind Louisiana State University at Shreveport and the University of Arkansas at Monticello. 

MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER (8/1/15) - East Texas Baptist University's four-year criminal justice /law enforcement program is the only of its kind in the state, and several of its students and instructors are headed to the mountains of Colorado this weekend to strengthen their skills.

The university's Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, and Law Enforcement William Griffith is accompanying 11 criminal justice students and two other professors for a nine-day rendezvous in the mountains, beginning today.