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MARSHALL, Texas  (4/06/15) - The East Texas Baptist University Jazz Band will be in concert on Friday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. in Baker Auditorium of the Ornelas Spiritual Life Center on the ETBU campus. Admission is $5 or free with ETBU I.D. 

The ETBU Jazz Band, under the direction of Professor of Music Dr. Douglas Lockard, will feature great jazz and blues tunes from the past and present, opening with the classic Count Basie riff tune, One O?Clock Jump. 

MARSHALL, Texas (4/07/15) - The East Texas Baptist University Board of Trustees elected Dr. J. Blair Blackburn of Dallas, Texas, as its next president. The announcement came from ETBU Board of Trustees chair Hal Cornish after a special called trustee meeting Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Blackburn will succeed Dr. Samuel W. "Dub" Oliver who left to become the president of Union University located in Jackson, Tennessee, on June 1, 2014.
 

MARSHALL, Texas (4/6/15) - Starting of NCAA Division III Week in chapel on Monday morning, East Texas Baptist University student-athletes were recognized for their accomplishments. All student-athletes stood up in chapel and chaplain Bryant read off the accomplishments of ETBU athletics to this point this year in the American Southwests Conference for all-conference and academic all-conference.

MARSHALL, Texas (4/02/15) - Students of East Texas Baptist University sacrificed personal time on a Saturday morning, March 28, to show Marshall that "ETBU Cares."  This is a yearly event that provides an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to serve the Marshall community.   

"The Great Commission Center sponsors "ETBU Cares" Day," said Dr. Lisa Seeley ETBU Great Commission Director. "Over 100 ETBU students served the Marshall community at this year's event in six different locations with seven projects to help with."

MARSHALL, Texas (3/30/15) - East Texas Baptist University held its 59th Miss ETBU Pageant crowning junior all-level kinesiology major Morgan Garrett of Coushatta, La., as Miss ETBU 2015. Miss Garrett competed against nine other contestants in the pageant held Saturday evening, March 28, 2015, in Baker Auditorium of the Ornelas Spiritual Life Center.