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East Texas Baptist University broadened its reach through a Christian Education Partnership Agreement with Colegio Bautista de Temuco (CBT). The agreement, signed Friday, January 26, 2023, by ETBU President J. Blair Blackburn and CBT Rector Juan Luis Salinas Urrutia, provides CBT students a pathway to pursue a Christian education at ETBU.

East Texas Baptist University’s Spring 2023 enrollment surpassed the Spring 2022 enrollment record, with 1,560 new and returning Tigers enrolled for classes in January 2023. The 4.35% increase over last year’s record spring enrollment marks the first time Spring semester enrollment is over 1,500.

East Texas Baptist University’s Tiger Softball Team traveled to Australia in December for the University’s fourteenth Tiger Athletic Mission Experience (TAME) trip. Led by the Director of Global Education and Great Commission Center Lisa Seeley, Vice President for Athletics Ryan Erwin, and Head Softball Coach Janae Shirley, the group of 41 athletes and staff partnered with the International Sports Federation (ISF), an organization that seeks to change the world through sports.

East Texas Baptist University presented 162 graduates with degrees during its commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 10, in Baker Chapel of the Rogers Spiritual Life Center. ETBU President J. Blair Blackburn presided over the ceremony as 116 students received undergraduate degrees and 46 received graduate degrees.

The streets of historic downtown Marshall were buzzing with Christmas cheer over the weekend as East Texas Baptist University’s Department of Music and Theatre Arts held its production of White Christmas: The Musical live on stage from November 30 - December 3 at Memorial City Hall. The musical, featuring the story of two World War II veterans who become partners in a singing and dancing act, was directed and choreographed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts Natalie Wilson.