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MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER (5/8/16) - East Texas Baptist University graduate Hoyce Mitchell said Saturday that he will always be thankful for his time at the Marshall university where he honed his basketball skills, earned an education and grew in his walk with God.

"ETBU helped me grow as a person, spiritually, physically and emotionally," Mitchell said Saturday. "Earning my degree makes me feel good because that's one more accomplishment, one more step in my life."

Mitchell now hopes to move on to the pro-basketball circuit, starting overseas first.

ASC: MARSHALL, Texas (5/8/16) – Keeping the season alive with an American Southwest Conference Red Division elimination game win over Sul Ross State University, the East Texas Baptist University baseball team came from behind for a 23-15 victory. The win vs. SRSU also featured Tyler Bates becoming ETBU’s all-time hits lead with 201 as he broke it on a grand slam home run.

ASC RED BRACKET: MARSHALL, Texas (5/6/16) – Holding off a feisty rally by Howard Payne University, the East Texas Baptist University baseball team pulled away with an 8-6 victory advancing in the winner’s bracket of the American Southwest Conference Red Bracket division. With the win, ETBU (29-12) plays Hardin-Simmons University at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.

MARSHALL, Texas (4/25/16) – East Texas Baptist University held the T.B. Maston Lecture in Christian Ethics on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. The event was co-sponsored by the ETBU School of Christian Studies and the T.B. Maston Foundation.  

MARSHALL, Texas (5/03/16) – East Texas Baptist University announces that René Maciel, president of Baptist University of the Americas, will be the keynote speaker for Spring Commencement.  Maciel also serves as the Baptist General Convention of Texas President. ETBU will hold two commencement ceremonies, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., on Saturday, May 7, in Baker Chapel of the Ornelas Spiritual Life Center.