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Alumni from East Texas Baptist University celebrated Homecoming 2022, Friday, October 21, through Saturday, October 22. This year's Homecoming festivities coincided with the University's 110th anniversary, marked by the annual Founders Day, which recognizes the institution's charter on October 22, 1912.

East Texas Baptist University’s Learning and Leading classes hosted Fall Festivals for all five of Marshall ISD’s elementary schools, including David Crockett Elementary, Sam Houston Elementary, William B. Travis Elementary, Price T. Young Elementary, and Marshall Early Childhood Center School on Monday, October 10 to serve nearly 1,000 elementary students and their families.

The East Texas Baptist University Tiger Baseball Team concluded its series of free baseball skills camps for local children. Over the last six weeks, the Tiger student-athletes spent their Thursday evenings teaching an average of 60 children per week the fundamentals of baseball and sharing their faith through personal relationship development, Gospel testimonies, and prayer. More than 120 local children participated in the baseball camps over the span of six weeks.

East Texas Baptist University’s Department of Music and Theatre Arts opened its 2022-2023 season with a production of Doubt: A Parable, written by John Patrick Shanley, from September 30 through October 2. The show, centered around mature themes of truth and hardship, was directed by ETBU Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts Andrew Wilson.

ETBU Tigers welcomed their families to the Hill for a weekend full of community and fellowship on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1. Over 1,000 ETBU family members attended Family Weekend social activities and the first Tiger Football home game versus Southwestern University.