News - 2016

MARSHALL, Texas (2/24/16) – East Texas Baptist University students in the The Worship of God class in the School of Communication and Performance Arts recently organized a public reading of the entire Bible on campus. Students, faculty, and staff volunteered 20 minutes at a time to read the Bible continuously for 24 hours a day. This public reading of the Scriptures started on Thursday, February 11, and concluded on Tuesday, February 16.

BASKETBALL (W): MARSHALL, Texas (2/24/16) – With an overall of 16-9 and an ASC record of 8-7, the East Texas Baptist University women’s basketball team have qualified for the American Southwest Conference Tournament for the first time since the 2012-2013 season and eight overall in the program. They finish as the third seed in the ASC East Division and will be heading to Tyler, Texas, where they will competing for a chance to win the ASC Tournament. They start the tournament against the second place team in the West Division, Mary Hardin-Baylor, in the first round.

MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER: (2/20/16) - The light on the hill was shining brightly on Friday as East Texas Baptist University in Marshall officially welcomed its 13th president.

The inauguration ceremony Friday made it official for President J. Blair Blackburn who was unanimously hired by the university's trustees in April.

"We know we have found the best person, the best prepared, the best qualified and the person sanctioned by God to lead ETBU," ETBU Trustee Hal Cornish said Friday.

ASC MEN'S BASKETBALL: RICHARDSON, Texas (2/20/16) – Sul Ross State won the American Southwest Conference West Division title and earned the right to host the 2016 ASC Men's Basketball Championship Tournament. The 2016 event will be played Thursday through Saturday, February 25-27, at the Pete P. Gallego Center in Alpine, Texas.
 
After competing for two years in a non-division format, the ASC has returned to the East and West division alignment with the top four seeds in each division competing for the ASC championship.
 

MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER (2/21/16) - East Texas Baptist University sophomore Austin Damron joined staff and his fellow university students on Saturday to help build a home for a Marshall single mother and her two children as part of Tigers Serve Day.

“I’ve worked at this Habitat for Humanity house twice, once a couple of weeks ago,” he said on Saturday. “It’s so cool to see how the house has developed during that time.”

Damron is a member of the university’s Student Foundation Organization which selects different areas around the community to serve each month.