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History continues to be made for the East Texas Baptist University Hockey Team as they recently received a bid to the ACHA Division II West Regional Tournament in Boise, Idaho. ETBU Hockey, in their fourth year as a program, earned their first bid as the #10 team in the region.

In partnership with Texas Baptists (BGCT) for the second year in a row, East Texas Baptist University hosted a Congreso Experience on Saturday, February 8. The event, themed “Witness,” focused on Acts 1:8 and encouraged more than 100 local participants from area churches in their pursuit of God’s calling on their lives.

East Texas Baptist University’s School of Nursing was recently ranked as the #1 BSN program out of the 118 programs evaluated in Texas by the Annual RegisteredNursing.org Registered Nurse (RN) Program State Rankings.

The Arbor Day Foundation recently recognized East Texas Baptist as a 2019 Tree Campus USA university. Tree Campus USA is an Arbor Day Foundation program that honors colleges and universities and their leadership for promoting healthy trees, and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation.

The start of the Spring 2020 semester at East Texas Baptist commenced with two exciting milestones for the University community. In addition to the opening of Chick-fil-A on the University campus, ETBU celebrated an official spring enrollment of 1,405 students—the highest recorded spring enrollment in the University’s 108-year history.