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MARSHALL, Texas (07/10/2015) - Taking the East Texas Baptist University baseball brand to New York, Conner Combs had a great week for the Niagara Power of the New York Collegiate Baseball League. From the week of June 29th, Combs was named the NYCBL Player of the Week.

In that week Combs batted .625 with an .813 slugging percentage bringing in four RBI. He had a .684 on base percentage with three doubles going 10-of-16 in four games played. His contributions helped the Power with 11 of their 33 runs scored that week.

MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER (7/5/2015) - Life throws all kinds of curveballs. Just ask East Texas Baptist University head baseball coach Jared Hood, who's back in his hometown of Marshall.

"I tell people all the time I never pictured myself back but life happens," Hood said. "Your plans aren't always God's plans. To be back in my hometown, raising my 2-year old daughter and soon to b another one, we're around our families and we couldn't wish to be in a better spot."

Washington, D.C.  (7/08/15) - Today two private universities and a seminary are asking the Supreme Court to protect them from millions of dollars in IRS fines that will be triggered if they refuse to comply with the infamous HHS mandate. Filing the petition today are the same two firms that won the Hobby Lobby case against the government's HHS mandate one year ago. 

MARSHALL, Texas (7/07/15) - Retired East Texas Baptist University Professor James (Jim) Melvin Palmer, Sr., 88, passed away Saturday, July 4, 2015, in Athens.  For 26 years, he served as a Professor of Behavioral Sciences at ETBU. Memorial services for Dr. Palmer will be at First Baptist Church of Marshall on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. with Dr. Wallace Watkins officiating. Burial will be in Algoma South Cemetery. 

MARSHALL, Texas (6/30/15) - When you think of Australia, kangaroos, koala bears, or Crocodile Dundee might come to mind. For 14 East Texas Baptist University students from the Fred Hale School of Business, they actually experienced "down under" while participating in a travel study class during May Term.

The students spent two weeks in the Brisbane area and were accompanied by ETBU Associate Professor of Management Dr. Kathleen Mays. Australia was the perfect setting for Dr. Mays to teach two classes, International Business and International Marketing.