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MARSHALL, Texas (6/29/15) - The travel study program of East Texas Baptist University provided opportunities for students to learn in 10 different countries this year. This past May ETBU students went to Australia, Austria, China, Ecuador, England, Ethiopia, Germany, Israel, Peru, and Zambia.  

The 12 ETBU students who went to England with Associate Professor of English, Dr. Troy White, found themselves visiting the actual sites described in the books they read for his Victorian Literature and the English Setting class. 

MARSHALL, Texas (6/24/15) - Two separate groups of students from East Texas Baptist University traveled to Africa during May with the same purpose in mind. The students who went to Ethiopia had a goal to learn about Cross Cultural leadership within mission work. The nursing students who went to Zambia for 21 days also went to learn and serve as they were involved in a combined nursing course and mission trip. The two abroad trips were part of the ongoing Travel/Study program of ETBU.  

MARSHALL, Texas (6/3/15) -  East Texas Baptist University has awarded over $1.5 million in scholarships to Harrison county high school graduates.  A total of 28 students from Hallsville High School, Harleton High School, Marshall High School, Texas Early College High School, and Waskom High School with one home schooled student will be attending ETBU in the Fall.
 

ASC: RICHARDSON, Texas (6/10/15) - Gaining one of the top awards in the American Southwest Conference is Nic Larzabal. Larzabal was named a tri-winner of the ASC Community Service award.  It is the third time that a male athlete from ETBU has won the award.

Larzabal, who ran cross country and was a student assistant coach in tennis, was a four-year letterman for ETBU.  He graduated in May with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Sociology.

AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE: RICHARDSON, Texas (6/15/15) - East Texas Baptist University has earned two more American Southwest Conference awards as Erby Thompson and Landon Price are distinguished scholar-athlete award winners. Both athletes were voted as the top scholar-athlete in their perspective sport.

Thompson earns the award for the first time for the men's basketball team as the co-ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete. There were eight other players to choose from and Thompson tied with Texas Dallas' Matthew Medell.