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MSN Bridget Ortigo

Some East Texas Baptist University students let their light shine at Marshall Convention Center this week by helping to restore the venue's lighting system back to full working order.

Sixteen ETBU students participated in the community service project during a mini-semester session for fine arts course credit.

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One Marshall woman received the present "of a lifetime" this week when the City of Marshall and East Texas Baptist University teamed up to renovate her home free of charge.

Constance Steadman, who inherited a home on Dogan Street in Marshall from her mother, needed to make repairs on the home to make it livable but could not afford the cost of the renovations, she said.

East Texas Baptist University's Softball Team traveled to Costa Rica December 10-17 to participate in the first-ever Tiger Athletic Mission Experience (TAME). These Tigers, some of which had never been on a mission trip, others out of the United States, or a few even on an airplane, overcame fear, anxiety, and the unknown to cultivate the Word of God and His hope through Christ while using their God-given athletic talents.

East Texas Baptist University will hold Fall Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in Baker Chapel of the Ornelas Spiritual Life Center on ETBU's campus. Presiding will be ETBU President Dr. J. Blair Blackburn with 79 students receiving undergraduate degrees and 20 students receiving master's degrees for a total of 99 new ETBU graduates.

Fall Commencement ceremonies for East Texas Baptist University were held on Saturday, December 10, 2016, in Baker Chapel of the Ornelas Spiritual Life Center, with Dr. J. Blair Blackburn, President of the University presiding. ETBU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Thomas Sanders, assisted by academic deans, presented the graduating class. The Invocation was given by Danny Jackson, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion.