BOLIVAR (SBU) – Southwest Baptist University is growing its collection of competitive club sports, offering new opportunities in eSports and pickleball for students to vie for accolades and championships against students from other colleges and universities. Beginning in Fall 2026, SBU will introduce the following: eSports – The roster of the current team will be expanded to more than 20 students, with scholarships available and more game entries added. Pickleball – This … [Read more...]
SBU welcomes more than 1,000 new students this fall
Southwest Baptist University’s enrollment momentum has continued with the Fall 2025 semester. For the second consecutive year, SBU has an increase in total fall enrollment, thanks in part to the fourth straight year of growth in the incoming freshman class on the Bolivar campus. The university also saw gains in its Springfield-based Mercy College of Health Professions programs, as well as an increase in the incoming class for the Doctor of Physical Therapy program. In total, SBU … [Read more...]
HLGU announces 2025 Booster Night speaker: John O’Leary
HANNIBAL, Mo. (HLGU) – Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) is thrilled to announce that nationally renowned inspirational speaker, bestselling author, and soon-to-be feature film subject John O’Leary will headline the 2025 Booster Night on Saturday, November 8 at 7:00 p.m. in the Roland Fine Arts Center. Booster Night 2025 is presented by HNB Bank. General admission tickets sell for $40 and will go on sale Monday, September 8, 2025. In addition, a limited number of Executive Tickets will … [Read more...]
Woodyard to lead SBU’s Center for Worldview and Culture
As part of its ongoing efforts to equip students to be Christ-centered servant leaders in a global society, Southwest Baptist University is relaunching its Center for Worldview and Culture under new leadership. Dr. Jonathon Woodyard, who serves as SBU’s Vice President for Student Life, has taken over as director of the Center for Worldview beginning with the Fall 2025 semester. Dr. Woodyard has been part of SBU’s leadership team since 2023 and has previously served as a pastor, church … [Read more...]
MBU welcomes largest freshman class in school’s history
ST. LOUIS (MBU) – Missouri Baptist University is celebrating record-breaking enrollment this fall, welcoming the largest freshman class in its history. The milestone marks a nearly 10 percent increase over the University’s previous freshman class high set in 2022. The University also reports significant enrollment increases in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) and the Online Bachelor of Science in Education, as well as the expansion of partnerships with Christian high … [Read more...]
HLGU’s Grow Week to feature Evangelist Daniel Ritchie
HANNIBAL (HLGU) – Hannibal-LaGrange University is pleased to announce its annual Grow Week, a series of special chapel services and events designed to encourage spiritual growth in the campus community. This year’s featured speaker is Daniel Ritchie, evangelist and Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention, who has shared the hope of Christ with audiences across the nation. Ritchie was born without arms, yet God has used his life and testimony to impact thousands with the message … [Read more...]
Volunteers needed for HLGU Alumni & Friends work day, Aug. 9
HANNIBAL (HLGU) – Hannibal-LaGrange University is calling on volunteers to help prepare the campus for the new school year. The university will host its annual Alumni and Friends Work Day on Saturday, August 9, 2025, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Volunteers will gather in the lobby of the first floor of the Burt Administration Building at 7:30 a.m. to kick off the morning. This event offers an opportunity for HLGU alumni, friends, and community members to serve the university by helping … [Read more...]
MBU sports team focuses on more than athletics
ST. LOUIS – Missouri Baptist University (MBU) head track-and-field Coach Jerry McQueen is creating opportunities for his athletes to be involved in service projects and help them be the hands and feet of Jesus. MBU encourages its sports coaches to get student-athletes involved in hearing and presenting the gospel, McQueen said. So 12 MBU track-and-field athletes recently served with Focus on Missions (FOM) in north St. Louis. FOM is an evangelical eyeglass ministry operated by Steve … [Read more...]
HLGU welcomes new VP of enrollment, dean of students
HANNIBAL, Mo. (HLGU) – Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) is pleased to announce the appointments of two key leaders who will help shape the university’s future: Brice Baumgardner as vice president of enrollment management and Mike Dixon as dean of students and campus chaplain. Brice Baumgardner promoted to vice president of enrollment management Brice Baumgardner, a longtime member of the HLGU community, has been named Vice President of Enrollment Management. With more than 20 years … [Read more...]
College students mobilized for missions in Mexico, Japan
JEFFERSON CITY (MBCollegiate) – While ministry on Missouri college campuses wound down at the beginning of May with finals week and the close of the semester, May was a month of missions mobilization resulting in 588 spiritual conversations and 526 gospel presentations through on-campus ministry and international missions. Scott Westfall, Campus Missionary with The Bridge Collegiate at Mizzou, went with a team of seventy-five to Juárez, Mexico. The team, which was made up of church … [Read more...]
SBU to host higher ed panel at 2025 SBC annual meeting
DALLAS (SBU) – Southwest Baptist University will be hosting an expert panel of higher education leaders at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas to discuss the value of and challenges facing Christian colleges and universities. SBU’s Dr. Jonathon Woodyard will moderate a panel, titled “Christian Higher Ed and Southern Baptists,” that includes the following speakers: • Dr. David Dockery, President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary • Dr. Jonathon Akin, Vice … [Read more...]
College ministry sends nearly 40 students to BeachReach
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – Thirty-nine college students from the Lighthouse Ministry at Northwest Missouri State University spent their spring break serving and sharing the gospel with spring breakers through a ministry called BeachReach. BeachReach, which has been around since the 1990s, deploys college students to spring break hot spots to reach their own generation by walking the streets and meeting physical needs such as food and van rides. In preparation, Yarnell sent his students out … [Read more...]
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