East Texas Baptist University

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East Texas Baptist University
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Former names
 College of Marshall (1912-1944) East Texas Baptist College (1944-1984)
Motto A world of opportunity in a community of faith[1]
Type Private four-year undergraduate
Established 1912[2]
Affiliation Baptist General Convention of Texas
Endowment US $56,158,298[3]
President Blair Blackburn[4]
Undergraduates 1,196[5]
Location
Marshall
,
Texas
,
U.S.

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Campus Sub-urban[6]
Colors Navy and Gold[7]          
Nickname ETBU
Affiliations NCAA Division III – American Southwest Conference[7]
Mascot Tiger[7]
Website www.etbu.edu

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East Texas Baptist University (ETBU) is a private, coeducational Christian university in Marshall, Texas, United States associated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

History

ETBU is located on the site of the former Van Zandt Plantation, which is at the highest altitude in Harrison County. ETBU was founded as the College of Marshall in 1912, after a campaign to create a Southern Baptist college in East Texas. The campus' first building, Marshall Hall, was completed in 1916. It was designed to house a gymnasium, library, chapel/theatre, administrative offices and classrooms. The College of Marshall opened the following year in 1917 as a two-year junior college and academy. It became East Texas Baptist College in 1944[8]

Faculty

The student to faculty ratio is 16:1[7] and the average class size is 22.[7] Ninety-five percent of full-time faculty members have earned doctorates or terminal degrees.[citation needed]

Accreditation

ETBU is fully accredited with the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 1957, ETBU became an accredited member of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.[9] The accreditation was last reaffirmed in 2009, with the next reaffirmation due in 2019. ETBU also is accredited by The Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas[10] for Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), the Commissions of Collegiate Nursing Education,[11] and the National Association of Schools of Music.[12]

ETBU ranked twelfth among forty-eight schools in the category of Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the West Region in the U.S. News & World Report's publication "America's Best Colleges 2008".[3][7]

Campus

Security

During the day, the campus is patrolled by the on-campus security officer. Security cameras record 24 hours a day and are monitored from 8:00 am – 4:30 pm. Call boxes are placed in strategic locations around campus. At night, the campus is monitored by private security officers (off-duty Marshall City Police Officers).[13]

Academic buildings

  • Marshall Hall
  • Scarborough Hall
  • Ornelas Spiritual Life Center
  • Ornelas Student Center
  • Dean Healthplex
Marshall Hall, construction completed in 1916
Feagin Hall, built in 1948
  • Keys Gym
  • Craig Hall
  • Harvey Daniel Bruce
  • Murphy Science Center[14]
  • Jenna Guest Music Building[15]
  • Bennett Student Center
  • Redwine Instrumental Music Building[15]
  • Jenna Guest Music Building[15]
  • Fred Hale Business Building
  • Mamye Jarrett Library
  • Meadows Hall

Residence Halls

  • Centennial Hall
  • Feagin Hall
  • Fry Hall
  • Linebery Hall
  • Mabee Housing Complex
  • Ornelas Residence Center
  • University Apartments
  • Van Zandt Apartments & Campus Houses

Departments at ETBU

There are several academic departments at ETBU.

  • School of Business
  • School of Christian Studies
    • Department of Religion
  • School of Education
    • Department of Teacher Education
    • Department of Kinesiology and Exercise Science
    • Athletic Training Education Program
  • School of Humanities
    • Department of Communication
    • Department of History, Political Science, and Geography
    • Department of Languages and Literature
    • Department of Criminal Justice
  • School of Fine Arts
    • Art Program
    • Department of Music
    • Department of Theatre Arts
  • School of Natural and Social Sciences
    • Allied Health Program
    • Department of Behavioral Sciences
    • Department of Biology
    • Department of Chemistry and Physics
    • Department of Mathematics
  • School of Nursing
    • Department of Nursing

Athletics

The East Texas Baptist football team in action against the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions in 2014

Mascot

The mascot for ETBU is a tiger, "Toby." ETBU also has a live Tiger mascot named "Sarge" who is housed off campus.[7]

Notable alumni

Gallery

  • Entrance to ETBU

  • Scarborough Hall, built in 1948

  • Meadows Hall

  • Marshall Hall showing the Light on the Hill

  • Scarborough Cross and Marshall Hall

  • Scarborough Cross and Harvey Daniel Bruce Hall

  • A plate with description under Scarborough Cross

  • Ornelas Spiritual Life Center

  • Voting at Ornelas Spiritual Life Center

  • Feagin Hall

  • Fred Hale School of Business

  • ETBU quad

Notes and references

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  8. ↑ Songe, Alice. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes." Scarecrow Press (Metuchen, NJ: 1978), p. 60.
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  11. ↑ CCNE Accredited Nursing Degree Programs
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  16. ↑ chriselrod.com
  17. ↑ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000070

External links

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