Tiger Pride July 30, 2020

ETBU Receives ETMC Foundation Grant for New Community Counseling Center and Graduate Program in Tyler East Texas will soon have additional services for mental healthcare. The East Texas Medical Center (ETMC) Foundation recently awarded East Texas Baptist University a $100,000 grant to help meet the growing need for mental healthcare in Smith County. Plans include opening a community mental health counseling clinic that will also offer the University’s Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, located at 1301 S. Broadway in Tyler at the former American Cancer Society building. The Community Counseling Center will open later this fall, and Clinical Mental Health Counseling classes will be offered at the Tyler location beginning in January 2021. Read more.

Pray for Incoming Tigers We are thrilled to have more than 400 new students planning to join the ETBU Family this fall. The Faculty and Staff have been praying for the incoming students and we invite ETBU Alumni and friends to participate. If you are interested in praying for a new student (or 2) by name this academic year, please click here. After volunteering to pray, you will be emailed the name, major, classification, and hometown of one of our new students. You can also send a note or card to your Tiger by mail to the student at ETBU, One Tiger Drive, Marshall, Texas 75670. Thank you for covering our new students in prayer.

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Upgrades in Baker Chapel Baker Chapel at the Rogers Spiritual Life Center recently had new flooring and seating installed thanks to the generosity of an anonymous loving and supportive donor. The benevolent donor was a member of the Legacy of 1912 Society and left an estate gift to the University. To learn more about the Legacy of 1912 Society, click here.

ETBU Masks are Now Available Show your Tiger Pride this fall by purchasing a mask for yourself, fellow alumni, or a Tiger student for the Fall semester.

Masks are $10 each. Be like Howard Barron, a sophomore accounting major from Texarkana, Texas and show your Tiger Pride to promote health and safety for other.

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ETBU Bass Fishing Headed Back to Nationals Competing in the FLW Southern Qualifier Tournament at Fort Gibson in Oklahoma, the ETBU Bass Fishing Team earned a spot at 2021 FLW National Tournament with an 8th place finish among 73 other college and university angler teams across the region. Josh Manuel and Grant Hendrix qualified for the national tournament with their finish. Read more.

Get to Know Alumna Dr. Leah (Chiles) Grant ('05) For Dr. Leah (Chiles) Grant ('05), ETBU was the perfect fit. The close-knit community and small class sizes provided Dr. Grant the environment she was looking for in a University.

"I grew up 45 minutes away from ETBU, but I had never heard of the school until my youth pastor mentioned it to me," Dr. Grant said. "Coming from a high school the size of ETBU appealed to me and it allowed me to be close to family."

According to Dr. Grant, she was a bit worried that she was at a disadvantage entering medical school because she graduated from a smaller institution, but was grateful for her preparedness for the rigors of medical study through the excellent education of the ETBU Science Department.

"When I began my coursework, I was relieved to discover that I was not at a disadvantage at all," Dr. Grant said. "In fact, I realized I received just as good of an education, if not better, because of the smaller class sizes and my professors' availability outside of class."

Today, Dr. Grants works as a urologist in Paris, Texas, and loves using her gifts to serve others through medicine.

"Being a physician is such a rewarding field," Dr. Grant said. "I enjoy being able to help people in their time of need, and I am grateful for the education I have received that allows me to succeed in this profession."

ETBU in the News ASC to Move Fall Sports to Spring Semester Due to the health and safety concerns arising from the impact of COVID-19, the challenges in meeting the NCAA Resocialization of Collegiate Sport guidelines, the American Southwest Conference (ASC) Council of Presidents voted Friday afternoon to move conference competition in ASC Fall 2020 sports to the Spring 2021 semester. Read more.

ETBU Strengthens Partnership with Tyler Junior College East Texas Baptist University strengthens the unique public/private partnership with Tyler Junior College by offering a specialized Master of Education program to TJC faculty and staff, as well as high school teachers who wish to teach dual credit/dual-enrollment courses. Read more.

Peter Muriungi ('99) named Chase Auto CEO at JPMorgan Chase Peter Muriungi is the CEO of Chase Auto.

He oversees strategy, sales, finance, risk operations, marketing and technology. As a member of the Consumer Lending Leadership Team, Muriungi is the principal advisor to the CEO on autos. Read more.

For more information please call: Dr. Scott Bryant Vice President for Advancement 903.923.2069 | sbryant@etbu.edu Emily Roberson Director of Alumni Relations and Advancement Communication 903.923.2043 | eroberson@etbu.edu Reid Adams ('19) Advancement Officer 903.923.2070 | reida@etbu.edu

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