In the summer of 2018, the deaths by suicide of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain shocked America and the world. Both people were accomplished and well-liked, making their deaths even more egregious. Then, the suicide …
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Lower Your Taxes with the New Tax Law
For smart taxpayers, the new law provides easy opportunities to lower taxes even more. Congress doubled the standard deduction to $12,000 for single filers and $24,000 for married filers. Learn More: PlannedGiving.HC.edu Dr. Tommy Bambrick HBU Director of …
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Education Seen as a Tool for Sharing the Gospel
While Jesus鈥� words in the Great Commission includes an exhortation to 鈥渢each,鈥� missionary Joe Hale didn鈥檛 associate that with schools. More than 30 years ago, he and his wife, Ann, were serving in Korea when they needed classes …
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Academic Success Center Tutoring Program: The Power of Peers
HBU is known for its friendly professors, whose open-door policy helps ensure students aren鈥檛 lacking in academic support. But sometimes, a boost from another perspective is just what is needed to help students perform well in a course. …
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HBU McNair Center Hosts 鈥�3 Day Startup: Water Texas鈥�
HBU鈥檚 McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise, in partnership with the McNair Centers at Rice University and the University of St. Thomas, hosted 鈥�3 Day Startup: Water Texas.鈥� The three-day program is a learning-by-doing workshop that teaches …
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HBU Alumna Portrays Women of the Bible
HBU Alumna Sarah Beth Baca, 鈥�01, has been a student of the Bible since childhood, and an artist with a knack for combining the real with the whimsical. In recent years, she鈥檚 gleaned artistic inspiration from fresh readings …
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Football Player and Pre-Med Student Gives His Best on and off the Field
Andr茅 Walker III still remembers when a friend of his family pointed out his build as an elementary student and encouraged the family to put Andr茅 in football. His mother, Antoinette, didn鈥檛 like the idea at first. 鈥淢y …
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HBU Golf Hosts Professional Golfer Colin Montgomerie
After graduating from Houston Baptist University in 1987, Golfer Colin Montgomerie immediately turned professional, and has made a name for himself around the world. 鈥淢onty,鈥� as he is known, has won dozens of top tournaments and is a …
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Endowed Scholarship Donors Honored at Reception
James Blackwell鈥檚 family first donated to Houston Baptist University in the 1960s, when they gifted a tract of land in the Alvin area to the University. He is still passionate about supporting a higher education institution which has …
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Dr. Timothy Brookins Discusses His Path to Scholarship
Dr. Timothy Brookins is the director of Graduate Programs for the School of Christian Thought, program coordinator for Graduate Theology Programs, interim chair of the Department of Theology, and assistant professor of Classics and Biblical Languages for HBU. …