Campus Happenings
Wayland mission team combining evangelism and medicine in trip to Honduras
Posted: February 22, 2013 in Student Life
February 22, 2013
PLAINVIEW — A group of Wayland Baptist University students, faculty members and alumni will have an opportunity in March to gain valuable experience in missions while demonstrating God’s love through evangelism and medicine.
According to Wayland Professor of Biological Sciences and Chemistry Dr. Adam Reinhart, who also serves as the university’s pre-health director, he [...]
Draper garners prestigious recognition
Posted: November 29, 2012 in Academics
PLAINVIEW — Wayland Baptist University sophomore Christion Draper has known from an early age what he wanted to do with his life – and it wasn’t the typical dream of adolescent youth. Draper wants to sing opera.
“I know I want to gig,” Draper said. “I want to go to some opera house and just tear [...]
Wayland family acknowledges endowed scholarships during homecoming
Posted: November 5, 2012 in Academics, WBU News
PLAINVIEW — Wayland Baptist University administrators took time during the recent homecoming events to recognize several families that have endowed scholarship to benefit Wayland students.
During the Homecoming Chapel, Director of Alumni Development Danny Andrews recognized Charles and Mary Abercrombie with three honors, including an endowed scholarship established by the couple’s four children. The Abercrombies were [...]
Wayland to Recognize Alumni During Homecoming 2012
Posted: October 16, 2012 in WBU News
PLAINVIEW – As part of the Homecoming 2012 activities at Wayland Baptist University, several alumni will be recognized for their successes and contributions in their fields, and for their support of Wayland. The official recognition will be held during chapel service at 11 a.m. on Friday morning in Wayland’s Harral Memorial Auditorium. The public is [...]
Science students win awards at STEM conference
Posted: October 11, 2012 in Academics, WBU News
PLAINVIEW – The Wayland Baptist University School of Mathematics and Sciences participated in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) conference at Midland College on Oct. 5-6 in Midland. Two presentations from Wayland students were awarded second place in their categories.
Rick Ross, a senior from Muncy, Ind., received second place for his mathematics talk concerning [...]
Enrollment up at Wayland
Posted: October 10, 2012 in Admissions, WBU News
As excitement continues to build on the Wayland Baptist University Plainview campus concerning new programs, new buildings and renovation projects, the school also is enjoying an increase in enrollment in Plain view and across the university system.
The fall 2012 enrollment numbers show a modest 1.11 percent increase throughout the WBU system, with the Plainview campus [...]
Wayland opens theatre season with Peanuts
Posted: August 24, 2012 in Student Life
PLAINVIEW — Wayland Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts 2012-13 theatre season opens “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” and ends with another run at Ruidoso’s Spencer Mountain Theatre Collaborative.
Dr. Marti Runnels, Dean of the School of Fine Arts and Director of Theatre, is reaching back 23 years to resurrect the first play he ever [...]
WBU School of Business aligns with SHRM
Posted: August 24, 2012 in Academics
PLAINVIEW — Wayland Baptist University’s School of Business, in association with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), announced this week that Wayland’s Master of Arts in Management, Human Resource Management Specialization program fully aligns with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates.
The SHRM is the nation’s premier professional organization for human resource management. The curriculum [...]
Colombian Duo Among WBU Graduates
Posted: April 30, 2012 in WBU News
PLAINVIEW – Plainview, Texas, by way of Pratt Community College in Kansas, is a long way from Bogotá, Colombia. But in the two years Tatiana González and Kate Trejos have spent at Wayland Baptist University they have come to love the small town lifestyle and the friendliness of the people.
On Saturday, May 5, González and [...]
Wayland prepares for University Research and Performance days
Posted: March 29, 2012 in Academics
Wayland prepares for University Research and Performance days
Plainview and area residents will have an opportunity to learn more about the work students at Wayland Baptist University are doing as the university begins its Research and Performance Day series.
The series takes place in weekly chapel sessions, which are held from 11 a.m. to noon each Wednesday [...]