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2016 News Releases
January 2016
- WBU receives $600,000 grant for youth theology program
- Student art on display at WBU
- Fountain playing Bach in the Gardens
February 2016
- Wayland on alert after threat
- Music school adds top faculty
- Family dedicates new Sharpe Endowed Scholarship
- New show opening in WBU’s Abraham Art Gallery
- Wayland Grad Saves Child
- WBU Faculty Perform
- Wayland to host theatre festival
- Redin, others thrilled over Flying Queens being named
finalist for Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - Wayland professor earns United States citizenship
- WBU opens online superintendent certification program
March 2016
- History program recognized among most affordable
- WBU students recognized for math and science presentations
- WBU theatre presents "Freud’s Last Session"
April 2016
- WBU recognizes its employees
- Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Maestro to lead Wayland concert
- Hall named finalist in Wayland presidential search
- Wayland hosts blood drive to benefit Beverly Steed
- Summers, Grant named Citizens of the Year at Wayland award chapel
- Wayland kicks off Impact 2020
- Trustees approve Hall as president, Owens as emeritus, and set 2016-2017 budget
- Wayland opts out of Senate Bill 11
- Armes thankful for his time at Wayland
- WBU Historian writing her final chapter at Wayland
MAY 2016
- Wayland commencement recognizes graduates, honors Owens and Armes
- Boyer inducted into OCS Hall of Fame
- Wayland names new academic deans
- Wayland offers writing camp for high school students
- Wayland mourns loss of J. Hoyt Bowers
JULY 2016
- Sadler looks to strengthen relationships through new position at Wayland
- Wayland ranked among most affordable for online education
- Abraham Art Gallery hosts American Watercolor Society exhibit
- Couple leaves legacy of blessing to ministry students
- Education Questions Answered during DoD’s Virtual Education Fair
AUGUST 2016
- Wayland hosting summer carnival for kids
- Community Garden still growing with the help from Pioneer volleyball
- Wayland ready to start another year
- Sweeney publishes book about the Dust Bowl
- AFA enrollment set for Tuesday
- Wayland student receives UPS scholarship
- Richard Fountain to perform recital
- McClenagan named Vice President at Wayland
- Hall encourages students to take advantage of their opportunity
SEPTEMBER 2016
- Wayland sets date for Inauguration
- Homecoming Honorees
- Pair recital set for October 11
- Wayland to cut ribbon on Jimmy Dean Museum
- WBU cuts the ribbon on the Jimmy Dean Museum
- WBU hosts Plainview Art Association fall show
OCTOBER 2016
- Wayland system enrollment shows a 3% drop
- Brandenburg named new dean of Languages & Literature
- King, Freeman team up for joint faculty recital
- Wayland choirs join for concert
- Wayland presents “Horrors” on Halloween
NOVEMBER 2016
- Telethon to highlight WBU programs, raise donations for Annual Fund
- Lamb addresses students as part of Creation Care Week
- American Family Christmas Concert is Friday
- WBU hosts Jerome Farris for McCoy Lectures Series
