By MaKenzie Free Melinda Williams will celebrate 35 years of service at Williams Baptist University during Homecoming weekend with the production of Neil Simon’s, “The Good Doctor.” The play will be staged Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2 and 3, in Startup Chapel. Following the Saturday evening performance, a reunion of WBU theatre alumni and other…
Williams Baptist University will host its annual Homecoming festivities on Saturday, Nov. 3. A variety of reunions are scheduled, athletic teams will be in action, WBU music and drama groups will perform, and distinguished alumni will be honored. David Daniel of Jonesboro will be recognized as this year’s Distinguished Alumnus, while Jake Guenrich of Walnut…
Williams Baptist University has a new website to go with its new name. Williams became a university over the summer and changed its website domain name to williamsbu.edu, and in the process it has launched a new home page. WBU officials say the new website is entirely mobile friendly to accommodate those on cell phones…
Williams Baptist University in Walnut Ridge has announced that, starting next fall, all full time, on-campus students will be provided iPads. School officials say the iPads will become an integral part of the learning process at WBU. As a first step in the initiative, the liberal arts university supplied iPads to faculty, coaches and administrators…
WBU Theatre Program Opens Season With “The Good Doctor” by MaKenzie Free Williams Baptist University’s theatre program is set to open its 2018-19 season with “The Good Doctor.” The production will run Friday, Nov. 2, through Saturday, Nov. 3. “The Good Doctor” is a comedy with music written by Neil Simon. It consists of short plays,…
The Felix Goodson Library at Williams Baptist University is set to host a Scholastic Book Fair October 30 – November 3. The event offers specially priced books and educational products, including picture books for the youngest children, early reading books, upper elementary books, mid-level reading books, YA books for high school students, fiction and nonfiction…
Williams Baptist University’s art department is hosting an Alumni and Friends art show from October 29 through November 7. The opening reception will be take place on Monday, October 29, from 5:30-7:00. The event will be held in the Maddox Center Art Gallery and will showcase work from WBU alumni and former WBU art students.…
Williams Baptist University’s History Department, the Division of Arts and Sciences, and the Coe Scholars Program are jointly hosting a public lecture on Monday, October 29 at 7:30 p.m. in WBU’s Eagle Grill. Dr. Brooks Blevins, the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University and the prize-winning author or editor of nine…
Harvest Fest will take place Wednesday, Oct. 24th, at Williams Baptist University. The annual event is a popular festival for local children and church groups, with Williams students operating the games and activities. Harvest Fest is held in WBU’s Southerland-Mabee Center from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Admission is free, and tickets for games and activities…
Williams Baptist University in Walnut Ridge has announced a new package of scholarships for incoming students. The new scholarships are for freshmen and transfer students who enroll at Williams for the first time in the fall 2019 semester. Angela Flippo, vice president for enrollment management at WBU, said the new awards will help incoming students…
