Dr. Rodney Harris Dr. Rodney Harris, assistant professor of history at Williams Baptist University, has been awarded the Lynn E. May Study Grant from the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives in Nashville, Tenn. “This grant will allow me to use the materials in the Southern Baptist Archives this summer to continue working on…
Reggie Smith knows first-hand the struggles minority students often face in funding their college education. Now, he is stepping forward to help those students get a Williams Baptist University education. Smith, a 1985 Williams alumnus, has launched the Reggie Smith Foundation Minority Scholarship for WBU students, and the foundation has announced its first class of…
Savannah Schlote of Mountain Home, Ark. and Sean Sesnan of Lebanon, Tenn., have been awarded the Glenn-Dale Scholarship at Williams Baptist University. They were presented during the Department of Christian Ministries Banquet held on April 24. The Glenn-Dale Scholarship was established in 1971 by the late Mr. William Dale Kirkland, who was an outstanding Baptist…
By: MaKenzie Free Williams Baptist University senior Erika Isbill has won the Arkansas Historical Association (AHA) 2018 Student Scholarship for the First Congressional District. The Jonesboro, Ark., native is a history major at Williams. She will will present her scholarly paper at the AHA’s annual conference in Fort Smith, Ark., on April 20. “We in the…
Charles & Jackie Snapp got to meet last week with the recipients of two Williams Baptist University scholarships they have established. The Walnut Ridge mayor and his wife met Angel Blair and Christopher Dunlap on the Williams campus Friday. Blair receives the Jackie Carmen Snapp Scholarship. She is a sophomore from Walnut Ridge, majoring in…
Williams Baptist University has received a $215,000 gift from the estate of alumnus Norman Harty. Harty, who was from Dexter, Mo., passed away in August. He was a 1962 graduate of Williams and a longtime supporter of the school, which will become Williams Baptist University later this year. Interim President Dr. Kenneth Startup received the…
Williams Baptist University has received a $2,500 gift to its annual scholarship fund from Robert Bosch Tool Company. Steve Engelken, operations manager at the Walnut Ridge Bosch plant, and Tracy Brock, human resources manager at the plant, presented the check to Dr. Ken Startup, interim president at Williams, and Dr. Brett Cooper, WBU’s vice president…
Clark General Contractors in Walnut Ridge has made two gifts, totaling $2,000, to Williams Baptist University. One of the gifts is to help fund WBU’s transition to Williams Baptist University, and the other gift is to support the school’s Lawrence County Success Scholarship. Williams announced in September that it has begun a transition to Williams…
Williams Baptist University alumnus Edward Harthorn has established a new scholarship to assist Williams students who plan to study abroad. A $5,000 gift from Harthorn, matched by another $5,000 from an anonymous donor, provides initial funding for the Adams-McClelland Study Abroad Scholarship. Harthorn, a 2016 WBU graduate, said he wants other students to have a…
2017-18 LawCo Success Scholarship: (left to right) WBU Board Chair J.R. Cox, Mary Beth Dickson, Tahya Taffar, Robyn Harper , Gene Miller and Williams President Dr. Tom Jones. Four Williams Baptist University students are the first recipients of the Lawrence County Success Scholarship. The scholarship was launched this fall at Williams, and it will be…
