16 Contestants Competing to be Miss WBU
16 Contestants Competing to be Miss WBU Sixteen WBU contestants, who come from four different states, will get a chance for the crown at the 2020 Miss Williams Baptist University pageant. The pageant is set for Thursday evening, March 12. Miss WBU is a school-sponsored pageant with talent competition, a group performance and evening gown […]
Business Students Attend Above and Beyond Conference
Williams Baptist University’s upper class business students recently attended a leadership conference in Jonesboro called Going Above and Beyond. Seven students, along with their business professors, took part in the event, sponsored by the Jonesboro Young Professionals Network (JYPN) on February 13th. Those attending from WBU, picture above, were (left to right) Heather Parson (chair […]
Theatre Program to Present ‘20 Version of “Story Store”
The Williams Baptist University theatre program is preparing to take stories written by area elementary students and bring them to life in the 2020 production of the “Story Store.” The “Story Store” has featured the creativity of talented and gifted elementary students around northeast Arkansas for 21 years. While the Story Store has always been […]
WBU Library Donates Books to Childrens Ranch
WBU Library Donates Books to Childrens Ranch Williams Baptist University’s Felix Goodson Library made a book donation recently to the Arkansas Baptist Ranch. Joel Olive, public services paraprofessional at the library, presented the books to Roger Langley of the ranch during a WBU chapel service. The library hosts an annual Scholastic Book Fair for […]
Dr. Marvin Schoenecke to Join WBU Administration
Williams Baptist University has announced the hiring of Dr. Marvin Schoenecke as Provost and Executive Vice President for Campus Life. Schoenecke, who comes to Williams from College of the Ozarks in Missouri, will begin his duties at WBU in April. “Dr. Schoenecke has extensive training and expertise in Christian higher education, experiences that have uniquely […]
WBU Releases Fall ’19 President’s and Dean’s Lists
Williams Baptist University has released the names of students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2019 fall semester. The President’s List includes those full-time students who achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average, while the Dean’s List is comprised of those with at least a 3.5 GPA. Williams is a private, Christian university […]
Smith Donates Book of WWII Letters to Felix Goodson Library
PFC Holly Akin, Jr. was an Oklahoma farm boy who headed off to serve his country in World War II, never to return. Akin died in battle in Germany near the end of the war, but his correspondence from those years keeps his memory alive through a recently published book entitled, “One Soldier’s Letters Home.” […]
WBU’s Meridith Appointed to State Library Board
Pamela Meridith, director of library services at Williams Baptist University, has been named to the State Library Board. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson recently appointed Meridith to the seven-member board. The board serves as the governing body of the Arkansas State Library. The stated goals of the library are to provide library and information services to […]
Wheeless and Perkins Promoted at WBU
Williams Baptist University has granted tenure and a promotion in rank to two of its faculty members. Dr. Charlotte Wheeless and Dr. Blake Perkins were promoted from assistant to associate professor, in addition to receiving tenure, following recent action by the WBU Board of Trustees. Wheeless, who is from Powhatan, Ark., has taught on the […]
WBU Presents Service Awards
Williams Baptist University has presented service awards to a number of its employees. Williams recently recognized 14 employees who have reached milestones of service at WBU. “All of the recipients honored with these presentations have poured themselves into shaping the lives of young women and men at WBU, and they have done so for a […]
