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The John Brown University men’s soccer team opened its season with a successful homestand, dominating Bacone College 5-1 on Thursday and defeating Missouri Baptist 3-1 on Saturday. In the opener, the Golden Eagles were led by forward Martin Gonzalez’s two-goal effort and a dominant defense. JBU only allowed one shot […]
Rain soaked the ground tonight as students feasted on a carnival dinner of hamburgers, corn dogs, cotton candy and more. But a little wet grass was not enough to prevent students from filling up the amphitheater for the university’s Welcome Back Concert. The concert, sponsored by BLUE, featured Clarensau, a […]
President Chip Pollard and family will be moving to Australia for three months, Pollard announced at today’s welcome back chapel. They will leave Sept. 8 and return in time for the Candlelight services and graduation in December. The board of trustees granted Pollard’s request for a sabbatical, he told students. […]
The first half of my summer was spent traveling with 19 other JBU students on a mission to love and serve the beautiful people of Uganda. Together we spent months raising support, planning and preparing. Little did I know God had much bigger plans than any of the hopes or […]
This summer, I have had the privilege of working with refugees in the city of Memphis, Tennessee. Every refugee I have met has a truly incredible story, and I have seen strength, community, and a passion for life unlike ever before within these people. These refugees have fled their homelands […]
The music fades, the lights turn off, the set is torn down and the judges hop back onto their planes to head back to Nashville. The Next Big Thing 2012 and my last event as Director of BLUE is officially over. I breathe a sigh of bittersweet happiness as I […]
I must be dreaming. I was driving home Tuesday from Calvary Worship Center, where I had been doing my internship, only to be deadlocked into bumper-to-bumper traffic the whole way home. These are people evacuating. A surreal experience through what was to me the most vivid picture of hell I […]
In addition to adding the renewable energy major and moving into the Balzer Technology Center, the engineering department will have three new faculty members next school year. The new hires will fill needs created in part by Leo Setian’s retirement and the renewable energy major. Ted Song will teach electrical […]
As students go their separate ways for the summer holidays, it is easy to lose track of how classmates are spending their time. Some are going on mission trips, others are studying abroad, and still more are working on internships germane to their major. Here is a closer look at […]
Waters of Life There were three stops on our trip today: the rope bridge, Giant’s Causeway, and Port Stuart. The rope bridge was not something that my father would ever desire to experience, although it truly was not as bad as I was anticipating. It held out over a crevice […]