Tag: Covid-19

Basketball
Sports

Despite COVID-19 and injuries, JBU basketball teams stay competitive

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Basketball season at John Brown University is in full swing, and both the men’s and women’s basketball teams are a little over halfway into their Sooner Athletic Conference schedules. Much like last year, the month of January has presented its share of challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic that the […]

Basketball
Sports

COLUMN: SAC’s decision to expand the conference tournament is the right move amid outdated forfeit policy

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It’s been the case for almost two years now, but COVID-19 is still a part of our lives. Some consider it to be a threat, while others do not. But, given the prevalence of new variants such as omicron and delta this past school year, there’s no denying that the […]

Coronavirus Coverage

COVID-19 UPDATE: JBU loosens protocols halfway through the semester

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Halfway through the fall semester, John Brown University announced adjustments to COVID-19 safety protocols on campus. In an email sent out to the student body on Monday, Julie Gumm, chief marketing and communications officer explained that, since Covid cases on campus and in the community “are trending downward,” JBU has […]

Local

JBU graduate researches COVID-19’s impact on food insecurity

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Seth Billingsley’s contributions to the Northwest Arkansas community reach far beyond John Brown University, his alma mater. As the recipient of the 2021 Hatfield Prize, Billingsley researched COVID-19’s impact on food insecurity in Arkansas. The Hatfield Prize, part of the Center for Public Justice’s Shared Justice Initiative (CPJ), awards funding […]

covid & global missions
Faith

Rest to Rescue: Global missions and COVID-19

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As mankind continues to fight against the global disruptive virus, the world has begun to lift its appeals for masks and housebound living. With an increasing number of countries returning to their former open state, many people are able to resume traveling—none more important than Christian missionaries. Disease has always […]

News

COVID-19 targets children as case count hits new highs

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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Ever since then, the U.S. has been reeling with the social, political and emotional toll that the disease has taken. As America has continually mourned over 638,000 deaths, the divisive standpoints on vaccines, lockdowns and masks widen with […]