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John Brown University will host the Arkansas College Media Association Conference this Friday, where many JBU students are competing for awards in a variety of different categories. Becky Pohle, the administrative assistant for both the Communication and the Music Departments, and has also been very active in preparing submissions for […]
The end of another school year is approaching, and that means that it is once again time to find out who will be Mr. and Ms. JBU. The nominees have been nominated and the voting has ended as of Wednesday, April 14th. If you missed out on this campaign, there […]
A review of available Student Relationship Assessment data reports from previous years suggests a downswing in commitment to sexual purity at John Brown University, coupled with an upswing in sexual activity before marriage. According to SRA data, commitment to sexual purity among John Brown University students has decreased by almost […]
Heydi Cucul grew up in Campur, Guatemala, a rural farming community without a high school. Now, as a Walton scholar at John Brown University, she sometimes still can’t believe how far she has come and has to tell herself, “Ok, I am here in JBU. I am here in the […]
A handful of students participated in a weeklong protest to advocate for their right to carry a firearm on the John Brown University campus last week. The nationwide peaceful protest, initiated by the non-partisan organization Students for Concealed Carry (SCC), consisted of students wearing empty holsters around campuses in order […]
HThe windgate visual arts west building was abuzz this past Tuesday while Peter Pohle’s, “From Countryside to Courtyard” gallery opened. His plein air paintings, a French term for “out in the open,” were inspired by landscapes in Berlin, Ireland and Arkansas. Pohle has been painting since 1986 and started picking […]
The John Brown University cathedral choir embarked on its annual tour through regions of Texas and came back feeling enriched and blessed by the families and strangers that they encountered. The choir prepared for many weeks till their 2015 tour and 70 students filled a charter bus and vans to […]
John Brown University serves as a temporary home for 59 Walton scholars from Latin America. Three of these scholars, Walter Medrano, Andrea Rodriguez and Alex Paniagua, expressed their plans to return home and serve their communities. May marks the 30th anniversary of the Walton International Scholarship Program (WISP). The program […]
In Nagaland, India, 42 students were arrested for being connected with the mob and for beating and lynching a rape suspect in the streets of Dimapur. Last week a mob surrounded a prison in Dimapur and dragged a suspected rapist out on to the streets where he was stripped naked, […]
This year John Brown University plans to take spring break missions trips to New Orleans, La., Jackson, Miss. and Miami, Fla. Student development is giving students the opportunity to participate in missions in hopes of furthering community development in those areas. While the general goal of all the trips is […]