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College students hear it all the time: you need internships on your resume. Chris Confer, director of career development, said that students should care about getting internships because it is great experience to put on a resume. It can also serve as a discernment process for students to determine if […]
Texas Fly-in Visit Day is a long standing, anticipated visit day each year. The success of Fly-in Visit Day prompted the idea to include two other major areas in the country. On Nov. 17-18, prospective students will fly in from Phoenix and Denver for the opportunity to visit campus for […]
The chimes that begin each chapel service are a familiar sound for John Brown University students. Full-time students must attend at least 21 chapel services each semester, stated the student handbook. While there are other opportunities like Sunday night’s gathering or the bi-weekly vespers service, 15 out of 21 credits […]
Ever since the fall of 2005, Mock Rock has been a valued tradition among JBU’s student body and the community of North West Ark. This year marked the first time since 2005 that the tradition was on the line. Student Activities Committee pushed auditions and made information readily available throughout […]
As part of its annual World Awareness week, John Brown University is hosting a missions fair in the Walker Student Center. Tuesday through Thursday, 17 Christian missionary organizations will make themselves available to students interested in short-term and long-term missions. This year the non-profits represented will be: Africa Inland Mission, […]
Three professors from John Brown University traveled to Ndola, Zambia earlier this month to visit Northrise University. John Brown hopes to form an academic relationship with Northrise in the coming years. The professors were Jim Caldwell, head of the Construction Management department, Maxie Burch, Chair of the Biblical Studies Division, […]
The ongoing process to renovate the J. Alvin Brown residence hall on campus, which began with generosity from donors, is now over halfway funded. To date, around $3.5 million has been raised for the renovation of the residence hall, which will cost around $5.5 million total. The project is expected […]
There are more people enslaved today than during the 18th and 19th century, said Laura Egle, founder of Eternal Threads, who spoke to students at John Brown University on Monday night. “Trafficking is not a moral issue, it’s a poverty issue,” said Egle. Eternal Threads is a non-profit organization based […]
Autonomous robots and 3-D printers are everyday items for these senior engineering students. The engineering program is one of the largest and oldest traditional undergraduate programs that John Brown University offers, providing students opportunities to work with projects from NASA, the Institute of Affordable Transportation, National Institute for the Severely […]
Twent years ago, John Brown University’s education department began a partnership with the Siloam Springs School District, a partnership that Grace Davis has watched change over time. Davis said the partners’ most recent change is a transition to embedded field experience, in which a faculty member and their class go […]