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SBU Community Concert Series presents Stein in concert Feb. 18

The SBU Community Concert Series welcomes Thomas G. Stein as he presents a concert on tuba at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18 in Meyer Recital Hall on the Bolivar campus of Southwest Baptist University.

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Lewright, Jones receive Life Beautiful Awards at SBU commencement

Southwest Baptist University conferred 320 undergraduate and 210 graduate degrees during three online ceremonies held Saturday, May 16.

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Speaking Bearcats are champions of Gorlok Gala

The Southwest Baptist University Speaking Bearcats got off to a strong start to the second half of the 2019-2020 season by winning the 22nd Gorlok Gala Tournament on Jan. 24-26, hosted by Webster University in St. Louis.

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Coronavirus Update: Letter from President Turner, March 13, 2020

Part of our mission at SBU is preparing students to be servant leaders in a global society. As communities, governments, schools, businesses and others respond to recent events with the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), we are learning just how connected we all are to our global society.

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SBU students receive awards at Kennedy Center Theatre Festival

Southwest Baptist University theatre students recently were honored at the 52nd annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, which celebrates work by colleges and universities in the eight-state region during 2019, on Jan. 19-24, 2020, in Sioux Falls, S.D.

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SBU to present High School Invitational Choir in concert Feb. 15

Southwest Baptist University will host the 2020 High School Invitational Choir in a concert of choral music at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 15, in Pike Auditorium on the Bolivar campus.

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SBU student one of 14 selected to participate in symposium

Joseph Wilson, a rising senior chemistry major and Gordon and Judy Dutile Honors Scholar at Southwest Baptist University, is one of 14 college students to be selected to participate in the 2020 Wheaton College Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Symposium, which will be held virtually on May 26-30.

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Board of Trustees to meet in special session Monday

SBU learned on Friday evening, February 21, a newly elected trustee may have mishandled child sexual abuse allegations against one of his staff members in 2005. This case resulted in multiple criminal convictions of the staff member.

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