HBU President Robert Sloan on Fall 2020
While 2020 has held new challenges, it also marks a special time in the life of HBU. We celebrate 60 years of offering "A Higher Education." This…
HBU Turns 60: A Conversation with Dr. Don Looser
Few people have a richer history with Houston Baptist University than Dr. Don Looser. His involvement and attachment with the University began at the institution’s inception and…
HBU 60th Anniversary Timeline
1957 Houston developer Frank Sharp offers to sell 390 acres of land near the Southwest Freeway to the Union Baptist Association College Committee 1960 Following several years…
Alumni Highlight: Bob Beauchamp
Robert “Bob” Beauchamp ’87 remembers the tumultuous time that led to the decision to further his education. “Due to the great oil bust that started in 1982,…
Alumni Highlight: Trenton Bell
Trenton Bell ’12 first learned about HBU through a college fair held at Belton High School. HBU offered the education he was looking for and the chance…
Alumni Highlight: Kirkland Guillory
Kirkland Guillory ’20 remembers the anxiety she felt as a Humble High School student searching for the right college fit. “I was going through a period of…
Alumni Highlight: Lijo Joseph
Lijo Joseph ’99 graduated from Bellaire High School and wanted to attend college near where he grew up. At HBU, Joseph majored in Business Administration and was…
Alumni Highlight: Lisa Simon
Lisa Morris Simon ’76 came to HBU after trying a state university. The small, nurturing environment was the change she needed, Simon said. As a student who…
Alumni Highlight: Tim Mavergeorge
Tim Mavergeorge ’84 grew up in the Baltimore area not focused on either faith or education. After being expelled from school, he moved to Tennessee to begin…
Alumni Highlight: Cody Moncure
Cody Moncure ’17 MBA ’18 is one of the original 13 football players on HBU’s inaugural team. The ability to be part of the program helped draw…
HBU Alumna Ashlynn Mills Among First-Ever UH Medical School Class
The University of Houston College of Medicine has opened and, in July 2020, accepted its first-ever class for the inaugural program. In celebration of its opening, UH…
HBU Alumna Carla Stutts Chosen as a Recipient of 2020 BEST Award
By Texas Baptists Communications Carla Stutts '01 has been chosen by Texas Baptists as one of nine recipients of the 2020 Baptist Educators Serving Texans (B.E.S.T.) Award.…
Philanthropy: A Calling
By Brena Baumann-Gonzalez ’87, Senior Director of Philanthropy at Texas Children's Hospital Philanthropy is not only my career, it is my calling. When I first started in…
Uniquely HBU: Focus and Refuge Bands
Students in HBU’s Focus and Refuge bands have the important job and privilege of leading students and others into adoration and praise of God. The two campus…
HBU McNair Center to Host Entrepreneur-in-Residence
HBU McNair Center to Host Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Feature First Online Cohort, and Offer Undergraduate Certificate Since its founding in 2016, the McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise…
Ways to Support HBU
HBU Fund As HBU celebrates our 60th anniversary, we remember those who have gone before and paved the way to make HBU the world-class University it is…
Fall 2020 Alum-a-Grams & In Memoriam
Alum-a-Grams Jo ’70 and Michael ’70 Wood celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August 8, 2020. Tammy Fowler ’83 works for Barrios as a Technical Publications Specialist…