July 2010 Stories and Features
Dr. Bill Mitchell Takes a Circuitous Path
July 13, 2016
Just after the Great Depression ravaged Oklahoma, a young sharecropper's son determined he needed to escape the Sooner State. So 14-year-old Bill Mitchell saved $3 and ran away. He spent a day walking from rural Chandler to Bethany, and then…
Global Missions Leader Avery Willis Dies
July 30, 2010
Dr. Avery T. Willis, a global missions leader and 1956 Oklahoma Baptist University graduate, died Friday, July 30, at his home in Bella Vista, Ark., after being diagnosed with leukemia in January. He was 76. "Dr. Willis was a marvelous servant…
Hughes Endowed Fund Provides Chair, Scholarships
July 30, 2010
The estate of OBU alumna Alta Faye Van Sickle has provided the university $857,500, which will be used as endowment funds for scholarships and an academic position, OBU President David W. Whitlock announced recently. The gift creates an…
Mitchell Earns Emmy, 'Rookie of Year' Awards
July 22, 2010
OBU alum Christi Mitchell received an Emmy Award and the "Rookie of the Year" Award at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Heartland Regional Emmy Awards gala dinner July 18 at the Will Rogers Theatre in Oklahoma…
Myers Releases Poetry Volume, 'Elegy for Trains'
July 19, 2010
Dr. Benjamin Myers, associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University, recently published a volume of poetry titled "Elegy for Trains," through Village Books Press. "The motivation came when I was approached by the publisher after…
Peggy Askins: Celebrating 50 Years on Bison Hill
July 15, 2010
Spending more than 50 years on Bison Hill, Oklahoma Baptist University registrar Peggy Askins has seen the methods of her work change from pen, paper and typewriters -- and a problematic registration process commonly referred to as a "cattle…
Alum Melody Stroth Receives Music Awards
July 14, 2010
OBU alumna Melody (Lee) Stroth, who graduated in 1978 with a degree in piano performance, recently was named the Kansas Music Teacher Association's Teacher of the Year. She also received the 2010 Missouri Federation of Music Club's Church…
OBU School of Nursing Accredited by CCNE
July 6, 2010
Oklahoma Baptist University's School of Nursing recently received notice of accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The accreditation is for both OBU's baccalaureate degree program in nursing and the master of science…