FALL 2024 3 1 FROM THE PRESIDENT 4 DBU ALUMNI FAMILY GROWS Spring and Summer Commencement Services 6 NEWS & NOTES 8 NEW TRADITION IS A HOME RUN Over 600 New Patriots Arrive 9 SPRING SING 2024 THREE-PEAT! 10 MENTORING THE NEXT GENERATION Inaugural Cohort of Presidential Fellows 11 COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS EVENTS A Christmas Festival and Pirates of Penzance 12 A BUSINESS WITH BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES Trudy Cathy White of Chick-fil-A at Chapel 14 TRIBUTES TO THREE DBU LEADERS Harold Norris, Bernie Spooner, and Dennis Linam 16 CLOSED DOORS AND AN OPEN WINDOW Tyler Street Foundation Continues to Bless Others 16 FROM THE ARCHIVES Decatur Baptist College Becomes Dallas Baptist College 17 DBU GIVING DAY EXCEEDS GOAL 18 LIVING A LIFE OF SIGNIFICANCE DBU Hosts Tim Tebow 24 PATRIOT ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION PRESIDENT Dr. Adam C. Wright CHANCELLOR Dr. Gary Cook PROVOST Dr. Norma Hedin SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Jonathan Teat VICE PRESIDENT for international affairs Randy Byers VICE PRESIDENT for student affairs Dr. Jay Harley VICE PRESIDENT for advancement Ryan Hefton VICE PRESIDENT for Financial Affairs Dr. Matt Murrah General Counsel Christa Van Der Merwe CONTRIBUTORS EDITOR Clancy Spencer Managing EDITOR Cameron Billings CONTRIBUTING COPY EDITOR Mary Ann Lackland, Fluency Organization, Inc. ART DIRECTION & DESIGN Kadra Fant UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHER Exauce Madjibe Dijo writer, athletics Reagan Ratcliff UNIVERSITY archivist Traci West Fall 2024 I Volume 36 I Number 1 THE DBU REPORT The DBU Report is a quarterly publication produced by the Division of Marketing and Communications at Dallas Baptist University for Patriots and friends of DBU across the globe. Opinions and views presented in this publication are not necessarily those of the editorial staff, administration, or official policies of DBU. Copyright © 2024 by Dallas Baptist University. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. TO UPDATE YOUR RECORDS: news@dbu.edu
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