Homecoming festivities at Southwest Baptist University will begin with Honors Chapel at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in Pike Auditorium, when five alumni will be recognized for living lives of service.
The SBU Community Concert Series opens its inaugural season this fall with two concerts in October and one in February 2019, and will partner with the William and Kathy Brown Guest Artist Series to bring in national and international guest performers to the SBU and Bolivar communities.
Southwest Baptist University alumni and friends will celebrate Homecoming on Friday, Sept. 28 and Saturday, Sept. 29 on the Bolivar campus.
Gen. Randolph "Tex" Alles, current director of the United States Secret Service and retired Major General of the U.S. Marine Corps, delivered the Constitution Day address during the Sept. 17 Chapel service in Pike Auditorium at Southwest Baptist University.
The Southwest Baptist University Theatre program opens the 2018-2019 season with "Wit," a play written by Margaret Edson and directed by SBU senior Bethany Vermillion. The show will be presented at 7 p.m. Sept. 27-29 in the Davis-Newport Theater on the Bolivar campus.
Southwest Baptist University students have nominated five seniors as candidates for Homecoming Queen and five candidates for Homecoming King. These candidates have been selected by their peers, and the winning King and Queen will be announced at the Homecoming football game at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29.
Southwest Baptist University has selected the "little sisters" and "little brothers" for Homecoming 2018. Each child will escort a king and queen or prince and princess candidate during the Homecoming parade at 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 29. The "little sisters" and "little brothers" are grandchildren or children of SBU employees.
The Southwest Baptist University Department of Music welcomes guest artist Michael Clark for a solo piano recital at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 20, in the Meyer Recital Hall of the Casebolt Music Building on the Bolivar campus.