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Mission Statement

The purpose of Dallas Baptist University is to provide Christ-centered quality higher education in the arts, sciences, and professional studies at both the undergraduate and graduate levels to traditional age and adult students in order to produce servant leaders who have the ability to integrate faith and learning through their respective callings. Christ is the English representation of the Greek word Χριστός (transliterated as Khristós), which means anointed. ...

DBU's Theme Scripture

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 The Book of Jeremiah, or Jeremiah (יִרְמְיָהוּ Yirmiyahu in Hebrew), is a book that is part of the Hebrew Bible, Judaisms Tanakh, and later became a part of Christianitys Old Testament. ...

DBU History

History of the University Decatur Baptist College, established in 1898 and the forerunner of Dallas Baptist University, had the distinction of being the first two-year institution of higher education in Texas. The Baptist General Convention of Texas had purchased land in 1897 from Northwest Texas Baptist College. The school enjoyed a rich, full history in Decatur until 1965 when it moved to Dallas, at the invitation of the Dallas Baptist Association. 9 Dallas Baptist University was established in Dallas in 1965 as Dallas Baptist College. John Stemmons, Roland Pelt, and associates donated the initial 100 acres of land for the campus, overlooking Mountain Creek Lake in the hill country of southwest Dallas. An interested group of businessmen donated an additional 100 acres, and in 1994 a donation by the Louis Hexter family brought the current size of the DBU campus to 293 acres. Beginning with the fall semester of 1968, the college moved from being a junior college to senior college status. The junior year of academic work was added that year, the senior year in June of 1969. The first bachelor’s degrees were awarded in May 1970. In 1985, the college name officially became Dallas Baptist University, and significant changes were made. The new structure consisted of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Mary C. Crowley College of Christian Faith, the Dorothy M. Bush College of Education, and the College of Business. In 1974, the College of Adult Education was added, and in 1989 and 1990 three new colleges were added by dividing the College of Arts and Sciences: the College of Fine Arts, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. In 2004, the Gary Cook Graduate School of Leadership was established. Graduate studies began in 1981 with the initiation of the Master of Business Administration degree program. The Master of Education was added in 1984. In 1990, master’s degree programs in counseling and liberal arts were established, and in 1995 DBU added master’s programs in organizational management, higher education, and teaching. In 1996, a Master of Education in School Counseling was added, and a Master of Arts in Professional Development in 2001. DBU began the Master of Arts in Christian Education in 2004 and the Master of Arts in Worship Leadership in 2005. In December, 2004, at the annual meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Executive Committee of the Commission on Colleges advanced Dallas Baptist University to a Level V institution and approved DBU's substantive change application to offer a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies beginning Fall 2005. The fall semester of 2005 saw the enrollment of the University reach a record of 4,988 students. Indeed the future is bright at Dallas Baptist University where a commitment to providing quality Christian higher education through the integration of faith and learning gives direction and purpose to the entire educational enterprise.

Affiliation

Affiliation. Dallas Baptist University is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Academic Programs

Academic Programs. Dallas Baptist University offers 56 undergraduate majors as well as 11 graduate programs and encompasses seven colleges: College of Business, Mary C. Crowley College of Christian Faith, Dorothy M. Bush College of Education, College of Fine Arts, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and College of Adult Education. The Gary Cook Graduate School of Leadership offers graduate degrees in Higher Education and Christian Education. For more information about academics please see the Academics section of this web site.

Faculty. There are 100 full-time faculty members of which 79% hold a doctorate or terminal degree. The student/faculty ratio is 17:1.

Class Size. The average class size has 15 students. About 95% percent of undergraduate classes have an enrollment of less than 40 students.

Trivia

Dallas Baptist University has conferred honorary doctorates upon Billy Graham and Chuck Colson. Billy Graham The Rev. ... Charles Wendell Chuck Colson was the chief counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973. ...

Several DBU professors are considered leaders in their respective fields. Currently Wikipedia articles are available on Dr. William E. Bell, Dr. Jim Underwood, and Dr. David Naugle. The Wikipedia logo. ... Dr. William E. Bell is currently a professor at Dallas Baptist University. ... Dr. Jim Underwood is a professor at Dallas Baptist University and the author of numerous books about business. ... David Naugle is the author of Worldview: The History of a Concept. ...

External Links

DBU's Official Site

DBU's Student Government Association

Baptist General Convention of Texas Denominational entity with which DBU is aligned.