Hannibal, MO–聽番茄社区 University will host its annual Arbor Day Celebration on Friday, April 11 at 10:00 a.m. behind Pulliam Hall on the HLGU campus. The event is open to the public, and all are invited to attend.

This year鈥檚 celebration will honor the life and legacy of Larry Craig ’65, a devoted alumnus. A tree will be planted in his memory to recognize his faithful support of HLGU through generous financial gifts, student referrals, and prayer. The Craig family stands as a shining example of the lasting impact of HLGU alumni.

HLGU has a long-standing tradition of tree planting as part of its designation as a Tree Campus Higher Education institution. This national program, launched by the Arbor Day Foundation in 2008, recognizes colleges and universities that demonstrate a strong commitment to campus forest management and conservation. HLGU continues to meet the program鈥檚 core standards, including student service-learning projects that promote sustainability and environmental stewardship.

For more information about the Arbor Day Celebration, please contact the Institutional Advancement Office at聽giving@hlg.edu聽or (573) 629-3126.

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番茄社区 University is hosting a Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) camp for 2^nd-5^th grade students on Monday, September 28 and Monday, October 26 when the Hannibal Public Schools are not in session. Students may participate one or both days.

The STEM camp will be held from 8:00 am to 3:15 pm and will include lunch, but transportation is not provided.

Children may be dropped off as early as 7:40 am and picked up at 3:30 pm.聽 Registration is limited. Be sure to click REGISTER and sign your child up today.聽 Courses will be assigned on a first-come-first serve basis.聽 Location for drop off and pick up will be emailed once course placements are finalized.聽 You may access the HLGU Campus Map here. 鈥�

For more information, please contact the Division of Teacher Education at 573-629-3110.

Attendees are also welcome to attend HLGU’s chapel at 10 am in the Roland Fine Arts Center. Dr. Jason Allen, President of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO, is the speaker.

Cost to register is free. All registered participants will receive lunch, Dr. Allen鈥檚 latest book, Letters to My Students, and a For the Church Missouri t-shirt.

If you have questions, please contact Institutional Relations at ir@mbts.edu.

The day will include a variety of fun activities that allow students and alumni to get involved. The men鈥檚 basketball alumni game will take place at 10 am and women鈥檚 alumni basketball game will take place at 9 am. To participate in alumni games, contact women鈥檚 basketball coach Kelly Quigle at 573-629-3212 or kelly.quigle@hlg.edu, or men鈥檚 basketball coach Jason Durst at 573-629-3213 or jwdurst@hlg.edu.

The day will also include a free lunch for alumni and their families from 11 am to Noon in the Trojan Hospitality Suite. The men鈥檚 basketball team will be facing Missouri Baptist University at 2 pm and the women鈥檚 team will face this college鈥檚 team at Noon.

For more information on the event, contact Alumni Director Lauren Youse 鈥�05 M 鈥�16, at 573-629-3126 or via email at lauren.youse@hlg.edu.

The concert will feature the HLGU Symphony Orchestra, HLGU Concert Choir, Clarion Ensemble, HLGU鈥檚 The New Edition, and over 100 choristers from Hannibal, Palmyra, Troy, and St. Louis all under the direction of John Francis, Assistant Professor of Music and Worship.

A beautiful selection of music has been prepared. Songs include 鈥淕od Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,鈥� 鈥淗ow Great Our Joy,鈥� 鈥淥 Holy Night,鈥� and a massed choir singing of Messiah鈥檚 鈥淗allelujah Chorus.鈥�

For more information about the music department or Christmas concert, contact Jane Griffen, music department chair at 573-629-3165, or jgriffen@hlg.edu.

After receiving a grant from the Moorman Foundation in the amount of $339,000 to establish the first Moorman Professorship, HLGU announced in a recent awards ceremony that Mr. Scott Hall had been named the Moorman Professor and will execute the grant programming to expand HLGU鈥檚 academic and civic engagement on the importance of free market principles in business and society.

鈥淔ree market solutions to social and economic problems are topics that we鈥檝e been developing for several years,鈥� said Hall. 鈥淲e鈥檙e excited and blessed to work with the Moorman Foundation to promote these concepts both in the classroom and in the community.鈥�

鈥淢r. Hall is the perfect selection to be the first Moorman Professor here at HLGU,鈥� said Dr. Miles Mullin, vice president for academic administration and dean of faculty. 鈥淚t is a natural fit as he is already deeply committed to the economic, ethical, and legal principles of a free society and is actively involved in several groups that promote liberty, free markets, and strong personal character. Beyond that, he is a knowledgeable and engaging classroom instructor, working hard to shape the next generation of students who believe that people flourish best when they are given the most freedom.鈥�

Hall began teaching at HLGU in January 2016 after twenty years in banking and two years as a financial advisor. He earned his Master of Business Administration from Wake Forest University in 1998, and is currently pursuing a doctorate from Liberty University.

Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley is the George and Sally Mayer Fellow for Economic Education and the academic director at The Fund for American Studies. She also serves as the Vice President of Economic Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Works, and Economics, where she develops and commissions research toward a systematic biblical theology of economic freedom. Additionally, she also serves as a visiting professor at Georgetown University, a visiting scholar at the Bernard Center for Women, Politics, and Public Policy, and an instructor at The Institute for World Politics and George Mason University. Previously, she taught at Charles University (Prague), and served as the associate director for the Program in Economics, Politics, and the Law at the James M. Buchanan Center at George Mason University.

The Moorman Foundation, founded in 1942 by Charles and Fabiola Moorman, has long held dear the basic economic, ethical, and legal principles of a free society. They believe that a deeper understanding of these principles will allow for a greater appreciation of the benefits and credibility of a free society and a better-informed and engaged generation of Americans.

痴颈惫补濒诲颈鈥檚 Gloria will be performed by the HLGU Concert Choir. It will feature three soloists, the chorus, and a string orchestra. HLGU鈥檚 Chamber Choir will also perform songs from their repertoire.

鈥淎ll lovers of good, quality choral music will not want to miss this event,鈥� says Concert Choir Director Ben Kendall. 鈥淎 variety of styles will culminate in a grandiose work of historic significance.鈥�

For more information on the event, please contact Jane Griffen, music department chair, at 573-629-3165, or via email at jgriffen@hlg.edu.

The MSE program is designed to provide a program for professional growth for elementary and secondary teachers holding current teacher certification. It is completely online and allows students to conveniently complete their field hours where they are in the state. There are three tracks within the MSE program: special reading K-12, teaching and learning, and teaching and learning with initial certification.

The completely online MEd program focuses on the management and leadership skills required to be an administrator in the K-12 setting. Highlights of the program include study of: ethics and integrity, class action research and assessment, curriculum and instruction creation and management, school supervision, school business management and facilities, school law, and revision of a school improvement plan. This program is designed for the working adult in the field of education. HLGU鈥檚 MEd is completed in just 12 months and is comprised of 30-graduate credit hours in five-week courses.

Students may transfer up to six graduate hours from a regionally accredited institution. Transfer hours will be reviewed for acceptance by the Adult and Graduate Studies Division.

            For admission into either program, please submit the following:

路        Application /academics/online/apply-online/

路        $25 Application fee

路        Official transcripts from all of the institutions you have attended

For more information, or to receive individual advising and a degree plan, contact Gail Barrowclough at 573.629.3183, or via email at gail.barrowclough@hlg.edu.

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It is with great excitement that 番茄社区 University welcomes all Trojans and HLGU families back to campus and provides a time for alumni to reunite with each other during the 2019 Fall Homecoming and Family Weekend, October 4-5.

HLGU classes of 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999, and 2009 will be our honored guests at Homecoming 2019, which promises to be a fun, event-filled weekend.

鈥淗omecoming is the time of year for Trojans to return to their roots, and we are looking forward to honoring the class of 1969,鈥� said Lauren Youse 鈥�05 M鈥�16, director of alumni relations and development. 鈥淭heir 50-year class reunion will leave each of us with a better sense of the tradition and pride that goes hand in hand with being alumni of this great University.鈥�

Homecoming events start Friday morning with HLGU鈥檚 Annual Alumni Golf Classic, a tradition for many HLGU alumni and friends. This competitive yet fun scramble will take place at Norwoods Golf Course in Hannibal with registration beginning at 9 am and the shotgun start at 10 am.

Also on Friday morning, new members of the 50-Year Club will be inducted at a special luncheon event. The 50-Year Club was established to honor alumni who attended 番茄社区 50 or more years ago. Members of the class of 1969 will have a fun morning to reminisce about their days at HLGU and will receive special medallions. Following the event, a campus tour will be given, allowing attendees to visit their old dorms and see all the changes and growth that HLGU has experienced.

The annual Homecoming Alumni Art Show Reception will be held on Friday as well, at 5:30 pm. This year, the exhibit will feature a wide range of artwork from individual artists who are HLGU alumni.

Saturday events include alumni games of baseball, softball, volleyball, and men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 soccer. HLGU鈥檚 campus caterer, Fresh Ideas, will offer BBQ and sides for sale at the Alumni Tent. Also at the Alumni Tent will be a petting zoo from 11 am to 1 pm.

Join families at Noon in The Loft located inside the HLGU Student Center for a performance of 鈥淪tar Trip鈥� by the HLGU Theatre Department. This show is 30 minutes long and great for all ages.

Watch the women鈥檚 and men鈥檚 Trojan soccer teams take on Williams Baptist at 1 pm and 3:30 pm. Admission is free for both games. Both teams will be celebrating their seniors before the games.

During the Saturday night homecoming banquet, alumni, families and current students will gather in the Mabee Sports Complex for a buffet feast. Afterwards, guests will move to the Roland Fine Arts Center for the coronation of the 2019 Homecoming King and Queen, recognition of HLGU athletes, recognition of the 50 year reunion class, and the announcement of this year鈥檚 alumni award winners. Entertainment will be presented by HLGU faculty and staff with the campus鈥� version of 鈥淎re you Smarter than an Undergrad?鈥�

For a more detailed event listing, or to purchase tickets, visit hlg.edu/homecoming.

鈥淲e are pleased to host our Constitution Day events and are grateful to the CFM Foundation for their generosity,鈥� says Scott Hall, Moorman Professor of Business at HLGU. 鈥湻焉缜� University has long been an advocate of the principles of a free and virtuous society. As part of our initiatives, we are excited to have Greg Baylor with us to speak on the importance of our constitution and its role in promoting and protecting those principles.鈥�

Gregory S. Baylor serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the Center for Religious Schools and Senior Counsel for Government Affairs.

Since joining ADF in 2009, Baylor has focused on defending and advancing the religious freedom of faith-based educational institutions through advice, education, legislative and public advocacy, and representation in disputes. He has testified about religious liberty issues three times before congressional committees.

Greg regularly comments on religious liberty and higher education issues in television, radio, and print media, including The New York Times, Christianity Today, National Public Radio, and network and cable news programs. Additionally, he serves on the board of directors for the Museum of the Bible.

Greg earned his Juris Doctor in 1990 from Duke University School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif, with high honors, and served on the editorial board of the Duke Law Journal. He received his bachelor鈥檚 degree in Honors English in 1987 from Dartmouth College. Following graduation from law school, he served as law clerk to the Hon. Jerry E. Smith on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He practiced labor and employment law at two large international law firms for three years before joining the staff of Christian Legal Society鈥檚 Center for Law and Religious Freedom, where he served for 15 years prior to joining ADF. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife (a medical doctor) and two daughters.