Michael Aylor is a staff journalist for MBU Timeline. He majors in communication studies with an emphasis in broadcast media. He is originally from Louisville, Kentucky. Aylor has a passion for music ministry and is actively involved as a worship drummer. After graduation, Aylor hopes to pursue a career in multimedia.
MBU students participated in AMP’s Late Night Dodgeball Tournament earlier this fall in the SRC. The event builds camaraderie among students and those involved in AMP student ministries.
Students, faculty and MBU alumni participated in a corn hole tournament in the quad on Saturday, Oct. 25 of Homecoming weekend at Missouri Baptist University. MBU students Clayce Fletcher and Jake Gingrich won the tournament.
The Association of Black Collegians at Missouri Baptist University hosted a panel discussion Thursday, Sept. 29, that included MBU students, faculty and staff. The panel focused their discussion around the question: What must we as individuals sacrifice to facilitate public order?
Here are some interesting facts about MBU Timeline, the student newsmagazine of Missouri Baptist University, in St. Louis:
*Our mission statement is: MBU Timeline is the student news network of Missouri Baptist University, a private Christian university that embraces the essential core value of “social change through service and leadership.”
*The Bible verse that drives our mission is 2 Timothy 2:15 (Worldwide English Version): “Tell the true message in the right way.”
*The WordPress website has been up since late-fall 2013. We average about 3,000 sessions and about 5,000 pageviews per month.
*Our stories and galleries get as few as 40 or 50 hits, or as many as 8,000 hits.
*We have readers in every state and more than 90 countries around the world. We have several readers in South America, the United Kingdom, India and Australia.
*Most of our readers are in Missouri, followed by Illinois, California and Texas.
*We do not accept advertising as we are a not-for-profit online newsmagazine.
*We welcome contributors from all walks of MBU life, regardless of your major. Reach out to us on Twitter at: @mbutimeline.