Chelsie Bartley is the Creative Editor and a staff journalist for MBU Timeline. She majors in journalism. Chelsie is a student worker for the Office of Alumni Relations and is a Community Leader on campus. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in a non-profit doing events, marketing and design work. Apart from writing, she enjoys eating new foods, exploring St. Louis and being outdoors.
Located right off of Mason Road in Ballwin, Mo., Edgar M. Queeny County Park offers beautiful scenery along with tennis courts, playgrounds and fishing ponds. This park is the perfect place to spend a peaceful afternoon.
When school becomes a little too much to bare or when you feel like being alone, having Biblical community around you makes life a little less complicated.
The world is a big place and when you graduate, it’ll get even bigger. I was able to travel to a completely new place this summer, and that opportunity opened my eyes to how big this country really is. Every college student should have the experience of going to a new place.
For the third year in a row, Fall Fest warmed students up to the cool weather ahead. Despite the dreary day, there were many exciting activities like the chili cook-off, pumpkin carving, a pie-eating contest and an outdoor movie.
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.
