Lynn Tyler is a contributing staff writer and anchor for MBU Timeline. She is majoring in communications studies with an emphasis on broadcasting. Tyler participates in the cheerleading squad. In her spare time, Tyler enjoys the outdoors, working out, improving her cheerleading skills and spending time with her family.
MBU’s Athletic Training Department has experienced extensive growth with the addition of new sport teams on campus. The trainers have unified to serve athletes spiritually and physically.
MBU hosted their third annual Homecoming Football game last Saturday. Students, faculty, and staff met to roast marshmallows and grill hotdogs and hamburgers. MBU’s dance team performed right before Spartan Walk to pump up the crowd.
Mini Spartans from all over the St. Louis area learned new skills and techniques taught by the Spirit Program during a recent clinic. After the clinic, Mini Spartans had the opportunity to perform alongside MBU’s Spirit Program during the halftime show.
Hundreds of marchers turned out recently in support of Mia Brueggeman, daughter of one of the team’s volunteer coaches, and raised donations during the Adult Congenital Heart Walk.
Photo by Lynn Tyler
Amilia Johnson (left) and her sister, Claire, hang out with Dylan Arnold before the walk begins.
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.