A quick change of scenery can make for a much-needed day. It’s good to get away once in awhile, and one way is to take in the fresh urban life surrounding the city of Chicago.
MBU photojournalism students captured timed-exposure photos using various Halloween masks, lights and fire prior to editing and creating the ultimate Halloween graphics.
Students, faculty and staff members at Missouri Baptist University gathered on Aug. 21 to view the total solar eclipse, a remarkable experience which has not occurred in the United States for 38 years.
Photos by Eduardo Maia
Students with their special glasses on expecting the “Great American Eclipse,” which lasted about 45 seconds.
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.