From St. Louis to Los Angeles, MBU senior Rickie Ross opens up about his incredible journey to the West Coast during his semester “abroad” studying cinematography at the LA Film Studies Center.
MBU media students use their talents to explore current topics, raise awareness about important causes, and pay homage to their family traditions through three video documentaries.
As the NHL playoffs are in full swing and the hometown Blues are fighting for their playoff lives, it provides an interesting opportunity to look back nearly 50 years to the very beginnings of this franchise.
What is it about the game of baseball that has thousands of kids, college players and professionals taking the diamond each day around the country? The boys of summer all have one thing in common, a pure love of the game.
The latest addition to the lineup of collegiate athletics at the university will be women’s sand volleyball as players will be recruited for the sport that has caught on from coast to coast.
Photo by: Brad Cygan, sports information director
Players are being recruited to begin fielding a new women’s sand volleyball team at Missouri Baptist University. Pictured are two of the volleyball program’s top players, Hannah Carey (left) and Julia Whitfield (right).
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.