Over 3,500 undergraduate students with more than 60 majors. More than 1,600 graduate students in 22 master s degree programs

DBU V

P

Blackburn, executive vice president; Dr. Gail Linam, provost; Dennis Linam, vice president for external affairs; Eric Bruntmyer, vice president for financial affairs; Dr. Rick Gregory, vice president for university advancement

ith a record 2007 fall enrollment of 5,244 students, DBU’s enrollment has nearly tripled with an increase of 182% since Dr. Gary Cook became president in 1988. DBU has enjoyed substantial increases in freshman and transfer students, and its adult education and graduate programs continue to grow in record

numbers.

At the beginning of the Fall 2007 semester, DBU’s enrollment showed steady increases with—

✦ Over 3,500 undergraduate students with more than 60 majors

Over the last 20 years, enrollment in the DBU Graduate School has increased by nearly 800% from 187 in the fall of 1987 to 1,673 in the fall of 2007.

Since the Spring of 1988, DBU has added 21 new graduate programs, as well as beginning its first doctoral programs. Today, students can choose from 22 different master’s degrees and two doctoral degrees.

n

G

P

Master of Arts in Christian Education

Master of Arts in Christian Education: Childhood Ministry Master of Arts in Christian Education: Student Ministry Master of Arts in Counseling

Master of Arts in Global Leadership Master of Arts in Management

Master of Arts in Professional Development Master of Arts in Teaching

Master of Arts in Worship Leadership

Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction Master of Education in Early Childhood Education Master of Education in Educational Leadership Master of Education in Higher Education Master of Education in Kinesiology

Master of Education in Reading and English as a Second Language Master of Education in School Counseling

Master of Liberal Arts Dual Degree Programs:

Master of Arts in Christian Education/MBA

MACE: Student Ministry/Master of Arts in Global Leadership MACE: Student Ministry/Master of Arts in Management Master of Arts in Global Leadership/MBA

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership Studies

Dr. Gary Cook speaking to a graduating class during a DBU Commencement Ceremony.

eeting the needs of a growing and diverse student population as well as the challenges of the twenty-first century, Dallas Baptist University has continued its tradition of providing quality education through a variety of options. Over the past several years, DBU has established two regional academic centers, one located in Collin County and the other situated in Tarrant County. Each location provides office space for DBU faculty and staff members, as well as classroom space for courses, allowing students to apply for admission, register for classes, purchase books, and take courses without having to drive across the

Metroplex.

✦ DBU-North regional academic center established in 2001, serving students in North Dallas and Collin County

✦ In 2001, DBU-North opened with classes for 148 students, and by the fall of 2007, 495 students were enrolled in 100 classes ✦ DBU-North, relocated in Frisco, Texas, expanded to over 13,500 square feet, complete

Education, and M.Ed. in School Counseling

✦ DBU-Tarrant opened in Colleyville in 2005, providing 3,352 square feet of classroom and office space

✦ _{In 2005, some 50 students} attended classes at DBU-Tarrant, and by the fall of 2007, the number grew to 186 students enrolled in 26 classes

With over 13,500 square feet of office space, DBU-North provides students convenient classrooms as well as academic advising. Combined with DBU-Tarrant, these two regional academic centers give students the opportunity of having a DBU education without having to drive across town.

Associate of Arts

Associate of Biblical Studies

Associate of Business Administration Bachelor of Arts and Sciences

Christian Ministries (Business Concentration) Communication

Health Care Management Interdisciplinary Studies Psychology

Sociology

Bachelor of Business Studies Business Administration Management

Management Information Systems Marketing

Bachelor of Arts Biblical Studies

Bachelor of Business Administration Management

Management Information Systems Marketing

Master of Arts in Management (M.A.M.) General Management

Human Resources Management

Master of Arts in Christian Education (M.A.C.E.) Business Ministry

Childhood Ministry General Concentration

Master of Arts in Christian Education: Childhood Ministry (M.A.C.H.)

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) eBusiness

Finance

International Business Management

Management Information Systems Marketing

Master of Education in Educational Leadership (M.Ed.)

Master of Education in Higher Education (M.Ed.) Dual Degree Program: M.B.A./M.A.C.E.

DBU D

P

a

e

o

nline classes were first made available to DBU students in 1998, with 11 students enrolled. Since that time, DBU online education has continued to expand, creating new courses and developing special “hybrid” courses, which allow students to complete half of their class online and the other half in the classroom. In the fall of 2007, 1,614 students enrolled in 236 online and hybrid courses. These students represent 38 different states and six foreign countries. The flexibility offered through the program has allowed many students the opportunity to achieve their educational goals, even while traveling abroad for business, moving to another state, or being deployed to fight in a foreign country. According to Kaye Shelton, DBU dean of online education, online education allows DBU to provide its unique blend of Christ-centered education literally across the globe. “DBU professors are doing the same things they do in the classroom—mentoring, praying, and encouraging—online,” she shared. “Through our online program, we can assure that we will provide quality education—any time, any place.”

✦ The $6 million John G. Mahler Student Center, the first new building on the DBU campus in more than 20 years, dedicated in 1992

✦ Mike Arnold Fitness Trail dedicated

✦ Two new swimming pools built

✦ New wrought iron fence installed around the perimeter of the DBU campus

✦ $6 million Spence Hall built to nder the leadership of Dr. Gary Cook, the Dallas Baptist University campus has continued to expand as new buildings have been constructed, rooms and facilities renovated, and trees, sculptures, and flowers added to make University Hill as attractive aesthetically as it is aca-demically. The campus improvements have not gone unnoticed to the many guests who visit DBU. Among the many accolades received for the beauty and tranquility of the campus, Ebby Halliday Acers, DBU sup-porter and fixture of the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate industry, exclaimed, “It is almost unbelievable that so much has been done in building the structures, the enrollment, the curriculum, the image and prestige of what has to be the most beautiful campus to be seen anywhere!”

campus apartments for well over 400 DBU students

✦ Schulmerich carillon bells acquired for John G. Mahler Student Center belltower ✦ “The Great Commission”®

bronze sculpture by Max Greiner, Jr., dedicated in honor of Dr. Charles and Mrs. Dorothy Shellenberger

✦ Five apartment buildings dedicated in honor of D. Harold Byrd, Jr., J. Blair Blackburn, and Sheila Cook, and in honor of the late Noble and Jane Hurley and the late Fred and Mary Lou White ✦ _{Ebby Halliday Center created} to provide a central clubhouse for residents of the Colonial Village Apartment Complex

✦ International Student Center constructed with classrooms, computer labs, office space, and fellowship rooms for DBU’s over 500 international students ✦ Two “Fisher of Men”® bronze

statues of Jesus by Max Greiner, Jr., placed on campus in honor of Edith Bond and in memory of Dr. Kermit E. Whiteaker

✦ Construction underway on new 1,400-seat, 80,000-square-foot Patty and Bo Pilgrim Chapel, with a 200-foot steeple and facilities for various events including campus chapel services, as well as office space for the Gary Cook Graduate School of Leadership

✦ _{Construction underway} on Henry Blackaby Hall, a

19,000-square-foot building housing the DBU Founders Bookstore, in addition to campus offices and classrooms

✦ Williamsburg Village

Townhomes constructed on campus with eight townhomes, housing nearly 200 students

✦ Harold and Mildred Sadler Patriot Baseball Clubhouse constructed to provide first-class locker facilities as well as study areas, lounges, coaches’ offices, and training rooms for the DBU Patriot Baseball team

✦ New Buena and Wayne Stevenson Fountain, located in front of the John G. Mahler Student Center

✦ _{New lake constructed, providing} beauty and irrigation for the campus

✦ _{Three new ponds and a waterfall} constructed near the entrance of the DBU campus