HPU’s production of “Stealing Home” to open Christian University Theatre Festival
BROWNWOOD – February 28, 2013 – The Howard Payne University Department of Theatre will present its first spring production, “Stealing Home,” in several performances Thursday, Feb. 28, through Monday, March 4. The final performance of the show will open the Christian University Theatre Festival, held March 4-6, in which HPU will host acting companies from […]
HPU to present Spring Sing 2013
BROWNWOOD – February 27, 2013 – Howard Payne University students will perform in the annual Spring Sing event on Friday and Saturday, March 1-2, at 7:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively, in Mims Auditorium. This year’s theme is “Once Upon a Time” and each participating group will perform a 12-minute original musical sketch incorporating pieces […]
HPU hosts 15th Annual CASL Conference
BROWNWOOD – January 31, 2013 – More than 250 Christian student leaders from nine Baptist universities participated in the 15th Annual Christian Association of Student Leaders (CASL) Conference hosted by Howard Payne University last weekend. Mike Jorgensen, executive director of I am Second, a ministry of e3 Partners Ministry, spoke at the event. I am […]
HPU’s Mustache Wheel of Doom raises money for missions
BROWNWOOD – December 17, 2012 – Howard Payne University’s Baptist Student Ministry recently completed the fall 2012 semester with the annual “Mustache Wheel of Doom” fundraiser. The popular event raised $3,513 for missions and left several HPU men with attention-getting facial hair throughout final exams week. Teams of students, along with their faculty and staff […]
HPU’s Tau Beta Sigma to host fundraiser Christmas dinner
BROWNWOOD – November 19, 2012 – Howard Payne University’s chapter of Tau Beta Sigma, a national honorary band sorority, will host a Christmas dinner on Tuesday, November 27, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall of First Baptist Church of Brownwood. A minimum $5 donation is requested and proceeds will go toward […]
New HPU scholarship to benefit Central Texas students
BROWNWOOD – November 16, 2012 – Howard Payne University is offering a new scholarship to students from Central Texas, which will award $48,000 over four years to eligible applicants. The Central Texas Scholarship Program is offered to students who are graduates of high schools and home schools in the Central Texas area, meet unconditional admission […]
HPU visits East Elementary School
BROWNWOOD – November 15, 2012 – A group from Howard Payne University visited with third grade students at Brownwood’s East Elementary School on Thursday to discuss the importance of good grades and higher education. Shown demonstrating the university’s “sting ’em” cheer are HPU students Rebecca Lamar and Michael Ballejo. ###
HPU wins Moot Court tournament at South Texas College of Law
BROWNWOOD – November 7, 2012 – The Howard Payne University team of Jake Aschmutat, a senior from Corpus Christi, and Charity Chambers, a senior from Derby, Kan., recently won the South Texas College of Law Moot Court Tournament in Houston. The pair beat a team from the United States Air Force Academy in the final […]
HPU claims Debate Sweepstakes and 2nd Place Overall at home tournament
BROWNWOOD – November 7, 2012 – Howard Payne University’s speech and debate team, the Student Speaker Bureau, recently hosted the Fall 2012 Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association (TIFA) state championship tournament. HPU received several honors including Debate Sweepstakes and 2nd Place Overall. The university hosted 19 institutions from Texas and other southern states and almost 200 […]
HPU’s Student Speaker Bureau has busy semester with tournaments at home and abroad
BROWNWOOD – October 30, 2012 – Howard Payne University’s speech and debate team, Student Speaker Bureau, has a busy month ahead hosting and competing in tournaments. In addition to conducting the Fall 2012 Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association state championship tournament Nov. 2-4 on the HPU campus, the SSB will travel to Oxford, England, to compete […]
HPU exhibits work of new art professor, department chair
By Rachel Ellington, Howard Payne University freshman BROWNWOOD – October 29, 2012 – Howard Payne University will host a reception and viewing of paintings by David E. Harmon, professor of art and chair of the Department of Art, at the university’s Doakie Day Art Center on November 1 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. There […]
HPU’s Winds of Triumph bring London experiences back to the classroom
BROWNWOOD – October 25, 2012 – Howard Payne University is known for providing unique educational experiences, but quite a few people on campus are still in awe of one such opportunity presented to students this summer. One of the most discussed events of the summer, the 2012 Olympic Games, was held in London and HPU […]
Ammons and Scofield crowned Homecoming Queen and Princess
BROWNWOOD – October 12, 2012 – Carlee Ammons of Houston (left) and Robin Scofield of Naples, Fla., were crowned Howard Payne University’s Homecoming Queen and Princess during a ceremony held on campus today. Ammons is a senior communication studies major and Scofield is a junior Academy of Freedom student and communication studies major. The pair […]
HPU freshman looks forward to another Homecoming
BROWNWOOD – October 11, 2012 – With Homecoming festivities coming up at the end of this week, Howard Payne University freshman Ashley Miller recalls her past memories of Homecoming weekends spent at HPU. For the 2012 graduate of Austin’s James Bowie High School, college has always been a part of life. For as long as […]
HPU to present Homecoming theatre performances
BROWNWOOD – October 10, 2012 – Howard Payne University will begin its theatrical season with the comedic musical, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” Performances correspond with HPU’s Homecoming 2012 celebration, Thursday, Oct. 11, through Sunday, Oct. 14. Dr. Nancy Jo Humfeld, chair of HPU’s theatre department and director/choreographer of the […]
Homecoming volunteers needed
October 5, 2012 — Homecoming Week is fast approaching, and the university is in need of volunteers to make the celebration the best it can be. Some of the jobs will only require an hour of someone’s time, and each volunteer will receive a free t-shirt. Visit this link to see the jobs available and […]
HPU announces 2012 Homecoming Court
BROWNWOOD – October 3, 2012 – Howard Payne University has announced the Homecoming Court for 2012. The HPU Homecoming queen and princess will be crowned on Friday, Oct. 12, at 2 p.m. during the Homecoming Convocation in the university’s Mims Auditorium. Homecoming queen nominees are Carlee Ammons, a senior communication studies major from Houston; Gayle […]
HPU’s Homecoming 2012 celebration scheduled Oct. 12-14
BROWNWOOD – October 2, 2012 – Howard Payne University’s Homecoming celebration will be held Friday through Sunday, Oct. 12-14. This year’s theme is “The Great Adventure,” and approximately 40 events will be held throughout the weekend. Alumni and visitors can register for Homecoming events by visiting homecoming.hputx.edu or by calling 1-800-950-8465 or 325-649-8069. A full […]
HPU’s Jazz Ensemble to present fall concert
BROWNWOOD – September 28, 2012 – Howard Payne University’s Jazz Ensemble will present its fall concert October 4, at 7:30 p.m., in HPU’s Mims Auditorium. There is no charge for admission and the public is welcome to attend. The group, led by Stephen Goacher, professor of music, will present a variety of selections from composers […]
Howard Payne University student spends summer in Malaysia
By Jes Miera, Howard Payne University junior BROWNWOOD – September 21, 2012 – Many Howard Payne University students spend their summers working at camps. This summer Jessi Galindo, an HPU athletic training major from Del Rio, followed in the footsteps of her peers. However, Galindo’s camp was in Malaysia. The camps at which Galindo volunteered […]
HPU alumnus Randy Johnson to retire from youth ministry after 38 years
BROWNWOOD – Sept. 6, 2012 – Randy Johnson, youth minister at First Baptist Church of Richardson, does not attribute his longevity with the church to his skills as a minister. In fact, Johnson, who will retire in January after 28 years at FBC Richardson and 38 total years as a youth minister, says just the […]
HPU students serve in leadership roles with FCA
BROWNWOOD – August 14, 2012 – Two Howard Payne University students recently attended a summer camp sponsored by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Taylor Castleberry, a senior business administration major from Paradise, and Corbin Young, a 2010 graduate and current student in the youth ministry master’s program from Brownwood, attended the FCA Sports Camp 2012 […]