DBU Vice Presidents
(l-r) Dr. Denny Dowd,
vice president for
graduate and corporate
affairs; Dr. Blair
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
✦ More than 1,600 graduate students in 22
master’s degree programs
✦ Two doctoral programs enrolling 119 students
✦ Approximately 500 international students
representing 50 countries from around the
world
✦ On-campus student population growing
to over 1,300 students living in dorms,
apartments, and townhomes
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Twentieth Anniversary
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.
New Graduate Programs
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.
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.
1988-2008
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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.
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
with classroom space and break
room for students, as well as
office space for eight full-time
staff members and two full-time
faculty members
Dr. Gary Cook with DBU Trustee
Patsy Smith at the Groundbreaking
Ceremony for the new Herman and
Patsy Smith Center at DBU-Tarrant.
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✦ Two undergraduate and
five graduate degrees available
for students at the DBU-North
campus, including the M.A.
in Counseling, MBA, M.A.
in Management, Master of
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
✦ DBU trustee Patsy Smith
donated nearly two acres in Hurst
in order to provide a permanent
location for DBU-Tarrant
✦ In the spring of 2008, a
groundbreaking ceremony was
held for the Herman and Patsy
Smith Center, which will serve as
the centerpiece to a new DBUTarrant location
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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.”
DBU Degree Programs Available Entirely Online
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
1988-2008
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.
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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 academically. 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 supporter 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!”
✦ The $6 million John G. Mahler
Student Center, the first new
building on the DBU campus in
more than 20 years, dedicated in
1992
✦ $1 million renovation of the third
floor of Collins Learning Center and
renovation of the library and lobby
✦ The “Divine Servant”® bronze
statue of Jesus and Simon Peter,
crafted by Max Greiner, Jr., acquired
and dedicated in honor of the
late Ira Craft and his wife, Betty,
symbolizing DBU’s commitment to
servant leadership
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✦ Mike Arnold Fitness Trail
dedicated
✦ Two new swimming pools built
✦ New Christian flag/flagpole and
American flag/flagpole added
✦ Jim and Julie Turner Park
dedicated, providing basketball
and sand volleyball courts as well
as a picnic commons area for DBU
students
✦ Fitness Center expanded,
renovated and furnished with stateof-the-art exercise equipment
✦ New wrought iron fence
installed around the perimeter of
the DBU campus
✦ $6 million Spence Hall built to
house women’s dormitory rooms
and the Rogers BSM Center
✦ More than 2,000 trees planted,
1,000 of which were donated by
Trammell Crow
✦ Tom and Alicia Landry Welcome
Center dedicated
✦ The Colonial Village Apartments
constructed, providing five onTwentieth Anniversary
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
1988-2008
✦ 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
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