FALL 2025 3 1 FROM THE PRESIDENT 4 NEWS & NOTES 9 JIM AND SALLY NATION GIVE $5 MILLION to DBU’s Carter School of Business 10 DBU PROVOST DR. NORMA HEDIN 2025 Distinguished Alumna by SWBTS 11 YELLOW RIBBON LUNCHEON Women’s Auxiliary Board 12 STUDENT WELCOME AND TRANSITION (SWAT) WEEK 16 ALUMNI 18 DBU RECEIVES ARBORETUM AWARD 20 KEEPING DBU CHRIST-CENTERED Written by Dr. Adam C. Wright 22 A KING’S RETURN CHRISTMAS A DBU Christmas Festival 23 2025 DON AND LINDA CARTER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Advisory Board 24 PATRIOT ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION PRESIDENT Dr. Adam C. Wright CHANCELLOR Dr. Gary Cook PROVOST Dr. Norma Hedin SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Jonathan Teat VICE PRESIDENT for international Affairs Randy Byers VICE PRESIDENT for student affairs Dr. Jay Harley VICE PRESIDENT for advancement Ryan Hefton VICE PRESIDENT for Financial Affairs Dr. Matt Murrah General Counsel Christa Van Der Merwe CONTRIBUTORS EDITOR Clancy Spencer managing editor Kim Soto ART DIRECTION & DESIGN Kadra Fant contributing editors Kellie Patterson Allison Wiggins UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHER Exauce Madjibe Dijo writer, athletics Reagan Ratcliff Fall 2025 I Volume 37 I Number 3 THE DBU REPORT The DBU Report is a quarterly publication produced by the Division of Marketing and Communications at Dallas Baptist University for Patriots and friends of DBU across the globe. Opinions and views presented in this publication are not necessarily those of the editorial staff, administration, or official policies of DBU. Copyright © 2025 by Dallas Baptist University. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. TO UPDATE YOUR RECORDS: news@dbu.edu
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