SEARCY, Ark. (Feb. 10, 2021) – Dr. Robert C. Walker, chairman of the Harding University board of trustees, has appointed a presidential search committee to identify and recommend the University’s next president. CarterBaldwin, an executive search firm, has been hired to assist the board and the committee with the search process.
“We are conducting a nationwide search for a president that will lead Harding University in its vision as a Christ-centered institution of higher education,” said Walker. “We are searching for a mature member of the church of Christ who is led by the word of God and the Holy Spirit, committed to the spread of the gospel of Christ and focused on strengthening the University in its pursuit of excellence in higher education.”
Harding University remembers, honors life of Botham Jean with bronze monument
A bronze monument bearing Botham Jean s image will be placed in front of the American Heritage Building at Harding University. Author: THV11 Digital Updated: 10:29 AM CST February 8, 2021
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Editor s note: The video shown above is from October 2019.
Harding University President David Burks announced that the University will remember and honor the life of Botham Jean by placing a bronze monument bearing his image in front of the American Heritage Building.
Jean was a 2016 alumnus of the University from St. Lucia. He was killed in his apartment by former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who said she mistakenly thought it was her apartment and he was an intruder. Guyger was off duty at the time of the shooting, which occurred in September 2018.
CV biz mixer focuses on Broadway corridor
Chula Vista City Councilmembers Jill Galvez and Andrea Cardenas co-host a live online “Envision Broadway” business mixer from 5-6:30 p.m. Feb. 11 to update business owners along Broadway and South Bay residents on returning to normal after the pandemic. The agenda includes information on reopening the economy; a forum to share ideas among business owners; goals for improving the Broadway corridor; and future opportunities with the new bayfront development. Register at https://tinyurl.com/2okgc6r3. Email questions to jarellano@publicstrategies.org. Questions will also be taken via Zoom chat. Envision Broadway is a project of the Institute for Public Strategies.
SEARCY, Ark. Harding University President David Burks has announced that the University will honor and celebrate Bro. Elijah Anthony and Dr. Howard Wright, the first African American undergraduate students to earn a bachelor’s degrees from Harding, by naming the Administration building in their honor. During the years Anthony and Wright attended Harding, the Administration building was the center of campus activity, holding various school events, presentations and chapel. Today, the building remains a prominent fixture on the campus quad housing several administrative offices and a 973-seat auditorium.
“Elijah Anthony and Howard Wright are deserving of this honor,” said President Burks. “I know both men and am grateful for their faithful leadership. I’m so glad future students will always be able to refer to this iconic building as the Anthony and Wright Administration Building.”