Wayland Baptist University on Thursday announced the school will freeze tuition for the upcoming 2025-26 academic year, a move the school says "underscores Wayland Baptist University’s commitment to ...

PLAINVIEW, TX (NEWS RELEASE) - Wayland Baptist University is saddened to announce the passing of Dr. David Linville Jester, ninth president of the university. Dr. Jester, a man of profound faith, died ...

Wayland Baptist University's Homecoming 2025 will include events from Wednesday, February 5 to Saturday, February 8. Alumni, students, and the community are invited to participate in events such as ...

PLAINVIEW — Wayland Baptist University on Friday announced Donna Hedgepath will be the 14th person and first woman to lead the university as its president when the institution's current president ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (News Release) - A generous land donation from DeJuan Strickland has pushed Wayland Baptist University’s Thrive Campaign past the $16 million mark and closer to the anticipated goal of ...

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Wayland Baptist University is celebrating 50 years of higher education in the Wichita Falls community. “We’re just happy to be here in Wichita Falls. It’s a great community ...

PLAINVIEW, Texas — Homecoming 2026 at Wayland Baptist University begins Monday, February 16, launching a week of events ...

Wayland Baptist University plans to recognize outstanding alumni during the Blue & Gold Awards Banquet at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, in the Trinity Building sanctuary as part of Homecoming 2026.

LUBBOCK, Texas — Wayland Baptist University invites students and the community to enjoy an evening of conversation and ...

The median family income of a student from Wayland Baptist is $60,400, and 20% come from the top 20 percent. About 1.9% of students at Wayland Baptist came from a poor family but became a rich adult.

During the May graduation for Wayland Baptist University, they honored a recent alumnus in Wichita Falls. Amid a backdrop of degrees and commencement addresses, Ashton Rousseaux was honored as ...

The 1950s were a predictably conservative era at tiny Wayland Baptist University, on the high plains of West Texas, where women could not wear shorts even to walk to the gym from their dormitories.