Evangel University News

• Evangel men’s golf has four named All-HAAC; Steve Jenkins named HAAC Coach of the Year (Missouri Sports Blog)
  posted on May 13, 2012 at 09:48:00 am
  SPRINGFIELD, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) - The Evangel University men’s golf team had four players named to the All-Heart of America conference team and head coach Steve Jenkins was named HAAC Coach of the Year. Jenkins has been the only coach in program history at Evangel and wins Coach of the Year honors in golf
• Donation benefits local schools (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on July 23, 2011 at 11:17:11 am
  Evangel University, Drury University and Southwest Baptist University are among 16 Missouri College Fund members that will benefit from a donation from Mastercard Worldwide.
• Nicholson, a former Evangel professor, died at age 91 (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on July 22, 2011 at 04:18:19 am
  Virgil M. Nicholson, 91, Evangel University professor emeritus, died Monday at Cox Walnut Lawn in Springfield, an Evangel news release said.
• Faith and Science Meet at Evangel Conference (KOLR - KSFX Ozarks)
  posted on June 28, 2011 at 02:04:14 am
  (Springfield, MO) -- Faith and science came together Monday as the topics of a new conference at Evangel University.
• Miss Branson Crowned Miss Missouri 2011 (FOX 2 News St. Louis)
  posted on June 12, 2011 at 05:33:34 pm
  On Saturday Night, Miss Branson, Sydney Friar, was crowned Miss Missouri 2011. Friar, 22, performed the Aerosmith classic “Dream On”. She is from Eldorado Springs and is a graduate of Evangel University, where she earned her B.S. in Advertising and Public Relations.
• James River endows Evangel scholarship (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on June 11, 2011 at 08:32:29 am
  James River Assembly of God has endowed a full-tuition scholarship at Evangel University, the Leadership Promise Scholarship.
• Evangel to offer new music major (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on June 11, 2011 at 08:32:18 am
  Evangel University has announced a new music major that is geared toward the contemporary church. Beginning fall 2011, students will be able to earn a bachelor of science in music, with an emphasis in worship leadership.
• Evangel hosts professional conference (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on June 8, 2011 at 01:35:13 am
  Evangel University is hosting 618 guests this week (June 6 to June 9) for the annual conference of the Association for Christians in Student Development.
• Evangel announces a new scholarship; a Marshfield senior is the first recipient. (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on May 24, 2011 at 05:48:29 pm
  James River Assembly of God has endowed a full-tuition scholarship at Evangel University, the Leadership Promise Scholarship, an Evangel news release said.
• Former Evangel Graduate Honored Tuesday (KSPR Springfield)
  posted on May 17, 2011 at 11:53:26 pm
  Clark received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Evangel University. Hundreds of people showed up Tuesday to honor a former Evangel University graduate.
• Liberal's Sprenkle signs with Evangel (The Joplin Globe)
  posted on May 5, 2011 at 04:56:26 am
  Liberal High School’s Wade Sprenkle, who paced the Bulldogs in tackles the last three years of a decorated two-way career, signed a letter of intent on Wednesday with Evangel University of Springfield.
• Softball (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on May 3, 2011 at 08:55:19 am
  For the second consecutive week, Evangel University softball players swept the Heart of America Athletic Conference player of the week awards.
• Evangel University Pioneer Dies (KSPR Springfield)
  posted on April 19, 2011 at 01:53:18 am
  Betty Chase was 84 Evangel University's longest serving employee passed away over the weekend. Betty Chase was the first PR director and the first archivist at Evangel.
• Evangel University's first PR director, archivist dies (KY3 Springfield)
  posted on April 18, 2011 at 11:04:12 pm
  Betty Chase was the only person to have taken classes at Evangel in ery decade from '50s to '90s SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Elizabeth “Betty” Adelle Chase, Evangel University’s longest-serving employee, passed away last Sunday evening. She was 84.
• Evangel concert offers rock, some shock and a guy named Brock (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on April 14, 2011 at 08:54:49 am
  Evangel University will host hundreds of high school students from across the country during eu:24 beginning at 8 a.m. Friday. Evangel's academic departments and campus organizations will be showcased 3-4 p.m. during an academic fair. Then, the Brock, Shock and Rock Tour begins at 6:30 p.m. in the chapel auditorium. The public is also invited to this free event, which features Christian ...
• Evangel loses two (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on April 9, 2011 at 01:25:09 pm
  Evangel University was swept by Culver-Stockton in a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader on Friday, losing 5-4 (in 10 innings) and 4-3.
• Award-winning author, Evangel alum, to have book signing Saturday (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on April 8, 2011 at 07:32:05 pm
  Beverly Lewis, a 1972 Evangel University graduate and a New York Times bestselling author, will be in Springfield on Saturday for two book-signing events.
• Evangel teams help others during break (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on April 2, 2011 at 09:17:42 am
  More than 160 Evangel University students, faculty, staff and alumni went on service trips around the world during spring break. Fourteen groups traveled to 13 countries.
• Evangel sweeps two (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on April 2, 2011 at 08:55:34 am
  Evangel University improved to 16-5 overall and 4-2 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Avila on Friday.
• Crowder duo signs to play for Evangel (The Neosho Daily News)
  posted on March 30, 2011 at 06:24:33 am
  It’s official. A pair of Lady Riders have inked letters of intent to attend Evangel University next year and play basketball for the Lady Crusaders.
• Crowder duo signs with Evangel (The Joplin Globe)
  posted on March 30, 2011 at 05:26:42 am
  Sierra McSpadden and Jaimee Shields, Crowder College’s all-NJCAA Division I Region XVI selections, signed basketball letters of intent with Evangel University on Tuesday.
• Scholarship grant to benefit Evangel (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on March 27, 2011 at 08:01:04 am
  Evangel University is one of 16 private liberal arts colleges and universities in Missouri that will benefit from a $15,000 scholarship grant recently provided by the Commerce Bancshares Foundation to the Missouri Colleges Fund.
• Crusaders split two (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on March 23, 2011 at 11:25:32 am
  Evangel University split a pair of Heart of America Athletic Conference games Tuesday at Graceland, losing the opener 1-0 before taking the nightcap 8-7.
• Evangel's Engler named HAAC pitcher of the week (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on March 22, 2011 at 05:55:00 pm
  Evangel University pitcher Josh Engler was named Heart of America Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week on Monday.
• Evangel hits the wall at nationals (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on March 19, 2011 at 09:56:08 am
  Kansas City -- Evangel University basketball coach Steve Jenkins had studied the roster for Concordia, Calif., enough to know that his Crusaders were in a hazardous position at the NAIA Division I Tournament.
• Evangel adds finance major for fall semester (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on March 17, 2011 at 01:16:52 am
  Evangel University's Department of Business will offer a finance major beginning with the fall semester, an Evangel news release said.
• Evangel will benefit from $15,000 grant (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:02:55 am
  Evangel University is one of 16 private liberal arts colleges and universities in Missouri that will benefit from a $15,000 scholarship grant recently provided by the Commerce Bancshares Foundation to the Missouri Colleges Fund.
• Crusaders motivated for HAAC title game (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on March 8, 2011 at 10:56:26 am
  Not even a half-hour had passed after the Evangel University men's basketball team won its Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal Saturday night before the Crusaders' veteran coach began crafting a pep talk for tonight's championship game.
• Crowder debaters win state title at Evangel (The Neosho Daily News)
  posted on March 7, 2011 at 06:41:45 pm
  The newly formed Crowder College debate program continued its competitive season this past weekend as they competed in the “Missouri Association of Forensics Activities" Speech and Debate tournament and Missouri Championships, held on the Evangel University campus in Springfield.
• Evangel women exit early (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on March 3, 2011 at 09:11:29 am
  In the run-up to the postseason, Evangel University senior Ashlee Luko issued this warning: Don't sleep on Graceland's free-wheeling, nothing-to-lose Lady Yellowjackets.
• No letting down for Evangel men (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on March 3, 2011 at 09:11:19 am
  If anyone spots Evangel University's Jonathan Huskisson playing like a mad man, or teammate Victor Agbasi doing his best mime impersonation against a ballhandler, there is one encapsulating reason.
• Luko gets HAAC Player of the Year (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on March 2, 2011 at 09:13:24 am
  Evangel University senior guard Ashlee Luko, who overcame difficult high school years despite the absence of her parents, can add another chapter to her inspiring story.
• Basketball: Honors for Evangel's Gillaspy (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:50:07 am
  Evangel University men's basketball player Chad Gillaspy was named Player of the Week in the Heart of America Athletic Conference for the second consecutive week.
• Gillaspy's time to shine (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on February 24, 2011 at 10:43:02 am
  It seems like only yesterday when the upperclassmen worked him over practices, when low post players Tim Dial and the Simon brothers of Tim and Chad demonstrated that Evangel University, while being a small-college program, wasn't at all small-time.
• CBC's Forest Arnold remembered fondly (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on February 24, 2011 at 10:40:32 am
  The first man to coach men's basketball at Central Bible College and Evangel University is being remembered as a caring administrator always willing to lend a hand, if not the collective hand of CBC's student body.
• Crusaders get fired up in win over MidAmerica Nazarene (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on February 18, 2011 at 09:12:25 am
  Four Evangel University starters got benched only four minutes into Thursday's game, and the Crusaders promptly fell behind 22-5 to MidAmerica Nazarene University's Pioneers.
• Renowned opera singer to perform an Artist Series concert (The Springfield News-Leader)
  posted on February 17, 2011 at 05:28:47 pm
  Michael Sust, renowned opera bass-baritone, will perform an Artist Series concert at Evangel University at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Barnett Fine Arts Recital Hall. The public is invited.