我们的历史
当你漫步在我们的校园, it’s hard to believe that a little more than 50 years ago it was a small campus extension with a handful of students. 现在, MBU is a flourishing Christian-based university with a growing enrollment, an expanding campus and a highly regarded faculty.
1957: Hannibal-LaGrange College opens an extension at Tower Grove Baptist Church in midtown St. 路易 for 68 students taking courses for pastors and laymen
1960年:学生的影响, 浸信会的领导人, pastors and laymen leads the Missouri Baptist Convention to approve the establishment of a Baptist college in St. 路易
1964: The first meeting of the Board of Trustees of Missouri Baptist College
1967: The groundbreaking of the original 81-acre site
1968年:将近200名学生开始上课
1973: The first class of 29 students graduates with Bachelor of Arts degrees
1978: The school achieves its initial accreditation from the North Central Association under the leadership of the college’s third president, Dr. 罗伯特·萨瑟兰
1991 – 1995: Dr. 托马斯年代. Field updates buildings and focuses on securing stable resources for the college
1995: 密苏里浸会大学 appoints Dr. R. 奥尔顿·莱西担任大学校长, ushering in a chapter of the University marked by expansive growth.
The same year, the college doubled its housing capacity with the opening of North Hall.
1999: Spirit of Excellence Campaign raises $10 million for the Pillsbury Chapel and Dale Williams Fine Arts Center
2000: The University was approved to offer its first masters-level program, 教育学硕士学位. Today, the University offers seven graduate degree programs.
2002: Groundbreaking of Dale Williams Fine Arts Center, which prompts Dr. 莱西有句名言, “This building will stand as a reminder of those who came before, who laid the foundation of this whole enterprise, and it will point to the future with great hope and faith.”
Then Missouri Baptist College becomes 密苏里浸会大学, providing a more fitting description of the institution’s increasingly important role in higher education.
2002: MBU opened its flagship building, the Pillsbury Chapel and Dale Williams Fine Arts Center. 每年, 超过100人,000 visitors attend various events and performances inside the 53,000平方英尺的设施.
2008: MBU began offering its first online degree program, The Master of Science in Education. Today, the University has 9 online programs and hundreds of classes.
2009: The University launched its first terminal degree program, the Doctor of Education.
2011: The University’s next chapter of residential living was unveiled with Spartan Village. 位于校园的北端, the first phase of Spartan Village included the opening of The Carl and Deloris Petty Sports and Recreation Complex and modern apartment-style living.
2011: 密苏里浸会大学 opens the Carl and Deloris Petty Sports and Recreation Complex, 最先进的, 47,000平方英尺的设施 aimed at aiding learning and health and wellness.
2013: Phase II of Spartan Village was completed with the construction of a 4,500平方英尺的书店, an expanded and revamped dining hall and a community-focused resident living facility for 超过100人 students.
2013: More than 5,200 students—the most ever—were enrolled at MBU.
2014: MBU celebrates its 50th anniversary and Dr. Lacey’s 20th year as University president. MBU足球开始了它的第一个赛季, and the University broke ground for a football complex and practice field.
2015: MBU dedicates the Don and Mary Pillsbury Wainwright Performance Hall, located in the Pillsbury Chapel and Dale Williams Fine Arts Center. New academic programs were launched including an exclusively online corporate security master’s degree and an undergraduate commercial voice degree.
MBU也开始提供教育学学位.D. in higher education in fall 2015 as well as the new MBU Adult and Online division, which offers four undergraduate degree tracks entirely online at an affordable price for the busy working adult.
2016: MBU completes the final phase of Spartan Village with the completion of Spartan South, dorm-style buildings with a capacity of 80 students.
MBU began its first year of a new honors program, 生产部荣誉.
2017: President Lacey announces retirement, effective at the completion of the 2017-2018 school year, after 24 years of service to the University.
MBU receives initial approval from the Missouri Board of Nursing to begin offering a nursing degree in January 2018.