UMHBLIFE

SUMMER 2023 | VOLUME 43, NUMBER 3

Departments

02 | CAMPUS LIFE

Anonymous donor pledges $50 million planned gift, the largest donation on record, to UMHB.

07 | PHILANTHROPY

Donors attend annual giving celebration.

08 | ATHLETICS

Acrobatics and Tumbling member, Angel Pace, refuses to let hearing impairment bring her down.

Features

GOING THE DISTANCE | 10

After excelling in ROTC and nursing school, two cadets have big Army plans after ranking in top 1 percent of their national cohort.

WEIRD RULES | 12

Students of yesteryear had some curious rules guiding their college experience, like "Do not crumble bread into soup."

WALKING WHERE JESUS WALKED | 16 Students experience places of the Bible during study abroad trip to Holy Land.

FAITH OVER FEAR | 20 College of Education associate professor shares how God prepared her to help Estonians during Russia-Ukraine War.

On The Cover

During this year's 84th Easter Pageant, three alumni who played the role of Jesus in the pageant joined this year's Jesus. They are, from left, Seth Brennan `22; senior business major Nicholas McDaniel, who played this year's Jesus; Steve Villalobos `21; and Matt Langford `18.