HPU’s School of Science and Mathematics attended the Texas Academy of Science conference
BROWNWOOD – March 30, 2026 – Students from Howard Payne University’s School of Science and Mathematics attended the Texas Academy of Science conference in Tyler this spring semester. Dr. Greg Hatlestad, associate professor of biology, and Dr. Philips Agboola, professor of engineering and chair of the Department of Engineering, brought 10 students to the conference. […]
HPU’s Moot Court team receives honors at the American Moot Court Regional Competition
BROWNWOOD – December 11, 2025 – Howard Payne University’s Moot Court Team recently competed in and received several honors at the American Moot Court Association Regional Competition at the University of Akron Law School in Akron, Ohio. Katelyn Turner, senior Guy D. Newman Honors Academy and history major, and Rylie Burden, sophomore Honors Academy and […]
Spain Study Abroad trip provides immersive experiences for HPU students
BROWNWOOD – December 10, 2025 – This coming summer, Howard Payne University students will have the unique opportunity to study abroad in Seville, Spain for a month-long immersive experience. The program is designed to transform both the academic and personal lives of the students. During the trip, students will live with host families where they […]
HPU’s Model United Nations team has successful trip to Switzerland
BROWNWOOD – December 5, 2025 – Howard Payne University’s Model United Nations (MUN) team recently competed at the St. Gallen Model United Nations 2025 Conference in Switzerland, where HPU had the most awarded delegation. HPU students received Best Delegate awards in three of the four committees where they had delegates represented. The competition included 148 […]
HPU debater Rylie Burden wins at TCU
BROWNWOOD – November 7, 2025 – HPU’s Student Speaker Bureau speech and debate team recently competed at the DFW Swing tournament at Texas Christian University (TCU). Junior Rylie Burden, Guy D. Newman Honors Academy and jurisprudence major from Lubbock, won the International Public Debate Association (IPDA) open debate division and earned third place overall individual […]
HPU’s Rylie Burden takes top speaker at Rocky Mountain Moot Court Invitational
BROWNWOOD – October 30, 2025 – Howard Payne University’s Moot Court team competed at the Rocky Mountain Moot Court Invitational at Colorado Christian University in Denver on October 16-18. Sophomore Rylie Burden, of Nederland, won top speaker at the competition. She and her partner senior Katelyn Turner, of Katy, advanced to the top 16. The […]
HPU students attend Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit in Houston
BROWNWOOD – October 22, 2025 – Lisa Medlin, assistant professor of criminal justice and chair of the department, and Ciera Ray, assistant professor of social work and field director, took three HPU students to the Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) Summit 2025 in Houston earlier this month. The students attending were Monica Prado, a criminal […]
Two-year engineering project leads HPU students to opportunity in Spain
BROWNWOOD – November 17, 2023 – For Howard Payne University students Layton Pratt and Ryan Robertson, their journey to Spain began two years ago in Winebrenner Memorial Hall of Science working on an engineering project for class. While spending those two years designing and developing what would become AuroraGuard, a wearable device for antiviral and […]
HPU sophomore honored at Seattle Model U.N. competition
BROWNWOOD – January 28, 2020 – Howard Payne University’s Model United Nations team participated in the Northwest Model United Nations (NWMUN) conference in Seattle. Brenden Hough, a sophomore from Brownwood majoring in the Guy D. Newman Honors Academy and practical theology, was recognized as one of three “Distinguished Delegates” selected from a committee of 195 students. Including […]
HPU group serves in Slovakia
BROWNWOOD – July 20, 2017 – Nine Howard Payne University students traveled to Slovakia at the beginning of the summer for a short-term mission immersion experience. Travelers included students in Dr. Melody Maxwell’s International Missions Practicum course as well as students involved with HPU’s Baptist Student Ministry. The group was accompanied by Dr. Maxwell and […]
HPU group experiences God’s work in South Africa
BROWNWOOD – September 18, 2015 – Five Howard Payne University students and two faculty members that traveled to South Africa during the summer were reminded that God is at work – in huge ways – around the world. Led by Dr. Melody Maxwell and Dr. Derek Hatch, both assistant professors of Christian studies, the students […]
HPU honor student interns in Washington, D.C.
By Jaclyn Bonner, HPU sophomore BROWNWOOD – September 16, 2014 – Katie Rose Bonner of Lytle, a senior political science, history and Guy D. Newman Honors Academy major at Howard Payne University, represented HPU this summer as a participant in The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) internship program. Bonner received a full scholarship from the […]
HPU group travels to Slovakia for cross-cultural mission trip
BROWNWOOD – June 13, 2014 – Dr. Melody Maxwell, assistant professor of Christian studies at Howard Payne University, and five students from her spring International Missions Practicum course recently traveled to Važec, Slovakia, for a week-long mission experience. The course is designed to give students firsthand experience in cross-cultural service. The group led ministry activities […]