Emily Row Prevost honored as Outstanding Young Alumni at HSU

ABILENE, TX (03/11/2013)(readMedia)-- Hardin-Simmons University honored Emily Row Prevost at the 2013 Outstanding Young Alumni Awards Banquet on Friday, March 1, 2013.

The awards banquet was hosted by the Board of Young Associates to celebrate the accomplishments of three outstanding graduates: Michael Daggs, a leadership trainer from Abilene, Texas; Dr. Dan Munton, an Abilene physician; and Dr. Emily Prevost, a leadership trainer at East Texas Baptist University.

Dr. Emily Row Prevost graduated summa cum laude from Hardin-Simmons University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible and a double minor in psychology and biblical languages.

While a student at HSU, Emily was a Resident Assistant in Hunter Hall, and worked as a youth and college intern/associate with First Baptist Church of Abilene.

Her roommate, Meredith (Hare '01/'06) Stone, remembers, "Emily started out as a chemistry major. She felt called to ministry when in high school but did not have a lot of examples of what that could look like for women. So she felt she could best fulfill her calling by becoming a high school science teacher and ministering to students through that type of role. But after she saw the contrast in her feelings about her Bible classes and one tough semester of physics, she changed her major."

Emily completed a Master of Arts degree in religion at HSU in 2002. Dr. Omer Hancock, professor of church ministry at Logsdon, says of her thesis titled Sabbath to Lord's Day: A Response to the God Who Creates, Redeems and Sustains, "The thesis demonstrates excellent research in biblical and historical theology with appropriate insights and application on this subject." He says of her, "Emily has a wonderful combination of intellectual ability and pleasant personality. She accomplishes much without necessarily calling attention to herself."

Dr. Bill Tillman says, one of Prevost's professors at Logsdon, says "Emily is one of the best students I've ever had over the 30 years I've spent in theological education." He continues, "Through the years I've known Emily, I have been struck by her emotional maturity-always beyond her chronological years. My sense is that she truly loves the Church, and pours herself into her vocational endeavors so that the Church and individuals can be renewed and revitalized."

Emily completed her Ph.D. in leadership studies at Dallas Baptist University in 2009. Her dissertation titled Quality of Life for Texas Baptist Pastors, along with the research for her thesis, have shaped her life and ministry.

In 2001, Emily became a student consultant for Woman's Missionary Union of Texas, serving until 2004 when she became program coordinator for Texas Baptists Committed. Emily served with Texas Baptists/Baptist General Convention of Texas from 2006 to 2010 as associate director of the Center for Effective Leadership, in Leadership Development as the young leaders and spiritual formation specialist, and on the Congregational Leadership team.

In 2010, she moved to Marshall, Texas, to work with Buckner International as the director of community ministries, First Baptist Church Collaboration. In 2012, Emily became the interim director for the Great Commission Center at East Texas Baptist University. She is now director of leadership development at ETBU.

Prevost has been a contributing columnist for the Baptist Standard's "Right or Wrong" ethics column since 2007, and has served as lecturer and presenter in numerous retreats and workshops.

She is described as a woman of great conviction who has relentlessly and passionately pursued avenues for women to be recognized in roles of ministry-always doing so with great kindness and gentleness. A woman of hard work, she loves the Lord and believes her calling, so she never rests if there is work to do.

Emily and her husband, Blair, live in Marshall. They are active with First Baptist Church and the community.

About Hardin-Simmons:

HSU has an enrollment of approximately 2,300 undergrad and graduate students from 29 states and 19 countries. HSU has a 13:1 student faculty ratio with a campus that sits on 220 acres. Eighty percent of HSU's faculty members hold the highest degree in their field.

The university is named by U.S. News and World Report as one of the best universities in the western region of the United States and is listed by The Princeton Review as a Top Ten Best in the West University. It is a member of the Colleges of Distinction, the Chronicle of Higher Education named HSU to its honor roll of Great Colleges to Work For, and G.I. Jobs listed HSU as a Military Friendly School.

Seven undergraduate degrees encompass 70 major fields including: athletic training, criminal justice, social work, counseling, psychology, molecular biology, biochemistry, environmental science, religion, music, art, teaching, history, communications, English, and sociology.

Ten graduate degrees, encompassing 26 programs, include the Doctor of Ministry, Doctor of Education in Leadership, and the Doctor of Physical Therapy.

International study programs include England, Austria, Hong Kong, Spain, and Australia.

Hardin-Simmons University, founded in 1891, is a private Christian liberal arts university, and has been affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas (Texas Baptists) since 1941.