Bruce McLarty is being introduced this afternoon as the fifth president of Harding University in Searcy, Ark.

Since moving to Illinois from Arizona last year, Jennifer Mault hasn’t been able to find a church. For now, she finds spiritual guidance from a woman a thousand miles away in south Louisiana. Mault, a student earning her master’s degree in human services online from Lubbock Christian University, has received direction and prayer from the school’s online chaplain, Donna Ellis.

We probably used up all the available basketball analogies when reporting earlier this year on the naming of new presidents at Lubbock Christian University and Oklahoma Christian University. So we won’t say something cheesy like “Nothing but net!” in sharing the news that the NCAA has approved bids by both those Christian universities to start the three-year membership process for entry into Division II.

Allison Garrett, who was a finalist earlier this year for the Oklahoma Christian University presidency, has been named executive vice president of Abilene Christian University in Texas.

Jeffrey A. Dimick has been named the new executive vice president at Ohio Valley University.

Abilene Christian University’s incoming provost, Robert L. Rhodes, spoke briefly to students at ACU’s chapel service and met with officials, students and others at a meet-and-greet following his brief remarks.

Shall we dance? Abilene Christian University in Texas has lifted its long-standing prohibition against dancing at university-sponsored events or events hosted by official student organizations. Jean-Noel Thompson, the university’s vice president for student life and dean of students, discussed the policy change in an interview with The Christian Chronicle.

In a wide-ranging interview with The Christian Chronicle, Perrin tackled questions related to his faith, Christian higher education and Churches of Christ.

John deSteiguer,president-elect of Oklahoma Christian University, displays his shooting skills.

John deSteiguer, senior vice president for advancement at Oklahoma Christian University, will move into the president’s office this summer. Trustees for the 2,200-student Christian university chose deSteiguer today to succeed retiring President Mike O’Neal, who announced plans in 2010 to step down at the end of this academic year.