WACO, Texas (Oct. 31, 2012) - Baylor University will honor Oracle President and 1979 Baylor University alumnus Mark Hurd with the 2012-2013 Baylor Meritorious Achievement Award - the Baylor Legacy Award - which will be presented during the University's 103rd anniversary Homecoming celebration Nov. 1-3 on campus.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 30, 2012) -- Leonard E. Davis, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, has been named the 2012 Baylor Lawyer of the Year.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 23, 2012) -"No teacher should strive to make others think as he thinks, but to lead them to the living Truth, to the Master himself, of whom alone they can learn anything, who will make them in themselves know what is true by the very seeing of it." -George MacDonald

WACO, Texas (Oct. 23, 2012) - Baylor University's Executive MBA program is ranked 44th in United States-only based programs, according to the Financial Times' 2012 rankings. The program, which includes campuses in Dallas and Austin, also ranked first in Texas among Executive MBA programs for percentage salary increase for graduates.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 16, 2012) - Stuart and Gina Solomon of McLean, Va., were honored as Baylor University's Parents of the Year for 2012 during the University's annual Parent and Family Weekend celebration Oct. 12-13. Baylor President Ken Starr and Parents League director Judy Maggard presented the award to the Solomons at halftime of the Baylor-TCU football game on Oct. 13.

Helen E. Benedict, Ph.D., a professor and director of clinical training in the department of psychology and neuroscience at Baylor University, has been named the recipient of the annual Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award by the Texas Psychological Association. She will be presented with the award on Nov. 2 at the association's annual awards luncheon.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 27, 2012) - Yuko Prefume, senior lecturer in the division of Asian and African languages in the department of modern foreign languages in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been selected as the 2012 Texas Foreign Language Association Teacher of the Year in Japanese at the higher education level.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 21, 2012) - The hustle and bustle of junior year brings on many challenges and new opportunities. For David Dreier, opportunities have flourished into great successes.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 18, 2012) - Marlan O. Scully, Ph.D., Baylor University Distinguished Researcher and member of the National Academy of Sciences, has been named as the 2012 recipient of the Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus Quinn Prize, the highest award conferred by The Optical Society for his groundbreaking research in quantum optics.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 14, 2012) -- C. Stephen Evans, Ph.D., University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Baylor University, has won first prize in the C.S. Lewis Book Prize Competition, awarded for the best book published in the philosophy of religion or philosophical theology written for a general audience in the last five years.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 7, 2012) - Donna LoSasso, DNP, RN, NNP-BC, an assistant professor at the Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON), has been selected by the National Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NANNP) to serve as a council member. Her two-year term will begin in October when she is recognized at the organization's Annual Educational Conference in Palm Springs, Calif.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 6, 2012) - Baylor University's Institute for Family Business will honor the 2012 Texas Family Business of the Year award winners and finalists at an awards banquet on Thursday, Nov. 8 at the University's Bill Daniel Student Center.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 28, 2012) -- Hypocrisy among Christians isn't what bothers most of the unchurched, but rather "bloody denominational struggles and church fighting in-house" -- a marked contrast to Jesus' "undogmatic openness," said David Garland, Ph.D., dean of Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary during its fall convocation.

AUSTIN, Texas (Aug. 24, 2012) - The Texas Access to Justice Foundation (TAJF) has announced grants to 11 nonprofit organizations - including Baylor Law School - that will help fund legal aid services for Texas veterans. With these grants, public interest and pro bono lawyers will be able to provide legal representation to low-income Texas veterans with basic civil legal problems such as denial of benefits or disability, family law matters arising from deployment and other issues that may arise due to a veteran's absence from home during military service.

WACO, Texas (August 13, 2012)- Baylor University's environmental science department has a few reasons to celebrate. Several graduate students in the department took home awards at the American Water Resources Association's (AWRA) Summer Specialty Conferences and Regional Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Conference.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 7, 2012) -- Dr. Bradley Bolen, senior lecturer in piano in Baylor's School of Music, recently took part in The Youth Excellence on Stage (YES) Academy's annual performing arts program in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The program offers aspiring musicians, dancers and actors an opportunity for intensive study.

WACO, Texas (August 2, 2012) - Being selected as one of only five for any national competition is exciting. Kaylyn Smith has found herself in an even better position, as the competition can help put her career on the fast track while she is still an undergraduate.

WACO, Texas (July 31, 2012) - Dr. Michael Alexander, an associate professor of string music education, has been named the 2012 Orchestra Director of the Year by the Texas Orchestra Directors Association.

WACO, Texas (July 31, 2012) -- Two Baylor graduates were awarded participation in the prestigious Lilly Graduate Fellow Program. Sarah Berry and Stephen Margheim, B.A.s '10 and '12 respectively, will participate in the three-year post-doctoral program.

WACO, Texas (July 18, 2012)- Baylor sociology Ph.D. student Jenna Griebel was awarded with nearly $10,000 in grants for research this summer.

WACO, Texas (July 31, 2012) -- Baylor senior Brittany Lozano recently won not one, but two competitive scholarships for her impending trip to Japan. Lozano won the Freeman-ASIA scholarship earlier this summer, and she was recently notified that she won the Bridging Scholarship as well.

WACO, Texas (July 31, 2012)- When Dr. John Seaman, professor of statistical science at Baylor University, began working with his former Ph.D. student Stacey Lindborg, he didn't realize what exactly it would lead to. His work with Lindborg was just the beginning of a strong collaboration between Baylor's department of statistical science and Eli Lilly and Company--a union that was recently honored by the American Statistical Association with the Statistical Partnerships among Academe, Industry, and Government (SPAIG) Award.

WACO, Texas (July 13, 2012)- Even after winning Miss Texas and continuing the national headline-grabbing success of her alma mater, dubbed the "Year of the Bear", DaNae Couch, B.A. '10, is humble.

WACO, Texas (July 9, 2012) -The Baylor Angel Network (BAN) has invested more in Texas-based start-up companies this year than in any year since it was established in 2008. Its latest investment in six companies brings its investment of early stage capital to more than $1 million so far this year, according to BAN Executive Director Kevin Castello.

The Interscholastic Moot Court Program at Baylor Law School, ranked fifth best in the country, will take part in the Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship in Houston. Only the top 16 schools in the country compete in the national championship, which will be held in January and is sponsored by Andrews Kurth LLP and the University of Houston Law Center.

HONG KONG, China (June 29, 2012) - President Ken Starr of Baylor University (Texas, USA) has bestowed the Baylor University Distinguished Achievement Award on Hong Kong business executive and scholar, Dr. James Sai-Wing Wong. Wong graduated from Baylor in 1960 at age 20 with a degree in mathematics and physics and has had a long career in academia and business.

WACO, Texas (June 28, 2012)- Celia Heidbrier, who graduated in May from Baylor University with a degree in German, was recently selected for a prestigious English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) in Austria. Though affiliated with the Fulbright Program, her ETA is funded through the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture.

WACO, Texas (June 22, 2012)- After finding out that she had won the Hattie Hemschemeyer Award, Mary Brucker, Ph.D., was "stunned, but composed - until she saw her brother, niece and two of her oldest friends who had been hidden until the presentation - then the tears came," explained Mary Ann Faucher, Ph.D., an associate professor at Baylor's Louis Herrington School of Nursing, and one of Brucker's colleagues.

WACO, Texas (June 21, 2012)- When Linda Plank, Ph.D., interim associate dean for academic affairs at the Louise Herrington School of Nursing at Baylor, found out that she would be taking part in a competitive national nursing leadership fellowship this summer, she was naturally excited. The fact that it will be held in Colorado Springs, Colo. only sweetened the deal.

WACO, Texas (June 20, 2012)- When Baylor senior Brittany Lozano decided that she wanted to study abroad in Japan, she knew that she had to start looking for scholarships to help offset the cost.

WACO, Texas (June 18, 2012)- For students considering a career in marketing, gaining the knowledge, skills and credentials to stand out in a competitive job market is an important component of the collegiate experience. One Baylor student will take advantage of an exclusive opportunity to gain all three beneath the bright lights and high-rises of New York City later this summer.

WACO, Texas (June 14, 2012) - A total of $25,000 was awarded to 11 finalists in the inaugural New Venture Business Plan Competition held recently at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business.

WACO, Texas (May 29, 2012) - Recent Baylor University graduate Elizabeth A. Dratz of Wheat Ridge, Colo., has been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship - the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government. Dratz's selection -the sixth in 2012 for Baylor - brings the number of Baylor students and/or graduates who have received the honor since 2001 to 32.

WACO, Texas (May 22, 2012) - After celebrating several milestone achievements in Baylor University's sustainability efforts, Waco Mayor Jim Bush declared May 22, 2012, as Baylor Sustainability Day during the final spring meeting of the University Sustainability Committee.

WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - Six Baylor University students and recent graduates have been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship - the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government - bringing the number of Baylor students and/or graduates who have received the honor since 2001 to 31.

WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - Baylor University senior Elisabeth A. Black of Dallas is one of five Baylor students and recent graduates who have been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. A Russian/International Studies major, Black received the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) and will spend the 2012-2013 academic year in Russia teaching English as a foreign language at either a high school or a university.

WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - Baylor University senior Rachel Cliburn of Long Grove, Ill., is one of five Baylor students and recent graduates who have been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. A senior neuroscience major on a pre-med track, Cliburn will conduct research in neuropharmacology through a master's degree research program in neuropsychology at the University of Maastricht, in The Netherlands.

WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - Baylor University senior Huong Nguyen of Houston is one of five Baylor students and recent graduates who have been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. A senior Medical Humanities major on a pre-med track, Nguyen will pursue the Master's of Science in Health Sciences and Public Health Research at the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland.

WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - Baylor University alumna Jackie Hyland of Houston is one of five Baylor students and recent graduates who have been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. A 2009 Baylor graduate with a double major in international studies and journalism, Hyland is the recipient of a Fulbright Binational Award, which will allow her to work for an international company while studying international business, business development and social entrepreneurship in Mexico City.

WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - Baylor University alumnus Ross Natividad of Waco is one of five Baylor students and recent graduates who have been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. A 2010 Baylor graduate with a double major in international studies and Spanish and currently a master's candidate in Spanish, Natividad received the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) and will spend the 2012-2013 academic year in Indonesia teaching English to high school students.

WACO, Texas (May 10, 2012) -- Sociology undergraduate Daniel Jang of Baylor University has accepted a prestigious Edwin Sutherland Fellowship at the University of Maryland's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

WACO, Texas (May 10, 2012) - Baylor University School of Social Work has recognized Darla Bailey of Louisville, Ky., as the Baylor School of Social Work Honorary Alumna of the Year. Founder of an innovative day health center for adults with disabilities -- a previously underserved population in the Louisville area -- Bailey is a proven pioneer in the field of social work and, through scholarships, is paving the way for future Baylor students to be equipped to do the same.

WACO, Texas (May 10, 2012)- Andrea Dixon, Ph.D., associate professor and the Frank M. and Floy Smith Holloway Professor of marketing at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, has been named to serve on the Academic Council for the American Marketing Association (AMA).

WACO, Texas (May 8, 2012) - Sam Stroope, a doctoral candidate in the department of sociology in the College of Arts & Sciences at Baylor University, has been awarded competitive funding to attend the 19th Annual Research ANd Development (RAND Corporation) Summer Institute.

WACO, Texas (May 7, 2012) - Roger E. Kirk, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Statistics and Master Teacher at Baylor University's College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the 2012 Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year. The annual award is presented to a faculty member who makes a superlative contribution to the learning environment at Baylor.

WACO, Texas (May 7, 2012) - Richard Russell, Ph.D., associate professor of English in Baylor University's College of Arts & Sciences, has been selected as the 2012 Baylor Centennial Professor by the Centennial Faculty Development Review Committee chaired by Joe A. Cox, professor of management in Baylor's Hankamer School of Business.

WACO, Texas (May 4, 2012) - Baylor University senior Taylor P. Kohn, a University Scholar on a pre-medical track from Wichita, Kan., has been selected as one of only 282 U.S. undergraduates to receive the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate award in the United States and its territories in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.

WACO, Texas (May 3, 2012) - For the 15th time since 2001, Baylor Law School students have claimed the top pass rate on the Texas State Bar Exam with a 92.59 percent success rate, the highest pass rate for students from the nine Texas law schools.

WACO, Texas (May 1, 2012) - Three Baylor University graduates -- Robert Hill, Shingo Kihira and Caleb Simone -- were recently named the 2011 recipients of the F. Ray Wilson II Award for Best Thesis, honoring undergraduate thesis writers in Baylor's Honors Program.

WACO, Texas (April 27, 2012) - Dr. Gary Elkins, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Baylor University, has received the 2012 Complementary and Integrative Medicine Investigator Research Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine. The award was given in recognition of Dr. Elkins' research into an innovative use of hypnosis for reducing hot flashes among post-menopausal women.

WACO, Texas (April 25, 2012) - Three graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at Baylor University--Blake McAllister, doctoral candidate in philosophy; Kyle Welty, doctoral candidate in religion; and Michael Whitenton, doctoral candidate in religion--were recently recognized for research accomplishments in their fields.

WACO, Texas (April 23, 2012) - Sam Stroope, doctoral candidate in the department of sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Baylor University, has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support his dissertation on community context, gender and health in India.

WACO, Texas (April 20, 2012) - Every spring since 1994, Baylor University's graduating class has selected one outstanding Baylor professor, and this year's star is Blair Browning, Ph.D., assistant professor of communication studies.

WACO, Texas (April 11, 2012) -Zack Valdez, doctoral candidate in The Institute of Ecological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (TIE3S) at Baylor University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellowship in the geosciences.

Teams from Baylor Law School captured both first and second place at the National Trial Competition finals held March 24 in Austin. In the final round, the Baylor Law team of Mark Walraven and Steven Lopez defeated Joel Towner and Chaille Graft Walraven. Mark Walraven also was named Best Advocate. The teams were coached by adjunct professor Robert Little, who also works for the Waco law firm Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee PLLC.

March Madness for Trumpets -- aka, the National Trumpet Competition at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. -- took place over spring break and "once again, our trumpet studio represented Baylor famously," said William May, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Music at Baylor University.

Three faculty members from Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON) have been named as part of the 2012 DFW Great 100 Nurses, which is an award designed to recognize professional Registered Nurses for their contributions to their communities and through their practice in the art and science of nursing.

A Baylor sophomore was awarded first place at the 23rd annual Texas State Japanese Language Speech Contest on Saturday, March 10, at Rice University in Houston.

Jennifer L. Good, Ph.D., associate professor of German in the College of Arts & Sciences at Baylor University, has been selected to attend the 2012 Baden-Württemberg Seminar for American Faculty in German and German Studies this summer at the University of Tübingen in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.