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WACO, Texas (Feb. 25, 2014) - The Baylor Society for Early Christianity (BSEC), a student organization within Baylor's department of religion, will present a panel discussion and lecture on Emperor Constantine's role in religious history. The panel will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, February 27, in Kayser Auditorium in Baylor's Hankamer School of Business.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 25, 2014) - The Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research (CASPER) at Baylor University will host its spring seminar series on Feb. 28, March 4 and April 4.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 24, 2014) - Baylor University is mourning the passing of faithful friend and alumnus Joe E. Baxter of Waco, who died Feb. 22 at his residence.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 24, 2014)–Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business will host the third annual New Venture Competition Feb. 28 to March 1. The New Venture Competition is a national, two-day, dual round business plan competition for students.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 21, 2014) - He has been called "The Most Important Coach in America." He is one of the 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America, was named Syracuse University's Most Distinguished Alumni and was the Colts Man of the Year.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 21, 2014) - The Baylor department of art and the Martin Museum of Art will present three short faculty lectures at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, Lecture Hall 149.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 21, 2014) -- "My Life in the Freedom Struggle: An Incomplete Odyssey," a Black History Month lecture by political scientist and civil rights activist Leslie Burl McLemore, Ph.D., will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Morrison Hall, Room 120.

WACO, Texas and DALLAS (Feb. 20, 2014) - Baylor University today announced that it will make its renowned MBA program available online beginning this May. Applications for the program are currently being accepted.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 19, 2014) - Baylor University's department of multicultural affairs and the Big 12 Council on Black Student Leadership will host the One for All Soiree Gala from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, in the banquet room on the fifth floor of the Cashion Academic Building.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 19, 2014) - The Center for Christian Music Studies at Baylor University will host one of the five 2014 Festival of Youth Choirs Friday, Feb. 21, through Sunday, Feb. 23, sponsored by the organization YouthCUE.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 18, 2014) - A Baylor tradition since 1953, All University Sing is one of the most anticipated events on campus for students, faculty and alumni each year. This year's event - held Feb. 20-22, 27-28 and March 1 - features seven-minute, Broadway-style acts from 19 student organizations, all competing for the highly coveted first, second or third place awards.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 18, 2014) - Co-creator of the NBC television drama "Chicago P.D." Derek Haas, BA '91, MA '95, will return to his alma mater for a screening of the first episode of the series' second season.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 18, 2014) - The W.R. Poage Legislative Library at Baylor University will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement with an exhibit featuring photographs, interactive video and other artifacts on display from February through June 2014. "Reflections on the Civil Rights Movement" is free and open to the public.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2014) - The Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion will welcome Elesha Coffman, Ph.D., assistant professor of church history at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary at 3:30 p.m. Monday, February 17, 2014, in Armstrong Browning Library's Cox Lecture Hall. She will speak on the development of mainline Protestantism in the years following World War II.

WACO Texas (Feb. 14, 2014) - Helen Horowitz, Ph.D., The Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor, emerita, at Smith College in Massachusetts, will present two lectures as part of the 2014 Charles Edmondson Historical Lectures at Baylor University.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 12, 2014) - Baylor University will operate its regular schedule today, as classes will be held and all offices are open.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 12, 2014) - The department of religion in the Baylor College of Arts & Sciences is teaming up with the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Baylor University Press to host Harold W. Attridge, Ph.D., former dean and current Sterling Professor of Divinity of Yale Divinity School, on Thursday, Feb. 13.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 10, 2014) -Baylor University's John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise will welcome renowned author and social critic Os Guinness at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12 in Kayser Auditorium. Guinness will speak about his most recent book, "A Free People's Suicide: Sustainable Freedom and the American Future."

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2014) - This fall, Baylor University students will have the opportunity to participate in The Philanthropy Lab, a full-credit course in which students learn not only the history and philosophy of giving back but also gain practical experience in donating real money - at least $50,000 in Baylor's case - to a worthy local cause.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2014) - If you were to die today, what would you be remembered for? Nothing more than the contents of your cellphone?

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2014) - In honor of Black History Month, the Baylor University Association of Black Students, in conjunction with the Department of Multicultural Affairs, will host the 27th annual Black Heritage Banquet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 on the fifth floor banquet room of Cashion Academic Center. This year's banquet will focus on Job 23:10, which says, "He knows where I am going, and when he has tested me I will emerge as pure gold."

WACO, Texas (Feb. 6, 2014) - Baylor University's gospel choir, Heavenly Voices, will present the annual Gospel Fest concert at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. The concert will feature special guest and recording artist Crystal Aikin.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 6, 2014) - The Baylor Center for Christian Music Studies will host the 13th annual Sacred Harp sing from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, in the Great Hall of George W. Truett Theological Seminary.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 6, 2014) - "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett..."
Such were the words of Victorian poet Robert Browning to his future wife and fellow poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning in his first of many love letters.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 6, 2014) - From 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, Feb. 7, the lights atop Baylor University's Pat Neff Hall tower will be illuminated red, instead of the traditional green, in support of the American Heart Association's National Wear Red Day and the Go Red for Women campaign.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2014) -- Two philosophy scholars at Baylor University and one at Western Washington University have received a $1.5 million grant from the Templeton Religion Trust for the three-year project "The Nature and Value of Faith" to shed new light on faith.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 4, 2014) - Is there any secular, rational argument against same-sex civil marriage? Doesn't equality require it? Could a few extra marriage licenses really affect you or your marriage? What about the needs of people attracted to members of their own sex? Isn't the debate practically over?

WACO, Texas (Feb. 4, 2014) - The Baylor School of Education will welcome William H. Schubert, Ph.D., a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 in Marrs McLean Science Building, Room 301.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2014) - Over the past four years, Dennis Horton, Ph.D., associate director of the department of religion and the J. David Slover Professor of Ministry Guidance in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences, has studied the impact of short-term missions on communities, participants and ministries. He will present his recent findings from two grant-funded projects in his lecture, "Short-Term Mission Trips: Are They Worth our Investment of Time, Money and Effort?" on Thursday, Feb. 6.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 31, 2014) - The Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion will welcome Lesley-Ann Dyer, Ph.D., ISR's 2013 Green Scholars Initiative Post-Doctoral Fellow in Manuscript Research, as she gives her topic, "Eternity at the Medieval Crossroads Between Athens and Jerusalem: the Perspectives of Anselm of Canterbury and Peter Abelard" Monday, Feb. 3.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 31, 2014) - Baylor University's Honors College will welcome scholarly biographer and Stockholm University professor of literature Bengt Jangfeldt Feb. 4 through 6.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 29, 2014) - Baylor University released a statement today and expressed its deepest sympathies for the family of a construction worker who died in an accident while working on the pedestrian bridge at McLane Stadium.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 28, 2014) - Baylor University will welcome the C-SPAN Bus to campus from 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Jan. 30, on Fifth Street outside the Bill Daniel Student Center.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 28, 2014) - As part of the 2014 Physics Colloquium Series, the Baylor University department of physics has invited Adam Kraus, Ph.D., to speak at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the Baylor Sciences Building Room E.125. Kraus, an assistant professor in the department of astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin, will be lecturing on giant planets caught at formation.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 28, 2014) - A large part of improving as a musician includes listening, which is why the Baylor School of Music has invited performers and lecturers to address students as part of the Lyceum Series.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 27, 2014) - Baylor University today announced a gift of $1.5 million from Billy and Elaine Williams of Naples, Fla., that will create the Williams Family Soccer and Olympic Sports Center, an on-campus, $3.3-million facility approved by Baylor's Board of Regents at its October 2013 meeting.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 24, 2014) - The Baylor Academy for Leader Development will host Bonnie Lesley, Ed.D., founder of Texas Kids Can't Wait, as she presents her topic, "Creating Equity in Education," Tuesday, Jan. 28.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 24, 2014) - Baylor University will operate its regular schedule today, as classes will be held and all offices are open.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 24, 2013) - What do you get when you mix a string quartet, a rock band and a theater performance troupe? eighth blackbird.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 24, 2014) - The Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion will welcome Mark Tooley, president of the Institute on Religion & Democracy, at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28, in the Cox Lecture Hall of Baylor's Armstrong Browning Library.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 22, 2014) - The Mayborn Museum Complex will open a new exhibit titled WEEBLES Coast to Coast on Saturday, Jan. 25. With help from Weebles characters, visitors will "travel" to each of the 50 states to learn about geography, history and culture.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 21, 2014) - Free Enterprise at the John F. Baugh Center in Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business will host Adam Kissel, former vice president for programs for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), as he presents his topic, "Free Speech and Double Standards in Higher Education" Wednesday, Jan. 22.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2014) - In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 20, organizations in Waco will be commemorating the life of the civil rights activist with many activities.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2014) - Faculty from the department of art in the Baylor College of Arts & Sciences will display their work in the 2014 Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition at the Martin Museum of Art starting Tuesday, Jan. 21.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2014) - In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Baylor University administrative offices will be closed and no classes will be held Monday, Jan. 20.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 15, 2013) - As part of its year-long lecture series, the Baylor Honors College will host Two Illustrated Lectures Friday, Jan. 17, with Alden Smith, Ph.D., professor of classics in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences, and Piergiacomo Petrioli, Ph.D., adjunct professor in the Italy Program at the University of Oregon.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 20, 2013) - Before they clash in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Baylor University and the University of Central Florida will join together and give back to their host communities in Arizona. On Dec. 31, members of the two university spirit squads will join with fans from both schools to pack meals at the St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance warehouse in Phoenix, while other members of the two spirit squads and mascots Bruiser and Knightro will visit Phoenix Children's Hospital.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 19, 2013) - Baylor University today announced a gift of $1 million from the Carlton Family Foundation, led by Bill and Pat Carlton of Little Rock, Ark., that will create the Carlton Family Foundation Dean's Board Room in the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 19, 2013) - Serving as the central on-campus resource for Fiesta Bowl and Big 12 Champion merchandise, the Baylor University Bookstore is opening a temporary Baylor Bowl Store on University Parks Drive, located on the Ferrell Center parking lot near Getterman Stadium. The 2,400-square-foot, glass enclosed pop-up store will open on Friday, Dec. 20.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 17, 2013) - Students who have fulfilled all degree requirements in their area of study will celebrate fall commencement on Saturday, Dec. 21, at Baylor University's Ferrell Center, 1900 S. University Parks Drive.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 20, 2013) - In observance of the Christmas and New Year's holidays, Baylor University will close from Dec. 24 through Jan. 1. Baylor University administrative offices will have adjusted hours during the break. Classes will begin Monday, Jan. 13 for the spring semester.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 12, 2013) - Baylor University today announced a gift of $1 million from Ed and Denise Crenshaw of Lakeland, Fla., that will create the Ed and Denise Crenshaw Student Commons within the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation. The $100 million, 275,000-square-foot Foster Campus will provide a new home for the University's nationally ranked Hankamer School of Business.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 6, 2013) -- Baylor University President and Chancellor Ken Starr will be in Rome to deliver a keynote address of "Christianity and Freedom: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives," an international scholars' conference, on Friday, Dec. 13, and Saturday, Dec. 14.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 6, 2013) - Baylor University will operate its regular schedule today, as classes will be held and all offices are open. Use caution while driving to campus. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 6 p.m. for Central Texas, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 4, 2013) -- Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary has received a $249,132 grant as part of Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc.'s Theological School Initiative to Address Economic Issues Facing Future Ministers.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 3, 2013) - Christmas is drawing near, and Baylor University won't let you forget it. Several events will be held on campus throughout December to bring out the Christmas spirit.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 2, 2013) - Baylor University will present its annual Christmas activities, including Christmas on Fifth Street, Christmas at Baylor and the annual carillon recital, beginning Monday, Dec. 2.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 25, 2013) -In observance of Thanksgiving, Baylor University administrative offices will be closed and no classes will be held Wednesday, Nov. 27, through Friday, Nov. 29.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 25, 2013) - Baylor University will operate its regular schedule today, as classes will be held and all offices are open.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 19, 2013) - Following favorable discussion, the Waco City Council tonight voted to establish the Baylor Waco Stadium Authority, a city-appointed board that will provide general oversight of non-Baylor events at the University's new $260 million stadium currently under construction on the banks of the Brazos River.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 18, 2013) - The end of the fall semester marks a culminating point for graduating Baylor art students: the BFA Senior Exhibition.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 15, 2013) - Baylor Theatre will open its production of "Shipwrecked! - An Entertainment! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself)" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, and run through Sunday, Nov. 24, in the Maybee Theatre of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 15, 2013) - The Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion and the department of classics will welcome Dirk Obbink, Ph.D., to lecture on ancient Biblical texts at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in the basement of the Armstrong Browning Library.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 15, 2013) - The Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM) of the American Chemical Society will welcome Donald Blake, Ph.D., and Stephen Fesik, Ph.D., to present the Gooch-Stephens and W. Dial Black Family Lectures Sunday, Nov. 17 and Monday, Nov. 18, at the Waco Convention Center.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 4, 2013) -- "The Day Kennedy Died," a Smithsonian Networks documentary, will be shown at Baylor University at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, as part of campus events commemorating the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 13, 2013) - Baylor's department of classics welcomes Harvard University's Richard F. Thomas as he presents his paper, "Transatlantic Virgil: Colonialism, Empire and the Poetics of Exile," from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 15.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) - The Baylor Keston Center for Religion, Politics and Society will present its first-ever symposium titled "Religion and Political Culture in Communist Countries: Past, Present and Future," Thursday, Nov. 14 and Friday, Nov. 15, in the Armstrong Browning Library.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 12, 2013) -- The C.S. Lewis 50th Memorial Conference honoring the late C.S. Lewis, Christian philosopher and author, will be co-sponsored by the Baylor University Honors Residential College and the departments of philosophy and religion at Baylor on Nov. 18, Nov. 22 and Nov. 23.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) -- Donna Johnson, author of Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir, will speak about coming of age as the daughter of a famous tent-revival evangelist during the American Studies Association of Texas Conference Nov. 14 to 16 at Baylor University.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) - The annual Roy B. Albaugh lecture, sponsored by Baylor's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, will welcome Charles Ramirez Berg, Ph.D., to speak about Latino stereotypes in film at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, in the SBC Theater of the Mayborn Museum Complex.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) - The Baylor University Libraries and the Academy for Teaching and Learning will co-sponsor a new luncheon series, the Education Showcase. Held throughout the year, these meetings will highlight exceptional faculty who will share transformational pedagogical strategies, reflect on the craft of teaching or relate their experiences using technology in education.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) - Baylor University will host the 17th annual Eugene Scassa Mock Organization of the American States (ESMOAS) program Nov. 14 through 16.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) - Christian rock band The Digital Age, along with special guests Luke Hicks and Manifest Music Company, will perform at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, in Barfield Drawing Room on the second floor of Baylor University's Bill Daniel Student Center, 1311 S. Fifth St.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) - Michael Parrish, Ph.D., the Linden G. Bowers Professor of American History in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences, will provide the culminating presentation of the Institute for Studies of Religion's fall programs on Faith and Freedom in the Lone Star State from 7 to 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 7, 2013) - In the world where social media, apps and Google lie at the tips of our fingers, huge, clunky manuscripts from the Biblical era are simply irrelevant. Right?

WACO, Texas (Nov. 8, 2013) - Is it really better to give than to receive? That question, along with many others, will be discussed at a lecture hosted by the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion and presented by Stephen Post, Ph.D., at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, in Kayser Auditorium of the Hankamer School of Business.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 8, 2013) - If you have ever wanted to know more about the Cold War, now is your chance. The department of history in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences will host the Cold War Film Festival Monday, Nov. 11, through Thursday, Nov. 14, in the Cox Lecture Hall of Armstrong Browning Library.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 6, 2013) - Baylor University will host the 2013 Pruit Symposium, "Marching to Zion: Celebrating and Preserving Black Sacred Music," on Friday Nov. 8 and Saturday Nov. 9 at George W. Truett Theological Seminary on the Baylor campus.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 5, 2013) - The George W. Truett Theological Seminary will welcome Roger Olson, Ph.D., to present a T.B. Maston Lecture entitled "Sin Boldly: Christian Ethics for a Broken World" at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the Paul W. Powell Chapel in Truett Seminary.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 5, 2013) - The Baylor Round Table will host its annual Thanksgiving Dinner honoring Baylor's international students and visiting scholars at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 11, in the Special Exhibit Room of the Mayborn Museum Complex, 1300 S. University Parks Drive.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 4, 2013) - Lawrence Brownlee, widely regarded as the most in-demand American tenor in the world in the bel canto repertoire, will present a Distinguished Artist Series recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in Jones Concert Hall, located within the Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 4, 2013) - The Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC) will welcome John Mather, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics, at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in the Baylor Sciences Building, D109.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 1, 2013) -Baylor University's Institute for Family Business will be honoring the 2013 Texas Family Business of the Year award winners and finalists at an awards banquet to be held 6:45 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4 in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center, 1311 S. Fifth Street.
The Awards Banquet starts at 6:45 in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill and Vera Daniels Student Center. The Family Business Forum begins at 3:00 p.m. in the White and Beckham Rooms of the Bill and Vera Daniels Student Center.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 1, 2013) - The Allbritton Art Institute at Baylor University welcomes internationally renowned sculptor Roxy Paine and acclaimed art critic Jason Edward Kaufman as they speak at its annual lecture on Tuesday Nov. 5, which features distinguished art historians and scholars from the United States and abroad.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 1, 2013) - The Baylor Opera Theatre appreciates a good ghost story, even after Halloween has come and gone. The company will present performances of Benjamin Britten's ghostly tale "The Turn of the Screw" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4 and 5 and 3 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Jones Theatre of Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Ave.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 31, 2013) -- "Barack Obama and the Veil of Transparency" will be the topic of a lecture at Baylor University on Friday by James Darsey, Ph.D., a professor of communication at Georgia State University.
The event, which will be free and open to the public, will be at 1 p.m. in Marrs McLean Science Building, Room 301, 1214 S. Fourth St.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 29, 2013) - As part of the Fall 2013 Distinguished Artist Series, the Baylor School of Music will welcome the Zagreb Saxophone Quartet in performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, in Roxy Grove Hall.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 28, 2013) -- "Kierkegaard: A Christian Thinker for Our Time?" will be the theme of the 2013 Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture, hosted by Baylor's Institute for Faith and Learning, on Thursday, Oct. 31, through Saturday, Nov. 2.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 28, 2013) -Lori Baker, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Baylor University, will speak at the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) Conference Oct. 29 through Nov. 1 at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 25, 2013) - Baylor's Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching program will feature its last finalist, Meera Chandrasekhar, Ph.D., in a lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 in the Baylor Science Building, room B110.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 25, 2013) - The Baylor Spiritual Life Center will host two Taize Prayer Services during the remainder of the semester. The first will be held Tuesday, Oct. 29 and the second Tuesday, Nov. 19 in the Spiritual Life Center Chapel.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 25, 2013) - The Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion welcomes Kim-Kwong Chan, Ph.D., executive secretary of the Hong Kong Christian Council, as he presents his lecture, "Surviving and Thriving in a Sea of Unbelief: The Christian Church in China," Monday, Oct. 28.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 25, 2013) - The Baylor University Hispanic Student Association (HSA), in conjunction with the Department of Multicultural Affairs, will host the annual Hispanic Heritage Banquet on Monday, Oct. 28, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 21, 2013) -- Melissa Rogers, Special Assistant to the President and executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and Audrey Rowe, administrator of Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) for the USDA in Washington, D.C., will be among the keynote speakers at the annual "Together at the Table: Hunger Summit" Oct. 24-25 at Baylor University

WACO, Texas (Oct. 22, 2013) - Baylor Libraries has invited Tom Phillips, retired Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, to speak on campus at 4 p.m. Oct. 23 in The Texas Collection library.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 21, 2013) - Baylor's department of religion has invited Donna M. Johnson, author of "Holy Ghost Girl," to speak about her autobiographical book at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in Bennett Auditorium.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 18, 2013) - At its annual Homecoming meeting today, the Baylor University Board of Regents approved construction of the new $99 million Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation that will house the University's nationally ranked Hankamer School of Business. The board also approved phase two of Baylor's on-campus track and field stadium, refurbishment plans of North Russell Hall and two new doctoral degree programs in higher education and mechanical engineering.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 18, 2013) - The Baylor Honors College has invited Robert M. McClelland, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, to speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in Barfield Drawing Room.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 17, 2013) - When discussing works of art, quilts are not the first thing that comes to mind. But for Ann Johnston, quilts are the core of her craft.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 17, 2013) - Baylor University's Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching program will feature its second of three finalists, Michael Salemi, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in a lecture on "Debt and Taxes" Monday, Oct. 21.