Baylor in the News – June 16-22, 2024
Noted researcher on death and dying, Candi Cann, Ph.D., discussed her time in South Korea as a Fulbright Scholar on the Baylor Connections podcast. (Robert Rogers/Baylor University).
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WACO, Texas (June 23, 2024) – Death and dying scholar Candi Cann, Ph.D., joins the Baylor Connections podcast to discuss her time in South Korea as a Fulbright Scholar, Baylor Theater professors work with Waco’s Young Festival Stage, and Black gospel music expert Robert F. Darden lends his expertise to the Louisville Story Program, among other news from leading Baylor researchers and faculty.
June 17, 2024
Baptist News Global: To refrains of ‘But the Bible,’ I respond, ‘But the women’
In this column, Mandy McMichael, Ph.D., associate director and J. David Slover Assistant Professor of Ministry Guidance at Baylor, writes that the “stories matter” of women who are discerning a call to ministry, training for ministry and already serving in ministry. She is building an oral history of Baptist Women in Ministry that will be housed at Baylor’s Institute for Oral History.
June 18, 2024
LEO Weekly: This Is How The Louisville Story Program Is Preserving The City's Gospel Music History
Robert F. Darden, Emeritus Professor and founder of the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program at Baylor, is quoted about the release of the Louisville Story Program’s box set, "I'm Glad About It: The Legacy of Gospel Music in Louisville, 1958–1981," that features 83 restored recordings of gospel music performances accompanied by a book that documents Louisville's legacy of Black gospel music.
KPFA-FM Letters and Politics: “John C. Calhoun: Defender of Racial Slavery & White Democracy
AUDIO: Robert Elder, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Baylor, discusses his book, Calhoun: American Heretic which examines the life and thought of one of the country’s most controversial historical figures, South Carolina Sen. John C. Calhoun.
June 19, 2024
The Dallas Morning News: Fine playing by winners of the Dallas Chamber Symphony’s International Piano Competition
Shijun Wang, D.M.A., assistant professor of piano at Baylor, was among three professors at Texas universities who served as jurors for the Dallas International Piano Competition, sponsored by the Dallas Chamber Symphony.
June 20, 2024
Waco Tribune-Herald: Puppets, music, imagination bring ‘James and the Giant Peach’ to life on Waco stage
Baylor Theatre professors Michael Sullivan, M.F.A., assistant professor of set design, and Guilherme Almeida, M.M., senior lecturer of musical theatre, continue their involvement in the Waco’s Young Festival Stage company, which is producing “James and the Giant Peach” with puppets, song, creative theatrics and a live orchestra. The company desires to introduce young audiences to well-performed, well-crafted theater.
June 21, 2024
Baylor Connections: Candi Cann
AUDIO: Candi Cann spent last year in South Korea after earning a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award. An assistant professor of religion in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core, Cann is a noted researcher on death and dying around the world. In this Baylor Connections, Cann takes listeners to South Korea and shares experiences from her time there, while further delving into her research and why she hopes to make it easier for people to discuss challenging topics like death and grief.
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