News

The Tunnel of Oppression, an interactive activity designed to educate the Baylor University community about different forms of oppression, will take place from 6 to 10 p.m. on March 3-4 in the Bill Daniel Student Center on Baylor's campus. The tunnel is sponsored by the office of Campus Living and Learning.

Baylor University's School of Music is hosting the Forum on Music and Christian Scholarship, an event designed to explore the connection between music and faith, Friday, Feb. 29 through Saturday, March 1, at Armstrong Browning Library.

Baylor University's department of University Ministries sponsors chapel in Waco Hall on Baylor's campus each Monday and Wednesday at 10 and 11 a.m. Guests for October include musicians, inspirational speakers and pastors.

Climbing two places, Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business advanced to the 36th spot in BusinessWeek's "Best Undergraduate B-Schools" 2008 rankings. One of only three Big 12 schools to be included in the top 50 list, Baylor outscored all other Big 12 schools in the publication's measurements of academic quality and faculty/student ratio. In addition, BusinessWeek reports that the quality of teaching at Baylor's Business School earned a grade of "A" from students, as did its facilities and services.

Dr. Byron Johnson and Dr. Rodney Stark, co-directors of the Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) at Baylor University, have announced the appointment of Dr. F. Carson Mencken, professor of sociology, as director of research for the Institute.

Baylor University's department of history will host the semi-annual Emmy Parrish Lecture in American Studies featuring Dr. Gary W. Gallagher, professor of history at the University of Virginia, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in room 127 of the Baylor Law School.

The People's Law School at Baylor University will return for a third year from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Saturday, March 1. Hosted by Baylor Law School, the one-day, free event is designed to make the law "user friendly" and to educate members of the community about their legal rights.

Baylor University's Academy for Leader Development and Civic Engagement will host Dr. Roy Jones, lecturer and project director for the Eugene T. Moore School of Education's "Call Me MISTER" program at Clemson University, from 6-7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, in Kayser Auditorium on Baylor's campus. Jones will discuss "Leadership and Contemporary Social Issues."

With the Texas Presidential Primary on March 4, Baylor has several faculty experts who are available to speak on election-related issues, including the political attitudes of evangelical Christians, Texas as a key state for candidates, the economy's effect on voting, the War in Iraq as an election issue, and religion, race and gender in American politics.

Baylor University students, faculty and staff are working together to provide relief aid to Union University in Jackson, Tenn., after the campus was devastated two weeks ago by a powerful tornado. Student Activities and University Ministries departments are hosting a "United for Union" gift card drive that has been extended to Friday, March 7, at locations throughout campus to help Union students affected by the tornado meet their immediate needs.

Baylor University Libraries and Information Technology Services have unveiled "TestDrive," a new feature which allows Baylor students, faculty and staff to test some of the latest technologies.

Dr. Donald Worster, the Joyce and Elizabeth Hall professor of U.S. history at the University of Kansas, will deliver the 30th annual Charles Edmondson Historical Lectures at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, and Friday, Feb. 22, in room 100 of Morrison Hall on the Baylor University campus. The theme of the series is "A Biographical Perspective on Environmental History."

Dr. Christian van Gorder, assistant professor of religion at Baylor University, will discuss "Muslim and Christian Riots in Nigeria, 1980-the present," from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in Draper 116 on Baylor's campus.

The Baylor University Association of Black Students (ABS) will host the 21st annual Black Heritage Banquet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, on the fifth floor of the Cashion Academic Center in Baylor's Hankamer School of Business. The banquet will feature noted high school basketball coach Ken Carter as the guest speaker.

Baylor law students Sarah LaCour and Stacy Villescas won first place in the American Bar Association's Client Counseling regional competition, held Feb. 16 at Baylor Law School. The team will advance to the national competition, which will be held March 8-9 at Pace University School of Law in White Plains, N.Y.

Baylor University's theatre arts department will present the American musical, "Bye Bye Birdie," at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21-23 and March 1, and at 2 p.m. Feb. 24 and March 1-2, in Jones Theater at the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center.

For diabetics, the daily routine of pricking their finger to check blood-sugar levels can be an annoying and inconvenient task. But now, a Baylor University researcher has developed an electromagnetic sensor that could provide diabetics a noninvasive alternative to reading their blood glucose levels, and new research shows the sensor works and is effective.

The 55th annual All University Sing competition, a Baylor University tradition that allows student organizations to showcase their musical talents and dancing skills, will take the stage Feb. 21-23 and Feb. 28-March 1. Each performance will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Waco Hall.

Best-selling author and scholar Peter Lillback will bring to Baylor University his examination of one of the most debated "invisible" walls in human history - the "wall" of separation between church and state in America - when the author of Wall of Misconception speaks at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the SBC Theatre at Baylor's Mayborn Museum Complex. Lillback's lecture, which is free and open to the public, is presented by the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor.

Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary will install Dr. Hulitt Gloer as the inaugural David E. Garland Chair of Preaching, during a special chapel service at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the seminary's Paul W. Powell Chapel. The service will be followed by a reception in the Truett narthex.

Baylor University will host several events this spring in conjunction with the "One Book, One Waco" community-wide reading program, part of a larger nationally recognized movement that encourages the pursuit of education and literacy.

The Baylor Law School mock trial team continued its quest for a national championship by winning the regional tournament of the National Trial Competition, sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL). The regional competition, held in Lubbock, featured 22 teams from eight Texas law schools, as well as three law schools in Louisiana.

Several Baylor University departments and student organizations will host a kick-off event for the inaugural All University Relay For Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, from 3 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12, during Dr Pepper Hour in the Barfield Drawing Room in the Bill Daniel Student Center.

Some of the great orations in African-American history will be recreated Feb. 18 at Baylor Law School, when Dr. Ernest Tutt performs a dramatic reenactment of the speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. The event, held in conjunction with Black History Month, will be held at 3:30 p.m. in room 127 at the law school.

Baylor University's Center for Jewish Studies, Philosophy Club and Institute for Faith and Learning are sponsoring a presentation and discussion of war and Christianity titled, "Being Christian in a Nation at War...What Are We to Say?" at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in the Heschel room in the Marrs McLean Science Building.

The 75-member Men's Glee Club from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, in Jones Concert Hall, located in the Glennis McCrary Music Building on the campus of Baylor University.

In an era when political campaigning is highly driven by television and the Internet, the tangible objects of past presidential elections - the buttons, bumper stickers, pennants and even the occasional necktie - remind Americans of a time when these items were nearly all candidates had to get their name and message to the people and get the vote. In the midst of this year's presidential election, The Baylor Collections of Political Materials (BCPM) has opened a new exhibit - "RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE" - that features an extensive collection of campaign materials from past presidential elections.

Dr. Bill Petty teaches more than numbers in his entrepreneurial finance course. The professor of finance and The W.W. Caruth Chair of Entrepreneurship, Petty has received the national Entrepreneurship Teacher of the Year award from the Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence, a nonprofit organization that trains and inspires entrepreneur-teachers to assist aspiring entrepreneurs of the future.

Baylor University's Board of Regents today approved the construction of the $1.3 million Carlile Geology Research Building, which will be built adjacent to the Baylor Sciences Building. Regents today also approved a new research institute and two doctoral degree programs, as the university continues to add to its research infrastructure.

The fourth annual Battle on the Burning Sands Step Show, hosted by the Baylor Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, in Waco Hall on the Baylor University campus.

The seventh annual Baylor University Sacred Harp sing will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, in the Piper Great Hall of George W. Truett Theological Seminary.

Baylor University's School of Music will welcome organists from across the country for its 14th annual Midwinter Organ Conference from Feb. 10- 12, in the Glennis McCrary Music Building, Roxy Grove Hall-Recital Hall II and the George W. Truett Theological Seminary.

Melissa Essary, formerly professor of law at Baylor Law School and currently dean of the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University, will deliver the keynote address at Baylor Law School's commencement exercises at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Waco Hall. Baylor President John M. Lilley also will participate in the program and will award juris doctor degrees to 31 graduates.

Dr. Lori Baker, assistant professor in the department of anthropology, forensic science and archaeology at Baylor University, will discuss "U.S. Illegal Immigration: Death and the American Dream," from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in Draper 116 on Baylor's campus.

Baylor University has enrolled a total of 13,289 students for the spring 2008 semester, with improved retention rates for all undergraduate student groups, according to official 12th-day enrollment statistics compiled by the Office of Institutional Research and Testing (IRT).

Baylor University's department of history will host its inaugural lecture to celebrate Black History Month from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, in Kayser Auditorium in Baylor's Hankamer School of Business. The lecture, titled "Be Real Black for Me: The Cultural Politics of Black Power," will feature guest speaker Waldo Martin of the University of California, Berkeley.

Edwin P. Horner, emeritus professor of law and an icon at Baylor Law School, died Friday, Feb. 1, at his home in Waco. He was 92. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, at Lakewood Christian Church, 6509 Bosque Blvd. in Waco.

Baylor University's department of University Ministries sponsors chapel in Waco Hall on Baylor's campus each Monday and Wednesday at 10 and 11 a.m. Guests for February include musicians, authors and inspirational speakers.

Seventy-two Baylor University students recently were selected for membership in the nationally respected honors program, Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. The Who's Who award is conferred by more than 2,000 schools across the nation.

Baylor University alumna and former Baylor First Lady Mary Russell McCall was presented with one of the university's most distinguished awards - the Baylor University Founders Medallion - during the Jan. 28 Founders Day ceremony in Waco Hall. Established in 1969, the Founders Medal is reserved for men and women whose service and contributions have been unusually significant to the life and future of the university.

Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary and the Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching will host ministers and seminarians from around the country for the Winter Pastors' School on Feb. 4-6 on the Baylor campus. This year's conference will feature Dr. Calvin Miller, professor of preaching and pastoral ministry at Beeson Divinity School at Samford University and author of more than 40 books of popular theology and inspiration. Music will be led by Dove Award-winning singer/songwriter Kyle Matthews.

The Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research (CASPER) at Baylor University will welcome seminar speakers this semester on Fridays at 2 p.m. in room A236 of the Baylor Sciences Building on the Baylor campus.

Baylor University will join more than 1,000 other universities across the country in participating in Focus the Nation, the largest "teach-in" in U.S. history that hopes to prepare students to become leaders in one of the largest environmental challenges any generation has faced - global warming.

The December 2007 edition of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion - widely recognized as the top journal publishing research at the intersection of religion and social science - features a special research symposium dedicated to the first wave of the groundbreaking Baylor Religion Survey.

The Baylor University School of Music will present a variety of music experts including historians, conductors, musicologists, professors and musicians during the spring semester as a part of the Lyceum Concert Series beginning Monday, Jan. 28.

Baylor University's School of Music welcomes the return of mezzo-soprano Joan Morris and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and pianist William Bolcom in its Distinguished Artist Series at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, in Roxy Grove Hall.

Renowned forensic scientists will discuss their experiences and unveil mysteries hidden within bones during the "Forensic Forum: Real Science...Real Experts" to be held Jan. 24-26 at the Mayborn Museum Complex on the Baylor University campus. The lecture series is sponsored by the Mayborn Museum, in conjunction with Baylor's department of anthropology, forensic science and archaeology. The forum complements the Mayborn Museum's current traveling exhibit, "Bones: An Exhibit Inside You?," which is featured at the museum through Feb. 17.

Baylor University's

Baylor University's department of University Ministries sponsors chapel in Waco Hall on Baylor's campus each Monday and Wednesday at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Guests for January include inspirational speakers, authors and pastors.

Dr. Frank Anthony Thomas, author and pastor in Memphis, Tenn., will present a lecture titled "Where Do We Go From Here?" as a part of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration hosted by the Association of Black Students at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 23, in Miller Chapel on Baylor's campus.

Ibrahim Simaan, a liaison with Christian communities in northern Israel appointed by the Israeli government Ministry of Religious Affairs, will share a personal account of living as a Palestinian Christian from Nazareth in his lecture, "Palestinian Christians in a Land of Conflict and Promise," as a part of the Global Issues Lecture Series from 4-5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, in room 116 of the Draper Academic Building on Baylor campus.

Dr. William Andrew Richard (Dick) Widner, professor emeritus of biology at Baylor University, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, in Houston. He was 86. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, in Waco at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel, with Dr. Glenn Hilburn officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey, 6101 Bosque Blvd.

Baylor University administrative offices will be closed and no classes will be held Monday, Jan. 21, in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Baylor University has named Dr. Stephen D. Davis, Distinguished Professor of Biology at Pepperdine University, as the 2008 recipient of the

Baylor University will hold a memorial service for Baylor freshman Bethany Perales at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, in Miller Chapel on the Baylor campus.

Justin Kralemann, a sophomore biology major from Chesterfield, Mo., and ONE Chapter leader at Baylor University, joined more than 120 of the top student activists from U.S. colleges and universities in Washington, D.C., for the first-ever ONE student summit. The summit from Jan. 2-5 offered students the opportunity to meet some of the political and policy figures who have led the fight against extreme poverty and disease.

A new $145,000 grant just received from the National Science Foundation will allow one of Baylor University's newly established Engaged Learning Groups to take a giant step forward.

Kathleen White, former commissioner and chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, will be the featured speaker at Baylor Law School's annual Environmental Law Forum. The event will take place at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, in room 127 of the Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center.

The Baylor Alumni Association will bestow the Distinguished Alumni Award upon five Baylor graduates - Steven Browning, Virginia Cannaday DuPuy, Mark Hurd, Dr. James Shelhamer and Abelardo Valdez - at a black-tie banquet at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, in the Cashion Academic Center on the Baylor campus. Presented annually since 1965, the prestigious award has honored governors and scientists, artists and denominational leaders, and educators and entrepreneurs.

For the second consecutive year, a Baylor University professor has been prominently recognized with the New Scholars Achievement Award from the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, which includes all major graduate schools in 17 states and the District of Columbia.

Baylor University is mourning the loss of a student over the Christmas break. Bethany Jordan Perales, a freshman pre-business major from San Antonio and a member of the Leadership Academy at Baylor, died Dec. 27 from injuries sustained in an auto accident near Amarillo.

Baylor University is mourning the deaths over the Christmas break of a staff member in the chemistry and physics departments and a retired professor in the School of Education.

Baylor University will welcome several distinguished speakers and performers to campus this spring. Below is a list of the lectures, conferences, symposia and performances that will be held during the spring semester at Baylor.

Baylor University offices and campus facilities will vary their regular operating hours during the Christmas and New Year's holidays. University administrative offices, with the exception of the development office and other essential services, will be closed for the Christmas break Dec. 22-Jan. 1.

When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling Monday, Dec. 10, in the case of Kimbrough v. United States - effectively giving more sentencing power to federal judges in cocaine cases - Baylor Law Professor Mark Osler, Baylor law student Matt Acosta and Baylor law graduate Dustin Benham were overjoyed and felt some amount of vindication.

The Baylor Alumni Association will present the Abner V. McCall Religious Liberty Award to Congressman Chet Edwards, during Baylor University's winter commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Ferrell Center. The award honors alumni or friends of the university who, by their lives and actions, have exemplified the courage and dedication of the late Baylor President Abner V. McCall to the belief in and commitment to religious liberty.

Nearly 800 Baylor University students will participate in commencement exercises at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, in the Ferrell Center.

Dr. George Gawrych, associate professor of history at Baylor University, recently was invited to give a lecture in Turkey about a prominent Turkish historical figure. Gawrych presented his lecture, "Ataturk as a Political and Military Genius," Nov. 9 in Ankara, Turkey.

While climate change has been an emerging topic of interest to the world community, little scientific data exists on the vulnerability and resilience of households to climate-related "shocks" and events like hurricanes and prolonged drought. But a Baylor University researcher has received more than $235,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to start a study that looks at coastal communities and how they react to environmental stresses.

Baylor University's accounting program continues to excel according to statistics recently released by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) for Candidate Performance on the Uniform CPA Examination. Referring to the 2006 CPA exam for first-time pass rates, Baylor earned top honors in the following categories:

The Texas Supreme Court convened Dec. 6 at Baylor Law School for the third time in the court's modern history. Before the nine Justices heard arguments in two cases, Baylor Law School Dean Brad Toben and others paid tribute to the life and career of the late Texas Supreme Court Justice and former Baylor Law School Dean Charles W. Barrow, who died June 25, 2006.

The Texas Supreme Court will convene in the Jim Kronzer Appellate Advocacy Courtroom at Baylor University's Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center, the home of Baylor Law School, at 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6. During their third visit to Baylor, the court will hear arguments in two cases. Prior to the arguments, Baylor will remember the late Hon. Charles Wallace Barrow, former Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1977-84) and former dean of Baylor Law School (1984-91).

Dr. K. Fred Curtis, The C.G. Strickland Professor of Education and professor of curriculum and instruction for more than 30 years in Baylor University's School of Education, died Nov. 29 in Waco. He was 68. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 800 N. New Rd.

Dr. Mary Brucker, a professor of nursing at Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas, has received the Recognition Award by the National Perinatal Association for her individual contribution to the field of maternal and child health.

With Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas located nearly 100 miles from Baylor's main Waco campus, providing a high speed optical network for education and research proved to be a challenge for Baylor and its nursing school. But thanks to a timely collaboration between Baylor, Texas A&M-Health Sciences Center, Baylor University Medical Center and the Lonestar Education and Research Network (LEARN), Baylor has switched the School of Nursing to a new computer network.

Baylor University's Center for Aquatic Systems Research (CRASR) and the City of Waco paired recently with Waco ISD to help local middle school students test the water quality from streams, rivers and lakes near their schools during World Water Monitoring Day.

Funeral services have been scheduled for Baylor University senior Megan M. Small, who died Nov. 25 in an automobile accident in Robertson County. Services for Megan will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, at Jersey Village Baptist Church, 16518 Jersey Dr., in Jersey Village, northwest of Houston.

A campus memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, in remembrance of Baylor sophomore Kate Bronstein, who died Nov. 14 from injuries in an automobile accident on Nov. 9. The memorial service will be held in The McCall Chapel located in the Stacy Riddle Forum.

Baylor University's Class of 2008 represents students from different backgrounds, majors, organizations and ambitions. However, these students are united by more than a common graduation year, as more than 84 percent of Baylor students receive financial aid of some kind to attend Baylor. Starting this year, Baylor's senior class gift will establish and support an endowed scholarship fund that will allow more students to experience Baylor, thanks to Baylor students who went before them.

Transformed into a winter wonderland piled high with gifts, the McLane Student Life Center on Baylor's campus will host Santa and Mrs. Claus as they greet Waco children in the gym from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Nov. 30. The 15th annual Santa's Workshop will be co-sponsored by Aramark and Baylor's Physical Plant, Scholastic Books and W Promotions.

Baylor University's theatre arts department will present Arthur Miller's American classic, "All My Sons," at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27 through Dec. 1 and at 2 p.m. Dec. 2 in the Jones Theater in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center on Baylor's campus.

A village in central Mongolia suffering from extensive water and environmental contamination may soon see better days ahead thanks to the work of Baylor University researchers.

The Baylor University family is mourning the death of a student over the Thanksgiving break. Megan M. Small, a senior biochemistry major from Houston, died Sunday night in an automobile accident on Highway 6, just north of Calvert in Robertson County. Funeral services are pending.

Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, Baylor University will not hold classes and will close administrative offices Wednesday, Nov. 21, through Sunday, Nov. 25, while other university facilities will modify their hours.

Baylor University Student Activities and the Division of Student Life will host the annual Christmas on Fifth Street festivities at Baylor from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Burleson Quadrangle and the Bill Daniel Student Center.

Funeral services for Baylor University student Kate Bronstein will be held at 11:45 a.m. Monday, Nov. 19, at Spring Baptist Church, 1027 Spring Cypress Rd., Spring, Texas 77373. Kate passed away Wednesday from injuries she sustained in a car accident last Friday. She was a sophomore from Houston double majoring in art history and international studies.

The Baylor University family is mourning the loss of one of our students. Kate Bronstein, a sophomore art history and international studies double major from Houston, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, from injuries she sustained in a car accident last Friday near College Station. Please join in praying for Kate's family and friends at this very difficult time.

Dr. J. Christopher Soper, professor of political science at Pepperdine University, will deliver a lecture titled "Muslims in Europe: Singing God's Song in a Strange Land" as a part of the annual Hugh and Beverly Wamble Lecture on Religious Liberty from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, in room 116 of the Draper Academic Building. The event, which is hosted by the J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, is free and open to the public.

Laura Dobbins, a Baylor University graduate student from Knoxville, Tenn. has received the EA/Jeff Black Award given by the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), a nonprofit, worldwide professional society.

After nearly a decade in the making, the 9-foot-tall, 1,200-pound Pyfer bear sculpture has a new home in front of Baylor University's McLane Student Life Center. The bronze sculpture, created by Dr. Douglas W. Crow, professor of German and sculptor-in-residence at Baylor, and funded through a generous gift by Carol (Trice) and John F. Pyfer of Lancaster, Pa., was installed Nov. 12 in the island circle in front of the SLC.

The Baylor University student publications department won several awards at the 7th annual Baptist Press Collegiate Journalism Conference held in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 11-13. The Baylor Lariat, Round Up yearbook and Focus magazine were all honored at the "Excellence in Journalism" themed event, which celebrated those with a commitment to both their faith and their journalistic work.

Baylor University interior design students earned first and second place awards at the Texas Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Student Design Competition on Saturday, Oct. 27, in Dallas.

Baylor University announced today a $5 million gift from Clifton and Betsy Robinson of Waco that will provide the financial means for some of the nation's highest achieving high school students to obtain a top education at Baylor.

The Baylor Amateur Radio Club, and anyone else who might like to discover what amateur radio is like, will be participating in the "November Sweepstakes," a contest where American and Canadian radio amateurs try to contact as many other amateurs in the two countries as possible.

Baylor University's Allbritton Art Institute will sponsor a one-man play as part of "Picassofest" activities at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, in room 149 of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center.

Baylor University's Institute for Family Business will honor outstanding businesses during the 18th Annual Texas Family Business of the Year Awards Banquet on Thursday, Nov. 15, in Barfield Drawing Room at the Bill Daniel Student Center. The program recognizes firms whose families demonstrate a commitment to each other and to business continuity, and who are responsive to the needs of their employees, communities and industries.

Baylor University's biannual day of service, Steppin' Out, will take place Saturday, Nov. 10, from noon to 6 p.m. at various locations throughout the Waco community.

More than 800 Boy Scouts, scoutmasters and merit badge counselors from across Central Texas will be on the Baylor University campus Saturday morning to participate in the Heart O' Texas Merit Badge College.

The Asian Students Association will host its seventh annual Asian Fest and third annual "Pandamonium" culture show at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, and 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9 on the Baylor campus.

Baylor University's Model Organization of American States team brought home several awards while competing with other 15 universities from Texas and Mexico at the World Affairs Council of San Antonio Model Organization of American States Competition held Nov. 1-3 at St. Mary's University. This was the 11th consecutive year that Baylor competed in the conference that simulates the activities of the OAS and its committees by allowing participants to assume the roles of diplomatic representatives to the OAS.