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October signifies Baylor University's celebration of Latino culture and contributions with special activities on campus during Hispanic Heritage Month, sponsored by the Hispanic Student Association (HSA) and other student organizations.

Ask any Baylor student from the last half century, and they will remember taking classes in Tidwell Bible Building, named for Dr. Josiah Blake Tidwell.

Three Baylor University researchers, one of the only interdisciplinary groups in the world investigating the engineering applications of time scale mathematics, have received a new research grant from the National Science Foundation to study dynamic equations on self-generating time domains.

Baylor University will soon add a new high performance computing cluster from Hewlett Packard that will further strengthen Baylor's research computing capabilities to address the growing demand for parallel computing resources.

Dr. Stephen Sloan has joined Baylor University as director of the Institute for Oral History and assistant professor in the history department. He began his new duties in August.

Baylor University admission services will host hundreds of prospective students and their parents during Fall Premiere on Saturday, Sept. 22.

Dr. Pamela Marcum, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Texas Christian University and current program scientist for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Kepler missions at NASA, will speak at 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 21, in room A236 of the Baylor Sciences Building on Baylor's campus.

Baylor University will recognize Constitution Day with a panel discussion dealing with Presidential Rhetoric and the Constitution. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, in room 116 of the Draper Academic Building on campus.

Baylor University Center for Jewish Studies will hold a Jewish holiday celebration, "Chanting the Days of Awe," in honor of the Jewish New Year and the Day of Atonement. The event will take place at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, in room 133 of the Marrs McLean Science Building on Baylor's campus.

Baylor University Student Activities will host its second service agency fair during Dr Pepper Hour from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18, in the McLane Student Life Center on Baylor's campus.

The Baylor University Theatre Arts department will debut its 2007-2008 season with Spinning into Butter, which will run at 7:30 p.m. from Tuesday, Sept. 18, through Saturday, Sept. 22, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, in the Mabee Theatre of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center on Baylor's campus.

Dr. Charles "Dick" Hurst, a retired physician and Baylor University graduate, will deliver a lecture about global missions from 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, in room 116 of the Draper Academic Building on Baylor's campus.

In a Monday conference call, the Baylor University Board of Regents set tuition and fees for 2008-09, while the university announced official fall enrollment numbers - including the second highest overall enrollment in university history - that show a continued strong demand for a Baylor education.

Dr. Dub Oliver, vice president for student life at Baylor University, announced today that the search committee charged with selecting Baylor's university chaplain has unanimously chosen Dr. Burt L. Burleson, a 1980 Baylor graduate and pastor of DaySpring Baptist Church in Waco, to serve in the position, effective Oct. 1.

In an effort to provide a unique "one stop shop" for potential industries, Baylor University and Technical State Technical College Waco have signed an agreement that makes TSTC one of the primary partners of the newly-created Baylor Advanced Research Institute, or BARI.

As Baylor University flies the United States and Texas flags at half-staff in remembrance of the sixth anniversary of 9/11, University Carillonneur Lynnette Geary will present a Memorial Recital at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, on the McLane Carillon in the tower of Pat Neff Hall.

Dr. Benjamin Kelley, dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University, has announced the appointment of Dr. Kenneth Van Treuren, professor of mechanical engineering, as associate dean of research and faculty development of the School.

Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business will conduct the third annual "RFID Integrated Supply Chains" Symposium, which will focus on the use of Radio Frequency Identification in supply chains. The Sept. 27-28 symposium, sponsored by Sloan Industry Studies, will feature professors from various universities discussing how RFID applications are changing the landscape of integrated supply chains, including the strategies and implementation used to accomplish this.

Baylor Law School has awarded two prestigious Leon Jaworski Scholarships to Ed Cloutman of Dallas and Amy Foster, a native of Wellington, Fla. The full-tuition scholarship, named for the Baylor Law alumnus who served as Special Prosecutor during the Watergate crisis, is awarded to incoming law students who have outstanding records in advocacy programs, such as debate, mock trial and moot court.

Before Baylor students moved into the new Brooks Village residential community on Aug. 15, members of the media took a behind-the-scenes tour of the 252,000 square feet, $42.8 million facility.

Together, they removed the graffiti scrawled on the walls of downtown Waco businesses. They cleared away debris from the flood waters of the Brazos River, vastly improving walking paths in a scenic part of the city. And they laid the foundation for their collective Baylor experience by framing a Habitat for Humanity house for a local family.

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

Jeremy Morse, a senior nursing student from Dallas, has placed fourth in the U.S.A National Mountain Bike Championships in Mt. Snow, V.T.

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 September include musicians, inspirational speakers and business professionals.

Baylor University welcomed more than 2,700 freshmen to campus over two days, Wednesday, Aug. 15, and Thursday, Aug. 16. A record-setting volunteer crew of more than 2,000 students, faculty, staff and community members moved the freshmen and all of their belongings into residence halls in less than 30 hours.

Longtime Baylor University supporter and Alumna Honoris Causa Eula Mae Baugh passed away Aug. 29 in San Antonio, Texas, at the age of 89. Baugh and her late husband, John F. Baugh, were ardent supporters of Baylor. From serving in volunteer and leadership roles for the university to generous financial support, the Baughs left an indelible impression on the University and the Texas Baptist community.

Baylor University's Martin Museum of Art will debut the exhibition of "Three Sculptors: Surls, Brosk, Tobolowsky" Tuesday, Sept. 4 on Baylor's campus. A lecture by one artist and a reception for all three artists will follow on Thursday, Sept. 27.

Jessica Hill, a Baylor University senior fashion design major from Charlotte, N.C., recently participated in a 10-week internship with fashion production agency [TC]2 this summer that allowed her to give her knowledge from the classroom a practical application.

Baylor University administrative offices will be closed and no classes will be held Monday, Sept. 3, as the university observes the Labor Day holiday.

Baylor Law School welcomed 72 new students Wednesday, Aug. 22, for three days of orientation that included talks by staff and faculty, lunch with Baylor law alumnus Harper Estes, president-elect of the State Bar of Texas, and social activities. Classes for all Baylor law students began Monday, Aug. 27.

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) has selected Shane Slowey, a junior University Scholar from Bryan, as one of its 50 Honors Fellows for 2007. The ISI is a national educational organization headquartered in Wilmington, Del., and each year its Honors Program selects the nation's most talented undergraduates to participate in a yearlong program of educational enrichment.

Baylor University's Academy for Leader Development and Civic Engagement will host U.S. Representative Chet Edwards, (D-17th District), at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, in Bennett Auditorium on the Baylor Campus.

Baylor Law Professor Jim Wren has been elected to serve as President-Elect of the National Board of Legal Specialty Certifications, the national board certifying organization for various legal specializations. The NBLSC, a nonprofit organization accredited by the American Bar Association, certifies attorneys as specialists in the areas of civil, criminal, family law trial advocacy, and social security disability advocates.

Baylor University students, faculty and staff from across the university will begin a groundbreaking interdisciplinary poverty studies program this fall that is designed to create a catalyst for social change around issues of poverty, civic engagement, and social and economic justice.

Dr. Truell W. Hyde, vice provost for research at Baylor University, has announced the appointment of Jim Kephart as director of program development for the newly created Baylor Advanced Research Institute, or BARI.

The Baylor Program on Prosocial Behavior, a unit within the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) has received a $400,000 grant from the Office on Violence Against Women in the U.S. Department of Justice to continue the National Domestic Violence Fatality Review Initiative (NDVFRI), a program to study domestic violence fatalities and assist agencies and communities in the prevention of domestic violence.

Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business was selected as one of 25 best schools for Entrepreneurship in the nation, according to Fortune Small Business's first-ever ranking of "America's Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs." In the Family Business category, Baylor was selected as one of the six best schools. The selections appear in the September 2007 issue of the magazine.

Dr. Mark Ellis, professor of Jewish Studies and director of the Center of Jewish Studies at Baylor University, will speak at a festival on the Jewish faith and the role it plays throughout the world on Aug. 24, in Gloucestershire, England. Ellis will speak to groups of 500-800 people during the three-day event.

They have different majors, follow different career paths and come from different backgrounds. But Baylor University students are united by a commitment to missions and a desire to demonstrate God's love throughout the world. This year Baylor offered more than 10 extended mission trip opportunities, challenging approximately 125 students to use their classroom studies to serve others.

In an event that will help instill in new students a dedication to service, more than a thousand Baylor University freshmen will participate in the "First Step" community service project at 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, in Downtown Waco and on Baylor's campus.

As Baylor University begins a new academic year, thousands of Baylor University students - including the highest-quality freshman class ever - are back on campus amid a lot of excitement - from the opening of Brooks Village to more national recognition for the substantial progress the university has made over the past five years.

The Texas Collection, the largest special collections library/archival research center in the library system at Baylor University, has been designated as the official university archive, President John M. Lilley announced today.

After the hustle and bustle of moving into residence halls, new Baylor University students will dive in to a weekend of activity designed to welcome them to campus and make them feel at home. Move-in Days will be held over two days, Wednesday and Thursday, with Welcome Week running Aug. 16-19. A full schedule of events will incorporate Baylor's community atmosphere into each activity.

Baylor University is encouraging its students, alumni, faculty and staff to wear their Baylor green and gold colors on Aug. 31, as the university participates in the nationwide "College Colors Day," sponsored by the Collegiate Licensing Co. (CLC)

Baylor University will confer degrees on nearly 500 graduates during summer commencement exercises at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, in the Ferrell Center on the Baylor campus.

For the first time, Baylor University will welcome more than 2,700 freshmen to campus over two days, Wednesday, Aug. 15, and Thursday, Aug. 16. Because of the addition of the new Brooks Village residential community, students will now be assigned a day and time to move to campus.

Bill Baker, senior lecturer in Arabic and Middle East studies at Baylor University, received an Honorary Certificate of Graduation from the Nazareth Baptist School (NBS), the only evangelical K-12 school in Israel, on June 2. Baker attended NBS elementary school in Nazareth during the 1950s, when his parents were Baptist missionaries for 10 years. He was not able to graduate from the school because of a mission field transfer that placed the family in Haifa, a distant Israeli city.

It might be between academic quarters, but Baylor Law School's Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center is a busy place this week. District and county attorneys from throughout Texas are attending courses at the Law School in advanced trial advocacy skills for felony prosecutors.

Dr. Thomas Kidd, assistant professor of history, has been named a Top Young Historian by the History News Network. Kidd is one of 20 young academics included on the list.

This fall, the Lifelong Learning program of the Baylor Alumni Association will offer "Great Decisions," a discussion-focused course that engages citizens in learning about the world.

The Baylor Alumni Association will present two awards during summer commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Ferrell Center. The Price Daniel Distinguished Public Service Award will be presented to the Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, while the non-profit organization Texas Baptist Men will receive the Abner V. McCall Humanitarian Award.

Dr. Bennie F.L Ward, distinguished professor of physics at Baylor University, has received an honorable mention in an international essay competition conducted by the Gravity Research Foundation.

Leah Jackson, associate dean of Baylor Law School, will discuss women in the legal profession during a conference held at Oxford University. Jackson will present "Women in Leadership Positions in the Legal Professions: Do They Face a Glass Ceiling or Clogged Pipeline, or Is It Now a Ceiling of Lifestyle Bubble?" on Monday, Aug. 6, at the Oxford Roundtable "Women's Rights and Leadership: Regaining the Momentum."

Baylor University's Habitat for Humanity chapter - the nation's first collegiate chapter of the non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry - will mark its 20th anniversary with Project Build Hope, a venture that will bring together incoming Baylor freshmen on a project like few before. More than 2,000 members of the Class of 2011 will lay the foundation for their Baylor experience together by framing a Habitat house on campus during Welcome Week.

Baylor University has received an Innovation Award from the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) for utilizing wind power and saving money at the same time.

Baylor University researchers have developed a new way to test the "heat" inside a habanero chili pepper. The relatively simple technique to analyze the active components in the pepper could provide quicker and more accurate information to the food preparation industry and to those wanting to utilize peppers for medical purposes, such as pain relief.

Eleven students from the Baylor University School of Social Work traveled to Dallas July 25 to hear Jim Wallis speak at the Texas Freedom Networks' Faith and Freedom Speaker Series. Wallis, president of Sojourners/Call to Renewal, is best known for his leadership in a faith-based social justice movement encouraging Christians to address poverty in new ways.

Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex will present award-winning American Indian performers Lowery Begay and Dallin Maybee as part of the summer programming complementing the "Wrapped in Tradition: The Chihuly Collection of American Indian Trade Blankets" exhibit. Begay and Maybee will perform traditional American Indian dances and engage visitors with their storytelling skills and flute performances July 28-29.

A Baylor University researcher has created the first experimental observation of molecular chaos, providing evidence that a widely accepted, yet unproven, assumption is indeed accurate.

Baylor Law School will hold its summer commencement exercises at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 28, in Jones Concert Hall at the Glennis McCrary Music Building on the Baylor University campus. William R. Trail, The Darrell L. Keith Professor of Law and Medicine Emeritus, will deliver the keynote address. Additionally, James Will Eidson, the highest ranking student in the graduating class, will deliver student remarks. Baylor President John M. Lilley also will participate in the program and will award juris doctor degrees to the 40 graduates.

Jack M. Thornton, a longtime Baylor University administrator who helped install the university's first punch-card computing system in the late 1950s and retired in 1998 as University Host, died July 21 in Waco after a battle with cancer. He was 76. Funeral services for Thornton will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, July 23, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. in Waco.

The Baylor University Board of Regents concluded its three-day July retreat on Friday, approving the formation of the Baylor Advanced Research Institute (BARI) and upgrading the medical humanities program, and announced Baylor's plans to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first Baptist churches with a year-long celebration beginning in fall 2008.

Buryl Red, a 1957 Baylor University church music graduate and world-renowned musical director of The CenturyMen, was honored with the Award for Exemplary Leadership in Church Music, given by Baylor's Center for Christian Music Studies during the 2007 Alleluia! Church Music Conference July 17-20 at Baylor.

Baylor University announced today an approximately $4 million gift from the estate of Allene Hubler that will establish an endowed chair, an endowed professorship and an endowed scholarship in the Ministry Guidance program within Baylor's department of religion.

More than 150 students from seven Waco ISD middle schools will be "stomping" around the Baylor University campus July 9-13 and again July 23-27, as they participate in Project S.T.O.M.P. (Summer Travels Opening Mathematical Possibilities), a Baylor and WISD initiative funded through the GEAR UP Waco grant.

Baylor University announced today a $1.2 million gift from the estate of John Reagan Harris of Center, Texas, that will establish the John Reagan Harris Endowed Scholarship Fund, as well as the John Reagan Harris Endowed Music Ministry Excellence Fund within the Baylor School of Music's Center for Christian Music Studies.

Jack Folmar, a former Baylor University trustee and regent designated an Alumnus Honoris Causa for his dedication to the university, died Monday, July 9, in Dallas. A memorial service for Folmar will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 13, at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas, with a reception immediately following.

Dr. David Garland, dean of Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary, has announced the appointment of Dr. Dennis Tucker, associate professor of Christian scripture, as associate dean of the seminary.

Dr. Ralph L. Lynn, one of Baylor University's legendary professors who challenged thousands of students, including best-selling authors, politicians, business leaders and faculty colleagues, to "Bear up nobly," has died. Lynn, professor emeritus of history, passed away July 10 in Waco at the age of 97. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 13, at First Baptist Church of Waco, 500 Webster.

On July 14, the Baylor Alumni Association will honor the 2007 members of the Torchbearers Society during a luncheon for Torchbearer members and directors of the association. The event will begin at noon at the Galloway Suite at Floyd Casey Stadium.

As one of the largest municipal parks in the country, Cameron Park in Waco encompasses dozens of different vegetative species that thousands of area residents enjoy every year. But little has been known about the environmental history of the 416-acre park, until now. Baylor University researchers have completed the first-ever comprehensive study of Cameron Park, analyzing the settlement patterns of the area and studying in-depth how the vegetative species have changed.

Dr. Sarah-Jane Murray, assistant professor in the Great Texts program of the Honors College at Baylor University, has been elected to membership into one of the leading medieval research communities in French academia. She is the first member invited from outside the French-speaking world.

Dr. Hans-Peter Roeser, director of the Institute of Space Systems at the University of Stuttgart in Germany, will be on Baylor University campus Friday, June 29, to provide insight into Stuttgart's small satellite programs, payloads, and the associated ground downlink operations and data analysis.

Baylor University is among the most productive research universities in the nation, according to a new study released by Academic Analytics, a corporation based in Stony Brook, N.Y. that measures faculty scholarly productivity. Baylor also placed in the top 10 among large research universities in Texas, defined as institutions with 15 or more Ph.D. programs across multiple disciplines.

Baylor President John M. Lilley today released a statement on the contractual relationship with the Baylor Alumni Association.

A physical monument is in place for the first time in Baylor University history to honor the memory of 10 students, known as the Immortal Ten, who died in a tragic accident near Austin more than 80 years ago.

The organ is not a "thing of the past," according to Baylor University Organist-in-Residence Joyce Jones, especially when Baylor's upcoming "Pipe Organ Encounter" for church organists and adult pianists is filled yet again to capacity.

Baylor University has added another Fulbright Scholar to its growing number of students who have received the prestigious honor. Joy McCullough, a recent University Scholar graduate from Los Alamos, N.M., will study aquatic toxicology in Finland beginning this fall on a Fulbright Scholarship.

Baylor University President John M. Lilley released the following statement today about the passing of Ruth Graham, wife of renowned evangelist Billy Graham and mother of Baylor regent Anne Graham Lotz.

Baylor Law alumna Claudine Jackson has been named the Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year by the Texas Young Lawyers Association. Jackson will receive her award next week during the State Bar of Texas' annual meeting in San Antonio.

The Baylor University School of Music will present its annual Summer Piano Institute from June 17-23 in the Jesse H. Jones Theatre in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center on the Baylor campus. This year's institute will host a total of 32 high school piano students from Texas, Oklahoma and Washington.

Dr. Suzy Weems, professor and chair of the department of family and consumer sciences at Baylor University, joined more than 50 other professors and graduate students from university nutrition and food science departments around the country at the inaugural National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) intensive practicum on dietary supplement research.

Representatives from Waco's Scottish Rite presented a $66,000 check Friday, June 15, to Baylor's Camp Success, marking one of the largest amounts given to the literacy program in a single year.

Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex will once again incorporate cell phone audio tours into their summer exhibit Wrapped in Tradition: The Chihuly Collection of American Indian Trade Blankets to enhance the overall exhibit experience. The Mayborn was one of the first museums in Texas to use this technology last summer, and the results were so positive, they are bringing it back again.

Love letters written by a Civil War soldier in the early 1860s have crossed into the digital age, thanks to a local physician and the Baylor University Electronic Library.

A $250,000 gift from Don A. and Ruth Vernon Buchholz of Dallas brought Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing Simulator Fund halfway to its goal - and comes with a challenge for other School of Nursing supporters to fully fund the $500,000 project.

Longtime Baylor University supporter Anna Elizabeth Sturgis Jeanes died at her home in Waco on June 6. Jeanes was a beloved wife, friend, community leader and member of the Baylor family.

Nationally prominent experts in medical and health care ethics with credentials in law, medicine, philosophy and theology will be among the speakers during Baylor University's annual Medical Ethics Conference on June 8-9 at George W. Truett Theological Seminary on the Baylor campus.

Baylor Law alumna Jerry Clements has been named one of the "50 Most Influential Women in Law" in America by the National Law Journal. In its May 28, 2007 issue, the NLJ said its team of editors looked for women with "the demonstrated power to change the legal landscape, shape public affairs, launch industries and do big things." Clements was one of only two Texas attorneys named to the list.

Dr. Michael Frisch, a professor of psychology at Baylor University and a nationally recognized authority in the emerging field of positive psychology, will participate in an international conference focusing on using the arts to promote a person's quality of life.

Following services this morning at First Baptist Church of Waco for Baylor University President Emeritus Herbert H. Reynolds, the funeral procession of vehicles will proceed during the noon hour through the Baylor campus. The procession will travel along on Fifth Street to Oakwood Cemetery.

The family of Herbert H. Reynolds, President Emeritus of Baylor University who passed away unexpectedly on May 25 in New Mexico, has announced arrangements associated with Dr. Reynolds' funeral and memorial in his honor.

The Texas House of Representatives honored Baylor University President Emeritus Herbert H. Reynolds on Saturday, May 26, with a memorial resolution, HCR 277 by Rep. Jim Dunnam (BBA '86, JD '87). Both the House and Senate then adjourned in Reynolds' honor.

Baylor University's Dr. Kent Gilbreath has been selected as a Piper Professor of 2007, a prestigious honor presented annually to the top Texas professors by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation. Gilbreath is a professor of economics and holder of The E.M. and Thelma Stevens Chair of Private Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the Hankamer School of Business.

The opening concert of Baylor University's 2007 Summer Choral School will be presented at Armstrong Browning Library at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 4, in the McLean Foyer of Meditation.

Dr. Carlos William Moore, The Edwin W. Streetman Professor of Marketing at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, passed away on Sunday, May 27, in Emmett, Texas. He was 64. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home in Corsicana.

Baylor University President Emeritus Herbert H. Reynolds, the 11th president of Texas' oldest continuously operating university, died suddenly May 25 in Angel Fire, N.M. He was 77.

As the 2007 spring semester came to an end, Baylor University's Student Government leaders reflected on their accomplishments of the past year, focusing on what the achievements meant to them personally and how they were able to impact others through their daily lives.

Baylor University's Institute of Biomedical Studies has signed a two-year inter-institutional agreement with one of the nation's leading cancer research centers, the Mary Crowley Medical Research Center (MCMRC) in Dallas, which will allow Baylor graduate students to conduct their graduate studies in MCMRC labs.

The Baylor University College Bowl team's third trip to the national tournament in four years ended with their best finish ever--placement in the final four. The team competed May 4-6 at the University of Southern California, with other top teams from across the nation.