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Baylor University will hold its annual Thanksgiving Worship Service at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in the Paul Powell Chapel at George W. Truett Theological Seminary.

Baylor University will observe the Thanksgiving holidays Nov. 27 through Dec. 1.

After a comprehensive national search, Baylor University President Robert B. Sloan Jr. today announced the appointment of Dr. David Lyle Jeffrey, Distinguished Professor of Literature and Humanities, as provost and vice president for academic affairs, effective June 1, 2003.
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Before the gridiron action started Saturday at Baylor's game with the Oklahoma Sooners, fans in the stands were treated to the sight of a four-plane formation flyover, led by a former Baylor baseball player turned Air Force officer.

The City of Waco, Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce and the John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship at Baylor University will honor graduates of the fall 2002 FastTrac NewVenture program at a graduation ceremony that will be held at 6 p.m. Dec. 5 in the Hankamer School of Business.

Baylor University's Model Organization of American States team captured seven awards, including Distinguished Delegation and Leadership of the Model, at the Model Organization of American States Conference held Nov. 7-11 at St. Mary's University in San Antonio.

Baylor University's Model United Nations team received the honorable mention award (second place) at the University of Pennsylvania Ivy League Model United Nations conference, which was held Nov. 6-11 in Philadelphia.

Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry, both Baylor University alumni, will share the powerful story of their imprisonment last year in Afghanistan during Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, in Waco Hall.

Members of the Baylor University music faculty will present a chamber music concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov, 15. in Meadows Recital Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.

After several weeks of rainfall, mid-November brings bright sunlight and blazing fall colors to the Baylor campus.

Amid the sounds of children's voices, a limited edition replica of the Liberty Bell was formally presented to Baylor University's Ollie Mae Moen Discovery Center by members of Guaranty Bank, formerly First Federal Savings, on Nov. 8.

Former CNN anchor Andria Hall, now host of "America at Worship" for Faith and Values Media, will speak to Baylor University students about faith, media and personal fortitude during Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, in Waco Hall. Chapel also can viewed live on the web at http://www.baylor.edu/um.

Baylor University students, faculty and staff will participate in the 5K Heart Walk, benefiting the McLennan County American Heart Association (AHA), on Saturday, Nov. 16, at Getterman Softball Stadium on the Baylor University campus.

In honor of International Week, Baylor University's office of international programs will host "Food Fest," one of the university's most popular events, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, in Barfield Drawing Room in the Bill Daniel Student Center.

Baylor University welcomed alumni and friends to campus during the annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Nov. 11-12 in Waco.

Baylor University will receive a $175,000 National Science Foundation grant in January 2003 for the advancement of Internet2 on campus. Baylor will provide more than $700,000 in matching funds to expand high-speed networking and Internet connectivity.

Dr. Charles Wade, executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, focused on the cooperation of Texas Baptist churches in mission work at home and abroad, as he addressed the BGCT's opening assembly Nov. 11 in the Ferrell Center at Baylor University.

Baylor Law School's winning tradition continues as its students again posted the highest passing percentage in the latest Texas Bar Exam. Baylor law students achieved a 94 percent pass rate for the bar exam taken in July 2002, topping the pass rates of students from the other eight law schools in the state.

Baylor University's Air Force ROTC cadets will hold a 24-hour flag vigil beginning at noon Monday, Nov. 11, at the flag pole in front of Pat Neff Hall. The vigil is held annually in conjunction with Veterans Day.

Baylor University began a series of preventive health measures Nov. 5 after a student was confirmed to have an aggressive form of meningococcal meningitis. The hospitalized student's condition, however, has been upgraded from critical to stable.

The Baylor University Brass Quintet will perform a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, in Roxy Grove Hall.

Noted surgeon/author Richard Selzer will lecture at Baylor University at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, in room 100 in Morrison Constitution Hall, former site of Baylor's Law School. Selzer will discuss "The Scalpel and the Pen: The Doctor as Writer." The lecture is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences.

To witness the progress of Baylor 2012, the university's 10-year vision, all one needs to do is take a quick look around campus, as work continues on the most ambitious construction schedule in Baylor's 157-year history. For the latest photos and links to live construction cameras, click on "full story" below.

Pastors and scholars from Baptist universities and seminaries throughout Texas will meet Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9, to discuss "Ordination in the Baptist Tradition" during Baylor University's Baptist Studies program inaugural symposium.

Baylor athletic director Tom Stanton, who was hospitalized Monday with a pre-existing atrial flutter, remained at Providence Health Center in Waco Tuesday. However, Stanton's condition had improved to the point where doctors had decided to treat him with blood thinners rather than perform a corrective procedure.

A Baylor University team of undergraduate computer programmers placed fifth out of 75 teams at the regional competition of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest Nov. 2 at Louisiana State University.

Leading Christian scholars from some of the country's top universities and economic institutes will address the challenges and opportunities facing Christian economists during "Christianity and Economics: Integrating Faith and Learning in Economic Scholarship" Nov. 7-9 at Baylor University.

Baylor athletic director Tom Stanton was hospitalized Monday morning with what doctors diagnosed as an atrial flutter. Stanton is expected to undergo a minor corrective procedure Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Seventeen graduates of Baylor University School of Law are scheduled to receive juris doctor degrees during commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, in Miller Chapel.

Baylor athletic director Tom Stanton announced Sunday that fourth-year head football coach Kevin Steele has been relieved of his duties but has agreed to finish the 2002 season.

Noted art critic and art educator Edward Burke Feldman will deliver the 2002 M.D. Anderson Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in room 149 at the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center on the Baylor University campus.

Using a state-of-the-art high definition camera, Baylor University telecommunication students will film the pilot episode of "Stars at Night," a music program featuring live performances by entertainers who are considered to be on the rise in the music world. The program will be filmed at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1-2, at Jones Theater in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center and will be distributed to DirecTV's HDNet Entertainment Channel and PBS.

Baylor University's Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity will host its third annual "Miss Phi I A" Pageant from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center.

The Ad Deum Dance Company, a professional contemporary dance ensemble, will perform for Baylor University students, faculty and staff during Chapel at 10 and
11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, in Waco Hall.

The African Students Association will host the "Essence of Culture" weekend from
7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 2, in Baylor University's Waco Hall.

The Baylor University Woodwind Quintet, comprised of members of the Baylor music faculty, will present a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, in Roxy Grove Hall.

The classics department of Baylor University will feature a lecture by Duke University professor Gregson Davis at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, in the Treasure Room of Armstrong-Browning Library.

Baylor University students will step out into the Waco community for the university's bi-annual day of service, Steppin' Out, from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2.

The Baylor University School of Music will host a musicians' symposium on practice Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1-2.

Baylor University's ROTC program has seen a number of its former cadets rise high in the ranks of the U.S. Air Force. One of those alumni, Deputy Assistant Air Force Secretary John Truesdell, recently returned to the Baylor campus for the first time in 30 years to speak with cadets about today's military.

The 93rd anniversary edition of the Baylor University homecoming parade, one of the largest and oldest collegiate homecoming parades in the country, is available "on demand" at www.baylortv.com.

The Baylor University Women's Chorus and the Baylor Men's Glee Club will perform together at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Jones Concert Hall.

Baylor University's top undergraduate computer programmers will compete Nov. 2 at Louisiana State University in the regional level of the 2002-2003 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. The contest will draw 75 teams from 36 colleges and universities throughout Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico.

Thousands of alumni came "home" to celebrate Baylor University's 93rd anniversary Homecoming Oct. 24-27. As former students and their families remembered those good ol' Baylor days, they gathered at several special events, including the sold-out Pigskin Revue, the annual pep rally and bonfire on Fountain Mall, reunion dinners in Barfield Drawing Room and the Homecoming parade from downtown Waco to the Baylor campus.

Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business will be providing special emphasis on issues of integrity during Ethics Focus Week through Nov. 1. "We don't believe that ethics is a subject that can effectively be isolated from other learning," said Dr. Terry Maness, dean of the business school. "Our approach is to integrate the integrity issue into every business classroom."

The annual Halloween recital by the Baylor University organ department will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, in Roxy Grove Hall.

Baylor University Regents at their Oct. 25 meeting set tuition and fees for the 2003-2004 academic year, approved funding for construction of the university's first campus residential facilities in almost 40 years, and endorsed modifications to degree programs in the School of Engineering and Computer Science and School of Music.

Baylor University officials announced Oct. 24 that acclaimed American playwright Horton Foote has been named Visiting Distinguished Dramatist. Foote, who has received two Academy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize, will work with theater students from Nov. 3-8 and will return to campus during the spring semester for additional activities, including a public lecture.

With President George W. Bush and Chinese President Jiang Zemin meeting Oct. 25 in Crawford, leading China scholars focused on the relationship between the two countries during the Baylor University President's Forum.

Lila McDowell, a senior Spanish literature and linguistics major from Gladewater, was crowned Baylor University's Homecoming Queen at Thursday night's Pigskin Revue.

Baylor University's theater department presents its most recent production, "Three Sisters," through Oct. 27 in Theatre 11 of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center. Francine Lumbard, a graduate student, will direct the play.

Stand-up Christian comedian Carlos Oscar will speak to Baylor students in Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 28, in Waco Hall.

Doing business by a code of values can provide a competitive advantage, according to James Beard, president of Caterpillar Financial Services and vice president of Caterpillar Inc. The Baylor University business graduate was the guest speaker in the Ben H. Williams Distinguished Speakers Series, sponsored by the Hankamer School of Business.

Baylor University's business students soon will be managing a live $1 million portfolio. "Many schools have investment portfolios run by students," said Dr. Terry Maness, dean of Baylor's Hankamer School of Business, "but most of those are just on paper. [We have] the real thing."

Baylor University will celebrate its 93rd Anniversary Homecoming Oct. 24-27 with various events and activities for current students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends and supporters of Baylor.

Baylor University was awarded a grant of more than $350,000 from the Texas Infrastructure Fund Board for higher technology purchases. The funds will be used for high speed networking, Internet connectivity, multimedia research and online library services.

Baylor University will present its popular Pigskin Revue as part of Homecoming festivities at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7 and 10:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, and at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. All performances will take place in Waco Hall.

Baylor University's musical show Cabaret, a traditional Homecoming event, will feature the university's renowned show choir, ShowTime!, at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center.

Baylor University's Homecoming Extravaganza will be held from 10:30 p.m. to midnight Friday, Oct. 25, on Fountain Mall.

Thousands of Baylor University alumni, students, and football fans will unite to show their support and prepare the Bears for a victory over Kansas State at the annual Homecoming pep rally and bonfire at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at Fountain Mall.

Baylor University's annual Homecoming Singspiration will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at First Baptist Church of Waco. The event is sponsored by the Baylor Alumni Association.

The Baylor University Alumni Association will honor four recipients of the W.R. White Meritorious Service Award during the annual membership meeting of the Baylor Alumni Association. The presentation will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, in Jones Theater of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center.

Grand Marshals Grant and Donell Teaff will lead the Baylor University Homecoming Parade, which will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, in downtown Waco. For the first time, KWBU-TV and www.baylortv.com will broadcast the world's largest and oldest homecoming parade live on Channel 34 and on the Internet.

Baylor University's annual Homecoming Worship Service is scheduled for 9 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, at Seventh and James Baptist Church in Waco.

Several functions are planned during Homecoming for Baylor University alumni, including special Reunion Dinners, which are held for classes celebrating graduation anniversaries in multiples of five years and for the most recent graduating class.

The Herbert H. Reynolds Awards for exemplary service will be presented immediately prior to Baylor University's Homecoming football game at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at Floyd Casey Stadium.

The 17th annual gathering of Baylor University's Golden Wave Alumni Band will show that they can still make beautiful music as the band participates in the Homecoming pep rally and bonfire on Friday, Oct. 25. The alumni band also will perform at Baylor-Kansas State football game Oct. 26 at Floyd Casey Stadium.

The Baylor Alumni Association will honor five Baylor University graduates as Outstanding Young Alumni during Pigskin Revue at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at Waco Hall. This year's honorees are: Joseph B. Armes of Dallas; Lori Watts Hirons of Roeland Park, Kan.; John L. Meredith of Houston; Eugene C. Roehlkepartain of Minneapolis; and Melissa A. Rogers of Washington, D.C.

Family businesses from Waco, Belton, Houston, Corpus Christi, Mount Pleasant, Miles and Livingston were honored Oct. 17 as winners in the 13th annual Texas Family Business of the Year competition, sponsored by Baylor's Institute for Family Business.

A diverse and appreciative crowd heard author Ernest Gaines read passages from his critically acclaimed novel A Lesson Before Dying and reflect on his contributions to American literature, as he delivered the inaugural Ferguson-Clark Author Lecture Oct. 17 at Baylor University.

Baylor Law School won two major moot court competitions the weekend of Oct. 19 - one held in Austin, the other in Chicago.

Baylor alumnus James S. Beard, president of Caterpillar Financial Services and vice president of Caterpillar Inc., will speak at Baylor University on Oct. 21, as part of the Ben H. Williams Distinguished Speakers Series sponsored by the Hankamer School of Business.

. Eldin Villafane, professor of Christian social ethics at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, will speak to Baylor University students at 10 and 11 a.m. in Chapel Monday, Oct. 21, in Waco Hall.

Barry Kraus, Baylor University's newly appointed associate director of bands, will lead his inaugural concert as conductor of the Symphonic Band at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in Jones Concert Hall.

Baylor University students and City of Waco officials have announced that "A Lesson Before Dying" by acclaimed African-American author Ernest Gaines will be the inaugural book in "One Book, One Waco," a reading program to promote unity and literacy in Waco. Gaines also will visit Baylor on Oct. 17 at Baylor as he delivers the Ferguson-Clark Author Lecture, sponsored by the University Libraries.

More than 500 pastors, worship leaders, musicians and others discussed the many issues surrounding "Music and the Church: Relevance in a Changing Culture," during the inaugural Billy Ray Hearn Endowed Symposium on Christian Music held Oct. 7-9 at Baylor University.

One of the premier scholars on religious liberty will deliver Baylor University's annual Robert T. Miller Professorship Distinguished Lecture Series on Monday, Oct. 21. Dr. Ronald Flowers, the John F. Weatherly Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, will speak on "Conscientious Objection and the Supreme Court" at 4 p.m. in room 337 at the Draper Academic Building and on "Separation of Church and State: Should the Wall Come Tumblin' Down?" at 7 p.m. in Jones Theater at the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Building.

Baylor University's Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village will host a seminar on restoring historic houses from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 19. Tom Clark, president of the historic restoration firm Leeds Clark, will discuss the issues relating the historic condition assessment and preservation techniques for historic homes and other structures.

Baylor University's Executive MBA program in Dallas rose again this year in the prestigious Financial Times rankings of the world's best EMBA programs.

"From the Top," the popular Public Radio program that showcases outstanding young musicians and vocalists, will tape an episode Oct. 16 at Baylor University's Jones Concert Hall. The 7:30 p.m. performance is sold out but is slated for national broadcast in December.

John C. Truesdell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Reserve Affairs, will speak to Baylor University's ROTC cadets at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, in Bennett Auditorium.

Dr. Paul MacCready, developer of the Gossamer Albatross, the first human powered aircraft to cross the English Channel, and more recently, the Gossamer Penguin, a solar-powered aircraft that caught the interest of the Department of Defense, will speak on "Sustainable Aviation: A Perspective From the Father of Human-Powered Flight."

Dr. Joseph McKinney, professor of economics and The Ben H. Williams Professor of International Economics at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, will spend the fall 2003 semester at the Centre for Trade Policy and Law in Ottawa, Canada, as a Fulbright Scholar.

Whether visitors to Baylor University are in their cars or just walking across campus, they will find it much easier to get around, thanks to the completion of a three-year, $1 million signage project.

Economic performance in Central Texas over the past year was termed "disappointing" by Dr. Tom Kelly, director of Baylor's Center for Business and Economic Research, when he spoke at the 2003 Economic Forecast Conference on Thursday. Blaming the downturn on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the "widespread distrust" of corporate America, Kelly predicted a more favorable economy next year.

Central Texas public television station KWBU-TV celebrated the completed construction and installation of its new Channel 34 broadcast facility Oct. 11 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the tower site near Moody.

World-renowned biblical scholar N.T. Wright, Canon Theologian at Westminster Abbey, will deliver two lectures this month while serving as Distinguished Guest Professor of Biblical Literature at Baylor University.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias Sanchez spoke to Baylor University students on issues of world peace and the fight against terrorism during his Chapel appearance Oct. 2 in Waco Hall.

Four plenary sessions of the inaugural Billy Ray Hearn Endowed Symposium on Christian Music are available for viewing "on demand" now at www.baylortv.com.

A trio of Christian music's top artists - Twila Paris, Charlie Peacock and Chris Tomlin - along with Passion Conferences leader Louie Giglio, led "An Evening of Praise and Worship" Oct. 8, one of the highlights of the Billy Ray Hearn Endowed Symposium on Christian Music.

Acclaimed historian Shelby Foote will deliver Baylor University's Beall-Russell Lecture in the Humanities, "The Novelist as Historian," at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, in Jones Theater of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Building.

Baylor University will be helping Buckner Baptist Benevolences this week with "Shoes for Orphan Souls," an annual drive to collect new shoes for children living in orphanages in Russia, Romania and China.

Lynn Lewis Young, editor of Art/Quilt Magazine, will lecture at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, in room 149 of the Hooper Schaefer Fine Arts Building on the Baylor University campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Rich Stearns, president of World Vision Inc., will speak to students in Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, in Waco Hall on the Baylor University campus.

Daniel Andino kicked a 33-yard field goal with a half-second left, ending four years of Big 12 misery for Baylor as the Bears beat Kansas 35-32 Saturday to end a 29-game conference losing streak.The full story at :
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Baylor University's department of sociology and anthropology will host the Sociology of Religion Colloquium Series at 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 8-9, in room 345 at the Draper Academic Building. Dr. David Sikkink, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, will discuss "The Public Lives of Private Schoolers: Religion and School Sector Differences in Parental Civic Participation" on Tuesday. Wednesday's lecture by Dr. Michael O. Emerson, associate professor of sociology at Rice University, will center on "Understanding Racially Integrated Religious Congregations."

Austin-based Latin band Salvador is scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, at Waco Hall. The concert is sponsored in part by the Place 2 BU, Baylor University's Hispanic Student Association and office of university ministries. Salvador will perform during Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14, in Waco Hall

The first concert of the Baylor University School of Music's Distinguished Artist Series will feature the Academy of Ancient Music orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, in Jones Concert Hall.

Baylor University will host Mission Emphasis Week Oct. 7-11, sponsored by Baptist Student Ministries (BSM), to encourage student involvement in spreading God's message to people around the world through informational seminars, discussions and fellowship.

The Dirac Centenary Conference, held Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 on the Baylor University campus, brought together a dozen internationally-known physicists to discuss aspects of physics theory.