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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.

"The Book of Job: Questions of Suffering, Doubt and Faith" will be the focus of Baylor University's 21st annual Bible Conference. Sponsored by the department of religion and the Waco Baptist Association, the conference will run Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11-12, in Miller Chapel on the Baylor campus. Approximately 250 pastors and church leaders are expected to attend.

Baylor's Hankamer School of Business has received a $12,000 grant from ExxonMobil under a project to assist colleges and universities with academic programs.

World-renowned physicists and mathematicians gathered on the Baylor University campus Sept. 30-Oct. 2 to honor the memory of Paul Dirac, one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, and to discuss the "beauty" and "mystery" of theoretical physics.

The findings of a survey assessing the current state of music in worship will be released during the Billy Ray Hearn Endowed Symposium on Christian Music - "Music and the Church: Relevance in a Changing Culture" - Oct. 7-9 at Baylor University.

Four plenary sessions of the Billy Ray Hearn Endowed Symposium on Christian Music Oct. 7-9 at Baylor University will be streamed live via the Internet on www.baylortv.com.

Baylor University's Center for Community Learning and Enrichment has released its schedule of the popular Super Saturday classes for students from preschool through 11th grade.

His take on Benjamin Franklin's influence on American business led to national media attention for Baylor University business professor Blaine McCormick and his "Negotiation and Conflict Resolution" class.

The Vienna International Piano Duo will present a recital at Baylor University on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Roxy Grove Hall.

October signifies Baylor University's celebration of Latino culture and contributions with special activities on campus during the 15th annual Hispanic Heritage Month, sponsored by the Hispanic Student Association (HSA).

Dr. John Polkinghorne, one of the world's premier thinkers about the intersection of religion and science, will give the Parchman Endowed Lectures Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at George W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University. The lectures are free and open to the public.

Well-known authors, scholars and government officials will speak at Baylor University on a variety of topics during the fall semester. With subjects ranging from religion to quilting to history, the lectures will feature something for everyone.

Authors, social activists, actors, musicians and a Nobel Peace Prize winner will share expressions of their commitment to Christ during Chapel this fall.

The 106-member Baylor University Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, in Jones Concert Hall. Conductor-in-Residence Stephen Heyde will lead the orchestra.

Oscar Arias Sanchez, winner of the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize and former president of Costa Rica, will speak at Baylor University in Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, in Waco Hall.

Dr. Ron and Betty Wilson of Waco were recognized as Baylor University's Parents of the Year for 2002 during Parents Weekend Sept. 20-21.

Baylor University's Golden Key International Honor Society was awarded "Most Improved Chapter" at the August 2002 Golden Key International Convention, "Silver and Gold: 25 Years with Golden Key," in Atlanta.

Companies from seven Texas cities are among the winners in the 13th annual Texas Family Business of the Year competition, sponsored by Baylor University's Institute for Family Business.

Baylor University will be the site of some of the top academic conferences in North America this fall. World-renowned scholars will discuss such diverse issues as theoretical physics and the history and philosophy of science, the changing culture of music and the church, and the integration of faith and learning into economic scholarship.

Wearing a Baylor University cap, green warm-up pants and a gold track and field t-shirt, comedian Bill Cosby combined his patented humorous take on families and fatherhood with a message about the importance of education, character and integrity during his sold-out Parents Weekend performance Sept. 20 at the Ferrell Center.

A recent survey of law students in the Lone Star State gave high marks to the library and technology services at the Sheridan and John Eddie Williams Legal Research and Technology Center at Baylor's new, state-of-the-art Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center.

The 2003 Economic Forecast Conference sponsored by Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business and Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Galloway Suite at Baylor's Floyd Casey Stadium on Thursday, Oct. 10.

Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott will headline Baylor University's fall President's Forum Oct. 23, which will serve as a prelude to the scheduled meeting between President George W. Bush and Chinese President Jiang Zemin at Mr. Bush's Crawford ranch.

Dr. Blaine McCormick, assistant professor of management at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business and author of Ben Franklin's 12 Rules of Management, will be featured Sept. 24 on ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings in a segment on America's founding fathers.

Baylor University Theatre will present "She Loves Me," a perennial audience favorite in theaters around the world, in Jones Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26-28 and Oct. 4-5. Two matinee performances will take place at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 29 and Oct. 6.

Richard "Dick" Brown, chairman and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems (EDS), spoke about "Building a High Performance Business Culture" while at Baylor University Sept. 17 for the Ben H. Williams Distinguished Speakers Series, sponsored by the Hankamer School of Business.

Baylor University Regents at their September meeting today received a clean audit for the 2001-2002 fiscal year, heard reports on student life and alumni services initiatives, and were briefed on the university's hosting of last month's President's Economic Forum.

Funeral and memorial services have been set for John Alexander (Alex) James, the Baylor University junior who died Sept. 18 at a Waco hospital.

A career fair for Baylor University students and alumni will take place from noon to 
5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, in the Ferrell Center. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the career fair opens at noon.

Jimmy Dorrell, director of Mission Waco, will speak at Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 23, on the Baylor University campus.

Early-music specialist Nancy Garrett will present a guest recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, in Roxy Grove Hall.

The Baylor University Alumni Association will present the First Family of Baylor Award to the Harman/Trippet family Friday, Sept. 20, during the intermission of the 7 p.m. "After Dark" performance in Waco Hall during Parents Weekend

Baylor University's Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village will host "An Old-Fashioned Sunday" from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 22. Dr. Paul Powell, dean of George W. Truett Theological Seminary, will deliver a sermon at 9:30 and 11 a.m. at the village church. A hymn sing will be held at 10:30 a.m.

Before a standing-room-only Barfield Drawing Room - and under the watchful eyes of several federal agents - Drug Enforcement Administration Director Asa Hutchinson delivered the first lecture in Baylor University's Public Leadership Series Sept. 16.

The third annual Readers, Artists and Dreamers Day, a literacy event designed to motivate children to read and express themselves through the creative arts, will bring authors, actors and artists to the Baylor University campus from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 18-19 at the Ferrell Center.

The Baylor University Wind Ensemble will present its first concert of the year at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, in Jones Concert Hall.

Baylor University's Alumni Association will host its annual Alumni by Choice luncheon honoring 60 individuals at noon, Saturday, Sept. 21, in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center.

Recent Baylor University graduate Jed Hildebrand hopes to "outwit, outplay and outlast" 15 other castaways in the fifth installment of the hit CBS reality show, "Survivor: Thailand," which premieres Thursday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m.

Baylor University assistant professor of trombone Kevin Chiarizzio will present a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m Thursday, Sept. 19, in Roxy Grove Hall.

For the second consecutive year, Baylor University has enrolled more than 14,000 students in fall semester classes.

The entrepreneurship and engineering programs at Baylor University are highly ranked in the latest listing of America's Best Colleges, compiled by U.S. News & World Report. The survey was announced Friday, Sept. 13.

The Baylor University Vietnamese Student Association will sponsor the annual Autumn Moon Festival from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center.

Virtue, a contemporary gospel group comprised of three sisters from Alabama, will bring the soulful songs of their third album "Virtuosity" to students in Chapel at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16, in Waco Hall on the Baylor University campus.

Theater duo Ted (Swartz) and Lee (Eshleman) will perform the third play in their "The Creation Chronicles" trilogy at 10 and 11 a.m. during Chapel Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Waco Hall on the Baylor University campus.

The Baylor University Wind Ensemble will present its first concert of the year at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, in Jones Concert Hall. New music director, Kevin Sedatole, will serve as director.

The Baylor University community commemorated the anniversary of Sept. 11 with special services and other events on the university's campus. Faculty, staff and students took advantage of the various opportunities to reflect on that fateful day and the impact it has had on their lives and their country.

One of the nation's leading Christian ethicists will deliver the inaugural Daniel B. McGee Endowed Lecture in Religious Studies Tuesday, Sept. 17. Dr. James M. Gustafson, retired professor of Christian ethics at Emory University, will speak on "'Who' or 'What' Are We?" at 8 p.m. in Miller Chapel on the Baylor University campus.

As the world remembered the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, Baylor faculty, students and staff gathered to honor those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks and to reflect on the current world situation. To commemorate the anniversary of Sept. 11, the university hosted several special events, including lectures, a remembrance service and dinner, and a candlelight vigil and worship service.

After several years of intensive planning, preparation and self-study, Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary has earned accreditation from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).

The many patrons of Baylor University's Armstrong Browning Library will be honored during an afternoon program scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 12.

Baylor University President Robert B. Sloan Jr. today announced a realignment of responsibilities in his Executive Council, the senior leadership team for the university.

Dr. William V. May, dean of the Baylor University School of Music, has been elected president of the Texas Association of Music Schools (TAMS).

The Katherine Watts collection of quilts, designed and created by Louisiana artist Anna Williams, is on display through Oct. 12 in the Martin Museum of Art, located in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center on the Baylor University campus. The exhibit is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays noon to 5 p.m., as well as during all Baylor theater productions.

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity nominated the Texas Theta Chapter at Baylor University for its highest chapter award. Texas Theta was one of only five chapters nominated for the John O. Moseley Leadership School Award for Fraternity Zeal

Former Dallas Cowboy Chad Hennings will speak to Baylor University's Air Force ROTC students at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Bennett Auditorium on campus.

Dr. Ellie Caston, director of operations for Baylor University's Strecker Museum complex and lecturer of museum studies, has been named acting director of the Sue and Frank Mayborn Natural Science and Cultural History Museum Complex. Longtime museum director Calvin Smith will continue to serve as chair of the university's department of museum studies and associate professor.

A group of law professors, administrators and architects from a Japanese university will be taking a look at Baylor University's new $33 million Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center on Sunday, Sept. 15.

Asa Hutchinson, director of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will deliver the first Public Leadership Series lecture at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, in Barfield Drawing Room of Baylor University's Bill Daniel Student Center. The Public Leadership Series is a new initiative at Baylor designed to increase understanding of government and the ideal of public service in society.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awarded two faculty members of Baylor University's School of Music the 2002-03 ASCAP Award for excellence in music composition.

Violinist Eka Gogichashvili and Pianist Wolfgang Watzinger will perform a recital at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9, in Roxy Grove Hall on the Baylor University campus.

Dr. Daniel McGee, professor of religion at Baylor University, will join approximately 100 religious leaders on Sept. 11 in New York City for a daylong event titled "A Tribute to Heroes: Past, Present and Future." The event is sponsored by the American Bible Society (ABS).

Materials related to Texas political campaigns, the Armstrong Browning Library and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are on display in Baylor University's Moody Memorial Library. The exhibits will run through Sept. 27.

Voices of Worship will lead musical worship in Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9, in Waco Hall on the Baylor University campus.

Baylor University's Center for American and Jewish Studies will hold two events in observance of the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The Rev. Charles Curran, a Roman Catholic priest and prominent scholar of the social and ethical dimensions of Roman Catholic life, will deliver a lecture in the afternoon, with a remembrance service for the victims of Sept. 11 attacks taking place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Baylor University will commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedies with several opportunities for faculty, staff, students and community members to reflect on that fateful day one year ago.
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After a successful first year, "The Place 2BU" is returning to Baylor University with another slate of free weekend activities for Baylor students.

Richard "Dick" Brown, chairman and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems (EDS), will speak at Baylor University on Tuesday, Sept. 17, as part of the Ben H. Williams Distinguished Speakers Series sponsored by the Hankamer School of Business.

After a successful debut year, the Baylor Gold Rush is back, with a new look for the brightly colored spirit shirts that transformed Baylor athletic events in 2001-2002.

Baylor University will expand its popular BearBucks program for students this year and has named Wells Fargo Bank to administer the program and recruit area merchants to participate.

Tickets are on sale now for Baylor University's inaugural Ferguson-Clark Author Lecture on Oct. 17, featuring Ernest Gaines, one of the most critically-acclaimed African-American authors in the U.S.

Baylor's decision to discipline more than 50 students for their participation in Playboy's "Women of the Big 12" issue has made national news, but not all of the reporting has been accurate.

The 59,000-square-foot Morrison Hall was rededicated in a morning ceremony Aug. 28, following an intensive year-long remodeling project.

Incoming Baylor University freshmen were encouraged to begin their college careers by getting involved in the community. More than 2,000 took that "First Step" the morning of Aug. 24.

Hundreds of Baylor University freshmen made quite an impact on a 15-block Waco neighborhood Aug. 24 during the "First Step" community service project.

Hot-air balloon pilots will ignite their burners and illuminate the twilight sky - all to the sounds of popular Christian music from Avalon - in the parking lot of Baylor University's Ferrell Center at 9:15 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30.

A crowd of more than 150 Baylor University administrators, faculty, staff, students and journalists heard from President Robert B. Sloan Jr. about the progress of Baylor 2012, the university's bold 10-year vision, during the annual President's Media Luncheon, held each year at the beginning of the fall semester.

While obesity is becoming a problem for U.S. children, the transition to middle school can sometimes lead to eating problems and unsafe dieting practices, according to research by two Baylor nutrition science professors.

Because of limited parking, a free shuttle service will be available for those planning to attend the balloon glow and free concert Friday, Aug. 30, in the parking lot of the Ferrell Center.

Aim High, Aim Air Force. No One Comes Close. Cross Into the Blue. These easily recognizable advertising slogans invite young people to consider the United States Air Force as a possible career path. A number of Baylor students have accepted that invitation by joining the University's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). One day soon they will be defenders of the nation.

Peggy Wehmeyer, the first national religion correspondent for a major television news network, will be presented with the 2002 Baylor University Communications Award during the annual President's Media Luncheon at noon Tuesday, Aug. 27, in Barfield Drawing Room in the Bill Daniel Student Center.

Dr. Greg Garrett, associate professor of English at Baylor University, has signed a two-book contract with Kensington Books, publisher of Garrett's recent novel Free Bird. Garrett's next book, Cycling, will appear in September 2003. His third book, tentatively titled Sanctuary, will appear in 2004.

Approximately a thousand Baylor University freshmen will take part in "First Step," a mass community service project, from 9:15 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 24.

Baylor University's traditional Welcome Week is under way now through Aug. 25 for Baylor freshmen and transfer students. Highlights of the five-day event include seminars to introduce students to Baylor and its traditions, social meetings, a concert featuring Audio Adrenaline and a mass community service project.

Dr. Donald D. Schmeltekopf, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Baylor University since 1991, announced during the fall faculty meeting his plans to retire from the post effective May 2003.

Baylor President Robert B. Sloan Jr. today announced the appointment of Baylor faculty and administrators who will serve on the provost search committee.

No university has a more organized - and more helpful - move-in day than Baylor University, as more than 2,600 new freshmen moved their belongings into residence halls at the beginning of Welcome Week Aug. 21.

Baylor University lost one of its devoted and longtime professors with the passing of Lucille Williams Brigham, associate professor of math for more than 40 years.

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