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More than 200 international and domestic journalists from throughout the world will cover this week's meeting between President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin from an international media center based in Baylor University's McLane Student Life Center.
The Baylor University Symphony Orchestra will present the music of Maurice Ravel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johannes Brahms at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in Jones Concert Hall. Stephen Heyde, director of orchestral activities and Conductor-in-Residence, will lead the 88-member orchestra.
The Baylor University Health and Wellness Center will provide information to individuals who wish to quit smoking and who are interested in the relationship between cancer and smoking. An information booth will be set up from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov.15, in the lobby of the Bill Daniel Student Center.
Baylor University's ROTC Corps of Cadets will sponsor a 24-hour flag vigil in honor of service men and women beginning at noon Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Baylor flag pole in front of Pat Neff Hall. The flag vigil is held annually in conjunction with Veterans Day.
GEAR UP Waco will hold its 3rd annual GEAR UP College Night from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at G.L. Wiley Middle School, 1030 Live Oak in Waco. Several local two- and four-year colleges will be in attendance, including McLennan Community College, Texas State Technical College and Baylor University.
Legendary Beaumont attorney Walter Umphrey will present the keynote address during commencement ceremonies for 17 graduates of Baylor School of Law at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in Miller Chapel on the Baylor University campus.
The Baylor University Woodwind Quintet, a chamber ensemble featuring members of the School of Music woodwind faculty, will present a concert at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in Meadows Recital Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.
The hot air balloons that flew over Central Texas during Baylor University's Welcome Week will return in greater numbers this summer, a Waco businessman announced Nov. 6 during a news conference at Baylor.
WACO, Texas -- Baylor University law students have again led the state of Texas in the passing percentage of the Texas Bar Exam.
Baylor University will host a community forum on "America and the War on Terrorism" from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in Jones Theater in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center on the Baylor campus. The event, which is free and open to the public, is co-sponsored by Baylor's Office of the Provost, Continuing Education and the College of Arts and Sciences.
Four Baylor University students will debate whether the war in Afghanistan is justified as part of the annual Rufus and Alline Huff Debate on U.S. Foreign Policy. Presented by the Glenn R. Capp Debate Forum, the debate will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in Bennett Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
George Neikrug, recipient of the American String Teachers Association's Artist Teacher Award in 1995, will present two master classes at Baylor University from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 7-8, as part of the School of Music's Lyceum series.
The Native American Student Association will host the Spirit of the Circle dance exhibition from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, at Fountain Mall in the center of Baylor University's campus.
Dennis Swanberg, a Baptist minister and humorist, will speak during Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in Waco Hall on the Baylor University campus.
The African Student Association (ASA) at Baylor University will host a weekend of activities to promote African culture Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9 - 11.
Baylor University's Center for American and Jewish Studies will host a panel discussion that presents the Egyptian, West African, Moroccan-American, African-American and Jewish perspectives of living in a multi-religious, multi-cultural world after the events of Sept. 11.
Internationally known contemporary artist Stephen DeStaebler will deliver the 2001 M.D. Anderson lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in room 149 at the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center on the Baylor University campus. DeStaebler's lecture, which will be accompanied by slides of his work, is free and open to the public.
"A Place 2BU" will host "Get In Step Weekend" Nov. 2-4 on the Baylor University campus.
Students can learn how to two-step from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday in the Bill Daniel Student Center. A country and western dance featuring Bobby Allen Jones and Company will be held from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday in the McLane Student Life Center.
Truett Cathy, founder and chairman of Chick-fil-A restaurants, will speak to Baylor University students in Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 5, in Waco Hall.
More than 3,000 Baylor University students will participate in the annual Steppin' Out community service program from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4, at various work sites throughout the Waco community and surrounding areas.
WACO -- Baylor University has announced the recent establishment of the Joe E. and Kathryn Ferguson Coleman Endowed Scholarship Fund created by The William A. and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation of Houston. The scholarship was established in honor of the Colemans, who are Baylor alumni, and will provide full tuition for Fairfield High School graduates to attend Baylor. The first scholarship will be awarded in fall 2002 for the 2002-2003 academic year.
Baylor University's Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village will celebrate autumn with a harvest bonfire from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6.
The Baylor University School of Music's 2001 Showcase Series will conclude with a performance by the A Cappella Choir at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, in Jones Concert Hall. The 62-voice mixed chorus performs under the direction of Donald Bailey, professor of conducting and director of choral activities. The accompanist is David Anderson.
Baylor University student computer programmers will go to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge on Nov. 3 to compete in the world's best-known computer programming contest.
Baylor Theatre will present "The Fantasticks," the longest-running musical in history, at the Jones Theater in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center on the Baylor University campus. Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1-3 and Nov. 8-10 with matinee performances scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Nov. 4 and 11.
How journalists can use their eyes and ears to enhance their stories will be the subject of a seminar at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Meadows Recital Hall on the Baylor University campus. Sponsored by the department of journalism, the event is free and open to the public.
Two members of the Baylor University woodwind faculty -- professor of clarinet Dr. Richard Shanley and associate professor of flute Helen Ann Shanley -- will present a recital at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, in Meadows Recital Hall. They will be assisted by senior lecturer in academic studies Doug Claybrook (piano), assistant professor of piano Brian Marks, assistant professor of viola Kathryn Steely, associate professor of double bass Christopher Buddo, and a guest artist, harpist Delaine Fedson.
HDNet, the world's only all-high definition national television network, will begin carrying Baylor University's award-winning HDTV documentary "A Most Significant Journey" this week on DIRECTV Channel 199.
Baylor University's Center for Community Learning and Enrichment will continue its Super Saturday sessions on Nov. 10 for students from preschool through high school.
An exhibit that features fiber art by three women will open Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the University Art Gallery in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Art Center on the Baylor University campus. "Surface Design and Construction" showcases the works of Barbara Schulman, Gugger Petter and Sondra Dorn. The exhibit will run from Oct. 30 through Nov. 20 and also on Nov. 27.
The annual Halloween organ recital will be given by the organ department of the Baylor University School of Music at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Roxy Grove Hall.
The Baylor University Women's Chorus and Men's Glee Club will join forces to present their annual fall concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Jones Concert Hall.
Baylor University's Board of Regents today approved a new undergraduate degree program in social work and re-elected four members to the Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Foundation board of directors during its October meeting on the Baylor campus.
The Baylor "B" Association, formerly the Baylor Letterman's Association, will present the Bobby Jones award to Baylor alumnus Gary Baxter during halftime of the Baylor-Texas Tech Homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 27.
The Baylor University Alumni Association will honor five recipients of the W.R. White Meritorious Service Award during the association's annual meeting at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, in the Jones Theater of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center. The awards will be presented by Baylor President Robert B. Sloan Jr. to Dr. Kenneth Q. Carlile, Clyde Hart, Kent Reynolds, Dr. Bill Sherman and Elizabeth Vardaman.
The Herbert H. Reynolds Awards will be presented immediately prior to Baylor University's Homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 27, at Floyd Casey Stadium.
Baylor University's Speech and Hearing Center and the Waco Lion's Club are renewing a partnership to offer hearing screening and hearing aids to low-income citizens in the local community.
Hundreds of Texas teachers will be on the Baylor University campus Friday, Oct. 26, for the annual Baylor Reading Conference -- "We're Counting on You For Reading!" -- held in conjunction with the Texas Association for the Improvement of Reading.
Four Baylor University graduates will be honored with the 2001 Outstanding Young Alumni Awards, presented by the Baylor Alumni Association during Pigskin Revue at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26.
Jennifer Terrell, a senior university scholars major from Kansas City, Mo., was crowned 2001 Homecoming Queen at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, during Pigskin Revue.
Terrell was nominated by Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.
Silicon semi-conductors a thousand times smaller than a human hair. Computers that can be injected into the bloodstream. Programmed DNA molecules that solve science equations. It's not science fiction; it's science.
Inventor and chemist Dr. James Heath, a 1984 Baylor University chemistry graduate, will talk to students, faculty and the public about the latest developments in molecular computing at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, in room 100 of the Marrs McLean Science Building on the Baylor campus.
Baylor University's team of three students in the doctor of psychology program won first place in the inaugural Psych Bowl competition held at the annual convention of the Texas Psychological Association Oct. 5 in Austin.
Dr. Fred Crosson, a noted authority on existentialism and phenomenology, will present "Seeing and Believing: Education and Faith," the fall 2001 Beall Russell Lecture in the Humanities at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Jones Theater in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center on the Baylor University campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Dr. Caleb Oladipo, assistant professor of church-state studies and assistant director of the African studies program, has been named a Fulbright Senior Scholar and will spend a year in South Africa teaching and conducting research.
The Homecoming celebration "Singspiration" will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at First Baptist Church of Waco.
Several functions are planned during Homecoming for Baylor University alumni, including the special Reunion Dinner. Dinners are held for classes celebrating graduation anniversaries in multiples of five years and for the most recent graduating class. Special dinners are planned for classes celebrating their 25th anniversary, 50th anniversary and for classes that graduated more than 50 years ago.
Baylor University's Executive MBA-Dallas program has been rated among the world's 50 best executive MBA programs by the influential European publication, the Financial Times. Baylor's program is ranked 31st and receives the highest rating among the three Texas universities included in the survey.
The Baylor University Jazz Ensemble will present its first concert of the school year at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in Jones Concert Hall. This 19-member group performs under the leadership of Alex Parker, lecturer in jazz studies.
Baylor University's musical show Cabaret, a traditional Homecoming event, will feature ShowTime!, Baylor's renowned show choir, at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center.
Three members of the Baylor University School of Music brass faculty will perform a concert at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, in Meadows Recital Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building. This trio -- assistant professor of horn Jeffrey Powers, assistant professor of trombone Kevin Chiarizzio and lecturer in tuba and euphonium Jeffrey Schultz -- will be joined by assistant professor of piano and director of accompanying Elvia Puccinelli.
Baylor University's Center for Community Learning and Enrichment will host "Diversity and Developing Gifts and Talents: A National Action Plan for Leaders in Gifted Education" from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, in the Barfield Drawing Room in the Bill Daniel Student Center.
More than 25,000 alumni and their families are expected to travel to Waco as Baylor University celebrates its 92nd anniversary Homecoming Oct. 26-28, with a variety of special events sponsored by the Baylor Chamber of Commerce and the Alumni Association.
Baylor University's department of health education and wellness will sponsor Alcohol Awareness week Oct. 22-26.
Baylor University's popular homecoming event, Pigskin Revue, returns to Waco Hall for four performances--7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, and 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27.
The Baylor University Freshman Mass Meeting will be held at 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at Waco Hall.
The meeting is the first Homecoming event where freshmen learn about the "Immortal Ten." It also symbolizes the passing down of Baylor traditions to new students.
Thousands of Baylor University alumni, students and football fans will show their school spirit as Baylor holds its annual Pep Rally/Bonfire at approximately 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, on Fountain Mall.
Baylor University will host a Sacred Harp Sing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village. A singing school for novice singers will be held at 9 a.m.
Top Texas family businesses will be recognized today (Oct. 18) during Baylor University's 12th annual Outstanding Family Business Contest awards banquet.
Baylor University's career services will host an Education Fair at 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in room 510 on the fifth floor of the Cashion Academic Center in the Hankamer School of Business. The fair is open to anyone interested in a position in the field of education.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Baylor University’s innovative teacher education and research partnership with Waco’s Hillcrest Professional Development School could soon become the national norm, as new standards designed to revolutionize the clinical preparation of teachers were announced today (Oct. 16) at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Dr. James C. Denison, senior pastor of Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas, will speak about relationships in Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, in Waco Hall on the Baylor University campus.
Baylor University facilities will have different hours during Fall Break this Friday through Sunday, Oct. 19-21. No classes will be held on Friday, but all administrative offices will be open.
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist John Updike will present Baylor University's annual Roy B. Albaugh Phi Beta Kappa lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in Waco Hall on campus. The presentation is free and open to the public, and tickets are not required.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Baylor University School of Education Dean Robert Yinger and Waco ISD's Hillcrest Professional Development School will be in the national spotlight Tuesday, Oct. 16, when new standards for the clinical preparation of teachers are released in Washington, D.C.
Economic growth will return - that was the clear message of speakers at the 2002 Economic Forecast Conference presented by Baylor's Hankamer School of Business and the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, Oct. 11.
The Baylor University Symphonic Band will present a concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.
Richardson residents Neal and Sheila Jeffrey were recently named Baylor University's 2001 Parents of the Year. They were recognized during Baylor's annual Parents Weekend Sept. 22.
Dr. Zahi Hawass, director of the Giza Pyramids and Saqqara in Egypt, spoke to Baylor students and faculty Oct. 10 about his latest archaeological discoveries, including one not yet talked about in the national news.
Baylor University's faculty senate will sponsor a fundraiser for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Oct. 11. The funds received will be donated to the Texas Baptist Men.
"Jesus Christ: Savior and Lord" will be the focus of Baylor University's 20th annual Bible Conference. Sponsored by the department of religion and the Waco Baptist Association, the conference will run Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12-13, on the Baylor campus.
Mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade will perform a concert at Baylor University at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, in Jones Concert Hall.
An acclaimed New Testament scholar will be the featured speaker Oct. 15-17 at the fall 2001 Parchman Endowed Lectures at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary.
The Governor Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village will host a basket weaving class on Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Janet Davis, a master weaver, will introduce the basic techniques of basket weaving and assist each participant in creating a market basket.
A legendary Baylor professor's dream of half a century ago will be linked this week with 21st century technology to revolutionize studies of Victorian poets Robert Browning and his wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Gloria Hammond, a pediatrician serving the poor, will speak at 10 and 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, during Baylor University's Chapel at Waco Hall on campus.
Baylor University's Hispanic Student Association will host its 14th annual Heritage Banquet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.11, on the fifth floor of the Cashion Academic Center in the Hankamer School of Business. The guest speaker for the banquet is Emmy award-winning journalist Sandra Guzman.
More than 3,000 Central Texas school children will celebrate literacy and creativity with nationally known children's book authors, artists, educators and local celebrities, as Baylor University hosts one of the country's fastest growing reading events, "Building a Nation of Readers, Artists and Dreamers 2001," on Oct. 11-12.
Fifty-one Baylor University faculty and staff members will be featured in the sixth annual "Baylor Authors and Artists at Work" exhibit, which opens Tuesday, Oct. 9, in the foyer of Moody Memorial Library. The exhibit will run through Nov. 25.
A remote Mayan village in Belize is probably the last place on earth you would expect to find an Internet cafe.
However, through the efforts of three Baylor University students, an engineering professor and a grant from Baylor Horizons, Christo-Rey is now connected to the rest of the world.
Prospective students from Baylor University and throughout Texas and the U.S. who are interested in learning more about George W. Truett Theological Seminary will be on the Baylor campus Thursday and Friday, Oct. 11-12, for Truett's Fall Preview.
Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas recently honored Baylor President Emeritus Herbert H. Reynolds and Texas State Sen. David Sibley for their contributions to private higher education institutions in the state.
Companies from Dallas, Houston, Hemphill and Texarkana are among the winners in the 12th annual Texas Family Business of the Year competition, sponsored by Baylor University's Institute for Family Business.
Twenty-nine missionaries from all denominations will visit Baylor University during Missions Emphasis Week Oct. 8-10.
Baylor University's theater department's latest production, "A Woman Without A Name" written by Romulus Linney, will open Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Building.
A noted scholar in early American political thought will be the featured speaker at Baylor University's annual Robert T. Miller Professorship Distinguished Lecture Series.
A new data resource about Baptists was unveiled Monday, Oct. 1, at Baylor University. BaptistHeritage.com, managed by the university's program in Baptist Studies, is intended to be the largest accumulation of data about Baptist life and thought ever assembled.
Chinese composer and pianist Lei Liang will make a rare public appearance at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, in Meadows Recital Hall.
Baylor University's Center for Community Learning and Enrichment has released its schedule of the popular Super Saturday classes for students from preschool through 10th grade. The sessions will run one Saturday each month, October through April.
Baylor University's student newspaper, The Lariat, was named the best overall campus newspaper and won an additional 15 awards in the inaugural Baptist Press Excellence in Journalism competition held Sept. 27-29 in Nashville.
The Round Up, the university's yearbook, also brought home 10 awards.
The King William Winds, the Woodwind Quintet-in-Residence at The University of Texas at San Antonio, will present a guest concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in Roxy Grove Hall.
The Baylor University Hispanic Student Association will hosts its annual Hispanic heritage observance during the month of October.
Scholars from throughout the United States will examine the defining work of early church father Augustine of Hippo during Baylor University's Pruit Memorial Symposium Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 4-6.
Jan Karon, the author of the best-selling Mitford series of books, has canceled her Oct. 18 visit to Baylor University, as well as all appearances in Texas, due to the tragic events Sept. 11 in New York and Washington, D.C.
Baylor University's Air Force ROTC Detachment 810 will honor American military personnel who were held as prisoners of war and those still listed as missing in action with a flag vigil from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27.
What does the future hold for the Texas and national economy in the aftermath of the most devastating terrorist attack in America's history? Speakers will address that question at the 2002 Economic Forecast Conference sponsored by Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business and Waco Chamber of Commerce in the South Brazos Room of Waco Convention Center on Thursday, Oct. 11.
A noted expert in entrepreneurship and a scholar of Greek and Roman history will be honored Monday, Sept. 24, at Baylor University with the 2001 Robert Foster Cherry Awards for Great Teachers.