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A Baylor University junior from New Orleans made history April 11 with his election to student government's highest post.

The Baylor University freshman class council will present Caedmon's Call in concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2, in Waco Hall.

The Council for International Education at Baylor University continues its global issues lecture series at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 25.

Students, faculty and staff of George W. Truett Theological Seminary gathered together April 25 to remember Truett professor, the Rev. William C. (Bill) Treadwell Jr., as a wise and caring man - and an avid fisherman - who touched the lives of thousands of people as both minister and teacher.

Funeral services will be held Friday, April 26, for the Rev. William C. (Bill) Treadwell Jr., associate professor of Christian education and leadership/administration at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary, who died April 23 at a Waco hospital.

One of Baylor University's most prestigious honor societies will celebrate its anniversary as a campus organization this month. Twenty-five years ago, the national governing board of Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest honorary society in the United States, granted a chapter charter to the university, with formal installation of the chapter, Zeta of Texas, taking place in April 1977.

Baylor University Opera Theater will present "An Evening of Opera Scenes" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 26-27, in the Baylor Blackbox Opera Theater, which is located near University Parks Drive, between the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center and Waco Creek.

Supachai Panitchpakdi, director-general designate of the World Trade Organization (WTO), will speak at Baylor University Friday, April 26, on "The Future of World Trade."

Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business recently recognized successful students, faculty and staff at the school's annual awards banquet.

Baylor University President Robert B. Sloan Jr. today announced the appointment of Dr. Van D. Gray, associate professor of management in the Hankamer School of Business, to the newly created position of associate vice president for strategic planning and improvement, effective May 1.

Baylor University's Center for Community Learning and Enrichment will wrap up this year's Super Saturdays on April 27 with sessions focusing on science and art topics for preschool through high school students.

Thirteen teams raced through the heart of the Baylor University campus April 18 during the 31st annual Bear Downs bicycle race, sponsored by Student Foundation.

Baylor University's Moody Memorial Library will feature "How to Store Your Stuff," an exhibit that highlights methods of materials preservation, through May 13. The exhibit was designed by the preservation unit of the central libraries and is free and open to the public.

Dr. Charles M. Tolbert II, professor and chair of the department of sociology and anthropology at Baylor University, became president-elect of the Southern Sociological Society at its annual meeting April 3-6 in Baltimore. Tolbert will assume the duties of president of the 1,200-member association in April 2003.

The John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship at Baylor University, the City of Waco and the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce will hold a graduation reception to honor 21 participants in the FastTrac entrepreneur program at 6 p.m. April 23, in the Blume Seminar Room at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business.

An "enthusiastic attitude" has paid off handsomely for members of the American Marketing Association (AMA) chapter at Baylor University.

Baylor University's annual Browning Day celebration will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, in the Elizabeth Barrett Browning Salon of Baylor's renowned Armstrong Browning Library.

Charles D. Niemeier, chief accountant for the Division of Enforcement and chief counsel of the Financial Fraud Task Force at the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), will speak Tuesday, April 23, at Baylor University.

The chair of the history department at Winthrop University will lecture at Baylor University's Honors Week Convocation Wednesday, April 24. Dr. Michael L. Kennedy, a Baylor University alumnus, will speak on "Academic Excellence and Baylor Values: Retrospect and Prospect" at 2 p.m. in Armstrong Browning Library.

Dr. Yvonne Haddad, professor of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Georgetown University, will speak at the 24th annual Charles Edmondson Historical Lectures April 17-18 in Bennett Auditorium of the Draper Academic Building on the Baylor University campus. The theme of Haddad's lectures is "American Muslims in Transition."

California Institute of Technology professor of chemistry Robert Grubbs is the guest lecturer for the annual Gooch-Stephens Lectures April 18-19 on the Baylor University campus.

Dr. Tucker Balch, assistant professor of computing at Georgia Institute of Technology will speak on "The Secret Life of Ants: What We Can Learn By Observing and Modeling Social Insects" at noon Friday, April 19, in room 104 of the Rogers Engineering and Computer Science Building on the Baylor University campus, sponsored by the school of engineering and computer science.

James C. McKeown, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will speak at 3 p.m. Friday, April 19, in Armstrong Browning Library's Treasure Room on the Baylor University campus.

The Baylor University Office of Admission Services and Alpha Phi Omega, a national service fraternity, will host high school students from across the country during Spring Premiere Saturday, April 20.

Baylor University received two awards at "Bet on Success," the 2002 Southwest Regional Conference, held March 22-24 at Texas A&M University.

The 2002 Baylor University President's Concert will be presented at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 20, in Jones Concert Hall.

Baylor University's 31st annual bicycle race, Bear Downs, will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18, on Fifth Street in front of the Bill Daniel Student Center.

Baylor University's accounting program has been selected as a test-site for the new total computerized CPA examination. About 30 Baylor students will participate in the pre-testing program, which will be held on the Baylor campus April 25-27.

Under clear blue skies, Baylor University students, faculty and staff celebrated "Diadeloso," the university's traditional spring "play day" April 11.

Dr. R. Chris Hassel Jr., professor of English at Vanderbilt University, will deliver the Reesing Endowed Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in room 101 at the Carroll Science Building on the Baylor University campus. Hassel's lecture, "Shakespeare and the Word," is free and open to the public.

A renowned authority on the philosophy and history of evolutionary biology, especially Darwinism, will deliver the Herbert H. Reynolds Lecture in the History and Philosophy of Science at 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 15, at Kayser Auditorium in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University. Dr. Michael Ruse, the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University, will speak on "Darwinism and Atheism: A Marriage Made in Heaven?" The lecture is free and open to the public.

Christian writer Brennan Manning will address Baylor University students during Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Monday, April 15, in Waco Hall.

Baylor University's School of Social Work has received a grant of more than $2 million for its part in a larger $6 million initiative from The Pew Charitable Trusts. Through the Faith and Service Technical Education Network (FASTEN), the School of Social Work, in partnership with the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), will study how urban congregations and faith-based organizations (FBOs) are making a difference in the lives of families and communities facing poverty.

Children, ages 3-18, can participate in a variety of fun programs during Summertime at the Village at Baylor University's Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village. Open registration will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13. A special registration day is available for members of the Strecker Associates on Friday, April 12.

A long-held dream was realized Saturday with the dedication of Baylor University's new Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center on the banks of the Brazos River.

Baylor University's Indian Subcontinent Student Association (ISSA) will hold its seventh annual culture and talent show at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in Waco Hall.

Baylor University faculty, staff and students will celebrate the annual "Diadeloso" on Thursday, April 11.

Baylor University Theatre will present William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors at 7:30 p.m. April 12-13 and April 16-20. Matinee performances will take place at 2:30 p.m. April 14 and 21. All performances will be held in Mabee Theater in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center.

Baylor University's School of Education in partnership with the Center for Community Learning and Enrichment will hold two summer reading and math programs for Central Texas students entering first through fourth grades.

Baylor University officials have announced that former Dallas Morning News columnist William Murchison has been named Radford Visiting Professor of Journalism in the department of journalism. Murchison will begin his duties in the fall when he will teach two courses, "Religion and the Media" and "Editorial and Column Writing."

Faculty in Baylor University's art department will exhibit some of their latest works at an exhibit at the Martin Museum of Art in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center. The exhibit will run from April 5 through April 30 and will be held in conjunction with an exhibition of student works in the University Art Gallery.

Dr. H.W. Brand, an international expert in American history and a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize, will deliver the annual Laura Blanche Jackson Lecture in World Issues at 7 p.m. Monday, April 8, in the Jones Theater in Baylor University's Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center. Brands, who serves as Distinguished Professor of History and the Melbern G. Glasscock Chair in American History at Texas A&M University, will lecture on "American Liberalism at Home and Abroad."

The Texas Intercollegiate Press Association announced its award winners during the organization's annual conference March 28-30 in Fort Worth. Baylor University staff and students received recognition in several categories.

Baylor University's Center for Christian Ethics and Institute for Faith and Learning will present a symposium on "God and Morality" from 2 to 4:30 p.m. and 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, April 8, in the Paul W. Powell Chapel at George W. Truett Theological Seminary.

The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments in two high-profile cases April 3 before overflow crowds at Baylor Law School's new home on the banks of the Brazos River.

Baylor ShowTime! will hold its annual spring performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7, in Jones Theater at the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Building on the Baylor University campus.

The Baylor University Executive Association of Residents (B.E.A.R.) will hold its annual Fiesta on the River from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in Minglewood Bowl and along the Waco Creek.

The Baylor University Handbell Choir will present its annual spring concert at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in Recital Hall II in Waco Hall.

Dedication ceremonies will be held Saturday, April 6, for Baylor University's new Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center.

Dr. Stan C. Denman, assistant professor of theater arts, and Dr. J. Randall O'Brien, professor of religion, have been appointed chairs of their respective departments, Dr. Donald D. Schmeltekopf, provost and vice president for academic affairs, announced April 2.

Elvia Puccinelli and Jane Abbott-Kirk of the Baylor University School of Music faculty will present "An Evening of Duo Piano Music" at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in Roxy Grove Hall.

The late 19th century will come to life during Pioneer Heritage Days at Baylor University's Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village. The event, now in its 24th year, will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 6, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 7. Additionally, costumed interpreters will recreate village life circa 1898 for area school children from 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday and Wednesday, April 2-3, and from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, April 4.

Skye L. Perryman, a junior economics and philosophy major at Baylor University, is among 64 students from U.S. colleges and universities named a 2002 Truman Scholar by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.

In observance of the Easter holidays, no classes will be held at Baylor University March 28 through April 1, and several university departments and buildings will have special hours.

The Baylor University Jazz Ensemble will present a concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in the Jesse H. Jones Theater of Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center.

Billy Collins, the current United States Poet Laureate, will headline this year's Beall Poetry Festival, which runs April 8-11 at Baylor University.

Lisa Hanger, a student from the University of Central Florida, won the overall championship award at the fourth annual National Collegiate Sales Competition at Baylor University.

Baylor University's College of Arts and Sciences and the Center for Public Justice in Washington, D.C., will host "Civil Society and Christian Social Thought: Three Views" on Friday and Saturday, March 22-23, in Armstrong Browning Library. The symposium, which will begin at 9 a.m. both days, will explore views on civil society held by the Catholic, Baptist and Reformed traditions.

The Christian comedy duo, "Bean and Bailey," will perform for Baylor University students during Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Monday, March 25, in Waco Hall.

Dr. Diana Garland, professor and chair of the School of Social Work at Baylor University, has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Waco chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

One of the foremost authorities on 20th-century artist Georgia O'Keeffe will be the featured speaker at Baylor University's annual Allbritton Art Institute Lecture. Dr. Barbara Buhler Lynes will speak at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in room 149 in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center on campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Helen Ann Shanley, associate professor of flute at Baylor University, will present a faculty recital at 8 p.m. Monday, March 25, in Roxy Grove Hall.

After nine months of planning and behind-the-scenes implementation, Baylor University launched its newly redesigned web site, putting in place a more powerful tool to attract students, augment communications with alumni and market the university to the world.

The Baylor University Native American Student Association will host its seventh annual scholarship powwow, "The Spirit of the Sacred Hoop," from 3 to 11 p.m. Saturday, March 23, in the Ferrell Center.

The Baylor University Opera Theater will present four performances of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Così fan tutte from March 21 through 24 in the Jesse H. Jones Theater in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center. The performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and a matinée performance will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Marva J. Dawn, who serves for the agency Christians Equipped for Ministry of Vancouver, Wash., will be the guest speaker for the 2002 Northcutt Lecture at Baylor University. She will discuss the topic, "Worship Because We Can't Help It" at 5 p.m Thursday, March 21, in Meadows Recital Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.

Author and lecturer Dr. Keith Pavlischek will speak to Baylor University students at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in Bennett Auditorium. His lecture, "Just War and Terrorism," is part of the Global Issues Lecture Series presented by the Council for International Education.

Area children and their parents can learn about the insect world at "Bugs a Buzzin'" from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Baylor University's Ollie Mae Moen Discovery Center.

Baylor University's School of Social Work will hold the fifth annual Preston M. Dyer Spring Conference from 8 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. Thursday, March 21, at the Region 12 Service Center, 2101 W. Loop 340 in Waco. The conference is open to professional social workers, students, pastors and church staff and leaders of aid organizations.

National Brass Virtuosi, a brass quintet featuring players from three major American orchestras, will present a guest concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, in Roxy Grove Hall.

The Baylor University classics department will host guest lecturer Duane W. Roller, professor of Greek and Latin at the Ohio State University at Lima at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in the Beckam Room in the Bill Daniel Student Center.

Steppin' Out, Baylor University's bi-annual day of community service, will take place from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 23.

Dr. Dianna M. Vitanza, vice provost for academic affairs and associate professor of English at Baylor University, has announced that she will return to full-time teaching in the department of English at the end the spring semester.

Dr. John Hollander, the Sterling Professor of English at Yale University, will discuss literature that focuses on spies and spying during the second annual Lecture in Modern Literature at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, in Meadows Recital Hall at the Glennis McCrary Music Building on the Baylor University campus. The lecture, "A Discussion of
Espionage in Relation to Poetic and Prose Fiction," is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the department of English.

The Baylor Lady Bears, 26-5 on the season and ranked seventh in the nation, will host the first round of the Women's NCAA Tournament March 15 and 17 at the Ferrell Center. Drake and Syracuse will play in the first game at 6 p.m. Friday, followed by Baylor and Bucknell at approximately 8:30 p.m.

A delegation of university presidents and other administrators in higher education from the People's Republic of China will visit Baylor University March 17-20.

Three members of the Baylor University music faculty will perform an all-French recital of works for voice and piano. Robert Best, Deborah Williamson and Elvia Puccinelli will perform at8 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, in Roxy Grove Hall.

Several Baylor ministry groups and local churches have joined forces to hold a "Campus Renewal" this week at Baylor University. The campus-wide worship experience, designed to renew the spirits of students and their relationship with God, will be held at 7 p.m. March 18-20 at Waco Hall.

Baylor University's Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village will hold "Flutter, Float and Fly" from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 16.

Baylor University's Center for Community Learning and Enrichment will offer Super Saturday sessions on March 23 with springtime fun and creative opportunities for preschool through high school students.

The President's Forum Lecture, given by former First Lady Barbara Bush on March 11 at Baylor University, will air three times this week on the College Channel on cable channel 18.

The nine justices of the Texas Supreme Court will convene Wednesday, April 3, at Baylor Law School's new home on the banks of the Brazos River, the Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center.

Kathryn Steely, assistant professor of viola at Baylor University, will perform a faculty recital, "Duos with Viola," at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 14, in Roxy Grove Hall.

Martin Jones will perform a Lyceum Series recital at 8 p.m. Monday, March 18, in Roxy Grove Hall on the Baylor University campus. He also will present a piano master class from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, in Roxy Grove Hall. Both events are free and open to the public.

Saxophonist Stacy Maugans, instructor of music at Valparaiso University in Indiana, will present a guest lecture/recital on "The History of the Saxophone in Russia and the Former Soviet Union" at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 14, in Meadows Recital Hall on the Baylor University campus.

Students from more than 20 of America's major universities will compete at Baylor University March 15-16 in a contest to decide the nation's top collegiate sales professionals.

A best-selling novelist and an award-winning singer/songwriter will highlight the third annual Art & Soul, an international festival of religious faith and literary art at Baylor University March 14-17.

Steve Zikman, a best-selling travel writer, will speak on "African Travel and Travel-Writing as Transformative Experience" for The John N. Jonsson Peace and Justice Lecture Series of Baylor University's African Studies Program at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16, in Barfield Drawing Room at the Bill Daniel Student Center. The lecture is open to the public, and admission is free.

Baylor University President Robert B. Sloan presented Barbara Bush with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree March 11, as the former First Lady visited Baylor as a guest lecturer in the President's Forum Lecture Series.

Former First Lady Barbara Bush cheered a Ferrell Center audience of more than 6,000 Monday, March 11, with 45 minutes of humorous stories from her life as the wife and now mother of a United States President. Mrs. Bush visited Baylor University as the guest lecturer in the President's Forum Lecture Series.

An archived version of the Baylor University President's Forum Lecture Series featuring former First Lady Barbara Bush is now available on the web. Mrs. Bush's March 11 lecture, which was webcast live to hundreds of viewers, can be accessed at http://www.baylortv.com/ .

Specialty actor Roger Nelson will perform a one-man portrayal of Ireland's patron saint in The Confession of St. Patrick during Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. March 11, in Waco Hall on the Baylor University campus.

Accomplished Houston attorney John Eddie Williams will be honored by Baylor University Law School as its 2002 Baylor Lawyer of the Year. Baylor's Lawyer of the Year award is given annually to an outstanding alumnus who has brought honor and distinction to Baylor Law School and the legal profession.

Latvian-born violinist Arkady Fomin, formerly a member of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, will present a guest recital at Baylor University at 8 p.m. Monday, March 11, in Roxy Grove Hall. He will be accompanied by Russian pianist Daredjan Kakouberi.

Baylor Law School will host the American Bar Association's 2002 National Client Counseling Competition on Saturday, March 16. Students representing 12 of the top client counseling teams from law schools around the country will compete in the program.

In the wake of the Enron collapse, faculty members of Baylor's Hankamer School of Business had some advice Feb. 27 for young graduates about to enter the job market.

More than 6,000 free tickets have been distributed to the President's Forum Lecture Series featuring former First Lady Barbara Bush at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 11, at Baylor University's Ferrell Center. Because of the sellout, Baylor public safety officials encourage ticketholders to arrive early at the Ferrell Center.

Baylor University graduate Erika Snoberger, who is covering all speed skating events for the U.S. Olympic Committee at the Winter Olympics, is filing a daily diary with Baylor Public Relations, as she experiences the "shining moments" that only the Games can provide.

Baylor University classes will not be held during spring break March 2-10. However, many facilities and university offices will remain open.

The trombone choirs of Baylor University and the University of Texas at Austin will join forces for a concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in Roxy Grove Hall.