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Four Baylor University graduates will be honored at the Baylor Alumni Association's annual Distinguished Alumni Banquet at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center.

Dr. David Rudd, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Baylor University and director of the doctoral program in clinical psychology, has been elected president of the American Association of Suicidology, an organization targeting suicide prevention worldwide.

New American Talent, 16, an art exhibit organized by the Texas Fine Arts Association, opens Wednesday, Jan. 23, in Baylor University's Martin Museum of Art in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center. The exhibit runs through Feb. 27.

Carol Leone, assistant professor of piano at Southern Methodist University, will speak at Baylor University at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, in Roxy Grove Hall.

The fifth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, in Miller Chapel on the Baylor University campus. A unity walk will begin at 6:45 p.m. from the front steps of the Bill Daniel Student Center.

No classes will be held Monday, Jan. 21, as Baylor University observes the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

The graveside funeral service for Mary Norman, former dean of academic services at Baylor, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, at the Old Waxahachie Cemetery in Waxahachie, Texas.

Trin-i-tee 5:7, a band that combines a contemporary blend of R&B, hip-hop and gospel, will share its music with students during Chapel at 10 and 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, at Waco Hall on the Baylor University campus.

Russell Dagon, professor of clarinet at Northwestern University School of Music, will present a series of master classes on the Baylor University campus Jan. 18-19.

Dr. Eugene Baker, retired Baylor University historian, will discuss his two upcoming books -- As We Onward Go -- Baylor University in the 20th Century and First Ladies of Baylor -- at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at the Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village. The event is free and open to the public.

Thomas Baird will present two master classes and a lecture/demonstration at Baylor University Jan. 14-15 as part of the School of Music's 2001-2002 Lyceum Series.

Baylor University President Robert B. Sloan Jr. today issued the following statement on the death of Dr. W.A. Criswell, longtime pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas. Criswell earned a B.A. degree from Baylor in 1931.

Baylor University's office of human services, School of Education, department of educational administration and division of continuing education will host the annual Martin Luther King luncheon in honor of the late civil rights leader from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, in Barfield Drawing Room in the Bill Daniel Student Center.

High school juniors and seniors, transfer students and their parents are invited to visit the Baylor University campus during Winter Premiere Friday and Saturday, Jan. 18-19, sponsored by the Baylor office of admission services and the Baylor Chamber of Commerce.

Baylor University's Center for Community Learning and Enrichment will offer Super Saturday sessions Jan. 26 to dispel winter blues for Central Texas preschool through high school students.

More than 300 Baylor alumni and friends were on hand in Waco Thursday evening, Jan. 10, for the first of many town hall meetings centered around Baylor 2012, Baylor's 10-year vision.

The age-old craft of chair seat splint weaving and chair rushing will be taught at Baylor University's Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26.

Baylor University professor of psychology and neuroscience Michael B. Frisch was named Distinguished Research Fellow by the prestigious International Society for Quality of Life Studies at its annual meeting this month in Washington, D.C.

Baylor University President Robert B. Sloan Jr. recently announced the appointment of James Odom, a 1994 Baylor graduate, to the newly created position of director of public affairs, effective Jan. 7.

Faculty and staff of Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary are now at home in the new $17 million, 64,000-square-foot Truett Seminary complex on the Baylor campus.

Baylor University facilities will vary their usual hours during the Christmas holidays. All university offices and facilities will be closed Dec. 24-25 and Jan. 1.

A few months ago, 1996 Baylor University graduate and cancer survivor Patrick Thompson received a piece of mail out-of-the-blue from a national soft drink company. At first, he thought it was only an advertisement. But on closer inspection, Thompson found that he had been selected as an Olympic torchbearer through the anonymous work of his friends and family.

Baylor University President Robert B. Sloan Jr. today announced the appointment of Dr. Eileen Hulme as vice president for student life, effective immediately. Dr. Hulme, a 1982 Baylor graduate, has served as acting vice president for student life since last June.

Beginning Thursday, Dec. 13, faculty and staff of Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary will begin moving into the new $17 million, 64,000-square-foot seminary complex on the Baylor campus.

The government documents general collection in Baylor University's Moody Memorial Library will be inaccessible from Dec. 19 through Jan. 11 due to asbestos abatement. The abatement is required because floor coverings are being replaced in this area.

Baylor University will confer degrees on more than 900 students in commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Ferrell Center.

Thousands of friends and supporters packed Baylor's Ferrell Center Saturday night, Dec. 8, for a celebration event honoring Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry, who were rescued from Afghanistan in November.

Christmas ornaments designed to commemorate the United States Capitol and the White House are featured in "A Capital Christmas," a new exhibit in the concourse on the first floor of Baylor University's Moody Memorial Library.

Children and their families can make Christmas presents for people who are in less fortunate circumstances during Noddy Toy Factory, which runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at Baylor University's Ollie Mae Moen Discovery Center. The event is free and open to the public.

A new Baylor University holiday tradition began Thursday, Nov. 29, with "Christmas On 5th Street" near the Bill Daniel Student Center.

Baylor University's Ferrell Center will be the site for a community-wide celebration service at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, for Baylor graduates Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer. The women were two of eight foreign aid workers in Afghanistan who were imprisoned by the Taliban for more than three months until their dramatic rescue Nov. 14.

The five-state Texoma Region of NATS held its annual conference and auditions on the Baylor campus Nov. 7-10. Baylor's Vocal Division faculty served as local hosts.

Visitors can experience a Victorian Christmas at "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Baylor University's Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village.

A Baylor University student organization plans to focus attention this week on the needs and political conditions of displaced and impoverished people, not only in Afghanistan but throughout the world.

Baylor University's Student Union will sponsor the annual Holiday Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 27-28, in the lobby of the Bill Daniel Student Center.

Christmas is the theme for Baylor University's Super Saturday sessions on Dec. 1. The classes, designed for students from preschool through high school, are sponsored by Baylor's Center for Community Learning and Enrichment.

The John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship at Baylor University will honor graduates of its fall 2001 FastTrac Program at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, in the fifth-floor Blume Seminar Room of the Cashion Academic Building at the Hankamer School of Business.

The tenth annual Santa's Workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, in Russell Gymnasium on the Baylor University campus.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Nov. 27, in Longview for longtime Baylor benefactor Patsy Hollandsworth, who died Saturday, Nov. 24. Over the years, Hollandsworth and her late husband, Earl, gave almost $18 million to Baylor to fund scholarships, qualifying the couple as the largest single contributors in the university's 156-year history.

The Baylor University Health Education and Wellness office will host AIDS Awareness Week Nov. 26 - 30. AIDS Awareness Week is designed to promote increased awareness about the disease, and also to help raise money for HIV or AIDS sufferers.

Baylor University facilities will observe different schedules for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. No classes will be held Wednesday, Nov. 21, but all administrative offices will be open during regular hours.

Baylor University was home to State Department officials and more than 200 members of the international media Nov. 14-15 as the historic meeting between President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin took place only a few miles away at the president's ranch in Crawford.

Baylor students traveled to nearby Crawford to participate in the visit of President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin to Crawford High School.

Baylor University Opera Theater will present "An Evening of Opera Scenes" at 8 p.m. Nov. 16 -17, in the Baylor Blackbox Opera Theater, which is located near University Parks Drive, between the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center and Waco Creek.

The Baylor University Wind Ensemble will present its second concert of the fall semester at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19, in Jones Concert Hall. The Wind Ensemble performs under the direction of Jeffrey Grogan, assistant professor and acting director of bands.

Recent terrorist actions are a direct result of 80 years of Islamic suffering, and the threat has increased over the past ten years due to bad government, bad education and increased globalization, said a panel of experts who examined issues concerning the war on terrorism.

In an historic interview with National Public Radio, Russian President Vladimir Putin will take questions directly from the American people during a special broadcast at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, on local NPR affiliate KWBU 103.3 FM.

Journalists from all over the world filed their stories, photographs and video from the International Media Center that was set up within the McLane Student Life Center on the Baylor campus.

WACO - Baylor President Robert B. Sloan Jr. issued a statement Nov. 14 on the freeing of Baylor graduates Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry.

Baylor University students, faculty and administrators had the unique opportunity Wednesday, Nov. 14, to meet with more than a hundred international journalists covering the Bush-Putin meeting in Texas.

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist John Updike moved his audience Nov. 8 piece by piece through a literary world of terrorism that has now become our everyday lives.

Baylor University's Golden Wave Marching Band will play highlights from this season's halftime shows, as well as traditional Baylor favorites, during the band's annual scholarship benefit concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, in the Ferrell Center.

Staff from Baylor's Facility Services, University Host office, Information Technology Services, Public Relations office and more worked Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 12-13, to prepare a working media room for the international press in the McLane Student Life Center.

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.