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The Baylor University School of Music announces its showcase series, three gala concerts for the fall semester in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.

A veteran Texas Baptist Student Ministries leader has joined Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary as director of student services.

Students from Waco's G.W. Carver Academy have been invited to showcase their debate skills and share their experiences in Project Democracy at the GEAR UP National Conference to be held in October in Washington, D.C.
The half dozen students, accompanied by Baylor debate professor and Project Democracy director Karla Leeper, Baylor graduate student Skye Perryman and Carver debate teacher Mary Duty, plan to leave Waco for Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Oct. 4.

A china painting class will be held on three Saturdays -- Sept. 15 and 22 and Oct. 6 -- from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village on the Baylor University campus.

Legendary Baylor University broadcaster Frank Fallon was presented with the 2001 Baylor Communications Award, one of several highlights during the annual President’s Media Luncheon Aug. 29 on the Baylor campus.

Baylor's new $31.3 million Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center was officially opened for business on Monday, Aug. 27, as students attended the first classes held in the impressive three-story building on the banks of the Brazos River.

A campus memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, in Miller Chapel for four Baylor University students who passed away over the summer.

Baylor students who have searched for something to do on the weekends now have "A Place 2BU" right on campus.

Baylor University accounting graduates ranked high both nationally and statewide on the November 2000 CPA (certified public accountant) examination.

Baylor University's graduate program in social work has received accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education.

Dr. C. Stephen Evans, former professor of philosophy and dean for research and scholarship at Calvin College, has joined the Baylor University faculty as University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities.

Dr. Nikolas K. Gvosdev, associate director of Baylor University's J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, has been named executive editor of The National Interest, the Washington, D.C.-based journal devoted to American foreign policy and world politics.

More than 2,800 Baylor University freshmen experienced their first taste of college life on Aug. 15 as they moved into what will be "home" for the next year - Baylor's residence halls.

Three students at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary received their master of divinity degrees during commencement ceremonies Aug. 11 at the Ferrell Center on the Baylor campus.

The Heart of Texas National Balloon Championship and a Friday night open air concert by Grammy and Dove Award-winning recording artist Michael W. Smith will highlight Welcome Week festivities on the Baylor University campus.

Baylor graduate Andy Crocker dreams of one day becoming a doctor. His choice of medical schools, however, might come down to a most unusual requirement. The school must have a carillon.

Baylor University's Air Force ROTC program will commission its 1,000th officer at a special ceremony to be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, in the Baines-Fentress Room on the second floor of the Bill Daniel Student Center.

Baylor University has been named one of the nation's top schools in academia by the Kaplan/Newsweek College Catalog 2002.

Baylor University will hold its summer commencement exercises at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Ferrell Center.

This is "moving week" for the law library at Baylor Law School, when approximately 95,000 books and 100,000 volume equivalents of microfiche will be moved into the new $31.3 million Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center on the banks of the Brazos River.

The Youth Worker University, a joint project between Baylor University and the Baptist General Convention of Texas, will take place Friday and Saturday on the Baylor campus.

Baylor University is one of 43 public and private colleges and universities nationwide listed as a best buy in the 2002 edition of The Fiske Guide to Colleges.

Central Texans interested in preserving family heirlooms are invited to a special event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at the Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village on the Baylor University campus.

Baylor University's Ollie Mae Moen Discovery Center will be open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 5, as the popular hands-on children's museum in downtown Waco celebrates the inaugural National KidsDay with a special admission price. The center will be closed on Saturday.

The Heart of Texas National Balloon Championship and a performance by Grammy and Dove Award-winning recording artist Michael W. Smith will be among the highlights of Baylor University's Welcome Week 2001 Aug. 15-19 on the Baylor campus.
The balloon competition and concert are open to the public.

Baylor's News & Events web site has a new look -- and several new features as well. Find out what's changed, and what other new features are on the way.

Forty graduates of Baylor University School of Law are scheduled to receive juris doctor degrees during commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 28, in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.

Aspiring young actors in the Village Players Summer Camp at Baylor University will present an original melodrama, Nothing Ever Happens in River Junction, at 7 p.m. Friday, July 27, at the Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village. Admission is free.

During the next two weekends, Little Leaguers from around the state will travel to Waco to participate in this year's state Little League tournaments.

The 2000-2001 academic year at Baylor University was one of great achievement across the entire university - from outstanding academics to first-class facilities, distinguished faculty to championship athletics (video available).

Three new faculty members will join Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary this summer, including longtime Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Bert B. Dominy, Brownwood pastor Ronald L. Cook and missions director Michael W. Stroope.

Memorial services were held Monday, July 16, at Baylor University's Miller Chapel for retired speech communications professor George Stokes, who died Saturday, July 14, at a Waco hospital.

HOUSTON -- Houston attorney Jaclanel Moore McFarland was elected to the Baylor University board of regents during the governing body's summer meeting today in Houston.

Jan Karon, the author of the best-selling "Mitford" series, will visit the Baylor University campus in October, as the inaugural guest author of the Baylor Libraries' Distinguished Author Lecture Series. Tickets for Karon's appearance go on sale Aug. 1.

Two exhibits are open in Baylor University's Moody Memorial Library this summer and will run through Sept. 15.

An exhibit of photographs and other materials relating to the public service of the late Bob Bullock is open in the Baylor Collections of Political Materials (BCPM) in the Poage Legislative Library at Baylor University.

The Baylor University community mourns the loss of longtime supporter Glennis McCrary Goodrich, who died recently. Graveside services were held Saturday, July 7, at the Rose Hill cemetery in Tyler.

Baylor University officials have announced that four staff members in the human resources division -- Richard Amos, Jaffus Hardrick, Claude Ervin and Ashley Thornton -- recently have been promoted to new positions.

Brian Hosfeld, head coach of the Baylor University women's volleyball team, will host four summer camps for girls ages 10-18. Camp staff includes members of the Baylor Volleyball coaching staff as well as top college, club and high school coaches.

Waco attorney Jim Dunnam, a three-term member of the Texas House of Representatives, has been named Baylor's Young Lawyer of the Year.

One of America's leading journalists will visit Baylor University this weekend as KWBU 103.3 FM celebrates its one year anniversary as an affiliate of National Public Radio.

Baylor Theatre will present Robert Harling's classic Southern play "Steel Magnolias" June 28 to July 1 in Theater 11 at the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center on the Baylor University campus. Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. June 28-30 with a matinee performance scheduled for 2:30 p.m. July 1.

The annual Texas church conference for the blind will begin Friday on the Baylor University campus with approximately 40 participants are expected to attend the weekend of worship, fellowship, praise and prayer. This summer's conference will be led by Bible teacher Ben Watson of Omaha, Neb. Christian Education for the Blind Ministries of Fort Worth coordinates the event, which is open to the blind and the seeing.

Drivers from California to Texas over Memorial Day Weekend might have had to look twice at the toddler peeking out the back window of a pickup truck.
A closer look would bring a glimpse of Baylor University's new bear cub mascot, Judge Joy Reynolds, named after the wife of President Emeritus Herbert H. Reynolds.

Baylor University senior Ben Hazelwood of Denver has been named a recipient of a National Security Education Program Scholarship, a study-abroad experience that provides American undergraduates with the resources to acquire skills and experience in areas of the world critical to the future national security.

The Barnyard Buddies camp at Baylor University's Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village still has a few openings remaining for children 2- to 3-years-old. The camp will run from 9 to 10 a.m. or from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. the weeks of June 18 and June 25. The cost is $40 per child.

Baylor University President Robert B. Sloan Jr. today announced the resignation of Dr. Steven G.W. Moore as the university's vice president for student life, effective July 31.

Baylor University President Robert B. Sloan Jr. today announced the appointment of Dr. Patricia Tolbert to the newly created position of assistant vice president for academic development.

The Texas Baptist Conference for the Deaf will take place on the Baylor University campus from June 8-10.

The Worldview Academy will make its third appearance at Baylor University from June 7-9.

Approximately 1,000 young people from the Waco area will gather on the Baylor University campus to participate in Reach Waco, a city-wide youth missions and evangelistic rally, June 19-21. The multi-ethnic, multi-denominational event is open to seventh- through 12th-graders and is sponsored by Baylor's youth programs.

Four professors from Baylor University will receive monetary grants from the Houston-based Welch Foundation, one of the nation's oldest and largest sources of private funding for basic chemistry research.

Baylor University women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson will host three basketball camps at the Ferrell Center in June.

One of the best-known directors in Baylor Theatre history will return to campus June 15-17 to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the university's theater program. Paul Baker, who served as chairman of the Baylor University theater department from 1934-1963, will participate in "The Genesis of the Creative Spirit," a festival that will examine the theater program from 1901-1963. A second conference that looks at Baylor Theatre from 1964 to the present will be held in October.

Baylor University's football program will host the Kevin Steele Football Camp for junior and senior high school students, as well younger players, throughout June on the Baylor campus.

Six junior high- and high school-level music camps will begin on June 3 at Baylor University. Week-long band camps will feature a mixture of individual and ensemble instruction, private lessons and master classes.

Baylor University will play host to the Rotary Club's L.I.F.E. Conference June 3-6.

The Baylor Roundup recently received Taylor Publishing Company's Award of Excellence for yearbook design and coverage.

Three sessions of the Dave Luedke Tennis Camp will be held June 3-8. Participants include tennis athletes of varying skills from ages 10-18.

Visitors can enjoy a day filled with Victorian summer activities during Summer Escape, at Baylor University's Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Baylor University added a new dimension to its skyline May 29-30, as a construction crew placed the steeple and a nine-foot gold leaf cross on the chapel of the new George W. Truett Theological Seminary complex.

Baylor Department of Public Safety officer Kevin Helpert was presented the Award of Valor during the annual McLennan County Law Enforcement Officers of the Year banquet held May 24 at Fort Fisher's Knox Hall. The banquet was hosted by the Waco Westside Rotary Club.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A project by Baylor University's Office of Institutional Research and Testing has been recognized by the Computerworld Honors Archive on Information Technology as one of the year's most innovative technology applications.

The John S. Belew art collection will be on display from May 29 through July 20 in the University Art Gallery at Baylor University's Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center. The collection is part of the Martin Museum of Art permanent collection.

An international conference on health care policy will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 28-29, organized by Baylor University, the Dallas-based Baylor Health Care System and the Stockholm School of Economics.

Baylor alumnus Dr. W. Scott Livesay and his wife, Marilyn, of Waco recently established The Kurt and Patricia Kaiser Endowed Music Scholarship Fund for Baylor University students enrolled in the School of Music and to honor Kaiser for his contributions to Christian music and the Baylor music program.

WACO, Texas -- Baylor University is again ranked among the nation's top 100 colleges and universities awarding degrees to Hispanics in the latest rankings released by The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education.

Judge Bill "Billy" Boyd, Baylor's University's 14-year-old, 500-pound North American black bear mascot, will be retired to a natural habitat ranch owned by California professional bear trainer Scott Handley.

Baylor University's Board of Regents at its May meeting today approved a $260.7 million operating budget for 2001-2002, authorized new doctoral programs in philosophy and physical therapy, and elected three new members to the board.

Hundreds of Baylor University spring graduates will take part in several commencement events on Friday, May 11, ranging from the traditional Ring Out and Passing of the Key ceremonies to a carillon concert presented by a graduating senior.

WACO -- Members of the public and chambers of commerce across Texas are being asked to nominate companies for the 12th annual Texas Family Business of the Year competition sponsored by Baylor University's Institute for Family Business. Family business owners also can nominate their firms for the awards. Nominations are being accepted from May 1 through July 1.

With two Baylor University graduation ceremonies, first-round NCAA regional tennis matches and a Baylor-Texas Tech baseball game, all scheduled for Saturday, May 12, Baylor public safety officials are strongly encouraging that people planning to attend these events leave in plenty of time and be prepared for traffic congestion near the Ferrell Center on University Parks Drive.

Two alumni of Baylor University's Air Force ROTC program - both women - have been promoted to the rank of one-star general. Maria Cribbs and Jan D. Eakle, who have been selected for brigadier general, were both members of the 1975 Baylor ROTC class.

The Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research (CASPER), a joint venture between Baylor University and Texas State Technical College, will continue its effort to attract students to science through entertaining, educational demonstrations with the Physics Circus for area middle school students and their teachers May 10-16 on the TSTC campus.

by Lori Scott Fogleman and Allison Swickard, USA Rugby

"Creating Parent-Student Communities of Hope and Imagination" -- a community meeting of local agencies and service providers that assist middle school students and parents in Waco -- will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 18, at Knox Hall in the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame.

Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary will honor the Class of 2001 -- the seminary's fifth graduating class -- during a baccalaureate service at 6 p.m. Friday, May 11, at First Baptist Church of Waco.

Two recent Baylor graduates, Clint and Chrisy Currier, have been selected for the prestigious Presidential Management Intern Program, which allows recent graduates to intern with various federal agencies in Washington, D.C.

Baylor University School of Education Dean Robert Yinger has been elected to the board of directors of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), a national, voluntary association of colleges and universities with undergraduate or graduate programs that prepare professional educators.

Funeral services are pending for Claudie Malquet, a 23-year-old graduate student at Baylor University, who died April 28 in a climbing accident in Big Bend National Park.

Fourteen Baylor University students recently were inducted into the Baylor chapter of Theta Alpha Kappa, a national honor society that recognizes excellence in religious and theological studies, at a ceremony at the Armstrong Browning Library on May 24.

WACO, Texas - John C. Drake, a La Marque resident and journalism major at Baylor University, has been named editor-in-chief of The Baylor Lariat, the university's student newspaper, for the 2001-2002 academic year.

WACO, Texas - Elizabeth N. Montello, a Stafford resident and junior University Scholar at Baylor University, has been named editor of The Baylor Round Up, the university's student yearbook, for the 2000-2001 academic year. As editor, she will receive the Taylor/Anderson scholarship, which is a full tuition scholarship awarded to The Round Up editor annually by Taylor Publishing Co. in Dallas and Jim and Anne Anderson of Austin.

WACO, Texas -- Baylor University will confer degrees on approximately 1,400 graduates during spring commencement exercises Saturday, May 12, in the Ferrell Center.

The inaugural Komen Central Texas Race for the Cure' was held on April 28th at Heritage Square in downtown Waco. There were 4,253 registered walkers and runners.

The student body at Baylor University recently elected a new student body president, as well as external and internal vice presidents.

Approximately 200 faculty, staff, students and members of the community were on site Saturday for the Baylor Habitat for Humanity house dedication.

Baylor faculty, staff and students will join representatives from Waco Habitat for Humanity at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28, as they dedicate the Baylor Habitat for Humanity House located at 1008 Church Ave. in Waco.

Kappa Delta Phi will sponsor a male scholarship pageant at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in the Kayser Auditorium of the Hankamer School of Business on the Baylor University campus.

The Baylor University School of Music will present two summer organ institutes June 10-16 and June 17-22. Both institutes are under the direction of Dr. Joyce Jones, the Joyce Oliver Bowden professor of music and Organist-in-Residence at Baylor.

The Baylor University Symphony Orchestra will present its final concert for 2000-2001 at 8 p.m. Monday, April 30, in Jones Concert Hall under the direction of Stephen Heyde, Conductor-in-Residence and director of orchestral activities.

Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno will speak on ethics in public service, as well as share some reflections on the 1993 Branch Davidian standoff near Waco, during her visit to Baylor University on Thursday, Sept. 13, as part of the President's Forum lecture series.

Baylor University's department of educational administration will honor the contributions of Mexican-American educators and community leaders to our area, state and nation at its annual Cinco de Mayo luncheon on Friday, May 4.

Dr. David Lyle Jeffrey, Distinguished Professor of Literature and Humanities at Baylor University, has been appointed associate provost by President Robert B. Sloan Jr. The appointment is effective June 1.

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.

Registration is under way now for the final Super Saturday educational programs of the spring, sponsored by Baylor University's Center for Community Learning and Enrichment. The classes, which will be held Saturday, April 28, at various locations in Waco and on the Baylor campus, are designed to stimulate thinking and make learning fun for students in first through ninth grades.