Summer 2004
Baylor Magazine

Summer 2004

Charged in the February Regents meeting to mend the rift between the University and the Baylor Alumni Association, representatives of both organizations have met throughout the spring.

Do you regret losing touch with your college roommate? Want to find alumni who like to sail? Wish that signing up for alumni events was easier? For more than a year, the Baylor Network has been working to make all of these things and more possible for alumni with the click of a mouse.

They sit at the top of their academic divisions, accountable to the provost as well as to a retinue of independent-minded faculty members. They shape the curriculum, the direction and the quality of instruction for thousands of students. In this two-part series, we ask Baylor's 11 deans to give us a glimpse into their personalities by answering a specific question -- a perspective most might not get by simply interacting with the person behind the desk. The second part of the series will be in the September issue.

Sloan delivers State of University address to faculty

Local media report vote on Sloan taken in executive session

Baylor student selected as Truman Scholar

When Alathea Sloan woke in the morning, her first sight of the day often would be of a scaly face. Lizards, like sweltering summer afternoons and street vendors, are common in Thailand, where she spent most of last year teaching as part of a unique program for Baylor graduates.

In April 2004, alumnus Stuart Smith, BBA '82, made a journey most heat-loving Texans couldn't imagine -- spending more than a week on cross-country skis and in frigid temperatures -- just to be able to ski the "last degree" to the North Pole.

Kick back, curl up or stretch out and lose yourself in a good book

One semester shy of graduating, David Stalcup decided to take a trip. Five years and six continents later, he came home.

Last December, Stuart Smith completed a 16-year odyssey to ascend the highest peak on each of the continents, known by mountaineers as the Seven Summits. But instead of staying South for the winter, the Waco attorney already was planning his next trip -- nearly 70 miles of cross-country skiing. At the North Pole.

Bob Bullock was a Texas politico of almost mythic proportions, and this summer his political archive opens at Baylor

From sunrise to sunset, they work the soil and tend the animals with one goal -- to find ways to alleviate global hunger. It's a simple approach that can feed the poor, one family at a time. More and more, Baylor students are heading to the World Hunger Relief Farm to learn how to change the world.

Last December, a team of 20 from Baylor went to war-torn Iraq to meet with higher education officials. Across religious boundaries and ideological differences, what people discovered was commonality of heart and purpose.

Achieve a $2 Billion Endowment

Last December, a team of 20 from Baylor went to war-torn Iraq to meet with higher education officials. Across religious boundaries and ideological differences, what people discovered was commonality of heart and purpose.