1995
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June 1 |
Robert B. Sloan Jr. assumes office |
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Engineering and Computer Science elevated from department to School status |
Sept. 14 |
Regents approve fundraising plans for $20 million Student Life Center |
Sept. 15 |
Sloan inaugurated as 12th president |
Sept. 28 |
Regents activate the Baylor Foundation, renamed from the Tryon Foundation |
Oct. 27 |
Clifton Robinson Tower dedicated November - Study of Campus Master Plan commissioned |
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1996
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April 18 |
First on-campus dance - "The Miracle on Fifth Street" |
August |
Bioscience Task Force appointed |
Aug. 24 |
Sloan inducted into Little League Hall of Excellence |
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1997
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Jan. 17 |
Regents and Baylor Health Care System Trustees meet on campus to discuss the system's future |
May 9 |
Baylor HCS separates from the University by mutual agreement |
December |
College of Arts and Sciences receives American Academy of Liberal Education Accreditation |
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1998
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Feb. 6 |
Regents approve $83 million in capital projects in addition to SLC |
Feb. 25 |
Major athletic facilities projects announced (includes Jim and Julie Turner Riverfront Athletic Park and Grant Teaff Athletic Complex) |
May 8 |
Groundbreaking for SLC |
May 12 |
Allbritton Art Institute affiliates with Baylor University |
May 15 |
Groundbreaking for School of Nursing addition |
Sept. 18 |
Regents approve design for Truett Seminary campus |
Fall |
Construction begins on softball and baseball stadiums |
Oct. 26 |
$20 million gift from three couples announced to fund Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center |
Nov. 1 |
Women's soccer team wins Baylor's first Big 12 championship |
Nov. 13 |
Regents approve design for Harry and Anna Jeanes Discovery Center |
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1999
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Jan 29 |
Baylor assumes control of Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Foundation, license holder for KCTF-TV |
April 10 |
Groundbreaking for Shelia and Walter Umphrey Law Center |
August |
Speight Plaza parking and offices facility opens |
Sept. 10 |
Floyd Casey Stadium skyboxes and Dave Campbell Media Center dedicated |
Sept. 25 |
McLane SLC dedicated |
Oct. 13 |
Inaugural President's Forum brings Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Baylor |
Oct. 15 |
Baylor announces MLK Jr. Day will become official University holiday beginning in 2001; one-day fall break for students also approved |
Nov. 12 |
Regents authorize five-year, $500 million endowment campaign |
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2000
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Feb. 2 |
Groundbreaking for Truett Seminary campus |
Feb. 19 |
Baylor dedicates Getterman Softball Stadium |
April 22 |
Men's tennis team wins Big 12 championship |
May 11 |
Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Foundation board authorizes launch of National Public Radio service on KWBU-FM effective July 1, 2000; approves change in KCTF call letters to KWBU-TV |
May 13 |
Baseball team wins Big 12 championship |
May 26 |
Sloan elected chair of the Big 12 Executive Committee/Board of Directors |
Sept. 21 |
Sloan announces Baylor's intention to pursue George W. Bush Presidential Library |
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Louise Herrington School of Nursing $5 million expansion/renovation dedicated |
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2001
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Jan. 31 |
Groundbreaking for Harry and Anna Jeanes Discovery Center |
Feb. 10 |
Baylor Ballpark dedicated |
Feb. 23 |
Groundbreaking for Stacy Riddle Forum |
Sept. 21 |
Regents approve Baylor 2012, new tuition structure |
October |
Bear Ridge Golf Course completed |
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Men's golf wins Big 12 championship |
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2002
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Feb. 22 |
Regents establish Honors College, Baylor's 10th academic division |
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George W. Truett Theological Seminary dedicated |
March 11 |
Barbara Bush speaks at President's Forum |
April 6 |
$33 million Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center dedicated |
May 17 |
Groundbreaking for $103 million Sciences Building |
Aug. 13 |
Baylor hosts President George W. Bush's Economic Forum |
Aug. 28 |
Renovated Morrison Hall rededicated |
Sept. 10 |
Truett Seminary announces its accreditation by Association of Theological Schools |
Nov. 19 |
David Lyle Jeffrey named provost and vice president for academic affairs |
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2003
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Feb. 28 |
Stacy Riddle Forum dedicated |
March 12 |
Thomas S. Hibbs named Dean of new Honors College |
April 24 |
Baylor Libraries celebrate 100th year |
April 30 |
Plans announced for nation's first Chili's Too on a college campus, to be in Dutton Avenue Office and Parking Facility |
May 16 |
Groundbreaking for North Village Residential Community, first new residential facility to be built at Baylor in 40 years |
June |
Basketball player Patrick Dennehy reported missing |
July 18 |
BAA's Family Dialogue in Ferrell Center |
July |
Arrest of Carlton Dotson, charged with murder of Patrick Dennehy |
Aug. 8 |
Sloan announces resignation of Dave Bliss and Tom Stanton over improprieties in men's basketball program |
Aug. 28 |
Campuswide memorial service for Patrick Dennehy |
Sept. 4 |
Bill Cosby stages Spirit Rally at Floyd Casey Stadium |
Sept. 8 |
Ian McCaw named Athletic Director |
Sept. 12 |
Regents reaffirm Sloan administration, 31-4 |
Nov. 26 |
Baylor appoints National Steering Committee for proposed GWB Presidential Library |
December |
Baylor releases HDTV "Christmas at Baylor" featuring the choral groups of the School of Music |
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2004
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March |
Lady Bears' basketball team reaches NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time |
May 14 |
Sue and Frank Mayborn Natural Science and Cultural History Museum Complex dedicated |
May 25 |
Men's tennis team wins Baylor's first NCAA team national championship |
July 10 |
The Bullock Collection opens at Baylor Libraries |
July 23 |
Regents reaffirm 2012 Vision |
August |
Track athletes Jeremy Wariner wins two Gold Medals and teammate Darold Williamson one in the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece |
Sept. 10 |
Record-setting freshman class of 2,785 |
Sept. 24 |
Regents approve independent status of School of Social Work; adds women's equestrian program to begin fall 2005 as 18th varsity team sport |
Sept. 24 |
$103.3 million Baylor Sciences Building dedicated |
Oct. 8 |
Baylor successfully completes $500 million Campaign for Greatness ahead of schedule |
Oct. 22 |
North Village Residential Community dedicated |
Dec. 6 |
Faculty Referendum on RBS leadership held |
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2005
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Jan. 21 |
Sloan and Regents Chair Will Davis jointly announce Sloan will transition to University Chancellor June 1 |
April 29 |
Groundbreaking for the Bill and Eva Williams Bear Habitat Complex |
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Regents establish a Presidential Search Committee |
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Lady Bears basketball team wins Big 12 Conference title, Big 12 Tournament title and NCAA National Championship, the first national title in basketball in the Big 12 |
June 1 |
William D. Underwood becomes interim president |
