http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/ The latest news from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 07:43:44 -0500 Baylor CMS/PHP http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115458 WACO, Texas (May 14, 2011) - Following a nationwide search, Dr. Dennis O'Neal, has been named the new dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University. His appointment is effective Aug. 6, 2012. Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115458 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115386 WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - Baylor University alumnus Ross Natividad of Waco is one of five Baylor students and recent graduates who have been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. A 2010 Baylor graduate with a double major in international studies and Spanish and currently a master's candidate in Spanish, Natividad received the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) and will spend the 2012-2013 academic year in Indonesia teaching English to high school students. Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115386 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115380 WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - Baylor University alumna Jackie Hyland of Houston is one of five Baylor students and recent graduates who have been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. A 2009 Baylor graduate with a double major in international studies and journalism, Hyland is the recipient of a Fulbright Binational Award, which will allow her to work for an international company while studying international business, business development and social entrepreneurship in Mexico City. Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115380 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115323 WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - Baylor University senior Huong Nguyen of Houston is one of five Baylor students and recent graduates who have been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. A senior Medical Humanities major on a pre-med track, Nguyen will pursue the Master's of Science in Health Sciences and Public Health Research at the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland. Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115323 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115320 WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - Baylor University senior Rachel Cliburn of Long Grove, Ill., is one of five Baylor students and recent graduates who have been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. A senior neuroscience major on a pre-med track, Cliburn will conduct research in neuropharmacology through a master's degree research program in neuropsychology at the University of Maastricht, in The Netherlands. Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115320 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115317 WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - Baylor University senior Elisabeth A. Black of Dallas is one of five Baylor students and recent graduates who have been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. A Russian/International Studies major, Black received the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) and will spend the 2012-2013 academic year in Russia teaching English as a foreign language at either a high school or a university. Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115317 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115133 WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) -- A restored 1890s community on the Brazos River -- The Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village of Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex -- will re-open on Saturday, May 12, after having undergone a two-year revitalization. Nestled on a hill adjacent to the Mayborn Museum Complex, the Historic Village will offer museum visitors a realistic glimpse into the past. Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115133 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115309 WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - After nearly two years of planning that included the active participation of faculty, students, staff, alumni and a community of friends throughout the nation, Baylor University Regents today unanimously approved a new strategic vision named <a href="http://www.baylor.edu/profuturis" target="_new""><b><i>Pro Futuris</i></b></a></b> that will guide the University's path over the next decade. The vision will go into effect on June 1, 2012. Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115309 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115293 WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - Five Baylor University students and recent graduates have been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship - the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government - bringing the number of Baylor students and/or graduates who have received the honor since 2001 to 31. Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115293 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115238 WACO, Texas (May 10, 2012) -- Women, listen up: "It's Your Time, " according to the 2012 theme of National Women's Checkup Day on Monday, May 14. But too many busy women don't find the time to care for themselves, says Suzy Weems, Ph.D., a registered dietitian and chair of the department of family and consumer sciences at Baylor University. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115238 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115221 WACO, Texas (May 10, 2012)- Andrea Dixon, Ph.D., associate professor and the Frank M. and Floy Smith Holloway Professor of marketing at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, has been named to serve on the Academic Council for the American Marketing Association (AMA). Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115221 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115220 WACO, Texas (May 10, 2012) - Baylor University School of Social Work has recognized Darla Bailey of Louisville, Ky., as the Baylor School of Social Work Honorary Alumna of the Year. Founder of an innovative day health center for adults with disabilities -- a previously underserved population in the Louisville area -- Bailey is a proven pioneer in the field of social work and, through scholarships, is paving the way for future Baylor students to be equipped to do the same. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115220 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115219 WACO, Texas (May 10, 2012) - Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary will confer degrees upon 50 graduates and present special awards during the seminary's commencement ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday, May 11, at the First Baptist Church, Waco, 500 Webster Ave. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115219 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115208 WACO, Texas (May 10, 2012) - Baylor University will confer degrees upon 2,130 graduates - one of the largest graduating classes in university history - during spring commencement exercises Friday and Saturday, May 11-12, on the Baylor campus. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115208 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115207 WACO, Texas (May 10, 2012) -- Sociology undergraduate Daniel Jang of Baylor University has accepted a prestigious Edwin Sutherland Fellowship at the University of Maryland's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115207 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115143 During the past decade, Baylor University made the leap from being a school known for its classroom teaching to one where research is also a recognized part of the mix. Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115143 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115142 WACO, Texas (May 9, 2012) - Baylor University announced today that the university has received a major gift from John Eddie Williams Jr., BBA '76, JD '78, of Houston for Baylor Stadium. This generous gift, which ranks among the top five capital gifts in university history, will support construction of the university's new on-campus football stadium - Baylor Stadium - to be built alongside the Brazos River. With this naming rights gift, the field at Baylor Stadium will be named John Eddie Williams Field. Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115142 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115132 WACO, Texas (May 8, 2012) - Sam Stroope, a doctoral candidate in the department of sociology in the College of Arts & Sciences at Baylor University, has been awarded competitive funding to attend the 19th Annual Research ANd Development (RAND Corporation) Summer Institute. Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115132 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115091 Baylor University hit many of the lofty benchmarks laid out in the school's ambitious 10-year plan approved by regents during the at-times tumultuous presidency of Robert Sloan. Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=115091 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114983 WACO, Texas (May 7, 2012) - Richard Russell, Ph.D., associate professor of English in Baylor University's College of Arts & Sciences, has been selected as the 2012 Baylor Centennial Professor by the Centennial Faculty Development Review Committee chaired by Joe A. Cox, professor of management in Baylor's Hankamer School of Business. Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114983 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114968 WACO, Texas (May 7, 2012) - Bill Clifton, chairman of the Cooper Foundation, today announced an award of $250,000 to Baylor University to construct a microgravity research facility within the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC). The BRIC is the cornerstone building of the research and discovery park under construction by Baylor University and its community stakeholders Texas State Technical College in Waco (TSTC), McLennan County, and the cities of Bellmead and Waco. Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114968 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114966 WACO, Texas (May 7, 2012) - Roger E. Kirk, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Statistics and Master Teacher at Baylor University's College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the 2012 Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year. The annual award is presented to a faculty member who makes a superlative contribution to the learning environment at Baylor. Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114966 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114853 WACO, Texas (May 4, 2012) - Baylor University senior Taylor P. Kohn, a University Scholar on a pre-medical track from Wichita, Kan., has been selected as one of only 282 U.S. undergraduates to receive the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate award in the United States and its territories in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114853 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114800 WACO, Texas (May 3, 2012) - For the 15th time since 2001, Baylor Law School students have claimed the top pass rate on the Texas State Bar Exam with a 92.59 percent success rate, the highest pass rate for students from the nine Texas law schools. Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114800 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114649 WACO, Texas (May 1, 2012) -- Baylor University graduate and actor Elizabeth A. Davis was startled out of a sound sleep in her New York City brownstone on Tuesday morning by her downstairs neighbor. The neighbor had huge news for Davis -- word that the performer had just been nominated for a Tony Award. Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114649 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114631 WACO, Texas (May 1, 2012) - Three Baylor University graduates -- Robert Hill, Shingo Kihira and Caleb Simone -- were recently named the 2011 recipients of the F. Ray Wilson II Award for Best Thesis, honoring undergraduate thesis writers in Baylor's Honors Program. Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114631 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114569 WACO, Texas (April 30, 2012) - One of Baylor's own will participate in a student version of "Project Runway," a reality contest television show featuring designers creating new fashions within time constraints, when Kaylyn Smith, a senior apparel design and product development Baylor student from Austin, travels to Salt Lake City, Utah, for "Project OR." Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114569 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114408 WACO, Texas (April 27, 2012) - Dr. Gary Elkins, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Baylor University, has received the 2012 Complementary and Integrative Medicine Investigator Research Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine. The award was given in recognition of Dr. Elkins' research into an innovative use of hypnosis for reducing hot flashes among post-menopausal women. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114408 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114254 WACO, Texas (April 25, 2012) - Three graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at Baylor University--Blake McAllister, doctoral candidate in philosophy; Kyle Welty, doctoral candidate in religion; and Michael Whitenton, doctoral candidate in religion--were recently recognized for research accomplishments in their fields. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114254 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114251 WACO, Texas (April 25, 2012) --The ability to navigate using spatial cues was impaired in mice whose brains were minus a channel that delivers potassium -- a finding that may have implications for humans with damage to the hippocampus, a brain structure critical to memory and learning, according to a Baylor University researcher. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114251 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114102 WACO, Texas (April 23, 2012) - Sam Stroope, doctoral candidate in the department of sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Baylor University, has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support his dissertation on community context, gender and health in India. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=114102 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=113616 Waco, Texas (April 16, 2012)-The Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost announced today that Baylor University's Paul L. Foster Success Center (PLFSC) - which encompasses five departments ranging from academic advisement and support to career counseling and career services for Baylor students - has transitioned from Finance and Administration and Enrollment Management to the leadership of Academic Affairs. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=113616 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=113336 WACO, Texas (April 11, 2012) -Zack Valdez, doctoral candidate in The Institute of Ecological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (TIE3S) at Baylor University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellowship in the geosciences. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=113336