Faculty & Staff Announcements
Counseling services available for students, faculty, and staff following the Fort Hood shootings[11/6/2009]
Students needing assistance in response to the recent Fort Hood shootings can call 710-2467 or come by the Counseling Center. Faculty and staff should contact the Employee Assistance Program (Horizon Health) at 1-888-293-6948 for short term, confidential counseling.
Baylor University Creates Awareness with Poverty Summit
[11/5/2009]
Baylor University students will build awareness of poverty issues around the Waco community with the Poverty Summit held Nov. 6 - 8 in the Bill Daniel Student Center on Baylor's campus.
Baylor Finance Professor's Paper Makes Top Ten
[11/5/2009]
Baylor University Finance Professor and Carr P. Collins Chair of Finance Dr. John D. Martin's 2008 paper on the credit market crisis of 2007 is one of the top ten most downloaded papers on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
Baylor Welcomes November Chapel Speakers
[11/5/2009]
Baylor University's Spiritual Life department hosts Chapel speakers every Monday and Wednesday at 9:05 a.m., 10:10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. in Waco Hall on the Baylor campus. This November, students will be treated to faith-based editor, a "Born Again Don," and authors.
Baylor Researchers Identify What Makes Deadly Algae More Toxic
[11/5/2009]
Baylor University researchers have identified a key component that increases the toxicity of golden algae (Prymnesium parvum), which kills millions of fish in the southern U.S. every year.
Voysey Inheritance Foreshadows Ponzi, Madoff Schemes
[11/4/2009]
Baylor University faculty and graduate students performed a dramatic reading of "The Voysey Inheritance" Tuesday evening at the Hankamer School of Business. The financial drama, adapted by David Mamet from a 100 year old British play by Harley Granville-Barker, highlighted the second week of the Dale P. Jones Business Ethics Forum: Where Finance Meets Ethics.
Students' Reaction to Ed Burger's Cherry Award Visit
[11/4/2009]
Quotes from students who attended Ed Burger's lectures during his visit to Baylor University.
NPR's Jim Zarroli Brings Concepts of Corporate Governance Home
[11/4/2009]
Jim Zarroli, business reporter for National Public Radio, opened the 2009 Business Ethics Forum on Oct. 28 at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business. Speaking to a crowd from Baylor and the community, Zarroli used an analogy from personal experience to shed light on recent corporate struggles and offer a suggestion for improvement. The question and answer session then shifted the theme toward current media issues.
Global Issues Lecture To Host Linguist
[11/4/2009]
Stephen Watters, international advisor to the Linguistic Survey in Nepal, will present "Language Diversity: A Tool for Unification or Division? Observations from Nepal" at 4 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 5, in room 116 at Draper Academic Building on the Baylor University campus.
Dr. David R. Sorensen Presents "Listening to the Past" Library Lecture
[11/4/2009]
Dr. David R. Sorensen, professor of English and associate director of the honors program at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, will present his lecture, "Listening to the Past" at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in the Hankamer Treasure Room in Armstrong Browning Library.
Baylor University Hosts the 1051st Meeting of the AMS
[11/4/2009]
Baylor University Hosts the 1051st Meeting of the AMS
Ten Ways You Can Go Green at Baylor
[11/4/2009]
Take a look at these 10 easy ways you can save energy, reduce pollution, and conserve water to help Baylor Go Green. Attached graphic created by Lillyan Baker.
Baylor Professor Wins Award for Book on Mark Twain
[11/3/2009]
Dr. Joe Fulton, professor of English at Baylor University, has been named winner of the 2010 Jules and Frances Landry Award for Best Book on Southern studies for The Reconstruction of Mark Twain. The book is a radical reappraisal of Twain and his evolving political allegiances and writings during and after the Civil War.
Training Opportunities, November 2-6
[11/2/2009]
Check out the training opportunities available to you through POD this week.
Institute for Oral History's Faculty Fellow: Call for Proposals
[11/2/2009]
Scholars from all disciplines are invited to submit proposals for the Institute for Oral History's Faculty Fellow program for 2010-2011 through Friday, November 13.
November is Open Enrollment!
[11/2/2009]
As a reminder, Open Enrollment is the entire month of November. To make changes to your coverage or to enroll/re-enroll in a Flexible Spending Account, please see the Open Enrollment Website.
