This Week at Baylor - Oct. 22-29, 2017

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WACO, Texas (Oct. 20, 2017) – This week, Baylor University will host several lectures on religion, science and climate change along with a variety of concerts, movies and guest speakers.

MONDAY, Oct. 23

Chapel Highlights − Steuart and Michelle Pincombe will speak and perform during Chapel services at 9:05, 10:10 and 11:15 a.m. in Waco Hall. While living in the Netherlands for four years, Steuart established a career as a leading cellist and Michelle worked for an international court in The Hague. Last year, the Pincombes traveled across America for their “Music in Familiar Places” tour. Waco Hall is located at 624 Speight Ave. To watch the live broadcast, visit the Spiritual Life website.

Reformation Concert/Symposium − The School of Music will host the Baylor Symphony Orchestra, A Cappella Choir, and Chamber Singers for the Reformation 500 concert at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building. The Reformation 500 Concert will commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. This event is free and open to the public. The McCrary Music Building is located at 110 Baylor Ave. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

Cherry Award Lecture − Clinton O. Longenecker, Ph.D., finalist for Baylor’s Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, will present his lecture “Career Success and Survival in the 21st Century: The Mandate for Life-long Learning.” Longenecker is a professor of leadership at the University of Toledo. The lecture will take place at 4:30 p.m. in Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, Room 240, 1621 S. Third St. For more information, visit the Cherry Award website.

TUESDAY, Oct. 24

Department of Religion Lecture − Bill Leonard, Ph.D., James and Marilyn Dunn Professor of Baptist Studies and professor of church history at Wake Forest School of Divinity, will give his lecture, “A Theology for Racism: Southern Fundamentalists and the Civil Rights Movement.” The event will take place at 3:30 p.m. in Miller Chapel, Tidwell Bible Building, 600 Speight Ave. For more information, visit the Department of Religion website.

World Cinema Series − Baylor’s department of modern languages and cultures will host its fall World Cinema series, featuring the movie Bий (Spirit of Evil) at 6 p.m. in Bennett Auditorium of Draper Hall. The movie will be played in Russian with English subtitles. Draper Hall is located at 1420 S. Seventh St. For more information, visit the Baylor Modern Languages and Cultures website.

Parchman Endowed Lectures − George W. Truett Theological Seminary will host a lecture featuring Robert A. Kolb, Ph.D., at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Tuesday and 11 a.m. on Wednesday in Paul W. Powell Chapel of Truett Seminary. Kolb’s lecture series − “What Did Martin Luther Change, and Why?” − will examine the Reformation, changing faith and Luther’s role on everyday Christianity. Kolb is Professor Emeritus and International Research Emeritus Professor for the Institute for Mission Studies at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Truett Seminary is located at 1100 S. Third St. For more information, visit the Truett Seminary website.

Men’s Choir and Women’s Choir Concerts − Baylor School of Music will present the men’s choir and women’s choir concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Jones Concert Hall, located at 110 Baylor Ave. The Baylor University Women’s Choir is led by Lecturer in Choral Activities Stephen Gusukuma, and the conductor of the Baylor University Men’s Choir is Professor of Church Music C. Randall Bradley. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25

Environment Science Lecture −James Flynn, research assistant professor at the University of Houston, will speak at this week’s environmental science lecture. Flynn will discuss BVOC oxidation and SOA formation at 4 p.m. in Room A108 of the Baylor Sciences Building, located at 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the Environmental Science’s website.

Cultivating Human Flourishing: An Academic Symposium − “Cultivating Human Flourishing: An Academic Symposium,” one of the events in honor of this week’s Inauguration of Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, will be held at 3 p.m. in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. Dr. Livingstone and Interim Provost Michael K. McLendon will explore the crossroads of human flourishing with four leading Baylor scholars whose works cross a range of disciplines as they engage in research and dialogue about factors that shape and nurture the human condition. For more information, visit the inauguration website.

2017 Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture − Baylor University’s Institute for Faith and Learning will host the 2017 Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture, “The Bible and The Reformation” Oct. 25- Oct. 27. The symposium will commemorate the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the European Reformation with a variety of speakers from universities all over the world. For a full list of speakers and schedule of events, visit the Institute for Faith and Learning website.

Revisiting Red October − Baylor University libraries will present Dominic Erdozain, Ph.D., research fellow at King’s College in London and visiting scholar at Emory University for his public lecture “Holy Fools: Faith and Freedom in Soviet Russia.” The event will take place at 3:30 p.m. in Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave. This October marks the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, and Baylor remembers this time through a series of lectures and film screenings. In addition to Erdozain’s lecture, Baylor libraries will host a screening of the movie “The Chekist” (1992) at 6 p.m., Thursday in the Cox Lecture Hall of Armstrong Browning Library. For a full schedule of events and more information about “Red October,” visit the University Libraries website.

THURSDAY, Oct. 26

Wind Ensemble − Baylor University’s School of Music will present its Wind Ensemble concert at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. J. Eric Wilson, director of bands, will lead the ensemble of winds, brass and percussion instruments. This event is free and open to the public. For more information and a full schedule of events, visit the School of Music website.

Presidential Inauguration − Baylor University will inaugurate its 15th president, Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., at 3 p.m. in the Ferrell Center, 1900 S. University Parks Drive. Baylor also will host a reception following the event at 5 p.m. The week leading up to the inauguration, Baylor will celebrate Livingstone with several events, including a special Dr Pepper Hour, a family dinner for students, an academic symposium on human flourishing and a panel discussion on health discoveries. For a full schedule of events and more information about the inauguration, visit the Inauguration website.

FRIDAY, Oct. 27

CASPER Lecture − Baylor University’s Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research (CASPER) will host a public lecture featuring NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough at 2:30 p.m. in Baylor Sciences Building, Room D.110, 101 Bagby Ave. Kimbrough was selected by NASA in 2004 and completed his first spaceflight in 2008, on which he performed two spacewalks. Kimbrough earned his master’s degree in science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. For more information, visit the CASPER website.

by Brooke Battersby , student newswriter, (254) 710-6805

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