This Week at Baylor: Oct. 6-12, 2019

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by Cerenity Austin, student newswriter, Baylor University Media and Public Relations

WACO, Texas (Oct. 3, 2019) — This week, Baylor University will host a variety of special events to celebrate Homecoming weekend Oct. 10-12, as well as lectures and performances in the fields of religion, chemistry, environmental science, biology, music and entrepreneurship. The week also will include movie screenings, a jazz ensemble performance, the Baylor University Flight Center grand opening and a guest piano recital.

SUNDAY, Oct. 6
Emergence: Art and the Incarnation of Space – Martin Museum of Art will host its final presentation of “Emergence: Art and the Incarnation of Space” exhibit in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Ave. The exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Martin Museum website.
Piano Recital – Gregory Partain, acclaimed pianist and professor of music at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, will present a guest piano recital at 3 p.m. in Roxy Grove Hall, 624 Speight Ave. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

MONDAY, Oct. 7
Chapel Highlights – Chapel will celebrate Homecoming with a special service to emphasize Baylor’s past and all who have called it home since 1845. Students and faculty will lead worship and reflection at 9:05, 10:10 and 11:15 a.m. in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. For more information, visit the Spiritual Life website.
Flight Center Grand Opening – The grand opening of the Baylor University Flight Center will be held at 6 p.m. in the Texas Aero building of the Waco Regional Airport, 7727 Karl May Drive. This is a joint event hosted by the Baylor Institute for Air Science and Universal Flight Concepts and will include airport and city officials, a live band, food and Bruiser in his aviation gear. For more information, visit the Institute for Air Science website or call Trey Cade, Ph.D., director of the Baylor Institute of Air Science at 254-710-8531.

TUESDAY, Oct. 8
1845 Business Incubator – Baylor’s department of entrepreneurship and corporate innovation will host entrepreneur, military veteran and fitness enthusiast Nick Bare to speak about his journey of starting and owning a business. The event will be from 5 to 6 p.m. in Room 107 of the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, 1621 S. Third St. For more information, visit the Hankamer School of Business website.
Academy for Leader Development Lecture – Claire Diaz-Ortiz is the guest speaker for the Academy for Leader Development Lecture Series at 7 p.m. in Room 250 of the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, 1621 S. Third St. Diaz-Ortiz is an author, speaker, innovation advisor and angel investor who was an early employee at Twitter. This event is free and open to the public.
Jazz Ensemble – Led by Alex Parker, director of the Wayne Fisher Jazz Program at Baylor University, the Jazz Ensemble will perform from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Jones Concert Hall of the Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the School of Music website.
G. Hugh & Beverly C. Wamble Symposium – Charles Foster Johnson, Ph.D., executive director of Pastors for Texas Children, will speak on “Religious Liberty, the Public School and the Soul of America” for the G. Hugh and Beverly C. Wamble Symposium from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 152 of the Draper Academic Building, 1420 S. Seventh St. For more information, visit the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies website.
World Cinema Series – The department of modern languages and cultures will host its 13th annual World Cinema Series with “Luck-Key” a film in Korean with English subtitles. The screening will be held at 6 p.m. at Bennett Auditorium in the Draper Academic Building, 1420 S. Seventh St. For more information, visit the Center for Global Engagement website.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9
Chapel Highlights – Author, speaker, advisor and early Twitter employee Claire Diaz-Ortiz will speak during Chapel at 9:05, 10:10 and 11:15 a.m. in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. For more information, visit the Spiritual Life website.
Environmental Science Seminar – The department of environmental science will host a seminar featuring Ashleigh Acevedo, J.D., Baylor graduate and environmental and natural resources associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, who will speak on “Environmental Law” from 4 to 5 p.m. in Room A.108 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the environmental science website.

THURSDAY, Oct. 10
Laura B. Jackson Lectureship – Victor Boutros, B.A. (Philosophy) ’98, CEO of the Human Trafficking Institute and Baylor graduate will present “Slavery’s End: Why Human Trafficking Thrives and the Path to Freedom” at 7 p.m. in the McLean Foyer of Meditation at Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave. The Laura Blanche Jackson Lectureship in World Issues is presented by the Baylor Honors College. For more information, contact the Honors College at 254-710-7689.

Pigskin Revue – Pigskin, an annual production during Homecoming Weekend featuring the top acts from All University Sing the previous spring, will be at 7 p.m. in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. Tickets are on sale on the Student Activities website .
Gallery Talk – Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research environmental education specialist Melissa Mullins, Ph.D., will present “Mysteries of the Museum: Water, Water, Everywhere” from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Mayborn Museum Complex, 1300 S. University Parks Drive. The lecture is free and open to the public, but admission into the museum is not included. For more information, visit the Mayborn Museum website.
Homecoming – Thursday’s events for Baylor’s 110th anniversary Homecoming include Mass Meeting, a ceremony to honor the names of the Immortal Ten from 9 to 9:30 p.m. in the Ferrell Center; Pigskin Revue performances at 7 p.m. in Waco Hall; and the freshman bonfire build from 10 to 11 p.m. Visit the Homecoming website for detailed information and a full schedule of events.

FRIDAY, Oct. 11
Biology Seminar – The department of biology will hold the Floyd and Lorene Davidson Lecture featuring Leigh Greathouse, Ph.D., assistant professor of nutrition sciences at Baylor, on “Deciphering the microbiome-host relationship in cancer: from biomarkers to mechanisms.” The lecture will be held at 3:30 in room B.110 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the biology website.
Chemistry Colloquium – The department of chemistry and biochemistry’s weekly colloquium series will feature Keith Worpel, Ph.D., professor of medicinal chemistry at New York University, who will present "Stereoselective Addition Reactions to Carbon Electrophiles: Conformational Analysis, Stereoelectronic Effects, and Reactivity" from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in room C.105 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the chemistry and biochemistry website.
Films on Friday – The Center for Global Engagement will present “Das Leben der Anderen” at 6 p.m. in the Hawkins German Lounge of Old Main, 1411 S. Fifth St. The German films will be screened every first Friday of the month. For more information, visit the Center for Global Engagement website.
Homecoming – Friday’s events for Baylor’s 110th anniversary Homecoming include Extravaganza, an outdoor event open to the community from 6 to 10 p.m. on Fountain Mall that features rides, food, music, Friday Night Flashback, the football pep rally and lighting of the bonfire; Singspiration, a worship tradition from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at Seventh and James Baptist Church; and Pigskin Revue performances at 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. in Waco Hall. Visit the Homecoming website for detailed information and a full schedule of events.

SATURDAY, Oct. 12
Homecoming – Saturday’s events for Baylor’s 110th anniversary Homecoming include the annual Homecoming Parade, one of the oldest and largest collegiate homecoming parades in the nation from 8 to 10:30 a.m. KCEN-TV Ch. 6 will broadcast the parade beginning at 8:30 a.m. with live TV and streaming coverage from Fifth Street on the Baylor campus. Following the parade, the Baylor Bears will host Texas Tech at 3 p.m. in McLane Stadium. Game tickets are available at baylorbears.com/tickets.
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