Faculty & Staff News: News Clips
ABP News: BGCT board seeks OK to explore sale
May 23, 2013
In an effort to relieve its overcrowded nursing school, Baylor University has offered to purchase the Baptist Building in Dallas from the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
HGTV: Fixer Upper
May 24, 2013
VIDEO INCLUDED: A one-hour HGTV special called "Fixer Upper" features Baylor alums Chip Gaines (BBA '98) and his wife Joanna Gaines (BA '01), who own a remodeling business, as they help Baylor alums/employees Doug McNamee, (BA '03, MSED '05), assistant athletics director for premium sales and services, and wife Lacy McNamee, (BA '04, MA '06) assistant professor of communication, find and transform a home. If the show goes to series, HGTV will shoot up to 23 more episodes covering homes across Central Texas.
KVEO-TV (Rio Grande Valley): Baylor University to assist in identifying bodies of undocumented immigrants
May 23, 2013
VIDEO INCLUDED: In an effort to offer families closure, a team of Baylor forensic students is working to unearth and identify the remains of what are believed to be undocumented immigrants who died while trying to cross the border.
KWKT-TV (Central Texas): Baylor lyricist joins with students, musicians to issue call for respect
May 23, 2013
In collaboration with an Irving-based choral group and students, lyricist-poet and Baylor professor of Christian ministry and church music Terry W. York, D.M.A., has begun an anti-bullying effort through song.
The Brownsville Herald: Group tries to identify unknown immigrants
May 22, 2013
In an effort to offer families closure, a team of Baylor forensic students led by Lori Baker, Ph. D., a forensic anthropologist in the College of Arts and Sciences, are working to unearth and identify the remains of what are believed to be undocumented immigrants who died while trying to cross the border.
The Police News: Trey Apffel elected state bar of Texas president-elect in run-off election
May 24, 2013
Trey Apffel, Baylor Law School graduate and owner of Apffel Law Firm in League City, Texas, is president-elect of the State Bar of Texas.
WTOC-TV (Savannah, Ga.): Eagle Scout program
May 23, 2013
VIDEO INCLUDED: A story about the benefits of the Eagle Scout program referenced a study of the history of Eagle Scouts conducted by Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion and Program on Prosocial Behavior. Study findings from a nationwide, scientific survey showed that Eagle Scouts have a positive impact on their communities, from holding leadership positions in their workplace to protecting the environment to preparing for emergencies.
.Net Developer's Journal: Sears Canada reports first quarter results
May 22, 2013
Sears Canada has announced that Baylor alumnus E.J. Bird was appointed to chief financial officer of the company this past March.
Guidry News: Houston VA physician assistant receives outstanding leadership award
May 22, 2013
Physician assistant and Baylor alumnus Russell Callender has received the 2013 Outstanding Physician Assistant Leadership Award.
KABB-TV: Baylor team exhumes immigrant remains near the border
May 22, 2013
In an effort to offer families closure, a team of Baylor forensic students led by Lori Baker, Ph. D., a forensic anthropologist in the College of Arts and Sciences, is working to unearth and identify the remains of what are believed to be undocumented immigrants who died while trying to cross the border.
KWTX-TV: Waco: area leaders travel to Denver to address local hunger
May 22, 2013
Kelsey Scherer, a child hunger outreach specialist for the Texas Hunger Initiative of Baylor's school of social work, will participate with others in Waco in a leadership academy to help reduce childhood hunger.
Waco Trib: David A. Smith: history of art comes to life in certain locations
May 23, 2013
Arts columnist for the Waco Tribune and senior lecturer in history at Baylor David A. Smith, Ph. D., wrote on his experience visiting the historical artistic village of Springs, N.Y.
Bio-Medicine: U-M water center awards $570K in Great Lakes restoration grants
May 21, 2013
Baylor assistant professor of environmental science Cole Matson, Ph.D., is one of 12 researchers chosen to receive grant money to participate in Great Lakes restoration projects.
Christian Post Entertainment: Holly Tucker's performance of "How Great Thou Art" strangely appropriate, says Blake Shelton on "The Voice"
May 21, 2013
Baylor student and "The Voice" contestant Holly Tucker wowed the show's coaches with her performance of the hymn "How Great Thou Art."
City Biz List: Hampshire appoints Trey Darwin chief financial officer
May 21, 2013
Baylor alumnus Trey Darwin has been appointed chief financial officer of Hampshire Group, Limited, a leading producer of sportswear.
Getty Images: Anthropologists unearth immigrant remains from Texas burial site
May 21, 2013
In Brooks County, Texas, a team of Baylor forensic students led by Lori Baker, Ph. D., a forensic anthropologist in the College of Arts and Sciences (pictured), are assisting in unearthing and identifying the remains of what are believed to be undocumented immigrants who died while trying to cross the border.
Healio: Appearance played important role in female students' use of self-tanners
Jeong-Ju Yoo, Ph.D., assistant professor of family and consumer sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Baylor, is quoted on a survey he conducted on white female students to determine their views on beauty and on sunless tanning products.
KWKT-TV: Waco team to attend leadership academy to address local hunger and poverty
May 21, 2013
Kelsey Scherer, a child hunger outreach specialist for the Texas Hunger Initiative of Baylor's School of Social Work, will participate with others in Waco in a leadership academy to help reduce childhood hunger.
The Baptist Standard: BGCT board seeks authority to move ahead with possible building sale
May 21, 2013
In an effort to relieve its overcrowded nursing school, Baylor University has offered to purchase the Baptist Building in Dallas from Baptist General Convention of Texas.
Health Canal: Masked donors: new study reveals why people make large donations anonymously
May 21, 2013
Baylor University is mentioned as a recent recipient of a large anonymous donation in an article discussing the psychology behind anonymous donations.