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    Nov. 9, 2018
    Baylor Dedicates the Billy W. Williams Golf Practice Facility and Clubhouse
    WACO, Texas (Nov. 9, 2018) – A week after launching Give Light: The Campaign for Baylor, the institution’s $1.1 billion comprehensive philanthropic campaign, Baylor University today dedicated the Billy W. Williams Golf Practice Facility and Clubhouse, the newest addition to the University’s athletic facilities that provides the latest advances in training and support for Baylor golf student-athletes while preparing them as Champions for Life.
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    Nov. 5, 2018
    Baylor Senior Bianca Hill Chosen as a National Transfer Student Ambassador
    WACO, Texas (Nov. 5, 2018) – Baylor University senior anthropology major Bianca Hill is a Baylor Bear through and through and has made it her personal mission to help transfer students feel welcome and at home at Baylor. Because of her efforts, Hill has been selected as one of four National Transfer Student Ambassadors for 2019 by the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students.
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    Nov. 5, 2018
    Former CIA Military Analyst to Speak at Laura Blanche Jackson Endowed Lectureship in World Issues
    WACO, Texas (Nov. 5, 2018) – Kenneth M. Pollack, Ph.D., Resident Scholar of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), will present the 25th annual Laura Blanche Jackson Endowed Lectureship in World Issues on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at Baylor University.
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    Nov. 2, 2018
    Gift from Mark and Paula Hurd to Create Welcome Center at Baylor University
    WACO, Texas (Nov. 2, 2018) - Baylor University today announced a lead gift from Mark and Paula Hurd, which spurs the institution’s $1.1 billion comprehensive philanthropic campaign to create the Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center. Efforts for the new center are the cornerstone of “Give Light: The Campaign for Baylor,” the University’s fundraising initiative announced on Nov. 1, 2018.
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    Nov. 2, 2018
    Institute for Studies of Religion to Honor Rev. Billy Graham’s Centennial with Symposium
    WACO, Texas (Nov. 2, 2018) – To recognize Rev. Billy Graham’s vital significance, Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) will host the Billy Graham Centennial Symposium, a gathering of leading scholars of Graham and his work to honor the centennial of his birth, from Tuesday, Nov. 6, to Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the Paul Powell Chapel of the George W. Truett Theological Seminary, 1100 S. Third St.
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    Nov. 1, 2018
    Give Light: The Campaign for Baylor
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    Nov. 1, 2018
    Remembering when the bells returned to Baylor
    What would the Baylor experience be without the bells of Pat Neff Hall? Since the building’s completion in 1939, the bells have marked the start of classes each day and each hour. They’ve rung during the traditional freshman candlelight service at the start of the school year, welcomed alumni back during Homecoming, and brought the …
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    Oct. 25, 2018
    New Gift Will Create Chair in Data Sciences at Baylor
    WACO, Texas (Oct. 25, 2018) - Baylor University today announced a gift of $3.5 million from Mark and Jennifer McCollum of Houston to create the McCollum Family Chair in Data Sciences within Baylor’s nationally ranked School of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS). The $3.5 million gift is part of a larger $11.5 million commitment from the McCollums to Give Light, the University’s upcoming comprehensive philanthropy campaign.
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    Events

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    2018
    Dale P. Jones Business Ethics Forum, Week Two
    (ends 11/16/2018)
    Nov
    15
    2018
    Dr. William Cook, "In Pursuit of the Traveling Saleman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation," part of the Baylor Undergraduate Lectures in Mathematics
    Nov
    16
    2018
    Dr. William Cook, "Attacking NP-hard Problems," part of the Baylor Undergraduate Lectures in Mathematics
    Nov
    17
    2018
    Football vs. TCU
    Nov
    21
    2018
    Thanksgiving Holidays (Wednesday through Sunday)
    (ends 11/25/2018)
    Nov
    30
    2018
    2018 Texas Family Business of the Year Awards
    Nov
    30
    2018
    Texas Family Business of the Year Awards
    Dec
    4
    2018
    Study Days
    (ends 12/05/2018)

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