Baylor University Awards 2014 Centennial Professor

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WACO, Texas (June 24, 2014) – Baylor University awarded Alfredo Colman, Ph.D., associate professor in the Baylor University School of Music, as its 2014 Centennial Professor. The Centennial Faculty Development Review Committee awards a professor every spring semester.
The Baylor Centennial Class of 1945 created an endowment fund to support faculty development. Each year a tenured faculty member is recognized as the Baylor Centennial Professor and is provided with funding for a project that will facilitate a more in-depth study in his or her field.
Colman applied for the award with the hopes of studying the works of Florentin Gimenez in Paraguay. Colman will be given $5,000 and be able to visit with Gimenez, a prolific composer with more than 400 compositions, to study the work he’s accumulated over many years in the profession.
Colman is preceded in the award by Richard Russell, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the College of Arts & Sciences. Russell utilized his award to study the works of Seamus Heaney and consequently write a book detailed with his findings.
by Rebecca Flannery, student newswriter, (254) 710-6805
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