Knowledgeable observers will note that there have been two major connections between Baylor and Valparaiso University in the past few years. Academically, the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts, which is resident at Valparaiso, has funded conferences and research at Baylor. Some of these are as follows:
2006 Research Conference - Baylor University
The World and Christian Imagination
Director - Douglas V. Henry
2004 Summer Seminar - Baylor University
Reading Tolkien and Living the Virtues
Director - Ralph Woods, Professor of Theology and Literature
2002 Research Conference - Baylor University
Christianity and Economics
Director - James Henderson, Department of Economics
Lilly also sponsored a 2002 Regional Conference at Baylor.
We are thankful for Mark R. Schwehn, Project Director at Lilly, who has been a real friend of Baylor, and is a thoughtful scholar of the interplay of religion and higher education in America. Dr. Schwehn was Dean of Christ College, the honors college at Valparaiso, from 1990-2003 and remains on at Christ College as Professor of Humanities.
The other major connection was the excellent hire of Scott Drew. Scott was the coach of Valparaiso when hired, and was responsible in no small way for Valparaiso's rise to national prominence when his father Homer Drew coached the Crusaders. When Scott was hired by Baylor, his dad resumed coaching at Valparaiso, a win-win situation if there ever was one.
Scott has returned both honor and excellence to the Baylor Bears basketball program. Here are two links to articles about Scott and the Bears basketball team:
USA Today article: LINK HERE
ESPN article: LINK HERE
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