Newsletters from Friends of Baylor

The Friends of Baylor organization has been sending out newsletters much more frequently, setting forth "Good News From Baylor." We agree with the sentiments, and links to the past few newsletters are below.
Recent Newsletters:
FOB February 13, 2007 Newsletter
FOB February 5, 2007 Newsletter
FOB January 29, 2007 Newsletter

United States Presidents at Baylor

The following are links to occasions when Presidents of the United States visited, spoke at, or held conferences at Baylor University:

President Gerald Ford
Program from visit of President Reagan September 22, 1988
Recollections from visit of President Reagan September 22, 1988
Economic Forum of President George W. Bush
Baylor Hosts President Bush, Mexican President Fox And Canadian Prime Minister Martin For Historic Meeting

The links contains photos of the visits as well.

Book of the Week

The book of the week is a Baylor University Press imprint of David Lyle Jeffrey's book, Houses of the Interpreter: Reading Scripture, Reading Culture. Dr. Jeffrey is Distinguished Professor of Literature and Humanities.

John V. Fleming, the Fairchild Professor of English and Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University, stated the following about this book: "This wide-ranging collection of essays, dealing with important subjects in biblical, medieval, and modern literature and theology, is in a double sense a major work of Christian scholarship. From the purely scholarly point of view it deals confidently and with finesse with disparate phases of the rich and variegated history of Christian thought; but it is also refreshed and animated by an authorial faith-perspective shared by great humanists from Augustine through Erasmus and More to Toynbee and R. W. Southern."

In 2003, Dr. Jeffrey received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Conference on Christianity and Literature/Modern Language Association. His current research interests involve the relationship of biblical humanities to literary and artistic expression.

A link to purchase the book will be found in the right column.

Baylor Parents League Newsletter

According to the Baylor University website, The Baylor Parents League provides an important link between parents and the university. Good communication is a key factor in keeping parents directly involved in their student's education at Baylor, and the Parents League was established to keep this line of communication open.

The Fall 2006 newsletter from the Parents League was just published and mailed to parents this past week. A copy can be obtained here. Parent League Newsletter Here

Fall 2007 Applications Increase Dramatically

In the President's Insider Baylor Weekly Newsletter of December 8, 2006, there was encouraging information about applications for the Fall of 2007. This shows that the steps taken in implementing Baylor 2012 are attracting more and better students to apply to Baylor. It should be further noted that the increase noted here was over a year where unprecedented numbers of students applied. Thus roughly 15,000 applied for the class entering in the Fall of 2005 and more than 22,000 applied the following year for the class entering the Fall of 2006. That makes the 18.6 percent increase all the more impressive. The newsletter reported:
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Recruiting and Admission Report

Interest in a Baylor education remains strong. As of Friday December 1, Baylor had received 14,474 applications for the fall of 2007, an 18.6% increase compared to the same Friday last year. Baylor changed the admission process this year to admit students in three groups: two early action groups and a regular decision group.

Applications started by October 24 and finished by November 6 were considered for admission in the first early action group and received notification December 1. There were 3,030 students with an average SAT of 1266 and ACT above 27 accepted for admission in the first early action group.
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The complete newsletter containing this may be found here: NEWSLETTER HERE

New Section and Other Items Added

We have added a section devoted to links to blogs run by Baylor professors. Please notify us of links to add. The first two are Jonathan Kvanvig's epistemology blog, and James R. Garven's blog on risk management, finance and insurance.

Jonathan L. Kvanvig, Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Baylor. James R. Garven, Ph.D. is Frank S. Groner Memorial Chair of Finance, Professor of Finance & Insurance, Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, of the Hankamer School of Business.

You will find the links to these blogs in the right column.

We have also added a link to the page where the Baylor Athletic Media Guides may be found. The link is in the Baylor Publications section of this blog.

Finally, the book of the week is Forgotten Heroes of American Education, by J. Wesley Null, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Curriculum & Foundations of Education, School of Education and the Honors College.

Baylor Line Interview with President Lilley

The Baylor Line interviewed President Lilley about the status of Baylor 2012 and other matters. The very interesting article may be found here: Baylor Line interviews President Lilley

Impressive International Business Ethics Studies

Dr. Joseph McKinney, The Ben H. Williams Professor of International Economics, has studied international business for decades. He has recently studied business ethics in the Ukraine as well as the settlement of disputes between the United States and the European Union countries. An interesting article on Baylor's website about Professor McKinney and these studies will be found here: Business Ethics Article

New Baylor School of Education Publication

The Baylor Impact is a new quarterly publication from the Baylor School of Education. A link to the publication will be found in the right column under "Publications," or here: BAYLOR IMPACT

Immortal Ten Book Available

A reader provided information about a book published on the subject of the Immortal Ten. We have added it as our book of the week, and it also can be found here: From Baylor Press
From Amazon: The Immortal Ten: The Definitive Account of the 1927 Tragedy and Its Legacy at Baylor University

Dr. Eugene Baker, Baylor historian from 1981 to 1995 gave this endorsement for the book: "Todd Copeland has told the story of Baylor's Immortal Ten with a dignity of remembrance justly deserved by the young men who lost their lives. He has made each of the passengers of that ill-fated bus become personal acquaintances to the reader instead of distant shades of memory. The Baylor spirit that is personified in the story of the Immortal Ten has been indelibly enriched by Copeland's masterful treatment of the subject."