Dr. Greg Garrett, professor of English, has been selected as the 2013 Baylor Centennial Professor by the Centennial Faculty Development Review Committee. The Baylor Centennial Professor award is funded by the Centennial Class of 1945 and supports faculty development. Each year, a Baylor tenured faculty member is designated as the Centennial Professor and is provided [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Academics'
Outstanding Students 2012-2013
April 30th, 2013 · No Comments · Academics, Students
The following students from the College of Arts & Sciences were recognized as “Outstanding Students” in their major fields of study at Baylor’s 2013 Academic Convocation on April 19. Aerospace Studies Jared Neal Strickland Serena Sakura Walker Anthropology Alyssa Brooke Bonorden Brittany Ann Kirsch Gechi Winifred Obiano Art Katie Alexandra Hooker Samuel D. Panter Biology [...]
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Religion chair William Bellinger named Baylor’s 2013 Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year
April 19th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Academics, Faculty
Dr. William H. Bellinger Jr., chair and professor of religion and The W. Marshall and Lulie Craig Chair of Bible, has been named the 2013 Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year. The annual award is presented to a faculty member who makes a superlative contribution to the learning environment at Baylor. The award was [...]
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Winners of the 2013 Baylor Student Literary Awards
April 4th, 2013 · No Comments · Academics, Special events, Students
Eight Baylor students received honors April 3 in the 2013 Student Literary Awards, held in conjunction with the annual Beall Poetry Festival at Baylor University. Five students won awards for their original poetry. Nathan Roberts (at right), a doctoral student in English at Baylor, received two awards –– the Academy of American Poetry Prize and [...]
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Model United Nations team excels in national competition in New York City
April 3rd, 2013 · 2 Comments · Academics, Students
By Rebecca J. Flavin, lecturer in political science and Model UN advisor Last week, 17 Baylor students traveled to New York to participate in the National Model United Nations Conference, which brings together more than 5,000 college students from around the world to participate in two week-long simulations of the United Nations. Our students represented [...]
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Baylor students win Model United Nations honors
March 5th, 2013 · No Comments · Academics, Students
By Rebecca J. Flavin, lecturer in political science This past weekend, seven Baylor students traveled to Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, to participate in the inaugural Howard Payne Model United Nations Security Council simulation. At the conference, Baylor students represented the nations of Russia, Rwanda and Togo, and their participation in the simulation involved [...]
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Student geologist wins award for research
February 8th, 2013 · No Comments · Academics, Students
Baylor geology graduate student Justin Von Bargen of Pleasant Plain, Ohio, has been honored for his research. Von Bargen’s’s research presentation, titled “Charcoal Chemistry: Developing a Proxy for Paleofire Regimes,” won third place in the student contest at the recent 50th annual Soil Survey and Land Resources Workshop held at Texas A&M University in College [...]
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Phi Beta Kappa initiates new members
December 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Academics, Students
Baylor University’s Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa initiated nine new members during a ceremony Dec. 5, 2012, in Armstrong Browning Library. Fall 2012 initiates include: Michelle Caunitz, a senior biology major from Colleyville who will attend physician assistant’s school; Ashby Davis, a senior French and international studies major from Bossier City, La., who will [...]
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Model United Nations team excels at meet
November 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Academics, Students
Rebecca Flavin, lecturer in political science and the faculty advisor for Baylor’s Model United Nations program, reports that the Baylor Model UN team has done well at the American Model United Nations Conference in Chicago, Ill. At the conference last week, 13 Baylor students competed with more than 1,000 university students from around the United [...]
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Rhodes Scholarship finalist Jaden Schupp
November 14th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Academics, Students
Today, Baylor senior Jaden Schupp leaves campus on a trip that will culminate this weekend with an interview to determine whether she will win a coveted Rhodes Scholarship. According to the Rhodes Trust, the Rhodes Scholarships are “the oldest and most celebrated international fellowship awards in the world.” Each year, 32 young Americans join students [...]
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