Dr. Raymond J. Cannon Jr., professor of mathematics, is retiring this spring after more than three decades at Baylor. He joined the Baylor faculty in 1978, having earned his A.B. degree from College of the Holy Cross and a Ph.D. from Tulane University. Dr. Cannon was honored at a mathematics department event recently, where math [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Faculty'
Garrett named 2013 Baylor Centennial Professor
May 1st, 2013 · 1 Comment · Academics, Faculty
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 [...]
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Religion chair William Bellinger named Baylor’s 2013 Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year
April 19th, 2013 · 1 Comment · 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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Chris Hansen: Movies worth checking out during the holiday break
December 18th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Faculty, Reviews
By Chris Hansen Associate professor of communication studies and director of Baylor’s film and digital media division The Christmas holidays bring many things every year. Time with family. The reminder to be charitable. A chance to enjoy traditions. They also bring a lot of down time. If you’re anything like me, you relish this fact, [...]
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Dr. Thomas L. Bratcher, 1942-2012
November 5th, 2012 · No Comments · Faculty
The Baylor College of Arts & Sciences expresses its condolences to the family of Dr. Thomas L. Bratcher, professor of statistical science, following his death from an apparent heart attack Nov. 3 in Waco at age 70. Dr. Jack D. Tubbs, chair and professor of statistical science, says, “Some of you had known Tom for [...]
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Dr. Tom Hanks: The Last Lecture
October 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Faculty, Special events
Each year as part of Parents and Family Weekend at Baylor University, a select group of Baylor faculty members are invited to deliver a “last lecture” — designed to be the lecture they would give concerning life and its lessons if they truly had one final opportunity to speak to an audience. On Oct. 12, [...]
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Parent-Faculty Coffee 2012
October 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Faculty, Photo galleries, Special events, Students
Every year during Baylor’s Parents and Family Weekend, parents get the opportunity to put faces to names and meet the faculty members teaching their sons and daughters during an informal coffee held on Burleson Quadrangle. Here’s a few College of Arts & Sciences faculty talking with parents and students at this year’s event on Oct. [...]
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Middle school students pitch in to support Baylor professor’s cancer research
October 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Faculty
A version of the following story was originally published in the September 2012 issue of Research Tracks, a publication of Baylor University’s Office of the Vice Provost for Research. ——————————————- Students at a Waco ISD middle school recently spent some of their free time getting their hands dirty to support the fight against cancer. Participants [...]
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Philosophy professor Stephen Evans wins prestigious C.S. Lewis Book Prize
September 12th, 2012 · No Comments · Academics, Faculty
Dr. C. Stephen Evans, University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Baylor, has won the first prize in the C.S. Lewis Book Prize competition for his book Natural Signs and Knowledge of God: A New Look at Theistic Arguments (Oxford University Press, 2010). The C.S. Lewis Book Prize is given for the best book published [...]
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Modern foreign languages shine at Baylor
July 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Academics, Faculty, Students
Looking back over the 2011-2012 academic year, we’re impressed by the stellar record that faculty and students in Baylor’s Modern Foreign Languages department have compiled. It was an especially good year for Baylor’s Japanese language students. In February, three students were named finalists in the 15th annual Dallas Japanese Speech Contest, hosted by the Dallas [...]
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