Poage Library Summer Teaching Fellowship

Want to plan a lesson for your students using primary source materials, but can never find the time to make it happen? Well, here is your golden opportunity! This summer the W. R. Poage Legislative Library is offering two teaching fellowships of $1,000 (after taxes) to one Baylor faculty and one graduate teaching assistant to…

Don Adams: Persistence in Politics

This blog post was written by Graduate Assistant Mikah Sauskojus, master’s student in History.  When looking at the papers of a state politician, it is evident which legislative issues are close to their hearts.  These issues produce larger piles of paper than their counterparts, even if they remain a minority in the midst of the…

Former Congressman Chet Edwards: W. R. Poage Distinguished Chair of Public Service

This blog post was written by Jonathan Tomes, Graduate Research Center Operations Manager.  Former Congressman Chet Edwards was named the W. R. Poage Distinguished Chair of Public Service in January 2012. Over the last six years, Chet has lectured to fifty-four classes, met one-on-one with many undergraduate students and graduate students, presented the keynote address…