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Happy New
Year!
Our hopes and prayers for you and your families, as well as our alma
mater, are that 2004 is a dynamic, constructive and blessed year
for all.
BU LOVE
OFFERING VERY LOVELY
Congrats to Richard Scott
and all of those involved with development at Baylor University for
a fabulous ’03 giving campaign. BU raised over
$45 million from in excess of 16,000 donors last year. 3,500 gifts
came from first time donors. This is the fourth highest level of
overall giving in BU’s history and the second highest total
of donor’s achieved. Total endowment for the University increased
34% to $662 million in just the last 9 months. Not bad for a poor
economy and even poorer media attention. An improving stock market
and football program may well further our efforts in ’04.
Click here to
read more about it.
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bar: http://www.friendsofbaylor.com/PressReleases/Giving_03.htm
LUNCH WITH PRESIDENT SLOAN, JANUARY 20TH
For those in the DFW metroplex, President Sloan will be speaking
at the Prestonwood Power Lunch next Tuesday at 11:45 at Prestonwood
Baptist Church. Reservations are not necessary but arrive early
at the main entrance as over 1,000 guests are expected.
Click here to see the complete invitation
with directions to the event.
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address bar: http://www.friendsofbaylor.com/PressReleases/invitation.pdf
PROVOST
RECEIVES CCL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Provost David Lyle Jeffrey has joined the ranks of distinguished
scholars, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners and acclaimed writers
who have received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Conference
on Christianity and Literature.
“He was chosen because, in a brilliant way, he meets all of
the criteria,” said Maurice Hunt, research professor, chair
of Baylor’s English department and a CCL board member. “He
richly deserves it for his many publications in the field.”
BAYLOR FACULTY RETURN FROM IRAQ
A delegation of 23 Baylor University professors returned to Texas
from Iraq on Dec. 23 with
tales of Iraqis’ jubilation over the capture of Saddam Hussein
and appreciation for Baylor’s support, as the country seeks
to rebuild its higher education system.
Dr. William Mitchell,
director of Baylor’s Center for International
Education, said the trip was a great experience, both as an opportunity
to assist Dohuk University and to see the Iraqi response to Saddam’s
capture, which was established as a Kurdish holiday.
Mitchell said Baylor organized the conference to help Iraqi higher
education officials begin to rebuild a modern university. The Baylor
workshops averaged 55-150 attendees, including Iraqi university presidents,
academics, politicians, military officials, and business and community
leaders.
ENROLLMENT
NEWS
Baylor has received a record number of freshmen applications for
the fall of 2004 and freshmen deposits are up over 12%.
In the fall of 2003, we set a record with 25.5% minority representation
in our freshmen class exceeding the prior year's record of 22%. Currently
our applications for fall of 2004 from minorities are up almost 80%
over last year!
CONGRATS, LADY BEARS
The Lady Bears defeated
#3 ranked Texas last night by a score of 78 to 64. This is Coach
Kim’s 5th win in 7 tries against
U.T. and is sure to improve the Bears #24 national ranking.
REMINDERS
Baylor needs your references
for potential students for the fall ’04
class. E-mail Admissions at Admission_Serv_Office@baylor.edu.
Also, Please continue
to consider the “Kyle Woods” fundraising
effort at Kyle Woods Trust, c/o Allen Sykes, Extraco Banks, N.A.,
PO Box 8724, Waco, TX 76714.
Sic’em
Bears!
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