PRESIDENT SLOAN TO BECOME CHANCELLOR
President Sloan and the Board of Regents announced that Robert will assume the duties of Chancellor of the University beginning next school year. The entire Baylor family owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to President Sloan for what he has done for our University. Friends of Baylor Co-Chairman Clifton Robinson issued a statement today that reads:

“On behalf of the thousands of members of Friends of Baylor I want to first and foremost thank President Robert Sloan for his incredible contributions to Baylor University over the past 10 years. Under his leadership Baylor has improved its academic standing, upgraded the campus infrastructure, increased enrollment, expanded the faculty and doubled the endowment. Perhaps his greatest legacy will be the implementation of the University’s vision for the future -- Baylor 2012. All of this was accomplished while maintaining a clear Christian identity for the University.”

“The entire Baylor family is blessed to have Dr. Sloan as Chancellor of the University and we look forward to his continued influence and leadership. We also congratulate our Board of Regents, and particularly its Chairman Will Davis, for their wisdom in these matters.”

COACH DREW GETS FIRST BIG XII VICTORY OF THE SEASON. BAYLOR 67 COLORADO 59!
Coach Drew and the men’s basketball team continue to amaze the sports pundits with their level of competitiveness. After strong showings against Texas and OU, the Bears broke through Wednesday night with a very satisfying win against the Buffalos. As good as this is, it’s going to get a lot better!

LADY BEARS BASK IN NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Coach Kim’s Lady Bears, currently ranked #4 in the nation, recently beat highly regarded OU and face #15 ranked Texas in Austin on Saturday. After Baylor’s last victory over Texas we climbed to a #2 national ranking only to slip a couple of notches after a triple overtime loss to Nebraska in Lincoln. As we suggested in last week’s FOB newsletter, Coach Kim is truly garnering tremendous positive publicity for Baylor. Click here to read last weekend’s Chicago Sun-Times article about Coach Kim.

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DON’T FORGET THE OTHER ROUND BALL SPORT!
Baylor’s highly successful baseball coach was named coach of the U.S. National Team this week. This is a tremendous honor for Coach Smith personally as well as a great reflection of the Baylor baseball program successes. Sic’em Steve!

BAYLOR BUSINESS NETWORK
The Baylor Business Network of Dallas and the Hankamer School of Business are presenting a series of three interactive workshops regarding “managing change” designed exclusively for the Baylor Business Community. These will be very popular events so click here to review and register.

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The Baylor Business Network will also have regular meetings in Houston and Dallas next month. For more details, click on a city below or enter the address into the address bar of your browser.

Houston Event:
http://network.baylor.edu/Events/EventView.asp?EventID=91

Dallas Event:
http://network.baylor.edu/Events/EventView.asp?EventID=93

LOTS OF OTHER GOOD BAYLOR NEWS
More great news items at Baylor including honors for FOB Steering Committee members Gus Blackshear of Houston and Coach Grant Teaff of Waco. Click on a name below to read more about them or enter the address into the address barof your browser:

Gus Blackshear
http://pr.baylor.edu/story.php?id=005542

Coach Teaff
http://www.baylor.edu/development/index.php?id=25110

THANK A BEAR
Many of Baylor’s recent successes are due in large part to the selfless efforts and commitment of volunteers. These volunteers are students, Regents, fundraisers, event hosts, parents of students, organization leaders, etc. Take time out this year to thank one of these givers and if you didn’t have the chance to participate yourself in ’04 then give it a shot in ’05. Working to help Baylor is good for the soul.

JOIN FRIENDS OF BAYLOR!
Encourage your friends and family to join Friends of Baylor. Forward this newsletter to someone who cares or click here to sign them up yourself on our website sign-up page.

IT HELPS BAYLOR AND IT’S “ALL GOOD”!

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Sic ’em Bears

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