The Baylor Board of Regents voted today to establish the College of Health and Human Sciences. The meeting also included the election of new regents, the approval of new goals for Pro Futuris and presentations of appreciation by the Baylor Faculty Senate.
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Furman University in Greenville, S.C., has a new president—Baylor’s executive vice president and provost, Dr. Elizabeth Davis.
In the 10 years since the university adopted an ambitious new vision outlined in the “Baylor 2012” initiative, the university’s new capital investments in research and residential facilities have coincided with consistent annual increases in the cost of a Baylor education.
Baylor administrators gave students a chance to offer feedback and ask questions about the university’s draft strategic plan Tuesday at a town hall forum hosted by student government.
A new Baylor professor and author challenged Christians at a public lecture Wednesday to grapple with passages that appear, at least on the surface, to encourage violence and indiscriminate warfare.
The President’s Scholarship Initiative has reached $43 million and is on track to reach its goal of $100 million by May 2013, Ali Abercrombie, assistant vice president and campaign director, said.
Baylor released its first public draft of its strategic plan on Dec. 12, and, as expected, its goals mirror that of the Baylor 2012 vision. The draft plan’s new approach, however, varies from Baylor 2012 in that the initial plan lists six broad goals but does not list specific measures to be taken toward those goals.
Baylor officials released on Dec. 12 the first public draft of the university’s next strategic plan, which will carry the university beyond the Baylor 2012 vision while reaffirming many of the expiring plan’s goals for university development.
For the third time this semester, the who’s who of Baylor student leaders and administrators gathered to dine, mingle, and learn from the successes of a Baylor alumnus.
Members of the Baylor community poured into a packed Waco Hall on Wednesday to hear former U.S. secretary of state Dr. Condoleezza Rice discuss U.S. foreign policy issues and her new book with Baylor President Ken Starr.
Baylor’s newest faculty member presented her first lecture as the visiting distinguished professor of religion and public life, discussing her experiences as a Christian and theorist Wednesday.
Faculty Senate discussed a proposal Tuesday regarding romantic and sexual relationships between Baylor faculty, supervisors and students.
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently named Baylor to its honor roll of great colleges to work for, for the first time. Thirty national universities categorized as large four-year colleges were named to the honor roll, among them Sam Houston State University and Texas Christian University.
A university-wide policy mandating minimum attendance requirements for all Baylor students is no more, but most students will still be required to attend 75 percent of their course lectures to receive a passing grade.
With the conclusion of the community input phase of the strategic planning process will come the official beginning of the synthesis and analysis phase.
Baylor’s strategic planning effort, responsible for gathering information from the Baylor community and drafting a plan for the future, will end its period of community input.
Baylor’s School of Social Work celebrated its new location in downtown Waco with an open house on Wednesday.
Students from all over campus played their part in planning the future of Baylor on Tuesday by going and voicing their opinions at Student Government’s strategic planning input sessions.
Dr. Edward Burger, the 2010 Robert Foster Cherry Award winner, will return to Baylor in July as vice provost for strategic educational initiatives.
As Baylor begins to look forward to a time after Baylor 2012, it is beginning to further plan the future direction of the university. Student government will help produce the goals of this new strategic plan by collecting student opinions and passing on the reports to the strategic themes committee, which analyzes the responses to determine major themes.
Several administrative changes were announced Friday by Dr. Elizabeth Davis, executive vice president and provost, including the appointment of a new vice provost for undergraduate education and a national search for a new director of the Center for International Education.
Due to SING-related absences, student senate tabled the Disqualifications Redefined Act, which addresses the electoral code, at Thursday’s meeting.
Dr. Elizabeth Davis, executive vice president and provost, visited Faculty Senate at its meeting Tuesday night and engaged in a discussion centered on the line of communication from the provost through to the deans, to the department chairs, and then to the faculty.
A new committee will sift through strategic planning input to determine prevalent themes and priorities to be included in Baylor’s next strategic plan.
Baylor alumni will come together to share their ideas regarding the university’s future at strategic planning community input sessions in 12 cities across the nation, beginning this week. The sessions will conclude in April.