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Alum among ‘100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare’ for 7th year in a row

…ce 2000. After playing football at Baylor, he began a career in health care management that is approaching 30 years, joining BHCS in 1993 and ascending to the top in 2000. This fall, he will join the Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame’s Wall of Honor. Allison has remained involved with Baylor in a variety of ways over the years, from speaking at Baylor Business Network gatherings, to joining other prominent BU alums in supporting the Big 12 Conference b…

Crowder’s Fantastical Church Music Conference brings big names to Baylor

…speakers and artists scheduled for this weekend includes some really impressive names: Matt Redman, Louie Giglio, Jars of Clay, Charlie Peacock, Hillsong London, Rob Bell, Derek Webb and of course the David Crowder*Band. Thanks to Crowder, each will be exposed to Baylor University for a weekend, perhaps for the first time, while the Baylor community gets the opportunity to hear from some of the leading voices in worship music today. (For tickets,…

Baylor family celebrates presidential inauguration

…hen Carter before Starr was officially installed as president of Baylor University. (Read a full recap of the ceremony and Starr’s inaugural response here, or watch the video online at baylor.edu/inauguration.) Earlier in the day, Starr served as moderator for the panel discussion on the Supreme Court featuring guests Wallace Jefferson, Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court; Thomas R. Phillips, BA ’71, former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme…

Ceremony Friday highlights week of events around Starr’s inauguration

…In 1902, Samuel Palmer Brooks was named the seventh president in Baylor University history. One of his first acts was to write a letter to all Baylor alumni, asking for their assistance in building up the university. On September 3 of that year, a few days after announcing the largest fall enrollment in school history, Brooks gave an inaugural address at the opening of the fall semester. In his speech, Brooks identified several top priorities, inc…

From David Crowder’s ‘Rise Up’ to the Baylor fight song of 70 years ago

…lls, tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Floyd Casey Stadium. The game will be televised nationally on Fox College Sports; if you don’t have that channel, there’s always the Baylor-ISP Sports Network. After listening to David Crowder’s rockin’ new “Rise Up” anthem all week (thanks for the free download, David!), we thought we’d go old school today for Parents Weekend (no offense, parents). Before “Old Fite” came along (you can download that, too), there was “Be…

Zipcars on Baylor campus offer an alternative for students without cars

…ed in the program, participants reserve the cars online, then wave a special “Zipcard” over a sensor to unlock the car. For more details, visit zipcar.com/baylor. Sic ’em, Zipcar drivers!…

More tickets to be released for Homecoming Pigskin performances

…are all sold, that’s it! So make your plans now to see the best of All University Sing during Homecoming 2010 (Oct. 21-23). As a teaser, here’s a glimpse at what you’ll see at Pigskin this year. (Of course, as with most live acts, no YouTube video can capture the performance perfectly — you’ll just have to come see it for yourself!) (Sorry – that YouTube video was removed due to possible copyright infringement. All the more reason to head out to…

Baylor fans use Twitter to ‘sic ’em’ from all over the globe

…o, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont & Washington (plus Washington, D.C.). Thanks to the 2,800+ Baylor fans who share their Baylor pride by following and retweeting @BaylorProud via Twitter. And if you’re not one of tho…

Four Bears on watch lists for national football honors entering 2010

…all-Big 12 by Blue Ribbon Yearbook. Other preseason honorees include: Defensive tackle Phil Taylor: All-Big 12, 2nd team (Sports Illustrated, Phil Steele); No. 10 DT in the nation (Phil Steele); Linebacker Antonio Johnson: All-Big 12, 4th team (Phil Steele); and Punter Derek Epperson: All-America, 3rd team (Sporting News); No. 2 punter in the nation (Phil Steele). If you can’t make it to Waco for the game, tune in along the Baylor-ISP Football Rad…

Homecoming, Parents Weekend tickets on sale now!

…released for sale today; more will be made available next month after students are back on campus, but why wait? Insure you’ve got seats to the performance(s) you wish to see now! Visit www.baylor.edu/homecoming/buy and/or www.baylor.edu/parentsweekend/buy to place your order. Get your tickets now! Sic ’em, Bears!…