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Colombia native making a difference in the U.S. and Africa

…D. in chemistry in 2000. After a stint as an assistant professor at the University of Florida’s Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, McLeod today works part-time as a researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. For the last year, her attention has focused on her role with the Florida Department of Health’s Bureau of Laboratories, where she oversees the state’s screening program for newborns. (Each newborn in Florida is screened for 35 diff…

Introducing BaylorProud 2.0!

…r, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace. You can also pull up a printer-friendly version of each post for cleaner printing. The big addition, however, is linked in the top right corner, where members of the Baylor family are invited to share their own Points of Pride. Over the past year and a half, some of our best stories have been sent to us by readers, but until now, there wasn’t an easy or obvious way to do that. You asked for it, and now you’ve got…

Sports chaplain leads student-athletes on mission trip to Kenya

…well worth reading. Hill noted that the group was still in additional need of funding for the trip; anyone interested in supporting the Baylor sports ministry team or any of Baylor’s University Missions teams can make donations online at http://www.baylor.edu/spirituallife/index.php?id=53462. Sic ’em, student-athlete missionaries!…

Bears continue to lead Big 12 in athletics and academics

…recognizes both a male and female senior athlete who has excelled in the classroom, on the field and in the community, went to a pair of student-athletes (pictured) who have already been drafted by their sport’s top professional league: football’s Jason Smith, the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft, and softball’s Brette Regan, the No. 4 overall pick in the National Pro Fastpitch Senior Draft. Sic ’em, Baylor student-athletes!…

Big 12 Coach of the Year honor caps big week for Baylor golf

…d overall at the Big 12 Men’s Championship in Kansas, the best showing by a Bear since Worth Williams won the tournament in 2001. (The men will learn if they will extend their streak of 11 consecutive NCAA appearances when the field is announced on Monday.) Then on Thursday, junior Hannah Burke was named to the All-Big 12 team and women’s head coach Sylvia Ferdon was named Big 12 Coach of the Year. The honor was the second for Ferdon; she also cla…

Civil Rights Tour offers students an alternative spring break experience

…n American church in Memphis, toured the National Civil Rights Museum, and visited with one of Ole Miss’ first African American students. Before returning to Waco, the tour will have visited eight cities in five states (not including Texas). While traveling between cities, the groups are also having some very frank discussions on some of the race issues that face America today. Both students and faculty are sharing their experiences and journaling…

Baylor family to be well-represented in Presidential search

…d by a BGCT/Texas Baptists representative and a Waco community leader to give voices to those constituencies as well. In addition to those representative voices, Baylor is also asking for direct input from all those who love Baylor — alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents and other friends of the University. Share your thoughts about what Baylor should be looking for in its next president, then bookmark http://www.baylor.edu/president/search an…

Baseball earns best-ever preseason ranking at No. 8 in the nation

…of the Bears’ best-ever seasons; Baylor won the Big 12 Conference title in 2000, advanced to a Super Regional in 2003 and not only won the Big 12 in 2005, but advanced to the College World Series for the third time in program history. And if that’s not enough to get you out to see the Bears this season, you might also be interested to know that Baylor Ballpark will feature five players who made Baseball America’s list of the top 100 college prosp…

Get a sneak peek at the new Baylor coffee table book

…iled them into this slideshow, complete with music from Baylor’s Wind Ensemble. I will say that the slideshow really is only a sneak peek; seeing the photos on page at 10 x 12 inches, with the accompanying text not included in this slideshow, gives an even more powerful effect than what you’ll see here. Hopefully you’ll enjoy both! If you can’t make it to the bookstore to purchase your copy, you can also order online from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or…

Donors honor loved ones with gifts to Baylor

…r Bear in your life who is so hard to shop for, how about giving to the University in honor of your loved one? Interestingly, even as shoppers spend an average of $1,000 each year on Christmas gifts, December is consistently the month when the largest number of online gifts are made to the University. Many year-end donors choose to give in memory or in honor of loved ones or members of the Baylor family who have touched their lives. As we near the…