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Connect to Baylor and your fellow students and alumni online

Whether you live in Waco or Warsaw, Texas or Timbuktu, there are plenty of ways to stay connected to Baylor. Over 25,000 Bears have already become fans of Baylor on the University’s official Facebook page, where you’ll find news, videos, photo albums and more. Still want more? There’s also: Twitter, where @BaylorProud is just one of many Baylor departments and organizations Tweeting links to Bears in the news, photos and other updates. iTunes U,…

Men’s basketball on to Sweet 16 for first time in program history

…: link corrected), to be played at Reliant Stadium. Oh, and before you go, order your Baylor Bears Sweet 16 t-shirt! Head coach Kim Mulkey’s Lady Bears are also still rolling in the NCAA tournament. After knocking off Fresno State in the first round late Saturday, Baylor faces Georgetown tonight at 9:05 p.m. on ESPNU for the right to move on to the Sweet 16 for the fifth time in seven years. Sic ’em, Baylor basketball! (* Yes, you read that right….

Basketball succeeding in the classroom and on the court

…n CBS as well as online at mmod.ncaa.com; for live stats and an in-game blog, visit BaylorBears.com. And if you’re not following the Full Court Press blog for all the behind-the-scenes and beyond-the-numbers reports, well, you’re missing out. Sic ’em, Bears, on the court and in the classroom!…

Men’s hoops earns highest NCAA tournament seeding ever

…now; if you can’t make it to New Orleans, tune in on CBS or watch for free online). If the Bears win Thursday, they’ll face either Notre Dame or Old Dominion on Saturday. A win there would propel the Bears to the Sweet 16 for the first time ever. (Interestingly, Baylor has made two Final Four appearances without ever playing in the Sweet 16; the Bears were national runners-up in 1948 and reached the Final Four again in 1950, at at time when the NC…

Baylor’s Black Gospel Music Restoration Project featured on iTunes U front page

…ject, working hand in hand with Baylor Libraries to digitize recordings in order to preserve and share the music with future generations. Baylor’s iTunes U site offers free of charge 16 full tracks as well as 30-second samples from nearly 200 more songs, plus interviews with Darden about the project. (The entire collection of more than 850 items can be viewed here.) None of this would have been possible without the assistance of individuals intere…

Starr speaks of Baylor’s priorities and strengths at public introduction

…ent, but don’t just take their (or my) word for it; the event is available online to watch or download. You can even download just the audio; if you’re in a rush, fast-forward to the 35:10 mark for Starr’s remarks. A few more related links before we go: The Baptist Standard takes a deep look at Starr’s faith and beliefs. Starr appeared not only on ABC’s “Good Morning America” but also Fox News’ “Greta Van Susteren.” Baylor Law Professor Mark Osler…

Sic ’em, President Starr!

…w Baylor President Ken Starr’s public introduction this afternoon, we thought nothing would be more appropriate than a big “sic ’em.” So here goes: Also, just a reminder that today’s 3 p.m. CT introductory event will be streamed live online (you should be able to see the video archived at that same link later). Until then, check out Starr’s interview earlier today on ABC’s “Good Morning America;” his words about Baylor come around the 4:00 mark: S…

Trumpet, trombone majors named national, international finalists

…r goal is to trumpet the good things going on within the Baylor family, in order to share that news with those inside and outside the Baylor community. Not to toot our own horn, but I think we’re fairly good at that. Actually playing a trumpet, however — not so much. Baylor, of course, seems to have no shortage of students who can pick up our slack in that area. For instance, the Baylor Trumpet Ensemble and three student soloists have advanced to…

Stories from Bears in Haiti, and Baylor’s relief efforts

…heard one question: “How can I help?” Interim President Dr. David Garland e-mailed Baylor faculty, staff and students on Thursday, urging people first and foremost to pray. A website has been launched (www.baylor.edu/haiti) to further detail Baylor’s efforts as they develop. It includes links to organizations which are collecting donations for relief efforts, as well as contacts for faculty, staff and students in need of pastoral care and student…

Ashley Cleveland earns Grammy nomination for album inspired by Baylor gospel music project

…ect, which aims to preserve and catalogue black gospel music from the 1940s-1980s before it disappears. Cleveland and Greenberg each knew immediately that her next album should honor such songs, and so they dug in to find out more about the work going on at Baylor. In October, the Prichard Family Foundation established the Lev H. Prichard III Traditional Black Music Restoration Endowed Fund at Baylor to expand the Black Gospel Music Restoration Pr…