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Baylor Regent’s family gives $30 million to support Baylor student scholarships

…air in the Hankamer School of Business; $1.5 million from John (BBA ’79) & Nancy (BSEd ’79) Jackson to support an endowed chair as part of BU’s Latin America initiative; and $5 million from Ed (BBA ’73) & Denise Crenshaw to endow two Hankamer School of Business faculty positions and a Student Foundation scholarship. Throughout the Baylor Family, individuals and families have stepped up to support Baylor students, faculty, and research efforts — ge…

Baylor profs leading national & international academic journals

…tford, senior editor, Sixteenth Century Journal SOCIAL WORK * Dr. Danielle Parrish, editor-in-chief, Journal of Social Work Education SOCIOLOGY * Dr. Jerry Park, associate editor, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion THEATRE * Dr. David Jortner, book review editor, Asian Theatre Journal TRUETT SEMINARY * Dr. Scott Gibson, general editor, The Journal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society That list may not be exhaustive — in fact, if you kno…

Meet Baylor’s expert on the prevention of substance-exposed pregnancies

…ldbearing age were effective in reducing the risk of substance-exposed pregnancy. Parrish is also conducting a pilot study of the CHOICES-Teen intervention — similar to CHOICES4Health — but designed specifically to reduce the risks of alcohol- and marijuana-exposed pregnancy among high risk adolescent women involved in the juvenile justice system. This survey is currently testing the effectiveness of telehealth and mobile health applications as an…

Baylor professors of the year represent religion, business, English & geosciences

…essor awards for 2019-20: Dr. Sara Alexander, BA ’79 (anthropology); Dr. Kenichi Hatakeyama (physics); Dr. Emily Hunter (business); Dr. Howard Lee (physics); Dr. Yang Li (engineering); Dr. Horace Maxile, Jr. (music); Dr. Danielle Parrish (social work); Dr. Edward Polson, MDiv/MSW ’03, MA ’06, PhD ’09 (social work); Dr. Anne Spence (engineering); Dr. Scott Spinks (Spanish); Dr. Edward Taylor (music); and Dr. Randall Umstead (music). Sic ’em, Baylor…

Now 100 episodes in, Baylor Connections shares BU stories straight from the source

…mpling of the many ways Baylor and Baylor people impact the world: Provost Nancy Brickhouse, BA ’82, assumed the role of provost at her alma mater last summer. In this episode, she talks about what it’s like to return after more than three decades in higher education, and examines how Baylor’s R1/Tier 1 research aspirations will help Baylor speak into important societal issues with a distinct Christian voice. Dr. Dwayne Simmons, the Cornelia Marsc…

We have much to be thankful for, Baylor Family

…ons to the Baylor Family — 2019 marked the arrival of our new provost, Dr. Nancy Brickhouse, who is leading Baylor’s efforts to increase its research efforts (and their impacts on the world). We also welcomed the Class of 2023 — some 3,300+ students that made up the most academically qualified class in our history — as well as the countless Future Bears that frequent Baylor’s Instagram feed! * Traditions, both old and new — One can’t think of Bayl…

7 books on American history by Baylor authors

…Pearl Harbor and the Birth of the Civil Rights Movement, by Dr. T. Michael Parrish and Dr. Thomas Cutrer. The authors — including Parrish, a Baylor history professor — show how the heroic actions of Waco native and Navy messman Doris Miller at Pearl Harbor made a listing impact on the Civil Rights era. * The Price of Valor: The Life of Audie Murphy, America’s Most Decorated Hero of World War II, by Dr. David Smith. Audie Murphy became a national h…

Celebrating Baylor’s many awesome profs during Teacher Appreciation Week

…s debates discussing the issues of the times.” — Will Crisp, BA ’17 “Maxey Parrish!! I cannot stress enough how much he has supported me this semester. he has been there for me during one of the most trying times of my life and I would not have made it through this semester without him!” — Claire Garza, BU ’20 Sic ’em, Baylor professors! You might also like: * Honoring some familiar Baylor faces retiring this spring (May 2019) * 8 ways teachers ar…

Baylor faculty & students honored for career contributions and promising new research

…iagnostic methods grounded in the most current scientific knowledge. Maxey Parrish, BA ’78, MS ’93, senior lecturer of journalism, public relations and new media, was named a member of the 2019 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Hall of Fame class. CoSIDA is made up of approximately 3,000 intercollegiate athletic media relations and communications professionals from colleges, universities and athletic conferences in the Unite…

Baylor names finalists for 2020 Cherry Award, nation’s largest award for top teaching

…les, teaching guides, book reviews, and critical and creative works. * Dr. Nancy Fichtman Dana, professor of education, University of Florida. Dana’s resume includes multiple national and statewide awards for teaching and research. She has published 10 books and more than 100 journal articles on a particular learning strategy known as practitioner inquiry, and she has secured more than $4 million in grants focused on teacher professional developme…