Conversation with Elizabeth Coker, New BAA Board President

New BAA board president seeks constructive dialogue By Daniel Houston Photo by Rod Aydelotte The Baylor Alumni Association recently spoke with Elizabeth Coker, 2012-13 president of the BAA Board of Directors and Texas 258th District Court judge. Coker ’89, JD ’92, talked about her Baylor education, law background, and priorities for the BAA in the

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Head Start—Baylor Academic Camps Teach Skills, Promote Higher Education

By Daniel Houston Baylor is offering a series of academic camps this summer for gifted and talented students to foster creativity and problem-solving, while encouraging them to eventually pursue a college education. Baylor’s University for Young People (UYP) features diverse academic programs — including book clubs, robotics projects, philosophy, painting and cooking classes, among others

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New View of an Old Frontier: Texas Collection Digitizes Baylor’s History

By Daniel Houston The Texas Collection is in the final stages of an ambitious project to digitally archive more than one hundred years of Baylor history. The staff plans to launch a completed collection of digitized and fully searchable copies of the Lariat student newspaper, the Round Up student yearbook, and official university press releases

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Summer Sounds; Retiring Professor Holds Final Organ Camps

By Daniel Houston Although Baylor’s campus may appear quiet in the summer, its concert halls are ringing with the sonorous voices of the organ. Dr. Joyce Jones, Baylor’s professor of music and organist-in-residence for forty-three years, just completed teaching her final organ camps with the university before she retires in August. The camps — one

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The Start of Something New; A Graduating Senior’s Anticipation

By: Katie Burns The feelings of apprehension and excitement are growing among Baylor seniors as graduation day approaches.  Some are sad to leave Baylor.  Some are nervous to face the real world.  Some are feeling the intense pressure that accompanies the job hunt. For Chelsi Patterson, a senior public relations major, graduation represents the start

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