Tapestry of care
Baylor, alongside The Congregational Collective of San Antonio and Harvard Medical school, received a $1.76 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for a public-private partnership aimed to provide a “Tapestry of Care” for church congregations that find themselves on the front lines of the nation’s growing mental health crisis. Over the next three years, 18 pilot congregations around San Antonio will “build their capacity to deliver proven psychosocial interventions and evidence-based treatments, establish bi-directional referral and cross-sector supports to assure efficacy and sustainability of care, and develop a framework to bridge the divide and build trust between mental health providers and faith communities,” according to the University’s release.
Baylor football fashion
Is this really news? I don’t know, but it is funny. The Colorado Buffaloes Wire ranked all Big 12 football helmets, placing Baylor’s white lettered helmet at the bottom of the list.
I’ll let the article speak for itself: “Baylor kicks off this list for two reasons: their interlocking lettering logo is boring, and the helmet does nothing to help save it. It’s the first of many “this is just a logo on a plain color helmet” looks, which I carry disdain for. Baylor, please bring back the Sailor Bear logo full-time.”
I agree; Sailor Bear is Baylor’s most iconic logo. But I don’t know if I can put my full faith in Buffaloes Wire, which ranked its own Colorado Buffaloes’ helmet at No. 2.
And if you’re wondering what YOU should wear to this season’s football games, check out this week’s game theme announcement.
Next in line
Dr. Charles M. Ramsey (‘97, MA ‘00), formerly associate University Chaplain and director of campus ministries and church connections, will be next to serve as Baylor’s University Chaplain and dean of spiritual life following a nationwide search. “My prayer is that we will walk in the light of Christ and be known for the way we love and serve others,” Ramsey said in a press release.
Baylor alumni spotlight
Two alumni were featured in Baylor Proud blogs this week:
Kristen Nakamura (’25) – an award-winning poet, Getterman Scholar, and Summa cum laude graduate, among many other accolades – talked about the community and sense of belonging she found at Baylor: “Now that I’m graduated, I think I can look back and say Baylor is a place where I found belonging, and I learned what belonging meant, but it’s not a place where belonging stays. I don’t look back now and say ‘I can only belong at Baylor,” she said in the blog.
Doug Rogers (’82) was noted for his art and designs, recently seen in the “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts” exhibit at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. “I grew up watching people who hated their jobs and lived for the weekends,” he said in the blog. “This is where I think going to Baylor changed my life and put me on a different trajectory. I chose to live for every day, not just the weekends, and going to college, particularly for liberal arts education, expanded my worldview.”
Extra! Extra!
Executive Producer and Baylor professor Daniel Beard and his crew can be spotted in downtown Waco working on the movie “I always hated my brother,” a comedy/drama film the follows two brothers coming together from a tragedy. If you’ve been waiting for your big break into stardom, Beard told KXXV the film could always use extras and standbys. To learn more, email him at daniel_beard@baylor.edu.
