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EI NOMTO 08BASSAFAMNSRTO 07RVE ITR EOD UNIVERSITY RECORDS university HISTORY 2007 REVIEW ADMINISTRATION STAFF 2008 BEARS MEDIA INFORMATION Independent SchoolDistrictPartnership Councilisimplementing10professional development schools(PDS)inTexas andestablis Center for EducationalTechnology placesitasaleaderinthe useoftechnologyfor improving teachingandlearning.TheBaylo passing rate onstateexaminationsfor teachers, counselorsandadministrators. TheSchool’s networkofprofessional developmen than 60specializations.StateBoardfor EducatorCertificationdataindicates Baylor studentsandgraduates earngreaterthan CAMPUS INFORMATION L MAIN OLD tion programs andspecializationsinhealthcareadministration, internationalbusinessandcustomer relationshipmanagement. al businesscoreand19majorfieldsofstudy. Hankameralsooffers agraduate businessprogram with10fieldsofstudy, includ undergraduate curriculum,whichleadstothebachelorofbusinessadministration degree,encompassestheliberal artsandscien Goldwater, Truman andMarshallScholarshipsHoward HughesPredoctoral andNationalScienceFoundation Fellowships. core curriculumrequirementsfor degr Students have theopportunity topursueavariety ofdegreesthroughtheCollege.Moststudentstake courseswithintheCollege uate andprofessional levels, Baylor housestheGraduate School,LawSchoolandGeorgeW. Truett TheologicalSeminary. Louise HerringtonSchoolofNursing,theHonorsCollegeandSchoolsEducation,EngineeringComputerScience,Mus ACADEMICS er theprogresstoward andbenefitsoftheVision. Baylor intendstoenterthetoptierofAmericanuniversities whilereaffirming itsdistinctive Christianmission.Visitwww.ba degree programs. nationally recognizedacademicdivisionsoffer 146 ing incontinuousoperation. WhileremainingtruetoitsChristianheritage,Baylor welcomesstudentsfromall50statesandso Executive MBAprogram isranked 20thby University Scholars,GreatTexts and Baylor Inter are designedfor thosewithbothsuperioracademicqualificationsanda high degreeofintellectualcuriosity andmotivation. T Fort Worth Metroplex,the14thinU.S. and25thintheworld by program inthetoptier, and Colleges,” whileranking thegraduate entrepreneurship program 28thinthenation. U.S. News & World Report World & News U.S. The HankamerSchoolofBusiness Students intheCollegeroutinelyqualify for prestigiousacademicawards. Duringthepastfew years, Baylor studentshave rece The CollegeofArtsandSciences Baylor consistsof10academicunits.Baccalaureateprograms are In September2001,theBaylor University BoardofRegents adoptedabold10-year VisioncalledBaylor 2012.Withinthecourseo Baylor’s 735-acre campusisonthebanksofBrazos River inWaco, Texas, ametropolitanareaof225,000people. Chartered in1845bytheRepublic ofTexas throughtheefforts ofBaptistpioneers,Baylor University isthestate’s oldestins The SchoolofEducation The programs intheHonorsCollegeenrichUniversity’s academicprograms. Established aspartofBaylor 2012,theCollege’s WWW. BAYLORBEARS The Princeton Review Princeton The , accreditedbytheNationalCouncilfor Accreditation ranked theSchool’s undergraduate businessprograms inthetop16percentits2005guideto“America’s Best ees fromotherschoolsatBaylor. .COM has prepareditsgraduates tosucceedinthehighlycompetitive climateoftheworldeconomy. TheSchool’s offers acomprehensive range ofprograms for Baylor studentsthroughits26academicdepartments. U.S. News & World Report World & News U.S. disciplinary Coreprograms arefound intheCollege. baccalaureate degreeprograms, 76master’s includes Hankamer’s MBAprogram inits“Top 80BusinessSchoolsinAmerica.” TheSchool’s offered throughtheCollegeofArtsandSciences,HankamerSch . TheExecutive MBAinDallaswas rated asthetopprogram intheDallas- Financial Times Financial Entrepreneurship magazineranks Baylor’s entrepreneurship of Teacher Education(NCATE), offers sixdegreeswithmore . degreeprograms, ajurisdoctor ylor.edu/vision todiscov- titution ofhigherlearn- ing executive educa- me 90countries.Its r University/Waco ces, aprofession- aspartoftheir ool ofBusiness, ic. At thegrad- nd 26doctoral ived Fulbright, t schoolsand a 97percent hing amen- he Honors, f adecade, programs university 115 UNIVERSITY U.S. includes .COM BAYLORBEARS News and World Report. Hankamer’s MBA program in its “Top 80 Hankamer’s MBA program Business Schools of America.” taught by full-time professors. 16-to-1. enrolled at Baylor places the University in the top 1 percent among higher edu- cation institutions in America. opportunities through 56 programs in 24 countries including Russia, China, Spain, Australia and Great Britain. institution of higher learning in the state of higher learning in institution of Texas. degree divisions offer 146 baccalaureate degree programs, programs, 76 master’s 26 doctoral degree a juris doctor and programs. universities national doctoral-granting by the in “America’s Best Colleges” The Princeton Review • At Baylor, 92 percent of all classes are • The student-to-faculty ratio at Baylor is • The number of National Merit Scholars • Baylor students have study abroad • existing is the oldest Baylor University • recognized academic Baylor’s nationally • ranks in the Top 100 Baylor consistently • WWW. CAMPUS INFORMATION CAMPUS combines traditional liberal arts liberal combines traditional ranked the School’s engineering program 20th in the engineering program the School’s ranked offers students a thorough background of music training and high- thorough background of music training students a offers U.S. News & World Report The School of Engineering and Computer Science The School of Engineering Baylor computer science graduates command top compensation and acclaim from command top compensation and acclaim computer science graduates Baylor genome housing the database from the human laboratory of a Baylor The development The School of Music guest and by students, faculty each year The School presents more than 300 programs toring program which will assist local teachers. In 2001, School of Education Dean Robert In 2001, School of assist local teachers. which will toring program of Colleges for of the American Association board of directors elected to the Yinger was with pro- and universities association of colleges (AACTE), a national Education Teacher educators. professional that prepare grams skills including communication, its graduates to provide programs and challenging technical degrees in undergraduate The School offers technical competency. ethics, teamwork and Best science. In its 2003 guide to “America’s degree in computer master’s majors and a five Colleges,” PAT NEFF HALL JUDGE BAYLOR STATUE nation among those focused on the needs of undergraduates. For the seventh consecutive the seventh For on the needs of undergraduates. nation among those focused of the Fundamentals taken engineering students who have 100 percent of Baylor’s year, for Registration State Board of administered by the Texas Engineering examination passed the exam. Engineers have — a specialization that combines major bioinformatics The School’s employers. diverse kind in the world. computer science — is one of the first of its molecular biology and and research experiences. laboratory students unparalleled project is giving bioinformatics engineering design enrichment include study abroad programs, further Opportunities for in computer science, and residence in the projects, summer intern work experience Center within the under-construction Engineering and Computer Science Living-Learning North Village Complex. groups in the School of Music experience in its curriculum. Performing performance quality Choir, Marching Band, A Cappella Wave Golden Orchestra, Symphony include the Baylor per- ShowTime! and numerous other ensembles. These groups have Baylor Theater, Opera the Directors Association, the American Choral including at prestigious conventions, formed American Guild of Organists. American Bandmasters Association and the Honor Concert. The Concert and the Dean’s artists. Annual highlights include the President’s affil- is broadcast on National Public Radio at Baylor,” “Music program, weekly radio School’s a tel- highlighted in “Christmas at Baylor,” students also will be iate KWBU-FM. The School’s sea- the country during the 2003 holiday evision special that aired on PBS stations across to the national recognition, including fellowships achieved son. Students of the School have significant The most Festival. and Tanglewood Aspen Music Festival Blossom Music Festival, is held biannually at Baylor. Hearn Symposium, in the field of church music, the event MEDIA INFORMATIONMEDIA BEARS 2008-09 STAFF ADMINISTRATION REVIEW 2007-08 HISTORY RECORDS 116

EI NOMTO 08BASSAFAMNSRTO 07RVE ITR EOD UNIVERSITY RECORDS university HISTORY 2007 REVIEW ADMINISTRATION STAFF 2008 BEARS MEDIA INFORMATION CAMPUS INFORMATION MHE A CENTER LAW UMPHREY Baylor LawSchoolalsohasanunparalleled recordofsuccessontheTexas BarExamandanenviable placementrate. arguably thebesttraining groundinthenationfor practical lawyering.” admissions, Baylor’s unique,ultra-intense, and‘tough’Practice CourtProgram is very affordable, andvery difficult togetinto. For studentsluckyenoughtogain described as“theMarineCorpsoflawschools.” BSN/MSN program for RNs. nurse practitioner (FNP)andneonatalnursepractitioner (NNP),aswellajoint (MSN) degreeinthreeareas:nursingadministration andmanagement,family nurse (RN)licensure.TheSchoolalsooffers themasterofscienceinnursing bachelor ofscienceinnursing(BSN)degree andpreparefor theregistered Baylor University MedicalCenter. Undergraduate nursingstudentspursuethe and senior)baccalaureatemaster’s programs ontheDallascampusat 20th percentilenationally. Inarecenteditionof across thenation.Enteringcredentiallevels for studentsareinthetop15thto therapy, physics, religion,sociologyandstatistics. chology), English,geology, mathematics,neuroscience,philosophy, physical church-state studies,education(administration, curriculumandinstruction,psy- sociology. Doctoral programs includebiology, biomedicalstudies,chemistry, has theonlyPhDprograms inthenationchurch-statestudiesandapplied al reputationfor producingoutstandingpracticing clinicalpsychologists. Baylor est andlongestaccrediteduniversity PsyDprogram inthecountry, hasanation- doctoral degreeseachyear. Theclinicalpsychology program atBaylor, theold- Antonio andWest Point, Baylor awards morethan600master’s degreesand60 With morethan1,200graduate studentsoncampusesinWaco, Dallas,San gy, speechpathology, physical therapy, healthcareadministration andnursing. national rankings, includingentrepreneurship, music,religion,clinicalpsycholo- within onemonthandmostare employed upongraduation. Baylor nursinggraduates whoseekemployment upongraduation findaposition the nationinits2003“BestGraduate Schools”listing.Nearly100percentof The school’s mocktrialandmootcourt teamsareperenniallysuccessful ininterscholasticcompetitiononstate,regionaland n The publicationnotesthat“theBaylor University SchoolofLaw isvery small, U.S. News & World Report World & News U.S. The LouiseHerringtonSchoolofNursing Baylor LawSchool Many oftheprograms inBaylor’s WWW. BAYLORBEARS theoldestlawschoolinTexas, draws itsstudentsfrom , ranked theSchool’s master’s programs as58thin Graduate School .COM The Princeton Review Princeton The offers upperdivision(junior consistently receive high , Baylor is ational levels. university 117 UNIVERSITY .COM George W. Truett TREY WINGO Host of ESPN’s NFL Live ANGELA KINSEY Award-winning Emmy actress (TV sitcom The Office) guide. BAYLORBEARS champion World sprinter and three-time Olympic gold medalist MICHAEL JOHNSON champion World sprinter and four-time Olympic gold medalist WWW. consistently ranks Baylor in the top 100 national Baylor consistently ranks is an accredited member of the Association of is an accredited member U.S. News & World Report CAMPUS INFORMATION CAMPUS MIKE SINGLETARY Legendary Chicago NFL Bears linebacker, inductee Hall of Fame MARK HURD officer Chief executive and president of HP About 82 percent of the approximately 400 students at the Law School come at the Law School 400 students of the approximately About 82 percent In spring 2002 the first classes were held in Truett’s Baugh-Reynolds Campus, Baugh-Reynolds classes were held in Truett’s In spring 2002 the first One of the nation’s fastest growing theological schools, growing theological fastest One of the nation’s U.S. News & World Report Baylor’s costs remain below the average tuition for private institutions in private tuition for costs remain below the average Baylor’s Theological Seminary Theological Seminary with one Master 1994 welcoming its first class in fall Theological Schools. Since three concentra- an MDiv in Seminary now offers Truett program, of Divinity MDiv/Master of Music, an an of Social Work, tions, plus an MDiv/Master of Arts has joined with the College Truett of Ministry. MDiv/MSEd and a Doctor Center for of the Baylor as a co-founder of Social Work and Sciences’ School of goal of strengthening the capacity Ministries with the and Community Family through the ministry of congregations. to nurture faith and communities families class- campus, which features complex on the Baylor an $18 million Seminary and Katy spaces, the Paul room, community suite, a prayer rooms, a student life Powell the Paul Chapel and Teaching Jr. Sloan B. Piper Great Hall, the Robert are serving in churches and mission graduates Chapel. More than 270 Truett fields throughout the world. from undergraduate study at a nationwide array of colleges and universities of colleges a nationwide array study at from undergraduate and into the $30 million Sheila School moved In 2001 the Law Baylor. other than River. the Brazos on the banks of Umphrey Law Center Walter doctoral-granting universities. And, Baylor ranks inthe Top 25 out of 362 col- inthe Top ranks And, Baylor universities. doctoral-granting participating in the National Merit Scholars program. leges and universities in the first peer institutions of private and well below the national average Texas and second tiers of the and the Lambs CEO of Pearson PLC, CEO of Pearson member of Forbes’ “50 Most Powerful Women” THOMAS HARRIS author of Best-selling Red Dragon, Silence of Hannibal MARJORIE SCARDINO Shark Tale and Motion picture artist, Shrek JEFF DUNHAM Stand-up comedian and ventriloquist DOUG ROGERS and The Count Thieves of Monte Cristo Robin Hood: Prince of KEVIN REYNOLDS Director of RICHELLE CAREY CNN’s News anchor for Headline News PROMINENT BAYLOR ALUMNI MEDIA INFORMATIONMEDIA BEARS 2008-09 STAFF ADMINISTRATION REVIEW 2007-08 HISTORY RECORDS 118

EI NOMTO 080 ER TF DIITAIN20-8RVE ITR RECORDS university HISTORY 2007-08 REVIEW ADMINISTRATION STAFF 2008-09 BEARS MEDIA INFORMATION BAYLOR 2012 CAN FLOURISH. IMPERATIVE IV• IMPERATIVE III• IMPERATIVE II• IMPERATIVE I• and willpropelitintotheranks ofthenation’s TierOnecollegesanduniversities. core convictions, aredesignedtopush the University toanewlevel ofexcellence, The following 12imperatives, whichreflectBaylor’s foundational assumptionsand to www.baylor.edu/vision for thefull textofthevision. universities whilereaffirming anddeepeningitsdistinctive Christianmission.Go Within thecourseofadecade,Baylor intendstoenterthetoptierofAmerican with itscherisedpast,aspirestowhatfew institutions,ifany, have ever achieved. year visioncalledBaylor 2012.Baylor’s visionfor thefuture, thoughcontinuous In September2001,theBaylor University BoardofRegents adoptedabold,10- ALRSINE FOUNTAIN SCIENCES BAYLOR WWW. BAYLORBEARS ESTABLISH ANENVIRONMENT WHERELEARNING CREATE ATRULY RESIDENTIALCAMPUS. ATTRACT ANDSUPPORT ATOP-TIER STUDENT BODY. DEVELOP AWORLD-CLASS FACULTY. .COM IC TRADITIONINALLSPORTS. PLEASING PHYSICALSPACES. LIFE ASASTEWARDSHIP ANDWORKASAVOCATION. ACADEMIC ANDSTUDENTLIFEPROGRAMMING,TO UNDERSTAND IMPERATIVE XII• IMPERATIVE XI• IMPERATIVE X• BAYLOR FAMILY. IMPERATIVE IX• IMPERATIVE VIII• IMPERATIVE VII• IMPERATIVE VI• PROGRAMS INSELECTEDAREAS. IMPERATIVE V• TIES. ALRSINE BUILDING SCIENCES BAYLOR BUILD WITHINTEGRITY AWINNINGATHLET- INITIATE OUTSTANDING NEWACADEMIC GUIDE ALLBAYLOR STUDENTS, THROUGH EMPHASIZE GLOBAL EDUCATION. ENHANCE INVOLVEMENT OFTHEENTIRE PROVIDE OUTSTANDING ACADEMICFACILI- ACHIEVE A$2BILLIONENDOWMENT. CONSTRUCT USEFULANDAESTHETICALLY UNIVERSITY university 119 UNIVERSITY .COM room, library and resource center, room, library BAYLOR 2012 BAYLOR BAYLORBEARS inspiration from residential colleges at univer- inspiration WWW. BROOKS VILLAGE FALL 2007 FALL 2004 FALL 2004 FALL complex also features a great hall, a dining a great complex also features Chapel. Robbins group study rooms and classrooms, and the Every day, Baylor 2012 moves forward with new initiatives, new facilities, new facilities, new with new initiatives, forward 2012 moves Baylor day, Every the momentum is growing progress is steady, opportunities. The ideas and new 2012 has projects Baylor below are three are certain. Listed and the benefits recently. and staff faculty students, Baylor for a reality helped make BROOKS VILLAGE OPENED: Brooks Village accommodates 700 students in two build- 252,000 square feet, At 384 students residence hall offering College, a traditional ings: Brooks Residential learn in a fac- and to live across all disciplines and classifications the opportunity living sim- Flats, with apartment-style and Brooks Residential community, ulty-led upperclassmen. The archi- 316 beds for that provides North Village ilar to Baylor's its tecture of Brooks College draws NORTH RESIDENTIAL VILLAGE NORTH RESIDENTIAL OPENED: and the a joint project of Campus Living & Learning Village, The North Residential first res- and Computer Science, opened as the university’s School of Engineering 180 spaces of the Approximately to be constructed in 40 years. idential facility Engineering and for residential complex are reserved 600-bed North Village sophomores and for the other 400 beds are available Computer Science students; projected res- is the first of four disciplines. The facility up from across academic the next decade. built over idential villages to be BUILDING BAYLOR SCIENCES OPENED: is the largest academic center on facility 500,000-square-foot The four-story, Center Umphrey Law of the Sheila and Walter times the size campus, four eight times the size of the 64,000-square-foot and almost (128,000 square feet) $103 million. The Construction cost was Theological Seminary. Truett George W. a Drive; Parks University out toward design includes three wings that will span of classroom sizes, from 150 seats to numer- 300-seat auditorium and a variety designed to promote atrium 12-person classrooms; and a four-story ous smaller, student interaction. many also incorporates but and Yale, Cambridge, Harvard sities such as Oxford, The of the old Brooks Hall, including the Brooks Arch. of the external features BAYLOR SCIENCES BUILDING NORTH RESIDENTIAL VILLAGE MEDIA INFORMATIONMEDIA BEARS 2008-09 STAFF ADMINISTRATION REVIEW 2007-08 HISTORY RECORDS 120

EI NOMTO 080 ER TF DIITAIN20-8RVE ITR RECORDS university HISTORY 2007-08 REVIEW ADMINISTRATION STAFF 2008-09 BEARS MEDIA INFORMATION WACO, TEXAS AEO PARK CAMERON and thecity was soonahubofcommercefor Central Texas. numerous travelers aswellcattle herdsbeing driven alongthe 1856, andserves asthecounty seatofMcLennanCounty. Waco, andlotsweresoldfor $5each.TheCity ofWaco was incorporated Aug.29, men fromGalveston. In1849,surveyor GeorgeErath laidoutthefirststreetsof land grant surroundingtheoldWaco Villagesitewas soldtoagroupofbusiness- tlement inthearea.In1848,threeyears afterTexas becameastate,theMexican year lateraruggedScotnamedNeilMcLennanestablishedthefirstfrontierset- were canceled.Atrading postwas establishednearWaco Villagein1844, anda the Waco village,buttheexpeditionwas short-lived andplansfor the outpost later built. lage was locatedon the banksofBrazos wheretheSuspensionBridgewas when threatened,theWacos becameprotective oftheirterritory. Part oftheirvil- etables. Thetribewas generally consideredapeaceful one,butoccasionally, huts andhadhundredsofacreslandplantedwithcorn,beansotherveg- rounding anatural springontheBrazos River. Thetribelived inbeehive-shaped WACO HISTORY rants, specialty shopsandloftoffice space. talized warehouse districtdowntown.Thear Complex andtheGovernor BillandVara DanielHistoricVillage. including twoartgalleries,ArmstrongBrowningLibrary, theMayborn Museum the DrPepper MuseumandanumberofsitesontheBaylor University campus, Ranger HallofFame andMuseum,theTexas SportsHallofFame, theArtCenter, and outdoorconcertsheldalongthebanksofBrazos River. city. and thenatural habitatCameronPark Zoo. Thereareatotalof35parksinthe which offers hikingandmountainbikingtrails, achampionshipdiscgolfcourse Waco andthe416-acre CameronPark, oneofthestate'slargestmunicipalparks Housing isaffordable, andpart-time jobsareeasytofind. the upper90satpeakofsummerto30sand40sinwinter. available throughtheexpandedandrenovated Waco Regional Airport. Houston andSanAntonio. AirlineservicetoDallas/Fort Worth andHouston is the state—approximately 100milesfromDallasandAustin180 heart ofCentral Texas andwithindrivingdistanceofmostmajorurbancentersin In 1870,the475-foot SuspensionBridgeopenedasthefirstpedestrian/wagon bridgeacrosstheBrazos River, providing easiera In 1837, theTexas Rangers arrived intendingtobuildafort —Fort Fisher—at Waco isnamedaftertheWaco Indians,thefirstinhabitants oftheareasur- Waco ishometoavariety offinerestaurants, many locatedinthecity's revi- A city ofmuseumsandgalleries,Waco's localofferings includetheTexas Annual events includeBaylor Homecoming, theHeartO'Texas Fair andRodeo Outdoor recreationalopportunitiesintheWaco areainclude7,000-acre Lake The climateofCentral Texas ismildyear-round. Hightemperatures range from With apopulationof213,517, theWaco metropolitanareaislocatedinthe WWW. BAYLORBEARS .COM ea features aneclecticmixofrestau- Chisholm Trail. TheWaco andNorthwesternRailroad reachedWa AO H ER FTEXAS OF HEART WACO, THE co in1871, UNIVERSITY ccess for university 121 UNIVERSITY ); and .COM Pearl Harbor syndicated columnist T. WACO TRIVIA BAYLORBEARS WACO, TEXAS WACO, Berry Brazelton. LITTLE-KNOWN BRAGS to claim in Texas is the only city • Waco Richard Coke hometown governors: four (1887-91), (Sul) Ross (1874-76), L.S. Richards (1921-25) and Ann M. Neff Pat (1990-94). 22-story ALICO building, con- • Waco’s the tallest sky- structed in 1910, was west of the Mississippi River. scraper NICKNAMES OF THE PAST NICKNAMES with a Soul, Junction, City Six-Shooter of the South. Athens FAMOUS HOME-TOWNERS actresses Shannon Martin; Actor Steve Love and Jennifer Gilpin Elizabeth, Peri Green, Jules Beldsoe Pat singers Hewitt; WWII hero Doris and Hank Thompson; in Miller (portrayed New York Times DR PEPPER MUSEUM and Free Museum The Dr Pepper 1991 opened in Enterprise Institute was The and is located in downtown Waco. museum stands three short blocks from the original site of Morrison's Old Corner Charles Alderton Drug Store, where Dr. in 1885. first created Dr Pepper WESTERN WHITE HOUSE is the of which Waco McLennan County, of the city seat, includes county home of President the Texas, Crawford, ranch. Bush’s George W. WWW. 1849 113,726 213,517 427 feet 32 inches F 67.2° 97° F 34° F 68% QUICK FACTS WACO, TEXAS Yearly mean Summer high Winter low Relative humidity North Bosque, Middle The Brazos, acres and 60 miles (7,000 Waco Lake Cameron Park 35, including 416-acre and Sports Hall of Fame Texas McLennan University, Baylor Founded: Population: Metro Population: Elevation: Annual Rainfall: Avg. Temperatures: RIVERS: Bosque and South Bosque all flow through Waco LAKES: of shoreline) PARKS: MUSEUMS: Museum, Texas Museum, Dr Pepper and Museum, Hall of Fame Ranger Museum Complex Mayborn INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION: State Texas College, Community College Technical WACO BRIDGEWACO FESTIVAL TEXAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME MEDIA INFORMATIONMEDIA BEARS 2008-09 STAFF ADMINISTRATION REVIEW 2007-08 HISTORY RECORDS 122

EI NOMTO 080 ER TF DIITAIN20-8RVE ITR RECORDS university HISTORY 2007-08 REVIEW ADMINISTRATION STAFF 2008-09 BEARS MEDIA INFORMATION HART-PATTERSON TRACK ANDFIELDCOMPLEX coach for theUSA Men’s NationalTeam for the2000OlympicsinSydney, Australia. his 41styear attheBaylor helmwas namedUnitedStates Olympic Committee EliteCoachoftheYear in1996andwas namedan ass tenure asBaylor’s athleticdirector, andHart,whoin Southwest Conference titlesandhadalengthy the latePatterson, whocoachedtheBearstothree entry gatewithticket booths. parking lots,newrestrooms,storage roomsandan area, expandedandupgrated seating,newly-paved boards was addedinadditiontoahammerthrow 2005. In1998,oneofcollegetrack’s finestscore- faced withaBalsamRekoratan in1993andagain with permanentstatuesatthecomplex. the springof2005,HartandPatterson werehonored country’s premiereplacestorun,jumpandthrow. In enjoyed acomplete makeover, resultinginone ofthe Jack Patterson andClydeHart,theentirefacility nation’s finestcollegiatetrack andfieldcomplexes. tions donetothefacility have madeitoneofthe in 1999and2006.The$1millionworthofrenova- with otherBig12OutdoorChampionshipsfollowing gural Big12Track andFieldOutdoorChampionships Field Complexmadehistoryasthesitefor theinau- , ChristieGaines, andSanya Richards. Austin, , LouiseRitter, Mike Conley, CarlLewis,Carlette Guidry, Mike Stulce,,JoeDeLoach, Johnny The listincludesOlympicgoldmedalistsMichaelJohnson,Jeremy Wariner, DaroldWilliamson,Reggie Witherspoon,, of Texas, Waco City Championshipsandthe Athletes inActionsummeryouth track ministryprogram. hosted suchevents astheTAPPS statechampionships,UILregionalSpecialOlympics,MichaelJohnsonClassic,Sta Foundation ofWaco. In1993,theBaylor-Waco Foundation paidfor thelatestRekoratan surface. vault runways werealsoextendedandresurfaced. ball surface. Alsoaddedwereasteeplechasewater jumpandanextendedjavelin throwingarea.Thehighjumpapproachandlong for thefirsttime. 400 rubberizedsurface whichreplacedtheoldtrack, givingBaylor oneofthefastest surfaces intheworld.Thatsameyear, li termen. In1976,Baylor, theCity ofWaco and theWaco IndependentSchoolDistrictteameduptofinancea$200,000state-of-the ply astheBaylor Track Stadium. Whenitfirstopened,featured aRed Dogcinder/clay surface whichwas financedbydonation After theBaylor thincladsspentmany years atoldMunicipal StadiumonDutton Street,anewfacility was openedin1960andkn In all,wellover $1millionhasbeenspenttohonor The entirefacility’s competitionareaswereresur- Named for twolegendaryBaylor track coaches, On May 16,1997, theHart-Patterson Track and Throughout itshistory, someoftheworld’s mostelitetrack andfieldathleteshave competedatthe Hart-Patterson Track andF Since 1974, theBearshave annuallyhostedtheBaylor/Dr Pepper Invitational, oneofthesouthwest’s premieremeets.Thestadiu The 400-yard oval was thesiteof1960, 1976,1980and1989SouthwestConference meets. The nextyear, newaluminumbleacherswereadded.Muchoftherenovation costswerepaidfor bya$150,000grant fromtheCoope In 1988,anewSpartansurface was installedbytheBalsamCompany, thesamecompany thatinstalledFloyd CaseyStadium’s All-P WWW. BAYLORBEARS .COM ghts wereadded s fromex-let- ield Complex. "Lam" Jones, -art Chevron m hasalso UNIVERSITY jump/pole te Games own sim- ro foot- Charles istant r university 123 UNIVERSITY .COM Legendary actor/comedian Bill Cosby is a proud supporter of the Baylor community and Baylor Athletics. Cosby received an honorary degree from Baylor and took time to visit with the track and field teams when he volunteered to Floyd perform a free concert at August 2003. in Stadium Casey BAYLORBEARS WWW. Baylor track and field reached new heights in 2002 when Waco Baylor track and field when in 2002 reached new heights for the team on his Smith showed his support Stuart attorney highest peak. journey to the top of Mount Everest, the world’s HART-PATTERSON TRACK AND FIELD COMPLEX FIELD AND TRACK HART-PATTERSON MEDIA INFORMATIONMEDIA BEARS 2008-09 STAFF ADMINISTRATION REVIEW 2007-08 HISTORY RECORDS 124

EI NOMTO 080 ER TF DIITAIN20-8RVE ITR RECORDS university HISTORY 2007-08 REVIEW ADMINISTRATION STAFF 2008-09 BEARS MEDIA INFORMATION TRADITIONS BRUISER States DepartmentofAgricultureandtheTexas Parks andWildlife. BearsandisregulatedlicensedbytheUnited three NorthAmericanBlack in 1976andisclassifiedasaClass‘C’ExhibitorZoo. Itislicensedtoholdup asitisknownoncampuswasin thecenterofBaylor campus.“ThePit” built churches, andany othereducationaloutreach. Sue Sloan,wife ofPresidentDr. Robert B. SloanJr. mer Chancellor)HerbertH.Reynolds, andthenewestmascot,“Lady”namedafter rent mascotsare“Joy,” namedinhonorofthewife ofPresidentEmeritus(andfor- surname inhonoroftheuniversity's namesake, JudgeR.E.B. Baylor. Baylor’s cur- of live bearsasmascotshascontinuedsince. of thebearinexchange for freetuition.Neff acceptedthedealandtradition Waco. HethenapproachedBaylor's president,Pat Neff, andoffered totake care student. Boyd boughtthebearfromazoothatwentbroke atthe Cotton Palace in was JoeCollege,whocametoBaylor throughtheworkofBillBoyd, thenaBaylor leaders andbands. football andbasketball gameshasbecomeasmuchafixturetheplayers, cheer- the handsofBaylor athleticdepartment.Sincethen,theuseofbearsatBaylor football game,andwhentheunitgotitsorderstomove on,thebearwas leftin World War I. unit ofthe32ndInfantry DivisionstationedatCampMacArthurinWaco during until the1920sthatarealbearmascotcametoUniversity. soon carriedtheheadline“BruinisElectedPatron SaintofAllBaylordom.” Thrailkill ofSanAntoniowonthe$5prize.Baylor’s studentnewspaperthe and ferret, Baylor studentschosethebearasUniversity’s mascot,andDoyle $5 goldpiecetothestudentwhosubmitted thewinningentry. would beknownnationwide.Former studentGeorgeBainesRosborough offered a Brooks heldavote ofthestudentbodytodeterminehowUniversity’s teams was withoutanofficial mascotuntil1914. That’s theyear PresidentSamuelPalmer THE BEARNICKNAME AND MASCOT Although Baylor adopted“Bears”asitsofficial nicknamein1914, itwas not Despite competitionfromtwodozenrivals includingthebuffalo, antelope,frog Baylor beganintercollegiateathleticcompetitioninthe1890s,butUniversity The bear, namedTed, madehisfirstappearance atthe1917Baylor-Texas A&M A seriesofbearshave served asBaylor’s mascot,butperhapsthebest-known The firstlive bearwas madeavailable bythetroopsof107thEngineers,a The bearsmay alsobeseenattheBillandEva WilliamsBearHabitatlocated In 1974, thestudentbodyvoted tonameallthebears“Judge”followed bya The bearsattend several Baylor athleticevents, schools,community centers, WWW. BAYLORBEARS .COM TDN UPR RAIAIN,TEBA I ALRLINE BAYLOR & PIT BEAR ORGANIZATIONS, THE SUPPORT STUDENT Lariat NLTBEJUDGE INFLATABLE UNIVERSITY university 125 UNIVERSITY .COM TRADITIONS BAYLORBEARS WWW. SPIRIT SQUADS LEAD THE ALMA MATER That good old Baylor Line! And guide us as we onward go: To light the ways of time, We’ll fling our Green and Gold afar As long as stars shall shine. We’ll march forever down the years, That good old Baylor Line! That good old Baylor Line! In 1960, Baylor’s yell leaders introduced the “Bear Claw” hand signal — made the “Bear Claw” leaders introduced yell In 1960, Baylor’s of both the campus, and the use of heated debate on a topic The issue was held up during the the “Bear Claw” is during the yell, In addition to being used That's when back to 1907. school song can be traced The beginnings of Baylor’s Markham, Robert of music professor of 1931, Enid Markham, wife In the fall SIC ’EM BEARS” AND THE BEAR CLAW THE BEAR AND SIC ’EM BEARS” LINE” OLD GOOD BAYLOR “THAT by slightly curving all five fingers inward to form a claw — and the “Sic ’Em Bears” — and the “Sic ’Em a claw to form inward fingers all five by slightly curving mixed. was students and faculty from traditions reaction to the new The initial yell. head foot- as Baylor's arrived Teaff Grant until sporadic was hand signal and yell and the “Bear football, of Baylor a new era initiated ball coach in 1972. Teaff athletics. in Baylor came to symbolize pride yell Claw” and “Sic ’Em Bears” play- Football Line.” Baylor school song, “That Good Old of Baylor's performance of the school song. hold up their helmets during the playing ers traditionally to the waltz set of lyrics penned an alternative Rosborough student George Baines in 1902. on Broadway first made popular Summertime,” tune “In The Good Old grid- to sending Baylor's new lyrics were humorous, with references Rosborough’s the altered the next quarter century, For home “done up in turpentine.” iron rivals school song. unofficial tune gained acceptance as Baylor’s of undignified and not representative decided that the words to the song were since become accepted as she penned a new set of lyrics, which have So, Baylor. school song: the University's GOLDEN WAVE BAND JOY, BAYLOR’SJOY, LIVE MASCOT MEDIA INFORMATIONMEDIA BEARS 2008-09 STAFF ADMINISTRATION REVIEW 2007-08 HISTORY RECORDS 126

EI NOMTO 080 ER TF DIITAIN20-8RVE ITR RECORDS university HISTORY 2007-08 REVIEW ADMINISTRATION STAFF 2008-09 BEARS MEDIA INFORMATION ACADEMICS OTHER FACTS ANDFIGURES: year. 85 student-athletes earnedadegreeduringthe2007-2008academic 3.0. 10 of18teamsachieved acumulative grade pointaverage above a 80 student-athletes selectedto2007-2008AcademicAll-Big12teams. 390 student-athletes namedtotheBig12Commissioner'sHonorRoll. 2007-2008 FACTS of 106student-athletes in2002-03. letes have graduated, beginningwithonly12in1996-97toarecord 77%. with 87%andwas well above thenationalNCAADivisionIrate of in thefour-year average graduation rate for student-athletes. In themostrecent2007NCAAGraduation Report, Baylor was second years instudent-athlete graduation rates andwas secondthreeyears. lete andpreparethemfor theirtransition intotheprofessional world. every year. sibility for theacademicwelfare ofapproximately 400student-athletes the othersbeingtaughtbygraduate assistants. 95 percentofallclassesaretaughtbythefaculty ofover 600, with Average classsizeof28students. 16 to1student-to-faculty ratio. Class load: riculum. 124 credithoursisminimumdegree minors. Baylor offers 141majorswithin14degrees,with62optional Since thestartofBig12Conference in1996,885student-ath- Baylor ledtheBig12inNCAAgraduation successrate (GSR) In the12years oftheBig12,Baylor hasledtheconference five Our ultimatemeasureofsuccessittograduate eachstudent-ath- The DepartmentofStudent-Athlete Serviceshastheoverall respon- Average student-athlete takes 13-15hourspersemester. 12-hour minimum,with18-hourmaximum. WWW. BAYLORBEARS ACADEMICS requirement, withnocorecur- .COM YDYBDL A HE-IEAAEI L-I 12 SELECTION ALL-BIG THREE-TIME ACADEMIC A WAS LYNDSY BEDELL Monitor allNCAAandBig12rulesthatpertaintostudent-athlete eligibility. athletes topotentialemployers. tial employers. Acareerfair isheldannuallytopromoteourstudent- quette. Over 500resumebookswereproducedandsentouttopoten- interviewing skills,networkingtechniques,andlearnprofessional eti- program helpsstudent-athletes develop theirresumes,improve their The P.O.S.T (Providing Opportunitiesfor Successful Transition) Game P.O.S.T. GameResume BookandCareerFair adjust tocollegeandlife aftersports. (CHAMPS)/Life Skillsprogram tohelpthefreshmenstudent-athletes Athletic Mindsfor Personal Success Conducts theNCAAsponsoredChallenging their assignmentsinthecomputerlab. to study, gettutorassistance,andwork on hours perweekspecificallyfor student-athletes Operates Student-Athlete LearningCenter73 Disabilities Working withstudentsthathave Learning Student-Athlete AdvisoryCommittee letes Issue oftextbookstoscholarshipstudent-ath- traveling duringcompetition puters and22laptopcomputersfor usewhen A computerlabwith12"stateoftheart"com- Academic counseling/mentors Tutors Study hallattendance Responsible for: Class scheduling Class attendance Academic performance Monitors: RESPONSIBILITIES FUNCTIONS AND STUDENT-ATHLETE SERVICES Athlete Services Assistant A.D./Student- BYRD BART Services Student-Athlete Academic Advisor RASSMUSSEN KATIE UNIVERSITY university 127 UNIVERSITY .COM HONORABLE MENTION Cecilia Jeverstam Holland Morrison 1997 FIRST TEAM Jill Chertudi Shelly Green Jordan Jennifer Knight Robert Doug Maziur Maria Zajvaldova HONORABLE MENTION Kim Ford Hensley Keith GPA *4.0 ERIK VANCE JOSH CAMP NICHOLE JONES BAYLORBEARS 1999 FIRST TEAM Ernstrom Karin Phelps Kendra O’Bric Kerry Ballard Misty Sherri Smith Laci Lewis Angelique Banket Lanie Millar Petrahn Barbara Freddie Gardner Thomas Swan HONORABLE MENTION Newton Kara Cecilia Jeverstam Megan Rose Nancy Dollar 1998 FIRST TEAM Angelique Banket Couts Brandon Ernstrom* Karin Jordan Jennifer Laci Lewis Doug Maziur Phelps Kendra Jonathan Rowan Sherri Smith Mario Watts RENAE VAN WYHE RENAE VAN DANIELLE BRADLEY HODGES LOREN WWW. 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