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Administrators constantlyseek ways to improve workenvironment at University.

Behind the scenes:From basketball to concertsto banquets, the FerrellCenter staff can stage it all.

Carnegie listings:Baylor’s designation animportant benchmark forinstitution’s reputation.

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Great place to work:

With precision planning, careful scheduling and a host of volunteers, anything is possible...on a good night.By Kate Langston

I t’s 8:45 p.m. on a Friday night. A completetransformation must take place before thestroke of midnight, and there’s not a fairygodmother in sight. Pre-Midnight Madness

has begun.Transforming the Ferrell Center from the

Development Council banquet hall to the

Midnight Madness basketball arena in a matterof a few hours would seem to require nothingless than a miracle. But with the fine-tunedcommunication skills of Rob Seitz, director ofspecial events at the Ferrell Center, and his staff,the evening’s high-stressed transition was pulledoff without a hitch — or even a magic wand.

Well, almost. There was the group of 180

eager basketball fans who somehow found theirway into the arena before the midnight hour.The Ferrell Center staff simply promised T-shirtsto the fans and ushered them out of harm’s way.The crew then went back to work, as there werefew moments to spare.

“That was definitely the tightest conversion

Rob Seitz (right), director of special events, and Ted Mitchell,operations manager, oversee Ferrell Center action.Rob Seitz (right), director of special events, and Ted Mitchell,operations manager, oversee Ferrell Center action.

Behind the Scenes at the Ferrell Center

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Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas,

Baylor University is the state’s oldest

continually operating institution of higher

learning and is the largest Baptist university in

the world. With almost 13,000 students and

more than 600 full-time faculty, Baylor offers

undergraduate, graduate and professional

degrees through the College of Arts and

Sciences, the Hankamer School of Business,

the School of Education, the School of Music,

the School of Nursing, the School of

Engineering and Computer Science, the

School of Law, the Graduate School and

George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Baylor

is consistently ranked among the top college

values in the country by such publications as

Fisk Guide to Colleges, Princeton Review and

Money magazine.

Dr. Robert B. Sloan Jr.President

Marilyn A. CroneVice President for Human Resources

Harold R. CunninghamVIce President for Finance and Administration

Dr. Charles S. MaddenVice President for University Relations

Dr. Steven G.W. MooreVice President for Student Life

Dr. Donald D. SchmeltekopfProvost and Vice President forAcademic Affairs

Dr. Richard C. ScottVice President for UniversityDevelopment

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President’s PerspectiveBaylor seeks ways to be an even better place to work

Regents OK Senior Lecturer, 2 New ProgramsDesigns for Discovery Center, expansion of science facilities also endorsed

PresidentRobert B. Sloan Jr.PresidentRobert B. Sloan Jr.

A t its November meeting, Baylor’s Boardof Regents approved a new facultyposition of senior lecturer, eliminated 11

graduate programs and authorized two newacademic programs.

The Board also endorsed architecturaldesigns for the new Discovery Center and tenniscomplexes, and adopted a resolution authorizingthe University to proceed with planning and fund-raising for expansion and renovation of sciencefacilities.

Lecturers at Baylor now will be eligible forsenior lecturer status after completing sevenconsecutive years of full-time service. Theappointment will be contingent upon successfulcompletion of a seventh-year review. Baylorcurrently has approximately 140 full-timelecturers who are appointed annually.

Important recognition“The new senior lecturer designation is an

important recognition for those who have servedBaylor well and faithfully for many years,” said Dr.Donald Schmeltekopf, provost and vice presidentfor academic affairs. “In addition, the newposition provides for two-year appointments ratherthan the current system of annual appointments.”

Regents also approved the elimination of 11graduate programs and authorized two newacademic programs in the Hankamer School ofBusiness.

Designated for elimination are the M.A. inanthropology; M.S. in environmental chemistry;M.A. and M.S. in environmental physics; M.A. insociology with a specialization in environmentalstudies; M.A. in sociology with a specialization ingerontology; M.A. in Christian theology; M.A. ineconomics; M.S. in environmental economics;

M.A. in educational administration; and the M.M.in string pedagogy.

A recent review process underscored the needto reduce programs because of low enrollments,redundancy and/or to allow departments to focuson strengthening other graduate offerings.

“The review process conducted over the pasttwo years or more has been very helpful in focusingour attention on ways to strengthen the graduateprogram at Baylor,” Dr. Schmeltekopf said. “Ourgoal for the Graduate School is to be excellent butselective. The elimination of moribund programs isa positive step in that direction.”

By next fall, the business school will offer ajoint bachelor of business administration/master ofaccountancy program and a joint master ofbusiness administration/master of science ininformation systems degree. The BBA/MACCprogram will have 158 semester hours, similar tojoint bachelor’s and master’s accounting programsat comparable universities. Without the jointprogram, students would have to take 170 semesterhours to obtain both a BBA and MACC. The jointMBA/MS-IS degree will offer the best of bothdegrees — a broad understanding of the businessenvironment from the MBA courses and the depth

of technical knowledge found in the MS-IS courses.The new Discovery Center will be constructed

on a site north of University Parks Drive betweenthe Hughes-Dillard Alumni Center and the StreichTennis Courts. (See related story on page 4.)

The tennis complex, which will be located inthe Jim and Julie Turner Riverfront Athletic Parkalong University Parks Drive, includes six indoorand six outdoor courts. The 64,000-square-footindoor facility also will have coaches’ offices,locker rooms for men’s and women’s varsity tennis,a pro shop, lounge area and a training facility. Theexterior will complement the façades on the newbaseball and softball stadiums now underconstruction adjacent to the tennis complex site.

Recognizing the urgent need for updated andexpanded science facilities, the Regentsgave administrators the go-ahead to pursuerenovation plans for Marrs McLean and SidRichardson science buildings and construction of anew science building. Baylor has retained theDetroit architectural firm of Harley*EllingtonDesign, which has designed science facilities atcolleges and universities throughout the country, toassist a planning committee composed of facultyand administrators. — BN

M any people historically have regardedBaylor University as a great place towork. That fact is evidenced by the

significant number of faculty and staff who havebeen at this institution for 20, 30, 40 and even 50years or more. One of the more important issuesthat we are addressing at the administrative level ishow to make Baylor an even better place to work.

I believe there are at least three reasons tosupport this objective.

First, as a Christian institution we shouldstrive to treat our faculty and staff as people whoare created in the image of God and who havevalue as individuals. Does that mean we neverhave conflict? Of course not. But as an institutionour policies and programs should, insofar aspossible, reflect an emphasis on the value of eachindividual faculty and staff member.

Second, the more that our faculty and stafffeel appreciated and valued, the better job we willdo in meeting the needs of our students. I believethat students benefit from being around professorsand staff members who are enthusiastic abouttheir work. Thus, we can better serve our studentsby ensuring that our faculty and staff areappreciated.

Finally, we must ensure that Baylor is a greatplace to work because fulfilled faculty and staff aremore effective. We can accomplish more as aninstitution when we are doing our best work.

In recent months, we have undertaken

several new programs, events and emphases tocontribute to the effort to make Baylor a betterplace to work. Examples include last month’sfaculty-staff Christmas dinner at the Ferrell Center.It was an opportunity to celebrate the holidays andat the same time build camaraderie. It also was ashowcase for our talented faculty, staff and studentswho provided the entertainment.

Bonding, team buildingStaff participation in Diadeloso this past

spring also provided an opportunity for bondingand team building. The University plans again thisspring to encourage departments to allow as manystaff as possible to take advantage of the afternoonactivities that are associated with Diadeloso and toget out of the office to interact with our colleaguesin a fun environment.

Other ways that we seek to foster camaraderieare by encouraging faculty and staff involvementin recreational activities such as ESP (EmployeeSports Program), as well as service activities suchas Santa’s Workshop (and other projects led byStaff Council) and Steppin’ Out.

Last fall we held for the first time a StaffForum. While we have done this for faculty for anumber of years, this new initiative allowed me anopportunity to share with our non-teaching staff aperspective on where we are headed as aninstitution and how they are playing an integralrole in meeting our goals as an institution. The

forum also provided an occasion for staff to askquestions and receive feedback. In the future weplan to have a fall and spring Staff Forum eachyear.

Certainly the expanded programs inprofessional development offered through theOffice of Organizational Development also helpequip us to do our jobs better and gain satisfactionfrom our work, as well as from our personal lives.There is gratification in possessing the tools weneed to perform our responsibilities efficiently andeffectively. In addition to the in-house programsprovided through Organizational Development,this office awards staff development grants thatallow individuals to attend conferences andseminars outside the University.

I encourage you to take advantage of themany opportunities to gain enjoyment andsatisfaction from your work here at Baylor, and ifyou have suggestions for making the University abetter place to work, please forward your ideas toMarilyn Crone, vice president for human resources.I know that she would be interested in hearingfrom you.

The artist’s rendition of the new Discovery Center.The artist’s rendition of the new Discovery Center.

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Let the Madness Begin...

The crew of the Ferrell Center had less than three hours on the night of Oct. 16 to transform

the arena from the setting of a formal Development Dinner to the basketball courts of

Midnight Madness. This is how they did it: 1. ARAMARK/Baylor Dining Services and Baylor

Housekeeping staff are a blur of action as they clear tables, pack up dishes and whip off

tablecloths; 2. The curtains and flags that draped the dining area are lowered by a mechani-

cal crane; 3. Volunteers from Kappa Omega Tau collapse chairs, dismantle flags and load the

drapes into waiting bins; 4. The cloth Baylor Seal is lowered from the ceiling; 5. The seal is

rolled up for storage; 6. Volunteers take the floor, literally, and lay it, preparing for the tip-off.

we have ever accomplished,” Seitz saidof the Oct. 16 events. “But I had a gutfeeling that we could do this. And wewere actually able to achieve thetransition even more quickly than Iever thought we could.”

Realizing the evening’s tightturnaround, Seitz and his staff at thattime — Greg Parke, technical director,and Ted Mitchell, operations manager— began planning for the logistics amonth ahead. Nevertheless, the mostgrueling preparation work for theDevelopment Council banquet couldn’toccur until the week of the events, whensome of Seitz’s staff worked almost 100hours.

Elaborate event“The Development Council

banquet was probably one of the mostelaborate events we have ever pulled offat the Ferrell Center,” Seitz said. “Tocreate the atmosphere they requested,we had to curtain off the entire floorarea, bring in theatrical lighting andenhance the sound.”

Some 600 guests dined on asumptuous three-course meal at cloth-covered, flower-adorned tables. In lessthan three hours, Seitz and his crewhad to dismantle the gala setting of thebanquet and set up for basketball.

“Midnight Madness isn’t usuallysuch a big event to prepare for, but itdoes require that the basketball floor,scorers’ tables, chairs for the teams andthe bleachers are in place. To set up thebleachers, we are talking about 714chairs. So to convert from the banquetto Midnight Madness in a two to three-hour window is phenomenal,” he said.

Seitz and his staff joined withabout 60 people, including the Ferrell

Center student workers and members ofKappa Omega Tau, and met their taskhead-on. Resembling an overgrown antfarm, workers scurried along the floor,dodging carts loaded with glasses andplates, taking down tables and foldingup chairs. And when the parameters ofthe floor were free and clear, the groupworked together to guide the immenseblack curtains to the floor — morethan 40 of them, each 30 feet long.

“We threw everyone we had at it,and amazingly, we were able to go fromthe banquet to Midnight Madness innot much more than an hour and ahalf,” Seitz said. “I have to give muchcredit to the ARAMARK personnel forhustling along. I didn’t hear too manyglasses or plates crashing to the floor,which was amazing considering howquickly we were moving. And BaylorHousekeeping did an excellent job.They were right behind us to sweep upso we could lay down the floor. I waspleasantly surprised at how effectivelywe were able to pull off the transition.”

Full housesAlthough Oct. 16 was the busiest

night of Seitz’s five-year career at theFerrell Center, there have been othermemorable events — especially thosethat attracted a full house.

“The two events I am most proudof handling in terms of large crowdsare the Baylor-Kansas game in 1997and the WNIT finals against Penn Statein 1998. On those two occasions weactually sold out the Ferrell Center,”Seitz said. “To handle a crowd that size,the staff has to be on their toes, and Ihave to be active in communicatingwhat must be done to ensure thateveryone is having a pleasant

experience at the Ferrell Center.”There are approximately 145 to

160 event days a year at the center, atleast 45 to 50 more than when he camefive years ago, Seitz said.

To accommodate the growingnumber of visitors and events at theFerrell Center each year, severalimprovements have been made since itsopening in September 1988. The weightroom facilities have been improved,and the concourse and restroomscurrently are being painted. Baylor-themed graphics have been added tothe carpet and walls leading to thelocker rooms, which have undergoneimprovements to provide a more“homey” environment for the players.

“I am constantly looking for waysthat I can add to the appeal of theFerrell Center. It’s a beautiful building,but there is always room for improve-ment,” Seitz said. “One of the firstthings I did when I came into this jobwas add diaper changing stations (towomen’s and men’s restrooms). I was abig hit with the moms on thatparticular improvement.”

Community centerThe Ferrell Center does not cater

to Baylor events only. Seitz has theopportunity to work with a variety ofclients throughout the United States.Concerts are a favorite at the FerrellCenter for the Baylor and Wacocommunities, attracting well-knownstars such as Tracy Byrd, TracyLawrence, Patty Loveless, Tim McGraw,Reba McEntire and Clay Walker.Preparing for a concert and recogniz-ing each artist’s individual needsrequires experience, and Seitz hasplenty.

“Before I came to the FerrellCenter, I worked in the amphitheaterbusiness where we only put on concerts,so I am accustomed to handling thattype of an event,” Seitz said. “There is abasic pattern to accommodatingconcerts. It is key to make sure you givethe entertainer what they need, as far astheir dressing room and catering. Andthe bottom line again is service, service,service.”

Although many of the FerrellCenter attractions are repeat favoritesfrom past years, such as the HarlemGlobetrotters, who will be appearing onJan. 28, several new events arescheduled in the first few months of1999. The year will get off to a roaringstart with its first truck show on Jan. 14- 15.

“It’s actually not as complicatedas one might think to hold an eventlike this one,” Seitz said. “Fromeverything I have researched, there isnothing to worry about in terms ofsafety. It will be quite noisy, though.”

New attractionsThe Stars of China, a theatrical

event featuring Chinese acrobats, willdebut at the Ferrell Center on Feb. 1. OnFeb. 4, members of Spirit of the Dance,an Irish folk dancing group, willshuffle and leap their way into theFerrell Center.

Despite long hours, tightschedules and sometimes stressfultransitions, Seitz said he enjoysinteracting with the wide variety ofpeople he works with daily. A self-described “strong people person,” Seitzsaid his job satisfaction comes frompleasing Ferrell Center clients andcrowds.

“I am proud anytime a clientcomes back to tell me what a wonderfulexperience they had,” Seitz said. “Whenyou have a good team, which I believewe do here at the Ferrell Center, you canmake things happen.”

The Department of Residence Life staff collected teddy bears forthe Waco Police Department’s Victim Services division to give tochildren who are present at crime scenes and accidents.

The Department of Residence Life staff collected teddy bears forthe Waco Police Department’s Victim Services division to give tochildren who are present at crime scenes and accidents.

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Faculty TrioPerforms atCarnegie HallMusicians travel to BigApple Thanksgiving week

Investments the topicfor luncheon Jan. 27

Discovery Center Receives 2 Major Contributions

A history professor at Rice University

has been named the 1999-2000 Robert

Foster Cherry Chair for Distinguished

Teaching. Dr. John B. Boles, The William

Pettus Hobby Professor of History, will teach

a weeklong series of seminars during the

1999 fall semester and will return to teach in

residence at Baylor during the 2000 spring

semester.

Dr. Boles, a Rice alumnus, earned his

doctorate from the University of Virginia. A

renowned expert on U.S. Southern history,

especially as it relates to antebellum social,

cultural, religious,

women’s and black

history, Dr. Boles is

the author of The

Great Revival, 1787-

1805: The Origins

of the Southern

Evangelical Mind;

Black Southerners,

1619-1869; and The South Through Time: A

History of an American Region. He also

serves as managing editor of the Journal of

Southern History.

“I am very excited about coming to

Baylor to teach a new group of students and

to get to know a new area of Texas,” Dr.

Boles said. He tentatively is scheduled to

teach two courses during the 2000 spring

semester — an undergraduate survey course

on the history of the American South and a

graduate seminar on Southern religious

history.

The late Robert Foster Cherry graduated

from Baylor in 1929 and the Baylor School of

Law in 1933. Before his death, he estab-

lished the Cherry Award for Great Teachers

and the Cherry Chair for Distinguished

Teaching, which are awarded in alternating

years, to honor great teachers and bring

them to Baylor for the students’ benefit.

Recipients of the Cherry Chair have demon-

strated extraordinary teaching abilities and

records of positive, inspiring and long-

lasting effects on students. The recipients

also are required to be scholars with

national and international achievements. Dr.

Boles will be honored in September at the

annual Robert Foster Cherry Award Banquet.

— Julie Carlson

B aylor’s Discovery Center has receivedtwo major contributions recently andnow has 80 percent of the $7.5 million

needed to complete Phase I of the campaign.The entire project totals $15 million.

Longtime Waco residents Harry and AnnaJeanes gave a major gift to the center in mid-December, which came soon after theannouncement that AT&T had given $1 mil-lion to the center for technology enhance-ments and educational outreach.

“I’ve known Calvin Smith (museumstudies chairman and director of the StreckerMuseum) for many years, and I know what awonderful job he’s done. He’s waited a longtime, and we thought we could help get thisstarted,” Jeanes said. “Also, one of the nicest

things about the center is that it’s not only forBaylor, but it’s for all of Central Texas.”

The Jeaneses are both graduates of Baylor. Heis the former chairman and CEO of First FederalSavings, served two nine-year terms on the BaylorBoard of Trustees/Regents and was chairman in1983 and 1984. He was elected regent emeritus in1990. He also is recipient of Baylor’s W.R. WhiteMeritorious Service Award, and he and his wife, theformer Anna Sturgis, have received the Herbert H.Reynolds Award and the James Huckins Medallion.

The AT&T grant will help the DiscoveryCenter develop interactive exhibits and acommunity education outreach program via theInternet. It also will allow the Discovery Center tocoordinate with the Institute of Texan Cultures inSan Antonio to provide distance learning

Jeaneses and AT&T bring gifts to 80 percent of the $7.5 million needed for first phase

“An Investment Checklist” is the topic of

the faculty-staff luncheon Wednesday, Jan.

27, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Barfield

Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student

Center.

Dr. William R. Reichenstein, professor of

finance and The Pat and Thomas R. Powers

Professor of Investment Management, will

discuss ways to protect investment money

while maximizing income in a highly

fluctuating market.

Please call ext. 3550 by Jan. 25 to make

reservations. — BN

Boles named Cherry Chairfor Distinguished Teaching

opportunities to Texas schoolchildren and linkitself to other museums.

“This AT&T gift is very far-reaching, notonly for the Discovery Center but also for Baylorand the public at large,” Smith said. “This willmake the Discovery Center a cutting-edgemuseum facility that also will be a wonderfullearning lab for the University’s departments.”

The new Discovery Center will house theJohn K. Strecker Museum, the Anding ExhibitionsGallery, the expanded Ollie Mae Moen DiscoveryPlace for Children, the Southwestern Bell Discov-ery Theater, the AT&T Information Centers andthe Department of Museum Studies.

More than 75,000 people annually visit thecurrent museum complex. — Julie Carlson

Y ou couldn’t ask for a better crowd,especially during the holidays in a townwhere few know your name. It was a near-

capacity house that greeted soprano Lynda KeithMcKnight, piano professor Roger Keyes andassociate professor of flute Helen Ann Shanley asthe Baylor School of Music faculty membersperformed Nov. 22 at the world-famous CarnegieHall in New York City.

“It was a big crowd and an appreciativecrowd, and they weren’t even all friends of mine,”joked McKnight, an assistant professor of vocalstudies who has performed three times at CarnegieHall. This was the debut at the legendaryperformance hall for Shanley and Keyes.

The three took the stage in Carnegie’s WeillRecital Hall, performing works by Mozart, FannyMendelssohn Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn, ArnoldSchonberg, Francis Poulenc, Francesco Cilea andDaron Hagen, who last year served as Composer-in-Residence at Baylor. McKnight, Keyes and Shanleyperformed the New York premiere of Hagen’s “DearYouth,” a moving piece based on letters and diarieswritten by women during the Civil War.

Debuts ‘Dear Youth’“There are two particular letters written by a

woman named Ann Smith to her husband that arejust so real,” said McKnight, who’s expecting herfirst child in March. “She’s just basically saying, ‘Iwish you were out of the war. I wish you were homewith me. I don’t care who wins the war. I don’t carewhat principles are involved. I want you to be herewith me.’ And it’s just so heart-wrenching.” Withreviewers and the composer himself in theaudience, the trio’s performance was rewarded withcalls for additional bows after the set.

Working around hectic teaching schedules,the three faculty members managed hours ofrehearsal for their New York performance. Theyknew the hard work was worth it the minute theywalked on stage.

“Helen Ann said something backstage thatechoed exactly what I thought,” McKnight said.“You’re out there, and all of the sudden you go,

‘Oh my God, this is Carnegie Hall!’ It’s kind ofoverwhelming.”

The performance was also a family affair forthe music faculty members and some Bayloralumni who live in New York. McKnight’s husband,Dr. Cleavy McKnight, geology assistant professor,was in the audience, as well as Shanley’s husband,Dr. Richard Shanley, clarinet professor andcoordinator of woodwinds, and Keyes’ wife, Mickey,who teaches Kindermuzik classes at Baylor. Dr.Doris DeLoach, professor of oboe, and Jane Abbott-Kirk, associate professor of piano, also enjoyedtheir colleagues’ Carnegie Hall performance.Among the Baylor alumni were roommates CraigStephan, a minister of music in New York, andstand-up comedian Paul Williams, who housedseven Baylor music students who made the trip tothe Big Apple.

“They let them bring sleeping bags and sleepon the floor (of their apartment),” McKnight said.“I take my seniors up every other year ... to showthem what New York is like, what it’s like to live inthe city, live in an apartment and ride the subway,and they always house them for me.”

What might be even more satisfying to theBaylor faculty is the impact their performance willhave on their students, who saw their teachers’dreams played out on the stage of Carnegie Hall.

“To go with someone who’s teaching you andsee them do it, it was very exciting and veryinspirational,” said McKnight, a 1988 winner ofthe Metropolitan Opera National Auditions. “Thisis a real person that we know, a real human being,and she’s at Baylor. She went to Baylor just like wedo, and here she is singing at Carnegie Hall, somaybe I can do that, too.”— Lori Scott-Fogleman

Helen Shanley (left), Lynda Keith McKnight and Roger Keyesin front of Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Helen Shanley (left), Lynda Keith McKnight and Roger Keyesin front of Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Chris Lee Photography/New York

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Moving Up in the Carnegie Classification of UniversitiesAdvancing in the doctoral category will propel Baylor to a new level of excellence called for by missionDr. Donald D. Schmeltekopf

Baylor University’s Association of Black Students will honor slain civil rightsleader Martin Luther King Jr. with the second annual All University Martin

Luther King Jr. Celebration at 6:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15.“The event is held with the intention of promoting unity among all people,”

said Kquinta McKenzie, chair of the celebration committee. “Dr. King died for hisdream, and we are striving to continue his legacy.”

The celebration starts with a candlelight unity walk from the Bill DanielStudent Center to Miller Chapel, where the memorial service will begin at 7 p.m.Representatives from all student organizations have been invited to participate.

This year’s guest speaker is Robert Lowe, who recruits minorities from Baylorfor Andersen Consulting of Dallas. The Hinds Sisters Trio, a gospel group from NewYork, also will perform.

“With the event being free and open to the public, we expect the attendance todouble this year,” McKenzie said, noting about 75 to 100 persons attended the firstcelebration. “We have worked really hard to make this year’s celebration one toremember.” — Markell Davidson

Celebration to Honor KingJan. 15 event designed to promote unity

A common thread runningthrough the major events atBaylor this decade is

enhanced aspirations for the Universityas a whole. Some of the events thatreadily come to mind are the charterchange, which, among other things,provided for a Board of Regentsnational in character; membership inthe Big 12; the development of someambitious new academic programs,such as the Baylor InterdisciplinaryCore and doctoral programs in biology,geology, biomedical studies, church-state studies and applied sociology; theSesquicentennial Council of 150; thecreation of two new schools, theSeminary and Engineering/ComputerScience; the selection of a newpresident; the launching of animpressive new building campaign,beginning with the construction of theStudent Life Center; the inauguration ofthe university/distinguished professorprogram; and the acquisition of thepublic television station, KCTF. Duringthe past year or so, two other importantexamples of enhanced aspirations havereceived attention: our ranking in theU.S. News & World Report annualsurvey of national undergraduateuniversities and our designation in theCarnegie Classification of Colleges andUniversities. In the comments thatfollow, I want to make the case forBaylor moving from the Doctoral IIcategory to Doctoral I and forsustaining our capacity to continue as astrong Doctoral I university.

Categorization systemAs many of you know, the

Carnegie Foundation for the Advance-ment of Teaching categorizes allcolleges and universities in the UnitedStates that are degree-granting andaccredited by an agency recognized bythe U.S. Secretary of Education.Essentially, these categories — notrankings — range from associate ofarts colleges (community colleges), to

baccalaureate colleges, to master’s orcomprehensive colleges and universi-ties, to doctoral universities, to researchuniversities. Baylor is in the doctoralcategory. This category has beendefined as follows: “These institutionsoffer a full range of baccalaureateprograms and are committed tograduate education through thedoctorate.” Doctoral institutions,however, are subdivided into Doctoral Iand Doctoral II institutions. Doctoral Iuniversities award at least 40 doctoraldegrees annually in five or moredisciplines. Doctoral II universitiesaward annually at least 10 doctoraldegrees in three or more disciplines or20 or more doctoral degrees in one ormore disciplines.

Doctoral productionThe graph to the right illustrates

our recent history of doctoralproduction. On the positive side, wehave been at or above the 40-degreeminimum for Doctoral I classificationsince 1994. On the negative side, we arenow only slightly above the Doctoral Ithreshold and recent trends are notencouraging. Ph.D. production hasdeclined by almost half (from 25 Ph.D.sawarded in 1995-96 to only 13 in 1997-98), and without the crucial contribu-tions from our two professionaldoctoral programs, we would have nochance of reaching Doctoral I. Thus, wemust at least maintain our currentoutput of professional doctoral degreeswhile increasing our Ph.D. productionif we are to achieve and sustain theDoctoral I classification.

As I have already indicated,Baylor is currently a Doctoral IIinstitution, and we are committed tobecoming a Doctoral I institution assoon as possible. However, let meemphasize that the fact that we arecategorized as “doctoral” does notmean that doctoral or graduateeducation is our dominant activity.Baylor, as is probably the case with allother doctoral universities, has as itsprimary purpose the support of ourbaccalaureate programs. In fact, as a

doctoral institution we are clearlydistinguished from research universi-ties, which place a higher priority onresearch and receive annually at least$l5.5 million in federal support fromgrants, contracts and the like.

Supports the missionWhy should Baylor seek to

become a Doctoral I university? Thefirst reason is that such a step supportsour mission. Baylor is committed toexcellence at the undergraduate,graduate and professional levels,as our mission statementplainly declares. Our missionstatement also affirms that“Baylor seeks to fulfill itscalling through excellencein teaching and research, inscholarship and publica-tion, and in service to thecommunity, both local andglobal.” Thus we fulfill ourmission by having a fullrange of strong baccalaureate programsand a select range of strong graduateand professional programs. And at thispoint in our history it is graduateeducation and its accompanyingresearch and scholarship that now needsome extra attention and shoring up.One demonstrable measure of successin this regard is the CarnegieClassification of Colleges andUniversities. The goal of moving fromthe Doctoral II classification toDoctoral I can provide focus and givedirection to our pursuit of academicexcellence generally and in graduateeducation specifically.

A second reason is that strongdoctoral programs can enhancedramatically both the academic qualityand reputation of a university, in theundergraduate and professional areasas well as the graduate. Withoutexception, the universities ranked as thetop 50 national undergraduateuniversities by U.S. News & WorldReport possess strong doctoral

programs. Virtually all the privateuniversities with enrollments smallerthan Baylor that are regularly listed inthe first tier by U.S. News (CarnegieMellon, Brown, Princeton, Rice, Yale,Duke, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame)graduate more than 100 doctoralstudents each year. Many graduatemore than 200. Additionally, thevarious rankings of top businessschools, seminaries, law schools andschools of education show that they aretypically found at universities with

highly regarded doctoralprograms. Therefore, if Baylor isto mount a successfuleffort toward gaining TierOne status in the U.S.News rankings and if weare to support thecontinuing efforts of thelaw, business andeducation schools toincrease their national

rankings and of TruettSeminary to establish its academicreputation among seminaries, ourdoctoral programs need to grow in sizeand quality.

Other benefitsBut strong doctoral programs do

more than simply enhance auniversity’s reputation. They also cancontribute substantively to improvingthe academic quality of undergraduateprograms. Top-ranking high schoolseniors are attracted to schools withacademic reputations based primarilyon their doctoral and professionalprograms. Once they are enrolled,undergraduates can participate withgraduate students and faculty membersin research projects, a type of active,participatory learning that should bethe hallmark of a Baylor undergradu-ate experience. Graduate students whotake their education and theiracademic discipline seriously can berole models for undergraduates in ways

that faculty often cannot.A third reason we are committed

to becoming a strong Doctoral Iuniversity is to enhance our intellectualleadership in the academic communityand the wider culture. Baylortraditionally has been recognized forthe achievements of its graduates,especially at the undergraduate andprofessional levels. The achievements ofour graduate students have not receivedthe same degree of notice. A stronggraduate program, especially at thedoctoral level, would change this, thusenabling more of our graduates to havean influence in higher education,science and technology, religion,corporate and political life and culture.And enhanced and strong doctoralprograms would facilitate the work ofthe faculty both in relation to theachievements of their students andtheir own research and publication.Our influence as a Christian universitywould reach a new level, one thatBaylor has never attained before.

And there are yet other reasons forBaylor to achieve and maintain theDoctoral I classification. For example,this classification will assist theUniversity in its relationships andacademic affinity with peer institutionsin the Big 12 Conference, all of whichhave classifications as Research I orResearch II in the Carnegie taxonomy.Fortunately, the next Carnegie review ofthe status of institutions is scheduled totake place in 2000, and at this time,because the University has met thecurrent criteria for several yearsconsecutively, in all likelihood Baylorwill receive recognition as a Doctoral Iuniversity. The achievement of DoctoralI status is more than a singular goal;for Baylor such a step will help propelus to a new level of excellence called forin our mission statement, by ourconstituencies and by our own sense ofpurpose.

(Adapted from an article in theNovember Faculty Senate Newsletter)

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Dr. Derek H. Davis, director of The J.M.Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies andassociate professor of political science, recentlyauthored the following publications: “Law,Morals, and Civil Religion in America” and“Thoughts on Religious Persecution Around theGlobe: Problems and Solutions” in Journal ofChurch and State; “Betrayed: Russia’s Retreatfrom Religious Liberty” and “Completing theConstitution: Original Intent and the FourteenthAmendment” in Liberty; and book chapters on“Thoughts on a Civil Religion Solution toReligion Clause Jurisprudence,” ed. JerryVardaman (Mercer Press), and “The March ofFolly: Renewed German Persecution of UnpopularReligions in Historical Perspective,” ed. GerhardBesier (Germany). Dr. Davis also has had accepteda book titled Religion and the ContinentalCongress, 1774-1789: Contributions toOriginal Intent for publication by OxfordUniversity Press.

▼Dr. William V. Davis, professor of English andWriter-in-Residence, had an article titled “‘At theFoot of the Precipice of Water...Sea ShapesComing to Celebration’: R.S. Thomas andKierkegaard” published in Welsh Writing inEnglish: A Yearbook of Critical Essays (Vol. 4,pp. 94-117).

▼Dr. Millard J. Erickson, distinguishedprofessor of theology, had a book titled God theFather Almighty: A Contemporary Explorationof the Divine Attributes published in April andanother book, titled Christian Theology (2nd ed.),published in August, both by Baker Books.

▼Linda S. Frink, director of the Dallas EMBAprogram, was featured in a Q&A article in theNovember/December issue of Business Dallas, asupplement of D Magazine, and quoted in anarticle titled “Education and Training: The Factson EMBAs” in the November issue of CurrentTechnology.

▼Dr. Kevin J. Gardner, assistant professor ofEnglish, has had an article titled “The 1545Biblia of Robert Estienne” accepted forpublication in the June 1999 issue of Notes andQueries.

▼Dr. Greg Garrett, associate professor ofEnglish, had an eight-page reference article onRichard Ford’s Independence Day published inthe Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction. He alsorecently reviewed the final draft of Real-WorldResearch, a Houghton-Mifflin textbook.

▼Norman L. (Buddy) Gilchrest, professorof health, human performance and recreation,had an article titled “History of the RecreationDivision” published in the 75th anniversary issueof Texas Association HPERD Journal (pp. 73-75).

▼Dr. Walter C. Holmes, professor of biology,had a co-authored paper titled “Comments on theDistribution of Sedum pulchellum (Crassulaceae)in Texas” published in Sida (Vol. 18, No. 2 , pp.247-250). Co-authors are J.R. Branch andH.L. White.

▼Charles E. Kemp Jr., lecturer in nursing,had an article titled “Metastatic Spread andCommon Symptoms, Part One: Introduction,Bladder Cancer and Brain Cancer” published inthe November/December issue of The AmericanJournal of Hospice & Palliative Care Interna-tional Edition (Vol. 15, No. 6, p. 355).

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Dr. Diana Kendall, assistant professor ofsociology, had an article titled “Doing a Good Deedor Confounding the Problem? Peer Review andSociology Textbooks” accepted for publication inthe January 1999 issue of Teaching Sociology, apeer-reviewed journal published by the AmericanSociological Association.

▼Dr. C. Chet Miller, associate professor ofmanagement and director of executive education,had a co-authored article titled “Cognitive Diversityamong Upper-echelon Executives: Implications forStrategic Decision Processes” published in StrategicManagement Journal (Vol. 19, p. 34). Co-authorsare Linda Burke and Bill Glick.

▼Dr. Lee C. Nordt, assistant professor ofgeology, had a co-authored book chapter titled“Late Quaternary Vegetation and Climate Change inthe North American Great Plains: Evidence fromStable Isotopes of Palaeosol Organic Carbon”published in Isotope Techniques in the Study ofEnvironmental Change (pp. 653-662), Interna-tional Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna. Co-authorsare T.W. Boutton and D.D. Kuehn.

▼Janet E. Sheets, associate professor andcoordinator of instruction for English andeducation/reference librarian of Jones Library, hadan article titled “Role-playing as a Training Tool forReference Student Assistants” published in thespring issue of RSR: Reference Services Review(Vol. 26, No. 1).

Dr. Linda S. Adams, associate professor ofpolitical science, director of the Model UnitedNations Team and director of international studiesprogram, presented a co-authored paper titled“Exorcising Demons: A Comparison of DevelopmentAssistance Models” at the annual Third WorldStudies conference in October in Omaha, Neb. Thelead author and presenter was Tracy A. McFarland,a Baylor graduate and current doctoral candidate atthe University of Texas-Austin.

▼Dr. Janet E. Adamski, assistant professor ofpolitical science and assistant director of theinternational studies program, and Dr. Joan E.Supplee, associate professor of history anddirector of the Latin American studies program,took the Baylor University Model Organization ofAmerican States team to compete in San Antonio inlate October. Dr. Adamski and Dr. Linda S.Adams, associate professor of political science,director of the Model United Nations Team anddirector of the international studies program,hosted Baylor’s High School Model United NationsCompetition in November. Dr. Adamski alsoparticipated in the Federal Reserve Bank conference,“Winds of Global Change,” held Nov. 5-7 in Dallas.

▼Dr. Jesse T. Airaudi, lecturer in English,presented a paper titled “Preface to Lyrical Ballads,A.D. 1492: The ‘Meanest Flower’ and the ‘Principleof Bamboo’ as the Jen of Romanticism” to theAmerican Conference on Romanticism’s“Crosscurrents in Romanticism” meeting held Oct.17 in Santa Barbara, Calif.

▼Dr. Kendall W. Artz and Dr. Patricia M.Norman, both assistant professors of manage-

ment, co-presented a paper titled “Buyer-SupplierPerformance: The Role of Asset Specificity andRelational Exchange” at the Strategic Manage-ment Society conference held Oct. 31-Nov. 3 inOrlando, Fla. Dr. Artz also presented “StrategicPlanning for Family Businesses” at Baylor’sInstitute for Family Business held Oct. 10.

▼Jill Barrow, director of the Ollie Mae MoenDiscovery Center, and Jennie Sheppard,educator at the center, presented a teacherworkshop on “Recycling Resources” at the state’sRegion 12 Educational Service Center inSeptember. The workshop was in collaborationwith City of Waco Recycling and Keep WacoBeautiful. Barrow, Dr. Douglas W. Rogers,associate professor of curriculum, instruction andeducational administration and director of theCenter for Educational Technology, Linda H.Cox, lecturer in curriculum and instruction, andJohn Adams of the Institute of Texan Cultures,presented a session titled “Partnership Learning;Extending the Classroom Through VideoConferencing” at the annual conference of theTexas Association for Educational Technology heldNov. 12-14 in Fort Worth. Barrow also led roundtable discussions on “Programming for Children”at the Special Events, Tourism and Hospitality:Behind the Scenes seminar presented by the City ofWaco and the Brazos Corridor Committee Nov. 19.

▼Dr. Robyn L. Bateman, assistant professor ofsociology, presented a paper titled “Earnings ofMexican-American Women and Implications forEthnic Concentration: A Comparative Analysis” atthe annual meeting of the Society for AppliedSociology held in October in Denver, Colo.

▼Dr. Mark Britt, assistant professor of chemistry,accompanied graduate student Christian Castro tothe 12th Gibbs conference held Oct. 4-6 inCarbondale, Ill. Castro gave an oral presentation.

▼Cynthia A. Burgess, instructor andlibrarian/curator of books and printed materials,presented a talk on Lady’s Maid by MargaretForster to the Waco branch of the AmericanAssociation of University Women on Nov. 12.

▼Dr. Dudley J. Burton, professor and chair ofenvironmental studies, was an invited participantin a third-party expert analysis and review for theWorld Bank of operational, closure and relocationissues for a major landfill in Quito, Ecuador, Nov.16-20.

▼Dr. Ellie B. Caston, assistant professor ofmuseum studies and director of operations for theStrecker Museum Complex, was a panelist for aworkshop titled “Building a Policy and ProcedureManual for Your Collection” at the TexasAssociation of Museums regional workshop heldNov. 2 at the Museum of East Texas in Lufkin. Dr.Caston also participated in a preconference sessiontitled “Creating Community Collaborations” at theTexas Art Education Association’s annualconference held at the South Texas Institute for theArts on Nov. 5-8 in Corpus Christi.

▼Susan L. Dunkerley, assistant professor ofphotography, co-presented a paper titled “Gestalt,Context, Ambiguity and Archetypal Imagery inPhotographic Education” at the annual conferenceof the International Visual Literacy Associationheld Oct. 22-25 at the University of Georgia inAthens. Dunkerley, along with Dr. Mary RuthSmith, assistant professor of art education,conducted a workshop titled “RegenerationsRevisited” at the annual conference of the TexasArt Educators Association held Nov. 6-8 in CorpusChristi. Dunkerley also gave a gallery talk on the“Luminous Code” Oct. 6 at the exhibition ofphoto-based artwork at the J. Wayne Stark Galleryat Texas A&M University in College Station. Inaddition, her prints have been selected for the

Best wishes toEdward Holmes, husband of Wynelda

Holmes, acquisitions, Moody Library, who

had surgery and suffered a stroke post-

surgery and is now at Lake Shore Village

Health Center for therapy and care.

Congratulations toLiz Webb, student activities, on the

birth of a grandson, Chayson Bishnow.

Scott Huggins, ITC, and wife, Carla, on

the birth of their daughter, Paige Nicole.

Rob Branham, ITC analyst programmer,

and wife, Joni, on the birth of their daughter,

Mallory Lavon.

With sympathy toLiz Webb, student activities, on the loss

of her grandson, Hunter Wiese.

The family of Glenn R. Capp Sr.,

emeritus professor and chairman of speech

communication, on his recent death.

The family of Stella Stovall, assistant

professor of English (ret.), on her recent

death.

The family of Joe C. McElhannon,

emeritus professor of history, on his recent

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“Intro” exhibition Oct. 30-Jan. 9 at the Carol KellerGallery in Denver, Colo.

▼Dr. Richard Duran, associate professor ofFrench, presented two papers titled “Structure, Signand Play” and “‘The Violence of the Letter’:Derrida’s Critique of Claude Levi-Strauss” at theEuropean Studies conference held in October at theUniversity of Nebraska, Omaha.

▼Dr. Marc Ellis, professor of American and Jewishstudies, recently lectured on the Wye Agreementbetween Israel and the Palestinians at the SabeelConference in Ottawa, Canada. He also deliveredseveral lectures in November in the UnitedKingdom. Dr. Ellis lectured on “A Jewish Perspec-tive on the Future of Israel/Palestine” at St. Mary’sUniversity College and “On the Future of the JewishPeople” at Guildford Cathedral. He also presented alecture titled “The Next 50 Years: Building a Bi-national State in Israel/Palestine” at the Center forMiddle Eastern and North African Studies at theUniversity of Durham.

▼Dr. David E. Garland, professor of Christianscriptures, George W. Truett Seminary, presentedthe Staley lectures at the University of MaryHardin-Baylor on “Biblical Models of Leadership:Moses, Peter, Paul, and the Leahs of the World”held Oct. 14-16.

▼Dr. Greg Garrett, associate professor ofEnglish, presented fiction readings and a workshopon narrative at the Re-evaluation Forum:Considering the Church, Gospel and Culture in thePostmodern Transition, a national ecumenicalconference for pastors and church leaders, heldOct. 12-15 in Glorieta, N.M.

▼Dr. June Rose Garrott, internationalstudent adviser, presented a paper titled “Consider-ing Cultural Values in Teaching, Counseling orAdvising” at the annual conference of the NAFSA(Association of International Educators) Region IIIheld Oct. 20-23 in Galveston.

▼Dr. Sandra J. Genrich, professor of nursing,traveled to West Virginia University Oct. 21-23 toconduct an accreditation site visit for theCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

▼Dr. Norman L. (Buddy) Gilchrest,professor of health, human performance andrecreation, presented “Teaching Bicycling” and“The Wonder of It All: A Celebration of Life” at aTexas Outdoor Education Association meeting held

in October in Leakey. At the Florida Association forHealth, Physical Education, Recreation and Dancemeeting held in October in Daytona Beach, Fla.,Dr. Gilchrest presented “Go Wild; Relieve StressNaturally: Truths and Lessons Learned inWilderness,” “A Quest for Beauty, Understandingand Adventure: Alaska to Florida by Bicycle” and“The Wonder of It All: A Celebration of Life.”

▼Dr. D. Thomas Hanks Jr., professor ofEnglish, presented a paper titled “Rough Love inThe Canterbury Tales” at the annual TexasMedieval Association conference.

▼Dr. W. Keith Hartberg, professor and chairof biology, gave an invited paper titled “Members ofthe Genus, Corethrella (Diptera: Chaoboridae); AreThey ‘Mosquitoes’ or Not?” at the Texas MosquitoControl Association annual meeting held Oct. 7-9in Fort Worth.

▼Melinda L. Herzog, lecturer in museumstudies and director of the Gov. Bill and VaraDaniel Historic Village, recently served as a paneliston “The Role of Internships in Museum StudiesPrograms” at the annual conference of theMountain-Plains Museums Association held inOctober in Lubbock. Two Baylor graduate studentsin the Department of Museum Studies, KrisJurgens and Susan Lanning, alsoparticipated in the panel. David Lintz, registrarfor the Strecker Museum Complex, also attendedthe conference. Herzog also attended the AmericanAssociation for State and Local History inSacramento, Calif., and the Association of LivingHistory Farms and Agricultural Museums inWaterloo, Ontario. Herzog and Gina Bays,administrative associate of the Strecker MuseumComplex, attended the Museum Stores AssociationSouthwest Central regional meeting in SanAntonio.

▼Dr. R. Duane Ireland, professor of manage-ment, director of the entrepreneurship studiesprogram and The Curtis Hankamer Professor ofEntrepreneurship, presented a co-authored papertitled “Characteristics and Outcomes of Entrepre-neurial Collaborations: The Effect of Trust” at the18th annual Strategic Management Societyconference in Orlando, Fla. Co-authors are DennisM. Garvis, Washington & Lee University, andShaker A. Zahra, Georgia State University. Dr.Ireland also served as a facilitator at the annualGateway Entrepreneurship conference in St. Louis, Mo.

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Dr. John N. Jonsson, professor of religion,gave an invited presentation at the Global GrandCelebration of Confucius’ 2,549th birthday Oct. 15-17 in Hong Kong.

▼Dr. Owen T. Lind, professor of biology, LauraLind, program coordinator for CHAPLA ecologystation, and Sharon Conry, biology adminis-trative assistant, attended the North American LakeManagement Society meeting held Nov. 17-20 inBanff, Canada.

▼Dr. Linda P. Livingstone and Dr. C. ChetMiller, both associate professors of management,and Phil Sanchez and Linda Frink, EMBAprogram directors, attended the annual ExecutiveMBA conference titled “Seizing Initiative: EMBAInnovations” held Oct. 11-14 in Scottsdale, Ariz.

▼Dr. Charles S. Madden, vice president forUniversity relations and The Ben H. WilliamsProfessor of Marketing, presided over the AmericanMarketing Association board meeting held Oct. 21in Chicago, Ill.; presented “Building a ServiceComponent of Your Academic Career as aProfessor” at the doctoral consortium of theSouthern Marketing Association held Nov. 4 in NewOrleans, La.; and gave the keynote address to theBest Practices in Marketingconference sponsored bythe AMA Nov. 16 in SanDiego, Calif.

▼Dr. Melody S.Madlem, assistantprofessor of health,human perfor-mance andrecreation, co-presented apaper titled “Violent and AbusiveBehavior: Perceptions of School Personneland Students of Gang Activity in SecondarySchools” at the American School Health Associa-tion conference held Oct. 7-11 in Colorado Springs,Colo.

▼Dr. Terry S. Maness, dean of the HankamerSchool of Business and professor of finance, madea preaccreditation visit to Samford University aspart of its AACSB accreditation team Nov. 16-17.

▼Mary R. Massirer and Dr. William J.McDonald, both lecturers in English, presentedpapers at the SCMLA meeting held Nov. 12-14 inNew Orleans, La. Massirer’s paper was titled“Assessing Process in Research Writing” and Dr.

McDonald’s paper was titled “Connecting Danceand Dancer: The Rhetoric of Content.”

▼Dr. C. Chet Miller, associate professor ofmanagement and director of executive education,co-presented “The Structure of Academic Careers inOrganization Science: Accumulative Advantage,Uncertainty and Homogenization Perspectives” atthe annual meeting of the Academy of Manage-ment held in August in San Diego, Calif. Co-presenters were Lynda Kilbourne, Laura Cardinal,Bill Glick and Wang Yuu-Oe. Also at that meeting,Dr. Miller co-presented “Metaphors for TeachingStrategy: Acting as Metaphor” with Cardinal. Dr.Miller also attended the Texas Conference onOrganizations held in April in Lago Vista and theAmerican Assembly of Collegiate Schools ofBusiness meeting on EMBA programs held inOctober in Phoenix, Ariz. He also traveled withEMBA students to Monterrey, Mexico, in Augustwith Hankamer faculty members Dr. SamuelSeaman, Dr. Van Gray and Linda Frink.

▼Mark T. Morman, assistant professor ofcommunication studies, presented a co-authoredpaper titled “Affectional Communication betweenFathers and Adult Sons: Forms, Antecedents andRelational Outcomes” at the annual meeting of theNational Communication Association held Nov. 20-

24 in New York, N.Y. Co-author is KoryFloyd of Cleveland State

University. Morman’s papertitled “The Influence of Fear

Appeals, Message Designand Masculinity on Men’s

Motivation to Perform theTesticular Self-Exam” received

the NCA’s Top Student PaperAward from the Health Communica-

tion Division.▼

Dr. Donald F. Mullica, researchcrystallographer, directed the audio and visualequipment at The Welch Foundation’s 42ndconference on chemical research held Oct. 26-27 inHouston. Also attending the conference, “The NewBiochemistry: Macromolecular Machines,” wereDr. Marianna A. Busch, professor and chairof chemistry, Dr. Kenneth W. Busch,professor of chemistry, Dr. Charles Garner,associate professor of chemistry, and Dr. MarkBritt, Dr. Robert R. Kane and Dr. KevinG. Pinney, all assistant professors of chemistry.

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Even though husband and wife Dr. Glenn Pack and Pat Saiz have much in common — both grewup in military families and both pursued degrees in mental health — it’s on the mats in the Marrs

McLean Gym that they share their great passion: yoseikan aikido. This form of martial arts, a specificstyle that combines karate and judo, has been a big part of the couple’s marriage and lifestyle for morethan 20 years.

Dr. Pack, director of counseling services, and Saiz, an academic adviser, have been teaching theJapanese discipline in continuing education courses at Baylor for six years. Dr. Pack is a sixth-degreeblack belt in both aikido and jujutsu, two forms of martial arts, while Saiz holds a fifth-degree black beltin each. The couple makes frequent trips to Japan to continue their study of the yoseikan aikido artform, and they travel around the world to teach and participate in clinics.

“It’s a great way to reduce stress,” Dr. Pack said. “There’s flexibility training, strength training,aerobic conditioning.” From a counselor’s perspective, he said, stress-relief is vital to a person’s goodhealth.

And the couple is bound to benefit from a little stress relief. Aside from maintaining full-timecareers, traveling and teaching courses and clinics, Dr. Pack and Saiz also keep up with the busy lives oftheir two children, 16-year-old Molly and 10-year-old Arthur, who has inherited his parents’ interest inthe martial arts.

The couple met in 1973 while working at a therapeutic camp for emotionally disturbed children inAlabama. Their relationship began at that time, but it took a year before Saiz signed up for an aikidoclass, taught by her husband-to-be. Since then, both have studied in Japan under Minoru Mochizuki,

founder of yoseikan, who is now in his 90s, and his son, Hiroo Mochizuki. Dr. Pack and Saiz also aremembers of the U.S. Yoseikan Budo Association.

Dr. Pack, who began training in martial arts in 1967, credits his enjoyment and skill in aikido toworking with top-notch instructors. Likewise, the couple’s students benefit from the same qualityinstruction. They enjoy teaching aikido because it is an activity in which persons of all ages and fitnesslevels can get involved.

“It’s for a variety of ages. We are not exactly spring chickens ourselves,” Saiz said with a chuckle.“You work on your own level and we emphasize your own pace.”

The yoseikan aikido classes are offered each fall and spring through Baylor’s continuingeducation division. Spring classes will begin in mid-January. — LoAna Lopez

Dr. Glenn Pack and wife, Pat Saiz, demonstratea move to their continuing education class.Dr. Glenn Pack and wife, Pat Saiz, demonstratea move to their continuing education class.

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Dr. D.E. Mungello, professor of history anddirector of the Asian studies program, presented alecture titled “Europe’s First Encounter (ca. 1500-1800) with the Great and Mighty Kingdom ofChina” Nov. 12 at the Center for Medieval andRenaissance Studies at Ohio State University inColumbus.

▼Dr. Lynne Murphy, assistant professor ofEnglish, presented a paper titled “What SizeAdjectives Can Tell Us About Lexical Organiza-tion?” at the annual conference of the LinguisticsAssociation of the Southwest held Oct. 8-11 inTempe, Ariz.

▼Dr. A.G. Pinkus, research professor ofchemistry, presided at a symposium titled“Heterogeneous Polymer Systems,” which heorganized with Dr. Ken Moritz of the University ofSouthern Mississippi, at the 54th Southwestregional meeting of the American ChemicalSociety held Nov. 1-3 in Baton Rouge, La.

▼Dr. Kevin G. Pinney, assistant professor ofchemistry, gave a research lecture titled “MolecularRecognition of Tubulin by New Classes of AffinityProbes and Polymerization Inhibitors” to theAmerican Chemical Society student affiliate groupOct. 6 on the Baylor campus. He also presented thistopic as an invited seminar to the Department ofChemistry at its Fall Colloquium Seminar Series oncampus Sept. 18 and at Austin College Nov. 4.

▼Dr. Ann E. Rushing, associate professor ofbiology, presented a co-authored paper titled“Blepharoplast Morphology of the MidstageSpermatid of the Liverwort Riccia gougetiana” atthe fall meeting of the Texas Society for Microscopyheld Oct. 22-24 in Bandera. Co-author is Zane B.Carothers, University of Illinois.

▼Dr. Eric C. Rust, assistant professor of history,presented a paper titled “The Fates of GermanNaval Vessels that Survived World War II” at thenational meeting of the Social Science Associationheld Nov. 4-7 in New Orleans, La.

▼Calvin B. Smith, associate professor and chairof museum studies and director of the StreckerMuseum Complex, Stephen L. Williams,assistant professor of museum studies andcollections manager of the complex, andMelinda L. Herzog, lecturer in museumstudies and director of the Gov. Bill and VaraDaniel Historic Village, served as panelists in theTexas Association of Museums regional workshoptitled “Environmental Monitoring for Museums.”The conference was held in September at Baylorand hosted by the Strecker Museum Complex. Dr.Ellie B. Caston, assistant professor of museumstudies and director of operations for the complex,was coordinator of local arrangements. Williamsalso completed an on-site visit and a collectionassessment report for the Denali National Park andPreserve in central Alaska. Also, Smith presented areport from the American Association of Museums’committee on professional training at theInternational Council of Museums triennialmeeting in November in Melbourne, Australia.

▼Dr. Beck A. Taylor, assistant professor ofeconomics, presented a paper co-authored by JohnM. Barron and John R. Umbeck, both of PurdueUniversity, titled “Determining Price-cost Marginsin the Vertical Distribution of Gasoline” at theannual international Atlantic Economicconference held Oct. 8-11 in Boston, Mass. He alsoparticipated in an industrial organization panel atthe conference.

▼Dr. Mary Lynn Trawick, associate professor ofchemistry, gave a seminar titled “Specificity of theEnzyme — gamma-GlutamylamineCyclotransferase” Oct. 15 at Texas A&M University.

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Dr. Joseph F. Velez, professor of Spanish,presented a paper titled “Fueros y Poder Religiosoen El Fariseo de Edgar Bastidas Urresty” at theSeminario Internacional de 1988 de EstudiososDistinguidos de Letras Hispanas at California StateUniversity in Stanislasus, Calif. He also presented“Treinta Anos de Literatura Chicana: Una BreveResena” at the annual meeting of the AATSP inMadrid, Spain.

▼Lyndia Giles Washington, Radford visitingprofessor of journalism, and Dr. Sara S.Stone, professor of journalism, attended thenational Society of Professional Journalistsconvention in Los Angeles, Calif. Washington alsowas a guest lecturer at Rhodes University inGrahamstown, South Africa, July-August. Whilethere, she developed a style guide to be used in theRhodes department of journalism and mediastudies, lectured at a developmental media agencyand wrote for a national news service and the

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Daily Dispatch in East London, South Africa.▼

Dr. Daniel E. Wivagg, professor of biologyand director of undergraduate studies in biology,attended the national Association of BiologyTeachers annual convention held Nov. 4-7 in Reno,Nev., where he served on the assessment andpublication committees and chaired the specialpublications subcommittee.

▼Dr. Paula M. Woods, lecturer in English,presented a paper titled “Submission andSubversion: Anne Askew’s Strategy in the FirstExamination” in a session titled “Women’s PublicActs as Subversion, Submission or Challenge” atthe 16th Century Studies conference held Oct. 22-25 in Toronto, Canada. She also attended theannual meeting of the Society for the Study ofEarly Modern Women held in conjunction with theconference.

Pearl Beverly, coordinator of multiculturalaffairs, has been chosen as a participant in the1999 Leadership Texas program.

▼Dr. Ellie B. Caston, assistant professor ofmuseum studies and director of operations for theStrecker Museum Complex, has been appointed toserve on the Committee for Museum and LibraryCooperation for the Texas Library Association.

▼Dr. Richard C. Chewning, professor ofmanagement and The Hazel and Harry ChavanneProfessor of Christian Ethics in Business, has beenhonored by the Christian Business FacultyAssociation, San Diego, Calif., with the establish-ment of an annual Richard C. Chewning Award.

▼Dr. Anita Comley, assistant professor innursing, has been chosen for the 1998-99Oncology Nursing Leadership Institute.

▼Dr. Linda F. Garner, associate professor ofnursing, has been selected as vice chair for theNurse Oncology Education Program.

▼Dr. Greg Garrett, associate professor ofEnglish, has been named to a two-year term on themedia/multimedia advisory panel by the TexasCommission on the Arts.

▼Dr. W. Keith Hartberg, professor and chairof biology, will serve on the 1999 board of directorsas past president of the Texas Mosquito ControlAssociation.

▼Dr. Maurice Hunt, professor and chair of theEnglish Department, has been appointed to the St.Martin’s Guide to Writing advisory board for thesixth edition.

▼Dr. C. Chet Miller, associate professor ofmanagement and director of executive education,was appointed treasurer of the Texas Conference onOrganizations.

▼Cliff Neel, assistant vice president and directorof academic scholarships and financial aid, hasbeen appointed by the board of directors of theTexas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation(TGSLC), Austin, to a two-year term on its Lender/School Advisory Committee. He will representprivate institutions regarding issues facing thefinancial aid community and make recommenda-

tions to revise policies and procedures. Neel alsowill serve on the Business Innovation Group forTGSLC. This group reviews suggestions anddevelops ideas to enhance the services provided byTGSLC to the financial aid community and highschool and college students.

▼Dr. Wendy E. Sera, assistant professor ofbiology, has been appointed to a three-year term onthe education and graduate student committee ofthe American Society of Mammalogists.

▼Linda Teichelmann, serials department,Moody Library, was chosen as the libraries’ “StaffMember of the Month” for October.

▼Paige Tilghman, preservation department,Moody Library, was chosen as the libraries’ “StaffMember of the Month” for November.

▼Dr. Joseph F. Velez, professor of Spanish, hasbeen elected vice president for the coming year ofthe Southwestern Council of Latin AmericanStudies. He will serve as president during 1999-2000.

▼Dr. James L. Williamson, The Fred andEdith Hale Professor of Education and chair of theDepartment of Educational Administration, hasbeen appointed Scholar-in-Residence at the BaptistJoint Committee on Public Affairs in Washington,D.C.

National debate tourneya 50-year Baylor tradition

One of the largest and oldest intercol-

legiate debate tournaments in the nation will

be held Jan. 23-25 on the

Baylor campus. The Glenn

R. Capp Debate Tournament,

held at Baylor for more than

50 years, is an open invitational

event that draws 85 to 100 national

teams.

Dr. Karla Leeper, assistant professor of

communication studies and The Glenn R.

Capp Professor of Forensics, said the

tournament is rich in tradition and serves

two main purposes.

“One is to provide a service for

intercollegiate debate; it gives us a chance

to give something back. The second is that

it’s a really good chance to show students

from other schools what Baylor is,” she said.

The tournament brings quality students

to Baylor, providing them an opportunity to

become familiar with the University’s post-

graduate programs, Dr. Leeper said. A

tournament of this caliber also gives the

Waco community, particularly local high

school debate teams, the chance to see

top-notch college debaters in action.

This year’s tournament will be espe-

cially meaningful given the recent death of

“Prof. Capp,” as he was affectionately known

by his many students.

“I’m personally very proud to be

associated with a program that is named for

Prof. Capp,” Dr. Leeper said. “We try to

represent his legacy very well here.”

Dr. Glenn R. Capp, professor emeritus,

headed the debate program at Baylor for

several decades beginning in the 1950s. An

argumentation scholar, Dr. Capp was one of

the most prominent debate coaches in

Baylor’s history, Dr. Leeper said.

During the same weekend, the Glenn R.

Capp Forum also will host the Sam and

Helen Pessara Tournament of the Golden

Bear, now in its 10th year, for high school

debate teams. This by-invitation-only round

robin tournament brings eight of the best

national high school debate teams to

campus to compete. — LoAna Lopez

Dr. James A. Roberts, newly appointed MaysProfessor of Entrepreneurship, is convinced

that most businesses need a helping hand when itcomes to developing marketing plans.

Consequently, Dr. Roberts, an associateprofessor of marketing at Baylor, has devised whathe terms the “perfect” plan, designed to benefitboth businesses and students. He will challengestudents in his class to develop a marketing planfor local businesses — all at no cost to thebusiness owners — and then ask the students topresent their marketing ideas to the businesses.The plan will help area businesses “get on track”from a marketing perspective and give studentsfirst-hand experience in developing marketingideas.

The endowed chair Dr. Roberts now holds,The Mrs. W.A. (Agnes) Mays Professor ofEntrepreunership, was established in 1978 as apermanent memorial to Mrs. Mays.— Alan Hunt

New Mays ProfessorTries Marketing Plan

January 1999

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Church-State Studies Expert Shares Knowledge on Religious Freedom

T he year was 1955. The Brooklyn Dodgerswon the World Series, Disneyland opened,the television show Gunsmoke debuted and

a young man from Portsmouth, Va., beganteaching in Baylor’s religion department. Fastforward to 1998 and that same professor, Dr. JamesE. Wood Jr., has become one of the world’schampions in the arena of religious human rights,and in doing so has brought international acclaimto Baylor University.

Except for a brief hiatus in the 1970s whenhe served as executive director of the Baptist JointCommittee on Public Affairs in Washington, D.C.,Dr. Wood has served the University his entirecareer. He is The Simon and Ethel BunnDistinguished Professor of Church-State Studiesand founder of the Journal of Church and Stateand the J.M. Dawson Institute for Church-StateStudies.

Dr. Wood has not limited himself to theInstitute, though. He also served as the firstdirector of Baylor’s Honors Program, and heinitiated the establishment of the BaylorUniversity-Seinan Gakuin University (Japan)Faculty-Student Exchange Program.

Lifetime interestDr. Wood cannot pinpoint the genesis of his

interest in religious liberty, but even in college hewrote on church-state issues. He received hisbachelor’s degree from Carson-Newman College inTennessee, his master’s degree from ColumbiaUniversity and his doctorate from Southern BaptistTheological Seminary. He also is an ordainedBaptist minister, serving for six years as a pastor atchurches in Kentucky and Tennessee. Prior tocoming to Baylor, he was a professor of religionand literature at Seinan Gakuin University.

In 1957, he became the first director ofBaylor’s Institute of Church-State Studies,although he remained a member of the religionfaculty. In 1959, he launched the Journal ofChurch and State.

“From the very beginning I have said thatthis journal could not be sectarian. It must beinterfaith, interdisciplinary and international.Otherwise, it would have no integrity. I think thatgave the Journal academic standing from thebeginning,” Dr. Wood said.

The Journal is still the only one of its kindthat is expressly devoted to church-state relations,and it has gained international acclaim. It hasbeen cited by the U.S. Supreme Court, and in 1997it was awarded the “Premio Arturo Carlo Jemolo,”an award given by a scholarly society based inTurin, Italy, and bestowed upon the internationaljournal that is deemed “to have made the mostsignificant contribution to research within thefields of canon law, ecclesiastical law, or the historyof the relations between state and church,”according to the award’s literature.

Dr. James Wood, internationally renowned Institute founder,leaves rich heritage as he approaches retirement in spring

B aylor will honor five graduates during the1998 Distinguished Alumni Banquet at 7p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, in the Ferrell Center.The Distinguished Alumni Award recipients

are Jack M. Fields Jr., former U.S. Congressman;Gerald W. Haddock, president and chief executiveofficer of Crescent Real Estate Equities Co.; J. HarryJeanes, Regent emeritus and former Baylor trustee;Lyndon L. Olson Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Sweden;and Jim Turner, owner and chairman of the boardof Dr Pepper Bottling Co. of Texas.

The award is bestowed on Baylor degreeholders who have made a distinctive contributionto their particular profession, business or vocationand in doing so have brought honor to Baylor.

Fields, who received both undergraduate andlaw degrees from Baylor, represented Texas’ 8thCongressional District in the U.S. House ofRepresentatives from 1981 to 1997, serving aschairman of the House Telecommunications andFinance Subcommittee. He is president and CEO ofTexas Global Inc., an international tradecorporation headquartered in his hometown ofHumble, and Twenty-First Century Group Inc., aWashington, D.C.-based governmental affairs and

The Baylor and Waco communities will join together in a morning service of prayer and music at the12th annual President’s Community Prayer Breakfast on Friday, Jan. 22, at the Ferrell Center. The

breakfast begins at 6:30 a.m., followed by the service at 7.The interdenominational program will feature music and personal testimonies.“I think together, for the campus and the community, the breakfast is an opportunity for us to share

common concerns and common goals that we can work together to achieve in a positive way,” said Dr.Milton Cunningham, director of denominational ministries and University chaplain.

The breakfast is open to the public and tickets are $10. For more information, contact Dr.Cunningham or Betty Skelton in the Office of Denominational Ministries at ext. 3522. — BN

Community Prayer Breakfast PlannedService on Jan. 22 to emphasize common concerns, goals

strategic planning company.Haddock, who received a bachelor of business

administration degree and a law degree fromBaylor, serves as president and CEO of the $5.9billion Crescent Real Estate Equities Co., FortWorth, one of America’s largest publicly held realestate investment trusts, and Crescent OperatingInc., a publicly held operating company.

Jeanes, who received a bachelor of businessadministration degree from Baylor in 1934, is theformer chairman and CEO of First Federal Savings,Waco. A Baylor regent emeritus, he also served as aBaylor trustee for 18 years.

Turner, who received a BBA in marketing,and Olson, who received a bachelor of arts degree,are both 1969 graduates of Baylor.

Olson is a former president of the BaylorAlumni Association and served for six years on theHankamer School of Business Advisory Board.Turner also is a former member of the HankamerAdvisory Board. — Alan Hunt

Alumni Banquet to Honor 5 on Jan. 29Recipients distinguished in profession, business or vocation

At last year’s breakfast, music was provided by Revelation, featuring(left to right) Jim Huey, John Maddux, Bill Williams and Rex Davis.At last year’s breakfast, music was provided by Revelation, featuring(left to right) Jim Huey, John Maddux, Bill Williams and Rex Davis.

“...Much of Baylor’s reputationworldwide has to do with our

identification with religiousliberty, and almost all of that

is due to the efforts of Dr. Wood.”Dr. Derek Davis

Up until 1991, when Dr. Derek Davis wasnamed associate director of the Institute, Dr. Woodbasically was a one-man show, founding theChurch-State Research Center and organizing amajority of the Institute’s 34 conferences, lecturesand symposia. In 1995, Dr. Wood stepped down asdirector of the Institute and editor of the Journal,but he did not slow down his crusade for religiousliberty.

In recent years, he has been involved inreligious liberty in Eastern Europe, and this pastsummer and fall, he participated in government-sponsored conferences in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Peruand Romania, where he also was awarded the

Doctoris Honoris Causa degree — the highesthonor European universities bestow — fromBucharest University.

“The developing nations of Eastern Europeare in disarray in their move toward democracy.Those countries have no history of religious liberty,and principles of freedom and tolerance are notwell understood. I was invited by these govern-ments to come over to help and to share myexpertise,” he said about his recent activities.

In addition to his European travels, Woodrecently presented the keynote address at aconference on religious human rights in Lima,Peru. For 10 days in February, he will hold TheMonsignor W. Onclin Chair of Comparative CanonLaw at the Catholic University Leuven in Leuven,Belgium, as a visiting professor, and he will teach agraduate seminar in church-state studies at Baylorin the spring.

He also will continue his work as president ofthe Washington, D.C.-based International Academyfor Freedom of Religion and Belief, an organiza-tion that seeks to inform the public, religiousorganizations and governments about theimportance of religious liberty as a fundamentalhuman right. Dr. Wood helped found the academyin 1985.

Dr. Wood has announced that he will retireafter the spring semester, and he and his wife,Alma, will return to the Tidewater area of Virginia,where many of the couple’s family members stilllive. He will leave behind a rich legacy. As currentInstitute director Dr. Davis said, “I think much ofBaylor’s reputation worldwide has to do with ouridentification with religious liberty, and almost allof that is due to the efforts of Dr. Wood. He is one ofthe most prominent scholars that Baylor has everhad.” — Julie Carlson

Dr. James Wood in his office.Dr. James Wood in his office.

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Baylor busy preparing computer systems for the new millennium

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Y2K?

Grant Awards (November)Dr. A.G. Pinkus, chemistry; $2,000; Preparation and Evaluation of Fibers from

Poly(alkylene terephthalate)s and Copolymers; University Research Committee

TOTAL AWARDS: $2,000

Grant Proposals (November)Dr. Phyllis S. Karns, Baylor School of Nursing; $19,599; Baylor FNP Traineeship Proposal;

Department of Health and Human ServicesDrs. Kevin J. Gutzwiller, Joseph D. White, biology; Dr. Cleavy L. McKnight,

geology; $897,759; Interactive Effects of Human Development and Climate Change on MigratoryLandbirds: Landscape and Regional Projects; U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division

Dr. Dennis R. Myers, gerontology; $817,548; Speech Recognition Systems/Disabled OlderAdults; National Institutes of Health

Dr. Brad Creed, Truett Seminary; $20,725; 1999 Student Mission Program; Panhandle BaptistFoundation

Dr. Michael Beaty, Institute for Faith and Learning, Dr. Dwight Allman, politicalscience; $58,733; The Scholars’ Institute; The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation

Dr. Robert Adams, Plant Biotechnology Center; $15,000; Soil Erosion Control through theUse of New Vetiver; New England Biolabs Foundation

Dr. Barry Hankins, Church-State Studies; $35,000; Uneasy in Babylon: Southern BaptistConservatives and American Culture; Pew Evangelical Scholars Program

TOTAL REQUESTED: $1,864,364

Letters of Inquiry (November)Dr. G.W.K. Willis, information systems, and Clay Cockrell; GRASS project, The Ford FoundationDr. G.W.K. Willis, information systems, and Clay Cockrell; GRASS project; Texas Independent

College FundDr. Ben Pierce, College of Arts and Sciences; science equipment; W.M. Keck Foundation

C all it a bug or a glitch. Some are even calling it theapocalypse. No matter how you refer to it, this muchis clear: The Y2K problem has the attention of the

nation and the world.In layman’s language, here’s the problem: Most

computers operate on two-digit formats, therefore only thelast two digits of the year are entered into programs. A yearfrom now when the calendar rolls to 2000, computers will notknow if that’s 2000 or 1900 or 1800.

Take your own personal inventory on what you believeabout Y2K by checking all those below you think will happenat the stroke of midnight Dec. 31, 1999:

❏ Airplanes will fall from the sky❏ ATMs and banks, in general, will shut down❏ Utility companies will fail❏ National defense systems will collapse❏ Your fax machine won’t workIf you’re looking at the end of this article for the

answers, don’t bother. Definitive answers about Y2K are in

short supply. Predictions are not. They’re everywhere, and many ofthem are grim.

There is some good news though, and it begins right here atBaylor. Becky King, associate director of information systems inBaylor’s Information Technology Center, has been thinking aboutY2K for a long, long time. According to her, Baylor’s informationsystems applications and software are almost entirely 2000-compliant. As of last fall, the major mainframe systems were all2000-compliant, as were systems in the libraries, human resources,alumni/development and student information systems. ThePeopleSoft financial software package, which will be implementedby June 1999, will bring 2000-compliance to that area.

As for desktop computers, Macintosh users will enjoy 2000-compliance regardless of when their computer was purchased. PCusers with recently purchased machines should be fine; some olderPCs may need upgrades, which is software that can be purchased ordownloaded from company Websites.

Before we all breathe a collective sigh of relief, however, there’smore involved, King said. There are devices everywhere on campus,

many of them critical to daily business or safety, withcomputer components embedded in them that may not be2000-compliant. To address these issues, a Year 2000Committee is being formed on campus by the Division ofFinance and Administration.

King said the committee will investigate embeddedsystems (like in the elevators, utility systems and faxmachines) on campus and look into critical desktopcomputing situations that may need attention. Thecommittee also will work with major vendors, such asARAMARK, Follett Corporation, Waco Construction, TUElectric and others, to ensure the services they provide forBaylor will not be affected.

The committee began work in December, and hopefully,the transition to the year 2000 will go smoothly. You mightwant to stock up on some bottled water and canned tuna,though, just in case. — Colin Witt

Commencement CongratulationsBaylor family members among December graduates

Best wishes to the following Baylor employees and children of Baylor faculty and staff whograduated from the University in December:

Hankamer School of BusinessBachelor of Business AdministrationGarla Naomi Neal — daughter of Mary Neal

in student account servicesMelissa Anne Shanley — daughter of Dr.

Richard and Mrs. Helen Shanley, both ininstrumental studies

College of Arts and SciencesBachelor of ArtsLori Ann Cobb — support services

coordinator, dean of librariesJeffery Kenneth Talbert — son of

Catherine Talbert, administrative assistant,accounting/business law

Susan Jane Scoble — AV/AC serials controlcoordinator, Moody Library

School of EducationBachelor of Science in EducationJennifer Lynn Gorham — daughter of Jim

K. Gorham, financial systems implementa-tion project manager

School of Engineeringand Computer ScienceJeff David Beavers — data query/analysis

specialist

Graduate SchoolMaster of Business AdministrationRobert Edward Seitz — director of special

events at Ferrell Center

Ph.D. in Biomedical StudiesTamarah Lynn Adair — lecturer,

biology

Ph.D. in ChemistryJohn StephenPhillips — lecturer,

political science

Ph.D. in NeuroscienceMallery Day Gilbert —

lecturer, psychology andneuroscience

(Please let us know if we have unintentionallyomitted someone’s name from the list bycontacting baylornews@baylor.edu)