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5 May Profile Candle creator:Necessity inspired Barbara Hodgeto create and sell beautifulhandmade candles.

AcademicAgenda Career and calling:Dr. Donald D. Schmeltekopfrejects a trend toward academiccareerism.

2CampusNews Goodbye, Glasgow:British scholar becomesArmstrong Browning Librarydirector Aug. 1.

8Last GlanceMay 11 memories:Fifty years ago, a tornadodestroyed downtown Waco andclaimed four Baylor lives.

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It’s been more than 40 years sinceBaylor completed construction on anew campus residence hall, butsoon the University will be sending

out 600 student invitations to a long-term sleepover to begin when the NorthVillage Residential Community opens in2004.

Baylor plans to keep sending similarmass invitations through 2010, followingan ambitious schedule of opening threenew residential villages between 2004and 2010. By then, the University willboast 1,800 new beds on campus andrequire more students –– all freshmenand perhaps sophomores –– to live incampus housing.

But such a requirement may not benecessary, given the thoughtful, attractiveplans for the first model. Dr. FrankShushok Jr., associate dean of CampusLiving & Learning, discovered thatstudents are eager to live in the shadowsof Pat Neff Hall if given a good reason todo so.

“It surprised us how willing studentsare to move back to campus if weprovide a product that’s interesting andmore than meets minimumexpectations,” he said.

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A New Way to LiveBaylor’s North Village heralds a change in campus housing

By Barbara Elmore

Dr. Frank Shushok Jr., associate dean of Campus Living & Learning (left), and Dr. Benjamin S. Kelley, dean of theSchool of Engineering and Computer Science, believe the North Village will benefit students.

create a trulyresidential campus

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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. With

more than 14,000 students and approximately

750 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 Honors College, the Louise Herrington

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 Fiske Guide toColleges and The Princeton Review.

Dr. Robert B. Sloan Jr.President and Chief Executive Officer

David R. BrooksVIce President for Finance and

Administration

Marilyn A. CroneVice President for Human Resources and

Enrollment Management

Dr. Eileen HulmeVice President for Student Life

Dr. Donald D. SchmeltekopfProvost and Vice President for

Academic Affairs

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P resident Robert B. Sloan Jr. has announcedthe appointment of Dr. Stephen Prickett,Regius Professor Emeritus of English

Language and Literature at the University ofGlasgow, Scotland, and a visiting scholar at DukeUniversity, as the new director of Baylor’sArmstrong Browning Library. Dr. Prickett and hiswife, Patricia, plan to relocate to Texas in time forhim to start Aug. 1.

Dr. Prickett succeeds Dr. Mairi Rennie, whoretired after six years as Library director. Aninternationally known Browning authority andscholar, Rennie returned to her native England inAugust 2002.

The son of Methodist missionaries, Dr. Prickettwas born in Sierra Leone and was educated inCanterbury, England. He received degrees fromCambridge and Oxford universities, then taught inNigeria from 1963-65. He completed his doctorateat Cambridge University in 1968 and taught at theUniversity of Sussex, England, for 15 years before

being appointed chair of the English departmentat the Australian National University in Canberra,where he taught from 1983-89.

From 1990-2001, Dr. Prickett held The RegiusChair of English Language and Literature atGlasgow University. He is a former chairman ofthe U.K. Higher Education Foundation, formerpresident of the European Society for the Study ofLiterature and Theology and president of theGeorge MacDonald Society.

Dr. Prickett will be “a major asset” to Baylor’sdoctoral program in religion and literature, saidDr. David L. Jeffrey, Distinguished Professor ofLiterature and Humanities and provost-elect.

“Dr. Prickett is one of the English-speakingworld’s most eminent scholars to have contributedto a deeper understanding of the role of Christiantheology and religious practice in westernliterature,” Dr. Jeffrey said.

Dr. Reagan M. Ramsower, dean of libraries,associate vice president and chief information

officer, said Dr. Prickett is uniquely qualified tolead Baylor’s efforts in developing the Browningcollection and “focusing the world’s attention onthis tremendous scholarly resource.”

“Under his leadership, I know the wonderfulwork of the past directors of the world-renownedArmstrong Browning Library will be preserved andthat new ground will be plowed to plant seeds forfuture generations of Browning and Victorianscholars and enthusiasts,” Dr. Ramsower said.

Dr. Prickett has published one novel, ninemonographs, seven edited volumes and more than80 articles on Romanticism, Victorian studies andrelated topics, especially on literature andtheology. His latest academic book, Narrative,Science and Religion: Fundamentalism versusIrony 1700-1999, was published by CambridgeUniversity Press in May 2002. He is a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Arts, the Society for Values inHigher Education (USA) and the AustralianAcademy of the Humanities. –– Alan Hunt

British Professor to Head ABLStephen Prickett starts Aug. 1 as Armstrong Browning Library director

A number of Baylor programs get highmarks in U.S.News & World Report’s“2004 Best Graduate School” rankings.

Included in the magazine’s “top” categories areBaylor’s law, business, nursing, education, clinicalpsychology, speech-language pathology and otherhealth-related programs, including two Baylor-U.S.Army programs operated at Fort Sam Houston inSan Antonio.

Baylor Law School’s trial advocacy program isranked 11th in the nation, up five spots from lastyear’s ranking. Overall, the law school is ranked51st by U.S. News in its “Top 100 Schools” category.

The Executive MBA program at Baylor’sHankamer School of Business is ranked by U.S.News at 21st in the nation, tying with theMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Baylor’s

entrepreneurship program, meanwhile, was rankedby U.S. News as 23rd in the nation, andEntrepreneur magazine named Baylor as one ofthe best universities for entrepreneurs in its April2003 issue. More than 700 entrepreneurshipprograms were researched for the study, and Baylorappears in the first tier of the list of the top 50nationally recognized academic programs in thecountry.

The master’s degree program at Baylor’s LouiseHerrington School of Nursing is rated 58th by themagazine, while the University’s School ofEducation is ranked 63rd in the survey of thenation’s education schools.

In another ranking, the joint Baylor-U.S. Armymaster’s program in health services administrationis rated 20th, up six places from last year’s ranking.

The program is operated at the Academy of HealthSciences at San Antonio’s Fort Sam Houston forstudents from the armed forces. Another jointBaylor-U.S. Army offering –– the master of physicaltherapy program at Fort Sam Houston –– is ranked13th nationwide by the magazine.

Other Baylor programs featured in the U.S.News graduate listings include speech-languagepathology, ranked 46th in the nation, and thedoctoral program in clinical psychology, rated 82nd.

A complete list of U.S. News & World Reportrankings can be found at www.usnews.com.

–– Alan Hunt

Baylor Scores in U.S. News Rankings

McCormick Named Collins Professor

D r. BlaineMcCormick,assistant

professor ofmanagement, waschosen by Baylor’ssenior class as the 2003Collins OutstandingProfessor.

“I laughed incomplete surprisewhen Dr. (Donald) Schmeltekopf told me aboutthe award,” Dr. McCormick said. “It wascompletely unexpected because I never assumed Itaught enough students to be competitive for theCollins Award. It is, without a doubt, the nicesthonor I’ve received during my short career as amanagement professor.”

Dr. McCormick delivered the annual CollinsLecture titled “Great Texts and the Development ofBusiness Leaders” April 30 and will be recognizedat spring commencement May 17, receiving acash award of $10,000.

Dr. McCormick received his bachelor’s degreefrom Abilene Christian University and his master’sdegree and doctorate from Texas A&M University.

He joined the Baylor faculty in 1998 and receiveda Teaching Excellence Award in 2002.

He is the author of Benjamin Franklin’s 12Rules of Management, At Work With ThomasEdison: 10 Lessons From America’s GreatestInnovator and the forthcoming ShepherdLeadership: Wisdom for Leaders from Psalm 23.Dr. McCormick has appeared on “ABC World NewsTonight with Peter Jennings” to discuss BenjaminFranklin and on CNN to discuss Thomas Edison.

The Carr P. Collins Foundation provides fundsfor the Collins Outstanding Professor program,which is now in its 10th year and was initiated tohonor outstanding teachers at Baylor. All full-timefaculty members who have taught at least fouryears as full-time faculty members at Baylor priorto the fall term and have taught during the fall,winter or spring terms of the year of their electionare eligible to receive the award.

Former recipients include Dr. Joe Cox (1994),Dr. Rosalie Beck (1995), Dr. Randall O’Brien(1996), Dr. F. Ray Wilson (1997), Dr. D. ThomasHanks (1998), Prof. Rachel H. Moore (1999), Dr.Chris Kearney (2000), Dr. Robert G. Packard(2001) and Robert B. Jones, (2002).

–– Julie Carlson

University Junior isTruman Scholar

For the second yearin a row, a Baylorstudent has been

selected for a TrumanScholarship. John Hill,an Arlington junior, isone of 76 studentschosen for theprestigious scholarshipout of 635 applicantsrepresenting 305colleges and universities nationwide.

The Truman Scholarship provides $30,000 ––with $3,000 slated for the student’s senior year and$27,000 earmarked for graduate study. In addition,Truman Scholars receive priority admission andsupplemental financial aid at some premier grad-uate institutions, leadership training, career andgraduate school counseling and special internshipopportunities within the federal government.

Hill follows in the footsteps of Skye Perryman, asenior Waco economics and philosophy major fromWaco who last year was named a Truman Scholar.

Hill, who is working on a double major in polit-ical science and Russian, initiated the One Book,One Waco citywide reading program and also servesas a mentor for seventh grade students through theWaco Reads program. –– Julie Carlson

John Hill

Dr. Blaine McCormick

Meeting the VisionThe University’s interest in

residential villages, or living-learningpartnerships, is tied to Baylor 2012, the10-year Vision. The plan’s secondimperative expresses the desire for atruly residential campus.

“The heart of the Baylor experiencerests in the communion of ideas,experiences, and relationships oncampus,” Dr. Shushok said.

But saying that North Village willprovide the campus with 600 new bedsis a bit like noting your new luxury carcomes with four good tires. It’s theadvantages beyond providing for basichousing needs that are most impressive.

The operational word is not “beds”but “village.” If you think of all thethings you might do in such a village–– attend seminars, pray in a chapel,discuss ideas, shop, cook, have coffeewith friends, work on projects withothers of like mind, go to class, parkyour car and, of course, turn in for thenight –– you begin to catch the visionof what Baylor is building.

ECS partnershipDesigned to foster a “seamless

learning environment,” North Villagewill offer 180 of its 600 new beds tostudents in the School of Engineeringand Computer Science. The rest will goto upperclassmen of any major.Students and their parents are alreadyinterested.

“We have had inquiries,” said Dr.Benjamin S. Kelley, dean of the Schoolof Engineering and Computer Science.News of the village got out quickly, hesaid, because students are members ofa nine-member planning group calledthe Steering Committee for the ECSLiving-Learning Center. Baylor willbreak ground for the building May 16,and the complex will open for residentsby fall 2004.

The School of Engineering and Com-puter Science is an eager and naturalpartner for the first learning-living center.Dr. Kelley’s enthusiasm for the projectwas a big selling point in making hisschool a partner, Dr. Shushok said. Italso seemed a natural fit since NorthVillage will rise next door to the RogersEngineering and Computer ScienceBuilding.

Dr. Shushok said officials from theschool have attended the steering com-mittee’s meetings every other week.

“That was quite a time

commitment for the dean and facultymembers,” he said.

Advantageous residenceDr. Kelley’s excitement stems from

advantages the complex will give hisstudents outside the classroom as wellas inside.

“The most minimal thing we couldhave done was house students togetherthere. This is far beyond that,” he said.“We know that if students in rigorousmajors are together they will do betterbecause they have a support group. Thisunit will take ideas from the classroomand into the living-learning center sothat it’s much more than clusteringstudents in a common living area.”

Dr. Kelley envisions special activitiesthat “bring learning from classroominto living space.” One example mightbe when a distinguished scholar visitsBaylor as a seminar speaker.

“That evening, he might wanderover to the living-learning center andhave an impromptu discussion with agroup of students who happen togather,” Dr. Kelley said.

It’s hoped that the North Villageexperience will encourage informalstudent gatherings and create team-work and leadership skills becauseclassmates will have the space to worktogether. Private living quarters will beunder the same roof, but with separatewings for men and women.To increase student-faculty contactwithin the center, planners includedtwo offices in the new building forfaculty of the School of Engineeringand Computer Science.

Dr. Shushok and other plannersknow that not all Baylor students willwant this kind of living arrangement,but they hope most will. Their goal isto have half of Baylor undergraduatesliving on campus by 2012.

Dr. Kelley expects the North Villageto have a higher percentage offreshmen the first year it’s open than infollowing years.

“The tradition of Baylor is thatwhen you reach your sophomore year,you move off campus,” he said. “Asthis (village concept) develops, we seethem staying on campus, so thepercentage of freshmen will go down.”

Retention benefitsDr. Shushok said one of the main

reasons to house more students oncampus is to bind them to each otherand to the University so they willremain at Baylor until graduation.

“The research is notfuzzy. It’s quite clear thatstudents who live oncampus are moreconnected, more loyal,and retain better,” he said.“Part of any communityis being present.”

Dr. Shushok points tofigures that say collegestudents are 43 percentmore likely to graduatefrom an institution if theylive on campus theirfreshman year. Why?

“They are surroundedby people they get to knowwell, by an environmentthat tells them they belongto something,” he said.Add activities they get toattend on campus withpeople who have similarinterests, and they identifywith the University.

On the other hand, astudent’s circle of friendsshrinks when he moves offcampus. This issomething Dr. Shushokknows all too well, havinglived on campus only oneyear during hisundergraduate career.

“I was very much theBaylor norm,” he said,describing his life atBrooks Hall as a bit iso-lated. “I could have easilybeen one of those retentioncasualties had I not gotteninvolved in activities andmet people.”

After graduating fromBaylor with degrees inhistory and education,Dr. Shushok earmed a master’s degreein higher education and student affairsat Ohio State University. His doctoratein higher education policy analysiscomes from the University of Marylandat College Park. The latter universitiesprovided models for Baylor’s newvillages, he said.

Although he had not anticipatedreturning to Baylor, Dr. Shushok wascompelled by the vision of creating acompletely residential environment. Hereturned in August 2001.

The new thrust toward making thecampus an inviting living space will notignore traditional residence halls, Dr.Shushok said. Planners want to makesure Baylor residence halls are con-

ducive to learning, where people areengaged and understand the connectionto being part of an institution of higherlearning. That means faculty will visitresidence halls to meet and eat withstudents. Career counselors will offerservices within hall space.

New style directors These changes mean Baylor will

look for new kinds of residence halldirectors, individuals with master’sdegrees in higher education adminis-tration, ministry or counseling. Theywill interact with students and beresources for academic problems. Astudent not registered for an upcomingsemester might find her residence hall

director asking why, for example. As Baylor continues to envision its

future campus, the steering committeeand other planners are discussing whatgroups might mix the best in latervillages. Discussions have included theentrepreneur program in the businessschool, a leadership center with aservice emphasis, and a residence witha foreign missions-internationalpolitics focus, to name only a few.Careful planning is the key.

“Partnerships aren’t trivial,” Dr.Shushok said. “They are true marriages.We’re developing a program designed toproduce the best outcomes for studentsin those programs, not just puttingpeople together who have like majors.”

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Let’s Play!Representatives from the University and the Baylor/WacoFoundation gathered April 8 to dedicate a new playground atBaylor’s Piper Child Development Center. The playground ––built with funds given by the Foundation and other donors ––is fully accessible to children with disabilities, who representalmost 20 percent of students enrolled at the Center.Attending the dedication ceremony were (left to right)Lyndon Herrstrom and Debbie Keel, Baylor/Waco Foundation;Pamela Wilder, Piper Center director; Diane Haun, Baylor/WacoFoundation; and Larry Smith and Cathy Pleitz, Baylor UniversityDevelopment.

The Hour’s in the Tower

In an effort to allow morestudents, faculty and staff to enjoythe tradition of Baylor’s Dr PepperHour, the University has expandedthe weekly get-together to includea session in Clifton Robinson Tower.

Dr Pepper Hour began in 1953and is designed to allow the Baylorfamily to socialize overcomplimentary Dr Pepper floats. Itis held at 3 p.m. each Tuesdayduring fall and spring semesters inthe Barfield Drawing Room of theBill Daniel Student Center. On April8, an additional Dr Pepper Hourlocation was introduced inRobinson Tower.

The added Dr Pepper Hourgathering will be offered Tuesdaysat 3 p.m. during the fall and springsemesters in the Robinson Tower6th Floor atrium lobby. –– BN

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As We Onward GoMay 20038-14 Final Exams15-16 Board of Regents Meeting16 Ring Out16 Truett Baccalaureate17 Spring Commencement26 Summer Orientation Begins27 First Summer Term Begins

June 200330 Final Exams and End of First Term

July 20032 Second Summer Term Begins4 Independence Day Holiday16-18 Board of Regents Retreat

August 20036 Final Exams and End of Term9 Summer Commencement21 University Faculty Meeting21-24 Welcome Week25 Fall Classes Begin

Java Jump-startCafé offers coffee and food to Moody Library patrons

B aylor’s Dining Services cut the ribbon April9 for Java City, a café located on the gardenlevel at Moody Memorial Library that offers

an extensive menu of coffee products, fresh bakedgoods, sandwiches and Fresh Market smoothies.

“Our desire in working with Baylor DiningServices was to provide something for our studentsto eat and drink without having to leave thelibrary,” said William Hair, associate dean anddirector of the Central Libraries. “Java City is theculmination of that dream. The quality andattractiveness of the finished product is beyond our

expectations. From the furnishings to the culinaryselections, everything is first class.”

Extending into the Library’s open-air HarveyGarden, Java City features outdoor seating and awalkup window for ordering menu selections. TheHarvey Garden has been redesigned to include asmall stage for live performances. Teak woodbench seating, a sound system and landscapinghave been added.

Java City is open 7:30 a.m.-1 a.m. Mondaysthrough Thursdays, 7:30 a.m.-6 pm. Fridays and3-10 p.m. Sundays, and is closed on Saturdays.

–– Julie Carlson

Dr. Reagan M. Ramsower, dean of libraries, cuts the ribbon on Moody Library’s JavaCity café, which has proven extremely popular with patrons during its first weeks ofoperation. Offerings include coffee, pastries and sandwiches.

Grant Awards (February)

Dr. Eva Doyle, HHPR; $2,250; The Nature, Prevalence, and Health-Related Effects of Stresson Medically Uninsured and Underinsured Farmworkers in East Texas; Southwest Center forOccupational and Environmental Health through Texas Women’s University

Dr. Brian Raines, mathematics; $55,978; Use of the Moore Method; The EducationalAdvancement Foundation

Dr. Max Shauck, Baylor Institute for Air Science; $331,781; CenSARA; additional fundingfor existing project

TOTAL AWARDS: $390,009

Grant Proposals (February)

Dr. Greg Garrett, English; $5,849; Art & Soul 2003; Texas Commission on the Arts

Dr. Beck Taylor, economics; $80,115; Incomes and Outcomes in the NICHD SECCYD;National Institutes of Health through Harvard University

Dr. Charles Tolbert, sociology; $15,322; Oil and Gas Involved Areas Along the Gulf Coast:Phase 2; Mineral Management Services through Louisiana State University

Dr. Peter van Walsum, environmental studies, and Dr. Rene Massengale, biology;$385,515; Technology for a Sustainable Future; National Science Foundation

Dr. Sara Alexander, environmental studies; $6,564; Econnections: Education to Make aWorld of Difference; Sterling-Turner Foundation

TOTAL REQUESTED: $493,365

Research Gazette

B aylor’s Alumni Services division is outfittingUniversity alumni with tools designed tohelp them plan and manage their careers

throughout life.Baylor has contracted with Lee Hecht

Harrison’s Global Career Management Services to provide alumni with online career planningtools and resources, including a job search enginethat can access postings on more than 100,000 job boards.

“This fulfills some of the needs that alumnihave expressed,” said Alan Bowden, director ofgroup programs and activities for Alumni Services.Tools and services include sample résumés andother job search marketing materials, suggestedsteps for conducting a job search, self-assessmenttools and advice about career change anddevelopment, effective networking, interviewingand salary negotiation. There are also a numberof worksheets for career planning, a directory of

more than 6,500 job boards indexed by profession,geography and function, and message boardswhere career coaches answer posted questions.

Baylor alumni can sign up through the CareerTools link on the Alumni Services web site atwww.baylor.edu/alumni. –– Brandon Kirk

Baylor WinsADDY Awards

B aylor faculty, staff and students broughthome a total of 49 awards at the combinedAdvertising Club of Waco/Central Texas Ad

Club League annual American Advertising Awardscompetition Feb. 8.

The Office of Public Relations won five Goldawards for projects including the 2001-2002Baylor financial report, a Jesus, Impact Me! T-shirt, a brochure on the stained glass windowsof Paul W. Powell Chapel, a poster for the 2003Art & Soul Festival and graphics design for theBaylor Youth Programs trailer. They also tookhome six Silver and three Bronze awards as wellas a Special Judges Award for an illustration inBaylor Magazine.

Baylor’s Office of Development Communica-tions and Special Events won a Gold ADDY awardfor a Baylor Christmas ornament design and aSilver award for Baylor-Waco Foundationrecognition illustrations. They won Bronze awardsfor an Old Main Society illustration and theCampaign for Greatness advertising campaign.Tim Holden, graphic designer, designed thepieces.

Eleven Baylor students won a total of 26awards in the ADDY student design competition.Gold award winners included Carissa Johnson,Joshua Smith and Gerardo Lopez Jr. Johnsonreceived Best of Show in the student division andreceived a total of four awards. Silver awardwinners included Veronique Street, Alyson Miles,Courtney McKeand, Victor Scott, Kyle Radford andBrittany Battles, while Bronze award winnersincluded Kyle Phelps and Cami Rose.

Terry M. Roller, professor of art, received oneGold award, one Silver award for the design of aCD by School of Music faculty members Dr.Bradley C. Bolen and Dr. Jeffrey S. Powers, andtwo Bronze awards for projects including designof the Baylor Theatre season bill.

–– Randy Fiedler

Career ToolsNew service helps find work and change careers

Baylor Donors HonoredAlmost 250 Baylor faculty, staff and

retirees were recognized March 20 fortheir continued financial donations tothe University.

During a reception hosted by BaylorPresident and Mrs. Robert B. Sloan Jr.,faculty, staff and retirees who have givenconsecutively to the University for five,10, 15 and 20 years were honored. Therecognition program was introduced byDr. Sloan to acknowledge the donorsand stress the significance of annualgiving.

Dr. Sloan presented honorees withawards engraved with depictions ofcampus landmarks.

“Your efforts inspire others to supportBaylor and promote the University’sworthwhile mission by helping attractother gifts from foundations, corpo-rations and alumni,” Dr. Sloan said.

The faculty/staff campaign is a part ofthe larger Campaign for Greatness, aUniversity-wide effort to raise $500million in current and planned gifts.

–– Angela Siefkes

Waco Hall RenovationsBaylor’s Waco Hall, the site of weekly

Chapel services and numerous musicaland theatrical performances, isundergoing extensive repairs andrenovation this summer in a Universityeffort to modernize the 74-year-oldauditorium. The building will closed May2 and will reopen August 1, forcing mostsummer events traditionally held there torelocate to other campus venues.

“Waco Hall is an important facilityboth to Baylor and the Waco community,so improvements to such a premiervenue will have a positive impact,” saidRick Creel, assistant vice president foroperations and facilities.

Enhancements to Waco Hall willinclude the installation of a new ceiling,flooring and carpeting and refurbishedseating –– including padded seating forthe balcony seats –– and the painting ofwalls. It will mark the auditorium’s firstcomplete renovation, although goldupholstery seating was introduced in1965 and updated carpet was installedin 1985. –– Jenifer Fergason

Dr. Donald D. SchmeltekopfProvost and Vice Presidentfor Academic Affairs

O ver the past several months,most of us in the academicdivision have been engaged

in the annual process of interviewingand evaluating individuals who couldor who will become permanentmembers of the Baylor faculty. We havealso been assessing some of ourcolleagues as tenure candidates. Inthese evaluations we have, of course,employed the standard criteria —judging each individual’s capacity toperform at a high level in teaching,research and service. But beyond thesestandard criteria, we –– at least manyof us –– have been equally concernedabout how the candidates understandor might understand their work atBaylor as a career, a profession or acalling. This question is clearlyrelevant to our vision of Baylor as aChristian university.

Losing our way?In his recently published book,

Beleaguered Rulers: The PublicObligation of the Professional,William F. May, Maguire Professor ofEthics, Emeritus, at SouthernMethodist University, argues that we inthe academy, just as many members ofthe other major professions, are feelingincreasingly marginalized ––“beleaguered” –– in our work asacademics and are often finding lessmeaning in what we do. Professor Maybelieves we are losing our way. We arelosing our way because too many of ushave shifted our orientation asprofessionals from the social oraltruistic justification of our work,which reflects fundamental elements ofthe Biblical narrative, to personal, self-interested justification. Behind thatclaim is another –– that this shiftfrom altruistic to self-centered aims isprecisely the outcome that the modernEnlightenment university helped toachieve. The typical modern universityof the 20th and now the 21st centuryrecognizes as true only those claimsthat can be grounded in senseperception, empirical evidence orunrooted reason. Theological,metaphysical and moral truth claimsare largely rejected as meaningless orunintelligible. Such statements, whichgive rise to the deeper meaningsattached to the value of work, are seenwithin the context of the positivistuniversity as statements of merepersonal preference, hence essentiallyirrelevant.

Increasing careerismIn my experience in higher

education over the past 35 years, I haveincreasingly encountered within theprofessoriate as well as amongadministrators an unquestioningacceptance of the idea of what onemight call “careerism,” though many

in Christian higher education havestood in opposition to this trend. Acareerist is an individual whoseprimary goal, with respect to work, is tosatisfy self-interest: getting the highestpossible salary, moving to the next bestposition, climbing the career ladder,establishing contacts who can help inthis trajectory, and the like. Of course,we all want to provide materially forourselves and our families and we alldesire respect and a degree of socialstatus, and to this extent we all valueour careers, but for the careerist theprimary end is about power, positionand prestige. Professor May reminds usthat the words “career” and “car”come from the same root: too many ofus are “off and running,” seeking ourown self-aggrandizement whereverluck, whim and skill might take us.Furthermore, the modern universityhas taught this lesson to its studentsdisturbingly well. One only has to notethe enormous concern many of today’sstudents have to build their resumes asthey attempt to “take off” and toquickly achieve personal success intheir individualized careers.

The idea of work as a “profession”rather than simply a career introducesthree additional and importantconsiderations, May tells us. First, in aprofession, one “professes” –– standsfor –– something; second, oneprofesses for the benefit of others; andthird, the “profession” takes place in acommunity and among colleagues. Inthe academy, we profess knowledge andtruth, we profess for the benefit of our

students and the larger society and weprofess not in isolation but incontribution to and under thecontinuing tutelage and correction ofour colleagues and of the guilds towhich we belong. The carrying out ofthese responsibilities requires therequisite intellectual standards and thenecessary moral virtues, such as

honesty, fairness, perseverance andcharity. Another important value of theprofessional, one that May emphasizes,is pro bono work, done freely for thepublic good. Unlike the self-centeredcareerist, the professional works in theservice of others, and sometimeswithout pay.

Professionals become careeristswhenever they lose sight of thenormative meaning of their work ––service –– and adopt instead a private,self-interested view. Fact becomesseparated from value, just as the

modern secular university would haveit. The idea of work as a noble publicgood, which has its roots in thetheological idea of the “calling,”becomes radically transmogrified. Mayargues forcefully for the need toreconnect the professions with theirtheological foundation. He writes, “Themoral mark of the professional...traces

back to the biblical concept of avocation or calling, directed to theservice of human need.” (10)

Work as a callingThe concept of calling or its

equivalent appears frequently inScripture. Abraham and Moses werecalled, spoken to by God, as were theprophets like Elijah, Hosea, Amos,Micah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Maynotes in particular “the publiccharacter of their service to the peopleof God.” (15) The Pauline writings areimbued with the language of calling.For example, in Ephesians, we read,“I...beg you to lead a life worthy of thecalling to which you have beencalled....[G]race was given to each ofus, according to the measure of Christ’sgift....And his gifts were that someshould be apostles, some prophets,some evangelists, some pastors andteachers, for the equipment of thesaints, for the work of ministry, forbuilding up the body of Christ.” (4: 1;7;11-12)

It is clear from the biblical traditionthat work is meant to have religiouscharacter. That is, work is not to bedone “as unto ourselves” but as a callto love and serve our neighbors inGod’s name. This applies to alllegitimate work, not just to theprofessions, but those in theprofessions, as the spiritual leaders ofIsrael and as the Apostle Paul imply,have a special obligation to serve thecommon good because of the highoffice they hold and the public trustthey have been granted. The concept ofcalling, then, provides the moral andtheological grounding for all theprofessions –– law, medicine,engineering, corporate management,politics, positions within the media, theministry and the academic life. AsProfessor May observes, “In thelanguage of the philosophers, God isthe efficient cause of one’s vocation ––

God does the calling; and the commongood defines the final cause towardwhich the vocation points.” (15)

Therefore, let it be said of all of usat Baylor in the years ahead that wenot only affirm this link between ourhonored profession and the vocation towhich God has called us, but also thatwe act on it as well, always attemptingto recruit, nurture and tenure othersinto this community of learning whowill do likewise. With equal resolve andfaithfulness, let us also teach ourstudents to understand their lives andtheir work as a service to others, inGod’s name.

5MAY 2003

Career, Profession, CallingBaylor’s retiring provost rejects a trend toward careerism in academic life

Dr. Donald D. Schmeltekopf

“Let it be said...that we not

only affirm this link

between our honored

profession and the vocation

to which God has called us,

but also that we act on it as

well, always attempting to

recruit, nurture, and tenure

others into this community

of learning who will do

likewise. ”

Miller Honored

Ann Miller, professor of Englishand Master Teacher, was

presented April 23 with an honorarydoctor of humane letters degreeduring the annual Honors WeekConvocation.

“In honoring Professor Ann Miller,we also honor the tradition of greatteaching at Baylor University,” said Dr.Wallace Daniel, dean of the College ofArts and Sciences. “The capacity toinspire, to connect to others, tochallenge dogma, and to upliftaspirations are qualities that areingrained in teaching. Professor Millerexemplifies these qualities, and hasalways exemplified them, parexcellence.”

Miller graduated from Baylor in1949 and was appointed to the Englishdepartment faculty in 1961. Named afull professor in 1984, she wasdesignated a Master Teacher ofLiterature in 1992, one of the first twoprofessors to attain this distinction.Miller, who also is recognized as apoet, is revered by many alumni as aprofessor who heightened theirappreciation for literature.

–– Julie Carlson

“Let it be said...that we not

only affirm this link

between our honored

profession and the vocation

to which God has called us,

but also that we act on it as

well, always attempting to

recruit, nurture, and tenure

others into this community

of learning who will do

likewise. ”

Dr. Gregory A. Benesh, professor of physics,presented “The Chemisorptive Bonding of CarbonMonoxide on Fe(001)” March 5 at an AmericanPhysical Society meeting in Austin.

▼Cynthia A. Burgess, senior lecturer andlibrarian/curator of books and printed materials atArmstrong Browning Library, and Rita S.Patteson, assistant professor and librarian/curatorof manuscripts at Armstrong Browning Library,presented sections of a session titled “Old Texts, NewChallenges: A Special Session on Edition ElizabethBarrett Browning’s Collected Works” March 13-16 at theUniversity of Western Ontario in London, Canada.

▼Dr. Joel S. Burnett, assistant professor of religion,presented “Onomastic Evidence for Deities of Iron AgeTransjordan” and “The Elohistic Psalter Revisited” Mar.15-16 at a Southwest Commission on Religious Studiesmeeting in Irving.

▼Dr. Kenneth W. Busch, professor of chemistry,and Dennis Rabbe, Baylor graduate student, had aco-authored paper titled “Prediction of Blood PlasmaProgesterone via Near Infrared TransmittanceSpectroscopy” presented Feb. 1-5 at an American Societyof Animal Science Southern section meeting in Mobile,Ala. Presenter was Ron Randel, Texas A&M University,and additional co-authors are Randel, D. Tolleson andJ. Stuth, Texas A&M University.

▼Dr. Dawn S. Carlson, assistant professor ofmanagement, Dr. Nancy B. Upton, professor ofmanagement and The Ben H. Williams Professor ofEntrepreneurship, Dr. Samuel L. Seaman,professor of statistics and quantitative business analysis,and Dr. Elisabeth J. Teal, assistant professor ofmanagement, presented a co-authored paper titled “TheImpact of Human Resources on Performance: AnExamination of Family-owned Firms” in April at theWestern Decision Sciences Institute in Kauai, Hawaii.

▼Dr. A.J. Conyers III, professor of theology at TruettSeminary, presented “Two Kinds of Toleration: TheHistory and Meaning of a Public Virtue” and preached aLenten sermon at the First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa.

▼Dr. Richard C. Chewning, professor emeritus ofmanagement and the former Hazel and HarryChavanne Professor of Christian Ethics and Business,presented six lectures Feb. 26-27 at Indiana WesleyanUniversity in Marion.

▼Laura Davalos-Lind, coordinator of Baylor’sChapala Ecology Station, presented “Twenty Years ofBaylor’s Research in Lake Chapala” Jan. 18 at theUniversity of North Texas in Denton. She and Dr.Owen T. Lind, professor of biology, presented “AlgalGrowth Potential and Limiting Nutrient Linkages withRiver Discharge and Land Use” in December at a TexasRivers and Reservoirs Society meeting in Austin.

▼Dr. Sharyn E. Dowd, associate professor of religion,presented “Chreia Studies in the Gospel of Mark:Retrospect and Prospect” March 15 at a Society of BiblicalLiterature southwestern regional meeting in Dallas.

▼Dr. C. Stephen Evans, University Professor ofPhilosophy and Humanities, presented “Does Belief inGod Make Sense in an Evolutionary World?,” “Couldthe Historical Jesus be God Incarnate?,” “Jesus as GodIncarnate in a Pluralistic Religious World” and “MyJourney as a Philosopher and a Christian” Feb. 28-March 2 at On Being a Christian and Philosopher:Conversations Concerning Contemporary Challenges toChristian Belief, held at Hendrix College in Conway, Ark.

▼Dr. Kevin J. Gardner, associate professor ofEnglish, presented “Timon’s Potlach: Generosity andProdigality in Pope’s Epistle to Burlington” March 6-8at a South Central Society for Eighteenth CenturyStudies meeting in Fort Worth.

▼Dr. Charles M. Garner, associate professor ofchemistry, presented a seminar titled “New OrganicGelling Agents: A Discovery in Materials Science” Feb.27 at Texas A&M University in Commerce.

▼Sue Herring, senior research analyst, InformationManagement and Testing Services, and Shelly

Hammer, manager of student systems, InformationSystems and Services, presented “Top Ten Things WeWish We Had Known Before We Started This Project” inMarch at the SCT SUMMIT conference in New Orleans.

▼Dr. Richard B. Kreider, chair and professor ofhealth, human performance and recreation, presented“Effective and Ineffective Nutritional Strategies toPromote Weight Gain and Weight Loss” and“Performance Enhancement Nutrition: NutritionalStrategies to Optimize Performance and PreventOvertraining” Dec. 7-8 at a Society of Italian Fitnessand Motor Science meeting in Rimini, Italy. Hepresented “Bridging Exercise Science and SportsNutrition: Research to Support Athletic Protocols” andwith Susan M. Kleiner, University of Washington Schoolof Medicine, presented the co-authored paper “BuildMuscle, Gain Energy, Lose Fat” March 14-15 at SCANSymposium 2003: Advancing the Practice of SportsNutrition in Chicago.

▼Dr. Dorothy E. Leidner, professor of informationsystems and director of the Center for KnowledgeManagement, presented “An Empirical Examination ofthe Influence of Organizational Culture on KnowledgeManagement Initiatives” Feb. 18 at the University ofHouston and Feb. 27 at the Queen’s University Centrefor Knowledge-based Enterprises in Kingston, Canada.She presented “How CIOs Manage InformationTechnology During Economic Decline” March 8 atIndiana University in Bloomington.

▼Dr. J.R. LeMaster, professor of English, readpoems from his book Journey to Beijing March 13-15at a South Central Conference on Christianity andLiterature meeting in New Orleans.

▼Dr. Owen T. Lind, professor of biology, presented“Riverine and Transition Zone BacterioplanktonCommunity Dynamics in response to Pulsed RiverInflow” in December at the Great Plains LimnologyConference in Lake Texoma, Okla.

▼Dr. Timothy R. McKinney, associate professor ofmusic theory, presented “Music and Rhetoric inVicentino’s Solo e Pensoso” March 7 at a South CentralRenaissance Conference in New Orleans.

▼Kimberly D. Mencken, lecturer in economics,Susan Lucenay, Midway Independent School District,and Terri Cox, Cameron Park Zoo, presented aworkshop for elementary and middle school teacherstitled “Create a Zoo and Learn Economics, Too!” March18 at Cameron Park Zoo in Waco.

▼Dr. Roger E. Olson, professor of theology atTruett Seminary, taught a study of 1 Corinthians March2-6 at Lorena Baptist Church. He presented “Is OpenTheism an Evangelical Option?” March 11 at WaylandBaptist University in Wichita Falls. He participated in apanel discussion titled “Calvinism on BaptistCampuses” March 14 at a National Association ofBaptist Professors of Religion regional meeting inDallas.

▼Dr. Benjamin A. Pierce, professor of biology,presented a poster titled “Model Leadership Courses forCommunity-based Research” Feb. 13-16 at anAmerican Association for the Advancement of Sciencemeeting in Denver.

▼Dr. Andy Pittman, associate professor of health,human performance and recreation, presented a paperon the Southwest Key Program v. Gil-Perez case Feb. 6at a Southern District American Alliance for Health,Physical Education, Recreation and Dance conventionin Savannah, Ga. He and Paul Batista, Texas A&MUniversity, presented “Foul Ball: Revisiting the LimitedDuty Role for Baseball Facility Owners and Operators”March 7 at a Society for the Study of the Legal Aspects ofSport and Physical Activity conference in Atlanta.

▼Theresa A. Posani, lecturer in nursing, presented“Making Cents in Turbulent Waters: How to ProveYourself as a CNS During Budget Time” March 7 at anOklahoma Association of Clinical Nurse Specialistsmeeting in Oklahoma City. She presented a paper titled“In the Palm of Your Hand: The CNS and the PersonalDigital Assistant (PDA)” and a poster titled “Use of theIntranet: Implications for Continuing Education”March 27-29 at a National Association of Clinical NurseSpecialists annual meeting in Pittsburgh.

▼Dr. Daniel Rajaratnam, associate professor ofmarketing, presented a paper titled “A Test ofEquifinality: Insights into Strategy-PerformanceRelationships in Service Firms” March 8 at a SouthwestAcademy of Management meeting in Houston. Thepaper was published in the meeting proceedings.

▼Dr. Frances Strodtbeck, associate professor ofnursing, presented “Early Enteral Feedings in the NICU”and participated in a publication meeting Feb. 14 anInstitute of Pediatric Research meeting in Phoenix.

▼Dr. Charles H. Talbert, Distinguished Professorof Religion, presented “From What Perspective ShouldWe Read Romans?” and “A Response to RobertGagnon’s The Bible and Homosexual Practice” March15 at a National Association of Baptist Professors ofReligion southwest regional meeting in Dallas.

▼Dr. John F. Tanner, associate professor ofmarketing, presented “Integrating Your Curriculum:How Do I Get Them to Like My Class When This Ain’tTheir Major?” March 7 at an Academy of CollegiateMarketing Educators conference in Houston.

▼Dr. Kenneth W. Van Treuren, associateprofessor of engineering, chaired a session and presented“An Applications-oriented Gas Turbine LaboratoryExperience” March 19-21 at an American Society forEngineering Education Gulf-Southwest conference at theUniversity of Texas at Arlington. He had a co-authoredpaper titled “Mapping the Flow Characteristics of theBaylor University Wind Tunnel” presented by co-authorMelanie Hagewood, Baylor undergraduate,which was published in the conference proceedings andwon the Best Student Paper Award.

▼Dr. G. Peter van Walsum, assistant professor ofenvironmental studies, presented a co-authored papertitled “Analysis of Carbonic Acid PretreatmentHydrolysates Derived from Aspen Wood and Corn Stover”June 17-21, 2002, at a European Conference andTechnology Exhibition on Biomass for Energy, Industryand Climate Protection in Amsterdam. Co-authors areRobert McWilliams, former Baylor graduate student, andHelen Shi, high school student. He had a co-authoredpaper titled “Conversion of Paper Sludge to Ethanol in aNovel Semi-continuous Solids-fed Reactor SystemCapable of Metered Aseptic Delivery of Solid Substrates”presented April 29-May 2 at a Symposium onBiotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals annual meetingin Gatlinburg, Tenn. Zhiliang Fan, Dartmouth College,was the presenter and there are multiple co-authors.

▼Dr. Kenneth T. Wilkins, professor of biology andassociate dean for graduate studies and research, had aco-authored paper titled “Effects of an Invasive Species,Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) on theRodent Community in Native Tallgrass Prairie” inFebruary at a Texas Society of Mammalogists meetingin Junction. Presenter and co-author was CathyEarly, Baylor graduate student.

▼Dr. Daniel E. Wivagg, professor of biology anddirector of undergraduate studies, presented a workshopon the advanced placement biology exam Feb. 15 tosecondary teachers at a College Board AdvancedPlacement Assessment conference in Tulsa.

▼Dr. Frank B. Wyatt, assistant professor of health,human performance and recreation, presented “HeartRate Threshold (HRT): Detection, Association withOther Physiological Thresholds and Training the HRT”March 7 at a Texas Chapter of the American College ofSports Medicine meeting in Houston.

▼Three English faculty participated Feb. 27-March 1 in aConference of College Teachers of English meeting in SanAntonio: Dr. J.R. LeMaster, professor, participated inan executive council meeting and chaired a session; Dr. Maurice A. Hunt, chair and professor, chaired aTexas Association of Departments of English meeting; andRobert F. Darden III, assistant professor, presented“On the Eighth Day, God Laughed.”

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May 8, 1936 –– Baylor’s KeysQuadruplets leave by train withPresident Pat Neff on a nine-daypublicity tour across the country. Duringthe trip, Neff and the Keys will visit theDionne Quintuplets, meet VicePresident John Nance Garner, havelunch with the Texas Congressionaldelegation and speak on a nationwideNBC Radio broadcast.

May 8, 1998 –– Ground is broken forthe 150,000-square-foot Student LifeCenter, which eventually will be namedin honor of fundraising campaign chairDrayton McLane.

May 14, 1901 –– Baylor presidentemeritus Rufus C. Burleson dies at age77. Before the end, he asks that his bedbe turned so he can look one moretime at the spires of the Main buildingand Burleson Hall. Thirty years later tothe day, Baylor president Samuel PalmerBrooks dies at age 67 after a long fightwith cancer.

May 17, 1989 –– Twelve inches of rainfalls in five hours, sending Waco Creekout of its banks on the Baylor campus.The flood damages students’belongings in nearby apartmentcomplexes, fills cars with water andmud, destroys a faculty parking lot andleaves up to three inches of water in anumber of campus buildings.

–– Compiled by Randy Fiedler

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Matt Knoll, tennis, and wife, Greta,on the birth of their sons, Erik andKarch Knoll.

Stephanie MacVeigh, studentpublications, and husband, Matt, onthe birth of their daughter, AshleynMacVeigh.

John H. Morton, former computerlaboratories manager, and wife, MaryAnn, on their 50th weddinganniversary.

Best wishes toDr. W. Merle Alexander, professor

emeritus of physics, on his recenthospitalization.

With sympathy toMary Ellen Davenport, assistant

professor emeritus of nursing, on thedeath of her husband, WarrenDavenport.

Ceylon Hood, Registrar's Office, onthe death of her mother, Laura White.

The family of Jack W. Hudson,former senior systems analyst in theCenter for Computing and InformationSystems, on his death.

Penny Jacko, public relations, onthe death of her father, Ed McCoy.

Dr. Carlos Manzanares, chemistry,on the death of his son, ChristopherManzanares.

7MAY 2003

Dr. Susan P. Bratton, chair and associateprofessor of environmental studies, had a chapter titled“Christian Ecotheology and the Hebrew Scriptures”published in Franciscan Theology of theEnvironment: An Introductory Reader by FranciscanPress, edited by Dawn M. Nothwehr (pp. 47-66, 2002).She had a co-authored article titled “Ethical Responsesto Irish Commercial Fisheries Decline” published inEthics and the Environment (Vol. 7, No. 1, 2002). Co-author is Shawn Hinz, Whitworth College.

▼Dr. Kenneth W. Busch, professor of chemistry,and Dr. Marianna A. Busch, chair and professorof chemistry and biochemistry, had a co-authoredarticle titled “Determination of the EnantiometricComposition of Guest Molecules by ChemometricAnalysis of the UV-visible Spectra of Cyclodextrin Guest-host Complexes” published in Journal of the AmericanChemical Society (Vol. 125, pp. 1690-1691, 2002). Co-authors are Isabel M. Swamidoss, visitingassistant professor of chemistry, and Sayo O.Fakayode, Baylor graduate student.

▼Dr. A.J. Conyers III, professor of theology at TruettSeminary, had an article titled “Simms’s Reading ofHistory as Prophylactic Against American ReligiousFundamentalism: The Issue of Fictive Technique inHistory” published in The Simms Review (Vol. 10, No.2, winter 2002). He had an article titled “Simms’sIncarnational Theology and the Emerging Americanreligion” published in The Southern Quarterly: AJournal of the Arts in the South (winter 2003). He hada book titled Last Things: The Heart of New TestamentEschatology published by St. Augustine’s Press (2003).

▼Robert F. Darden III, assistant professor ofEnglish, had a book titled Corporate Giants: PersonalStories of Faith and Finance accepted for publicationin native language editions in Indonesia, thePhilippines and China.

▼Dr. William V. Davis, professor of English andWriter-in-Residence, had an article titled “‘Talked to bySilence’: Apocalyptic Yearnings in Louise Glück’s TheWild Iris” published in Christianity and Literature(Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 47-56, autumn 2002).

▼Dr. Sharyn E. Dowd, associate professor ofreligion, had a review of the Sacra Pagina commentaryon the Gospel of Mark by J.R. Donahue and D.Harrington published in Catholic Biblical Quarterly(Vol. 65, No. 1, 2003).

▼Dr. James B. Farison, chair and professor ofengineering, had a co-authored article titled“Noninvasive Measurement of Shear Rate in Autologousand Prosthetic Bypass Grafts” published in Vascularand Endovascular Surgery (November/December2002). There are multiple co-authors from the JobstVascular Center in Toledo, Ohio.

▼Dr. Timothy W. Flynn, director of the graduateprogram in physical therapy at Fort Sam Houston, hada co-authored article titled “Nonsurgical Managementof Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A LiteratureReview and a Case Series of Three Patients Managedwith Physical Therapy” published in Physical Medicineand Rehabilitation Clinics of North America (Vol. 14,pp. 77-101, 2003). Co-authors are Julie M.Whitman, Baylor graduate, and Julie M. Fritz,University of Pittsburgh.

▼Dr. Joe B. Fulton, associate professor of English,had an article titled “The ‘Enviable Detachment of theAnthropologist’: Barbara Pym’s AnthropologicalAesthetic” published in Papers on Language andLiterature (Vol. 39, No. 1, winter 2003).

▼Dr. Charles M. Garner, associate professor ofchemistry, Dr. Robert R. Kane, assistant professorof chemistry, and Dr. Kevin G. Pinney, associateprofessor of chemistry, had a co-authored article titled“OXi 4503, A Novel Vascular Targeting Agent: Effects onBlood Flow and Anti-tumor Activity in Comparison toCombretastatin A-4 Phosphate” accepted for publicationin an upcoming issue of Anticancer Research. Thereare multiple co-authors. Dr. Garner and Dr. Pinney hada co-authored article titled “Synthesis of 4-Methoxy-3,5-Dinitrobenzaldehyde: A Correction to Supposed Tele

Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution” accepted forpublication in an upcoming issue of TetrahedronLetters. Additional co-authors are Keith Monk andRogelio Siles, Baylor graduate students.

▼Kathy R. Hillman, associate professor andacquisitions librarian, had an article titled “Partners inPurpose” published in Baptist Way: Brief Basics forTexas Baptists (March-April-May 2003).

▼Dr. Richard B. Kreider, chair and professor ofhealth, human performance and recreation, had thefollowing articles published in Molecular and CellularBiochemistry (Vol. 244, 2003): “Effects of CreatineSupplementation on Performance and TrainingAdaptations” (pp. 89-94); “Long-term CreatineSupplementation Does Not Significantly Affect ClinicalMarkers of Health in Athletes” (pp. 95-104), withmultiple co-authors; and “Creating SupplementationDuring College Football Training Does Not Increase theIncidence of Cramping of Injury” (pp. 83-88), withmultiple co-authors. He had a co-authored article titled“Effects of Oral D-ribose Supplementation on AnaerobicCapacity and Selected Metabolic Markers in HealthyMales” published in International Journal of SportNutrition and Exercise Biochemistry (Vol. 13, pp. 76-86, 2003). There are multiple co-authors. He had thefollowing articles published in Muscular Development(Vol. 40, No. 1, 2003): “Protein Thermogenesis” (pp.290-298); “Exploring Alternatives to Ephedra” (pp. 298-304); “Research Update: Alpha-lipoic Acid” (pp. 272-274); and “Protein Update: Latest Research Findings”(pp. 282-287). He had the following articles publishedin Fitness Rx (Vol. 2, No. 1, 2003): “ProteinThermogenesis” (pp. 70-73); and “ExploringAlternatives to Ephedra” (pp. 108-111). He had thefollowing articles published in Muscular Development(Vol. 40, No. 4, 2003): “Creatine and Glycine” (pp. 280-284); and “Histidine and Carnosine” (pp. 280-284).

▼Dr. Owen T. Lind, professor of biology, LauraDavalos-Lind, coordinator of Baylor’s ChapalaEcology Station, and Brad Christian, Baylorgraduate student, had a co-authored article titled“Factors Affecting Bacterioplankton Size and Abundancein Anoxic Hypolimina” published in Verh. Internat.Verein. Limnol (Vol. 28, pp. 705-709).

▼Dr. Rafer S. Lutz, assistant professor of health,human performance and recreation, had an articletitled “Covert Muscle Excitation is Outflow from theCentral Generation of Motor Imagery” published inBehavioral Brain Research (Vol. 140, pp. 149-163,2003).

▼Dr. J. Wesley Null, assistant professor ofcurriculum and instruction, had an article titled “Whois Responsible for Student Learning?” published inKappa Delta Pi Record (spring 2003).

▼Dr. Andy Pittman, associate professor of health,human performance and recreation, had a co-authoredbook titled A Casebook Approach to Legal Concepts inSport: The Most Important Cases of the 20th Century(2002). Co-authors are Dr. J.O. Spengler, University ofFlorida, and Dr. Sarah Young, University of Indiana.

▼Dr. Frances Strodtbeck, associate professor ofnursing, had an article titled “The Role of Early EnteralNutrition in Protecting Premature Infants from Sepsis”published in Critical Care Nursing Clinics of NorthAmerica (Vol. 15, pp. 79-87, 2003).

▼Dr. Joseph D. White, assistant professor of biology,had a co-authored article titled “Assessment of RegionalForest and Scrub Productivity Using a Coupled VegetationProcess Model with Remote Sensing” published inGeocarto International (Vol. 17, No. 3, 2002). Co-authors are Dr. Nicholas Coops, Commonwealth Scientificand Industrial Research Organization-Australia, and Dr.Neal Scott, Woods Hole Research Center. Dr. White and Dr.Coops had a co-authored chapter titled “Modeling ForestProductivity Using Data Acquired Through RemoteSensing” published in a book titled Remote Sensing ofForest Environments: Concepts and Case Studies byKluwer Academic Press, edited by M. Wulder and S.Franklin (2003).

▼Dr. Mary Ann Yantis, assistant professor ofnursing, had an article titled “Assisting Patients UsingPositive Airway Pressure Therapy” published in HomeHealthcare Nurse (Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 161-167, 2003).

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N ecessity led MoodyLibrary’s BarbaraHodge to unleash her

entrepreneurial spirit andcreativity while sharing awarm glow with hercustomers. Over the years, herhomemade candles havebecome popular purchasesamong Baylor faculty andstaff.

“It’s just a side business,”Hodge, bibliographicaccounting control assistant,said. “I love my job in Moody,and it comes first. I gothrough 2,500 to 3,000 libraryacquisitions a month.”

Her aromatic candleenterprise was born aboutthree years ago. Hodge neededextensive –– and expensive–– dental surgery, so she put her creativeproblem-solving skills to work and started acandle-making business. She turned a largecloset in her home into a small workshop.

“I keep all my candle and soap equipmentand supplies in there,” she said.

Becoming a candle maker required work andperseverance. It took her more than nine monthsto perfect her formulas and methods beforeactually selling any candles, but the process paidoff. Her creations, beautiful gel and wax votives,are available in a variety of scents.

“I’m working on perfecting a formula for acontainer wax,” she said.

Once she paid for the dental surgery, Hodgecontinued making the gel candles, which aremade with clear gel and have glass beads in thebottom of a glass container. If a candle has apastel tint, it is the refraction of the bead colorthrough the clear gel. A characteristic of some of

Hodge’s candles is a look of carbonation. “The bubbles are created by heating the

liquid to a higher temperature,” she said. “Afterheating, you add the scent. For bubble-freecandles, you have to pour the gel into thecontainers at a much lower temperature.”

Hodge has expanded her business offerings. “I’m making soaps now, too, and they are all

natural,” she said. Her first soaps consisted oflanolin and liquid silk, and she also makes anatural oatmeal exfoliating soap.

Hodge does not use traditional paidadvertising to promote her business.

“It only spreads by word of mouth,” she said.“Advertising could cause it to get too big, and Idon’t want that. Right now, it’s a hobby. I can doit at my own leisure, and I want to keep it thatway. It brings me a lot of joy to be creative, and Ithink anyone can do it. Sometimes you surpriseyourself with what you can do.” –– Judy Long

Barbara Hodge with some of her candles, which shecreates using a process she developed.

Waxing EloquentBaylor librarian’s candles warm many a campus heart

Profile

Dr. Susan P. Bratton, chair and associateprofessor of environmental studies, was appointed to anenvironmental field studies advisory panel at AuSableInstitute in Madison, Wis.

▼Dr. Joel S. Burnett, assistant professor of religion,received the 2003 junior scholar grant from theSouthwest Commission on Religious Studies.

▼Dr. A.J. Conyers III, professor of theology at TruettSeminary, was elected to the board of the AbbevilleInstitute.

▼Dr. Maurice A. Hunt, chair and professor ofEnglish, was elected to the Conference of CollegeTeachers of English executive council.

▼Dr. Ute S. Lahaie, assistant professor of German anddirector of the Language Acquisition Center, was electedpresident of the South Central Association for LanguageLearning Technology and secretary of the InternationalAssociation for Language Learning Technology.

▼Dr. Owen T. Lind, professor of biology, was a guesteditor of an issue of the North American LakeManagement Society magazine LakeLine.

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Dr. William V. May, dean of the School of Musicand professor of music education, was elected presidentof the Texas Association of Music Schools.

▼Dr. Mitchell J. Neubert, assistant professor ofmanagement and The H.R. Gibson Endowed Chair ofManagement Development, had a co-authored articletitled “Program Commitment: A Multi-studyLongitudinal Field Investigation of its Impact andAntecedents” nominated for the William A. OwensScholarly Achievement Award from the Society ofIndustrial and Organizational Psychology. Co-author isSteve Cady, Bowling Green State University.

▼Dr. J. Wesley Null, assistant professor ofcurriculum and instruction, was appointed to theEducational Studies: A Journal in Foundations ofEducation and American Educational HistoryJournal editorial review panels.

▼Dr. Andy Pittman, associate professor of health,human performance and recreation, was appointedchair of the Texas Association for Health, PhysicalEducation, Recreation and Dance. He became the firstrecipient of a second Presidents Award from the Societyfor the Study of the Legal Aspects of Sport and PhysicalActivity.

▼Calvin B. Smith, chair and associate professor ofmuseum studies, was presented with the President’sAward for lifetime achievement from the TexasAssociation of Museums.

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May 11 MemoriesA half century ago, the Waco Tornado left four dead at Baylor and changed the campus skyline

F ifty years ago on May 11, 1953, Baylorstudents were finishing up their lastround of classes before dinner. The black

dread some felt for approaching final exams wassurpassed only by dark rain clouds that hadchased away sunny skies. No one knew that anextremely powerful tornado was about to strikeWaco, bringing death and destruction to aMonday afternoon.

The tornado demolished much of Waco’scentral business district and killed114 people, including a Baylorfaculty couple and two students. Itremains tied with a 1902 twister inGoliad for the dubious distinctionof being the deadliest tornado inTexas history.

Dr. Robert G. Packard, professoremeritus of physics and MasterTeacher, remembers the irony ofhis class listening to a guestspeaker talk about using weatherballoons to predict storms whenthe tornado hit. Power in CarrollScience and other campusbuildings went off, but Dr. Packarddidn’t realize a tornado had hituntil he made his way downtownsoon after class.

“Waco looked like a city thathad been bombed. Debris waseverywhere,” he said. “If thetornado had hit about 30 minuteslater, it probably would have killed a greatnumber of Baylor students who would have gonedowntown to eat.”

Tommy Turner, who would later becomeassistant to Baylor President Abner V. McCall, wasa reporter covering Waco for The Dallas MorningNews when the tornado hit.

“It almost overwhelmed me,” he said. “Youcouldn’t get within about four blocks of themiddle of town. The entire R.T. Dennis Co.Building had shifted and slid into the street, andthe bricks next to the curb were between 5-to-20feet deep. Electric lines were hanging down andpopping and water on the streets was 6 inchesdeep because it had just rained, so I don’t know

why we didn’t all get electrocuted. Gas lines hadbroken, and if anybody had lit a cigarette we’dhave all gone up.”

The collapse of the Dennis building was thesingle largest cause of deaths in the tornado. TwoBaylor students who worked there died when itfell –– Rev. Cecil Parten, a ministerial studentfrom Sweeny, and James Neal Jr., a Waco nightschool student.

Outside the Dennis building, Keith James, a

Baylor philosophy professor, and hiswife, Mary, were in their car stopped ata traffic light.

“They had been at the First BaptistChurch at a Sunday school meetingwhen the clouds darkened,” Dr.Packard said. “They got ready to leave and wereasked to wait until the storm was over. But theysaid ‘no, our children are at home and they’ll befrightened.’ As they stopped for the light near theR.T. Dennis building, it got hit by the tornado,fell into the street and crushed them in their car.”

Soon after the tornado, more than 550 Baylormen helped direct traffic and look for survivors.Baylor ROTC cadets such as Dr. William D. Hillis,

The Cornelia Marschall Smith DistinguishedProfessor of Biology, were called into service toprevent looting of damaged stores.

“People were trying to sneak through thealleys to get into the buildings,” he said.

Baylor women, meanwhile, made sandwichesand coffee for rescue workers, tended thewounded and helped organizations such as theSalvation Army and Red Cross.

Dr. Packard and two other physics professors

–– department chair HerbertSchwetman and Arthur W. Smith–– were asked to help find adangerous sliver of radium thathad been lost when a doctor’soffice was destroyed. The mensearched with a Geiger counter for two daysbefore discovering the radioactive substance in abasement.

“Before we could even climb down the needleon the Geiger counter went off the dial,” Dr.Packard said. “I walked over to a pile of dust,picked up a piece of string and the (radium) wason the other end.”

Waco’s mayor at the time the tornado struckwas no stranger to tragedy. Ralph Wolf was aformer coach of the Baylor men’s basketball teamwho had survived the team’s fatal “ImmortalTen” bus crash in 1927. He earned overwhelmingpraise for his handling of relief efforts in thetornado’s wake.

The tornado’s path missed the Baylor campus,but it left a physical legacy nevertheless. Thespires of Old Main and Burleson Hall wereweakened by high winds and were removed soonafter the storm. They were rebuilt and replacedduring renovations of the two buildings in 1975.

–– Randy Fiedler

For a longer version of this story, visitthe Baylor Public Relations web site athttp://pr.baylor.edu

The tornado destroyed numerousbuildings in downtown Waco

(above) and forced the removal ofthe damaged spires of Old Main and

Burleson Hall (right).

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