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Baylor/Waco Foundation, a partnership between Baylor University and the Central Texas community, has announced its officers and board of directors, as well as four projects that enhance quality of life in Central Texas.

The training environment for Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing has earned distinction as one of the nation's highest quality work places for nurses. Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) in Dallas received notification in January they have been selected for the Magnet Recognition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Belton residents and Baylor University graduates Dr. and Mrs. William Long were presented with their alma mater's most distinguished award - the Founders Medal - during the annual Founders Day celebration Jan. 26 in Waco Hall.

One of Baylor University's recently completed buildings, the Dutton Avenue Office and Parking Facility, is winning industry raves for excellence in design and construction.

As the Baylor Rural Health Clinic in Itasca celebrated its first six months of operation in January, Baylor nursing school professor Lisa Taylor celebrated the realization of a vision. Since becoming a family nurse practitioner, Taylor provided health services in rural settings, even in the same clinic now operated by Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing.

As work continues on-schedule and on-budget for $200 million in capital projects under way at Baylor University, the institution took another step to enhance the value of the long-term indebtedness used to finance some of the projects.

Baylor University had one of the most successful years ever for gifts to the university, despite a recovering economy and other challenges faced by the institution during 2003.

Baylor University's Library Advancement Office in Moody Memorial Library is selling boxes of Christmas cards and note cards, which feature illustrations from some of the library's rare materials. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Baylor library system.

Baylor University today introduced the national steering committee for its proposed George W. Bush Presidential Library Center. The committee's primary objectives are to oversee the university's formal Presidential Library planning committee and to direct fundraising efforts for the library. Streaming video of the news conference is available now at

With Baylor University students studying overseas in record numbers, the newly established Glennis McCrary Goodrich International Scholarship Program will allow more students than ever to study abroad, where they share in other cultures and learn more about themselves in the process.

Randy and Phyllis Patterson of San Antonio have been selected as Baylor University's Parents of the Year for 2003. The Pattersons were honored Sept. 13 during halftime of the Baylor vs. SMU football game.

After debating in executive session for more than three hours, Baylor University's Board of Regents today reaffirmed the leadership of Baylor President Robert B. Sloan Jr. by a vote of 31-4. The vote came during the board's regular September meeting on the Baylor campus. The news conference is available via streaming video at

Baylor University will host its annual Parents Weekend Aug. 12-13. A Baylor tradition since 1960, parents will have the opportunity to spend time with their children and become familiar with the ways of the Baylor family.

Baylor University is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review, the New York-based company known for its test-prep and education services. Baylor is one of 351 schools featured in the just-published 2004 edition of The Princeton Review annual college guide, "The Best 351 Colleges."

Baylor University added one of the nation's most recognizable coffee stores to its newly completed Dutton Avenue Office and Parking Facility, when a full-service Starbucks opened for business on Monday, Aug. 25.

Baylor University and its business, entrepreneurship and engineering programs received high marks in the 2004 edition of America's Best Colleges, compiled by U.S.News & World Report. The survey, announced Friday, Aug. 22, showed Baylor placing 78th out of 248 top national doctoral-granting universities included in the rankings.