Pilgrims, Pirates, or Pinta? Although it looked like a scene from Pirates of the Caribbean, the ship that recently passed by Baylor along the Tennessee River was actually a replica of the Pinta, one of the ships that Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World in 1492. And even though the Pilgrims were aboard the Mayflower [...]
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As summer rolls around and another graduating class begins to prepare for college in the fall, it’s worth taking a few moments to reflect on the 2009-10 academic year. Together, we applauded our eight National Merit Finalists, welcomed prestigious authors to our campus, and celebrated champion teams. Included among the highlights of this past year [...]
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Baylor said good-bye to fine arts instructor Dr. John “Doc” Miller, who retired in June after 36 years of service. In the summer issue of Baylor Magazine (available here: http://www.baylorschool.org/magazine/2010_Summer/index.aspx) Miller shares some of his memories of Baylor, and the changes he has seen in the art department throughout his career. Miller acknowledges that if it [...]
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One-on-One with Miss Kitty
Shortly after a Facebook fan page was created in her honor this year, more than 1,100 students, former and current faculty, and alums quickly identified themselves as fans of Miss Kitty, who marked her 33rd year at Baylor this spring.
In the summer issue of Baylor Magazine (available here: http://www.baylorschool.org/magazine/2010_Summer/index.aspx), Miss Kitty share [...]
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Abshire Fellows 2010 Day Seven: Film Fun, Lincoln’s Lessons, and Reflections
Posted on 13. Jun, 2010 by bkennedy.
We split off today in various directions to enjoy some free time visiting museums and other sites independently without a prescribed agenda. After lunch the students were divided into teams for the Amazing Leadership Film Festival — which required the use of Flip video cameras to create a movie using specific criteria within a time [...]
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Abshire Fellows 2010 Day Six: Media Ethics, International Relations, and the Universe
Posted on 12. Jun, 2010 by bkennedy.
We began our day taking the Metro (we’ve now conquered the red, blue, yellow, green and orange lines) to the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue where we met Shelby Coffey ‘64, who now heads the Freedom Forum. The recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, Coffey gave a brief overview of his career as executive vice president at ABC [...]
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Today the twelve Abshire Fellows headed off to meet D.C. area alumni in various offices and locations throughout the city for a day of career shadowing. When they returned this afternoon to the dorm (looking very professional after a day at the office and even complaining of aching feet!) we enjoyed catching up and listening [...]
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Abshire Fellows 2010 Day Four: The Naval Academy and Networking
Posted on 10. Jun, 2010 by bkennedy.
Today we traveled to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and met Lt. Commander David Schopler, a Navy Seal who has been stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Following a tour of the campus, he led us in the same leadership course that the Navy “plebes” take once arriving for their first year of study at [...]
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Abshire Fellows 2010 Day Three: Supreme Court and Servant Leadership
Posted on 10. Jun, 2010 by bkennedy.
We began our third day in D.C. with a historical tour of the United States Supreme Court and enjoyed a birds-eye view of the courtroom. We were all impressed with how accessible it is and more than a few of us wondered why we had not made a point to visit on previous trips to [...]
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“They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.” – Tim O’Brien (The Things They Carried)
After leaving Dr. Abshire’s office we walked to the Vietnam Wall where we had a discussion intended to bring humanity to the 58,267 names of casualties carved [...]
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