WACO, Texas (March 4, 2021) –
Stephanie Gerow, Ph.D., assistant professor of educational psychology in the Baylor University
School of Education, has earned a coveted grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund research that will provide early childhood professionals with behavioral intervention training for children with developmental disabilities.
The award an Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
Early Career Development and Mentoring Award from the U.S. Department of Education provides $493,412 in research funding and is the first of its kind awarded to a Baylor faculty member.
“What we find is that kids with developmental disabilities are more likely to engage in problem behavior, and those kids are at a higher risk for having lifelong difficulties without interventions that can improve those problem behaviors,” Gerow said. “For the community agencies that provide important services to children with developmental disabilities, there has been little in
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WACO, Texas (March 2, 2021) – Baylor University will honor and celebrate unsung heroes of Baylor’s past and present through
Champions of Change, a new program that recognizes and acknowledges the accomplishments of faculty, staff and alumni who have demonstrated efforts to foster greater appreciation and advancement of diversity, inclusiveness and equity for communities of color at Baylor and in Waco.
The inaugural Champions of Change will be honored at the annual Solid Gold Neighbor recognition ceremony, hosted in late April by Baylor s Office of External Affairs. By recognizing these leaders, the program will cement their legacy among other Baylor greats, firsts and champions.
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WACO, Texas (Feb. 26, 2021) – Baylor University will engage in dedicated outreach with prospective students and their families as part of the Topgolf Live Stadium Series held Feb. 25-28 at McLane Stadium. The event is the first of seven at Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college stadiums this spring, followed by events at the universities of Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee.
More than 40,000 prospective students have applied to Baylor for the 2021-22 academic year, according to Senior Director of Undergraduate Admissions Ross VanDyke, B.A. ’03. He said the Topgolf Live Stadium Series event at McLane Stadium provides an opportunity to clear hurdles presented by virtual online campus tours.
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Football players at Centre College in Kentucky shovel ice and snow off the field.
Record-breaking low temperatures and winter storms across the southern and central United States caused widespread power outages and forced dozens of colleges to close for at least several days.
The storms hit shortly after many colleges began what will likely be another challenging spring term. More and more institutions are transitioning to some in-person instruction amid the pandemic and welcomed more students to campus than they did in the fall. In some cases, the recent bad weather shut down campus COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites and threw a wrench in colleges’ efforts to keep students and employees socially distant.