Quad News Briefs

Presidential Update

Following their Homecoming meeting, Baylor regents issued a press release with an update of the presidential search process. The statement noted initial interviews had begun for the position.

“We are seeing a strong pool of candidates coming together,” said Joe Armes, ’83, MBA ’84, chair of the search committee. “The candidate profiles are diverse and demonstrate that we are drawing candidates who have the attributes commensurate to the qualification we have laid out in the Presidential Search Prospectus.”

Baylor officials declined further comment on the process in December.

Music Project Funding

An endowed fund has been established by the Prichard Family Foundation to support Baylor’s Black Gospel Music Restoration Project. Started in early 2006 and directed by assistant professor of journalism Robert Darden ’76, the project is collecting and digitizing Black Gospel Music and has made Baylor the largest academic repository for such music in the country. Darden said that the Prichard gift has started the process to fully endow a full-time position for an audio engineer.

Tuition Set

Undergraduate tuition for the 2010-11 academic year will be $26,966 for twelve hours or more, an increase of 6.5 percent over this year’s rate. Tuition for Truett Seminary, law students, and graduate students also increased by more than 6 percent each. The general student fee will increase by 6.49 percent, room rates will go up by 6.01 percent, and board will increase 2.73 percent.