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Posted: 5/14/04

Texas Tidbits

Hendrick chaplain named Logsdon distinguished alum. Mike Patrick, staff chaplain at Hendrick Medical Center, has been named the recipient of a distinguished alumnus award from the Logsdon School of Theology. Cecil Richards, pastor of Kingstown Baptist Church in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, also has been named a Logsdon distinguished alumnus. Richards is the former president of the St. Vincent and Grenadines Baptist Convention.

Guild sets fund-raising record for HBU. The Guild of Houston Baptist University marked the school's 40th anniversary with a "silver tea" that raised a record amount to support graduate scholarships for career classroom teachers. Proceeds from the event–topping $113,500–will provide annual and endowed scholarships. The silver tea is the primary charitable project of The Guild, an interdenominational Christian women's group in Houston. The event has its roots in England, where the hostess of a high tea placed a silver bowl at the entrance of her home to collect silver coins for charity.

Commentary by Truett prof named finalist. A commentary on 1 Corinthians by David Garland, professor and associate dean of academic affairs at Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary, has been named a Gold Medallion Book Awards finalist by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Winners will be announced June 26 at an awards banquet in Atlanta, Ga.

Institute's affiliation clarified. In "Latin American Baptist union elects Texas church starter as president," which appeared in the May 3 Baptist Standard, Otto Arango's organization is misidentified. Arango is the director of the Institute for Church Planting, which is not directly affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Funding is sent through the convention to his organization, but the institute is not in the BGCT budget.

UMHB graduates 311. More than 300 students graduated at the recent University of Mary Hardin-Baylor spring commencement, including 274 receiving baccalaureate degrees and 37 earning master's degrees. LaVerne Gallman of Temple was awarded an honorary doctor of humanities degree. Gallman, who taught 20 years in the registered nurse diploma program at Scott & White Hospital, became the first director of the UMHB nursing program when it was transferred to the university and expanded into a baccalaureate degree program in 1970.

DBU graduates 518. Dallas Baptist University awarded degrees to 518 students at spring commencement May 14. President Gary Cook presented degrees to 383 undergraduates and 135 graduate students. Gus Reyes, ethnic consultant in the Baptist General Convention of Texas Center for Strategic Evangelism, and Sheila Bailey, president of E.K. Bailey Ministries, were commencement speakers. Bailey, whose late husband was founding pastor of Concord Missionary Baptist Church in Dallas, and United States District Judge Ed Kinkeade of Irving received honorary doctor of humanities degrees.

WorldconneX needs volunteers. Volunteers are needed to work in the Dallas office of the WorldconneX missions network. An orientation session for volunteers will be May 27. For more information, call Michelle Colon at (214) 421-7999 or email info@worldconnex.org.

HSU names new music school associate dean. Jaynne Middleton, professor of voice and director of opera at Hardin-Simmons University, has been named associate dean of the School of Music. Middleton joined the HSU faculty 30 years ago. She holds an undergraduate degree in music from Florida State University at Tallahassee and a doctor of musical arts degree from the University of North Texas.