Texas Tidbits

Posted: 6/22/07

Texas Tidbits

Communications interns on the job. Three Baylor University students are serving as Texas Baptist communications interns 12 weeks this summer in a cooperative venture involving the Baptist Standard, the Baptist General Convention of Texas communications team and the Buckner International communications office. Jessica Dooley of Ardmore, Okla., Whitney Farr of Caddo Mills and Rebekah Hardage of Waco are serving four weeks in each office. Matt Kennedy of Midlothian, a recent Baylor graduate, is working as an intern with Associated Baptist Press, based out of the Baptist Standard office.

Amarillo hospital dedicates new tower. Baptist St. Anthony’s Health System recently dedicated its new six-story Ware Tower. The new wing was the result of three years of extensive planning and construction. The building permit for the $60 million facility reportedly was the largest ever granted in Amarillo.

Haag Leaves South Texas Children’s Home; Roberson named interim. Todd Roberson, chief operating officer at South Texas Children’s Home, has been named the agency’s interim president, effective July 1. He fills the post vacated by Jerry Haag, 41, who has been named president of Florida Baptist Children’s Homes. Haag served as president of South Texas Children’s Home since 2000. Roberson has been on staff at South Texas Children’s Home about 15 years. Roberson and his wife, Jill, have two children—Lindsey and Parker. They are members of First Baptist Church in Beeville.

Dallas couple’s gift benefits nursing school. A $250,000 gift from Don and Ruth Buchholz of Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas brought Baylor University’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing halfway to its simulator laboratory fund’s $500,000 goal. The fund will allow the nursing school to secure anatomically realistic patient simulators. The simulators, which emit realistic heart, lung and bowel sounds, react like real patients. After simulated procedures, performance feedback is generated immediately for students. Pre-programmed scenarios allow nursing students to learn about all aspects of patient care. With simulator training, Baylor nurses will require less orientation time and could begin their nursing careers much faster, helping to fill a critical nursing shortage.

Wayland choir visits China. Wayland Baptist University’s International Choir under the direction of Scott Herrington performed three concerts in six days during a trip to Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China. The performances in two universities and at Kowloon International Baptist Church in Hong Kong were scheduled in conjunction with the American Celebration of Music in China. Forty-seven students, faculty and alumni participated in the choir tour.

Correction. In the cover story of the June 11 Baptist Standard, The Recyle of Abuse, a Missouri church was incorrectly identified as East Bonne Femme Baptist Church. Its name is East Bonne Terre Baptist Church.