Baylor regents OK $120 million in construction. The Baylor University board of regents approved $120 million in capital improvements, the largest investment in construction on the Baylor campus since the Baylor Sciences Building in 2004. Construction will be financed through the issuance of bonds and will include a new 700-bed East Village Residential Community and 33,170-square-foot dining facility, extensive renovation of the 47-year-old Marrs McLean Science Building and Phase 2 of initial construction on academic and research space in the Baylor Research and Innovation Collabora-tive. In other business, regents reviewed and discussed the first draft of the university's strategic plan. During Baylor Homecoming, the school also unveiled an artist's rendering of a proposed on-campus, riverfront football stadium near I-35 that would replace Floyd Casey Stadium. Regents have not voted on the proposal yet.
BCFS awarded contract for voucher program. Baptist Child & Family Services has been awarded a one-year, $4 million renewal contract to administer the education and training voucher program on behalf of the Texas Department of Family & Protective Services. The program provides funding to foster youth pursuing higher education or vocational training and is available to students throughout the state. BCFS has led the statewide voucher program since 2009. Last year, BCFS helped more than 1,400 young adults pursue post-secondary education. Most youth accessed the voucher program online in order to attend junior college, universities or colleges, and 47 attended vocational programs.
Four Texas Baptist schools receive 'military friendly' honors. Dallas Baptist University, Howard Payne University, the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and Wayland Baptist University were designated "military friendly schools" by G.I. Jobs, a magazine for military personnel transitioning into civilian life. The Military Friendly Schools list honors the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools doing the most to embrace America's military service members and veterans as students. Schools make the list by offering scholarships and discounts, veterans' clubs, military credit and other services to those who served. The latest list of Military Friendly Schools was compiled through extensive research and a data-driven survey of more than 8,000 schools nationwide.
Correction: The article "BGCT approves budget, rejects attempt to restore Baylor to full level" erroneously listed the convention's new first vice president as Jerry Johnson, rather than Jeff Johnson. To clarify: In the only contested race, Jerry Carlisle, pastor of First Baptist Church in Plano, was elected president 415-214 over Randy Wallace, pastor of First Baptist Church in Killeen. Jeff Johnson, missions strategist and former pastor of First Baptist Church in Del Rio, was elected first vice president. Byron Stevenson, pastor of The Fort Bend Church in Sugar Land, was elected second vice president.
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