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Article: BAYLOR REGENTS APPROVE ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ANNOUNCE PLANS TO MARK 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BAPTISTS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 20, 2007
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Baylor University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news release:
The Baylor University Board of Regents concluded its three-day July retreat on Friday, approving the formation of the Baylor Advanced Research Institute (BARI) and upgrading the medical humanities program, and announced Baylor's plans to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first Baptist churches with a year-long celebration beginning in fall 2008.
In his State of the University report, President John M. Lilley spoke to the board about Baylor's planned commemoration of this important period in Baptist history: John Smyth's founding of the first Baptist churches in ...