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The Baylor Lariat has produced this statement from Baylor University Interim President David Garland. Read below or click here.
Baylor police reported today on three disturbing incidents that occurred on our campus yesterday.
 
Late Tuesday afternoon we were notified of a single clothesline rope that had been seen in a tree on campus. The individuals who [...]

From the Baylor University Press Release:
 

WACO, Texas – Dr. Howard K. Batson, chairman of the Baylor University Board of Regents, announced today the appointment of Dr. David E. Garland as interim president of Baylor University. Garland will succeed Harold R. Cunningham, who has been acting president since July 2008.
Garland is dean of Baylor’s George W. [...]

According to the Waco Trib, President John Lilley was fired today by the Baylor University Board of Regents. President Lilley was a good friend to Baptist causes like the New Baptist Covenant. This decision from the Regents comes just two weeks after Provost Randall O’Brien announced that he was leaving Baylor to become the [...]

From Baylor University:
Dr. J. Randall O’Brien, who has served Baylor University for 17 years as a faculty member and administrator, was introduced today as the 22nd President of Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn. For the past three years, O’Brien has served as Baylor’s Executive Vice President and Provost. He will leave this position effective [...]