eNuevas Oct 16, 2006

San Antonio-- In a traditional celebration of those who have gone before us, Baptist University of the Américas celebrates Founder's Day this week with a special chapel service and
60th Anniversary Alumni Dinner on Tuesday, October 17th.

Dr. Denton Lotz will serve as guest speaker for the two events. Since 1988, Dr. Lotz has served as General Secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, a cooperative organization of over 214 Baptist unions and conventions comprising 36 million believers around the globe.

The Founder's Day dinner will be held at the El Tropicano Hotel for an evening of student testimonies, music and inspiration from our president as part of BUA's continuing Crossing Over Together fundraising campaign.

BUA trustees will also be on campus this week as they gather for their annual fall meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday.

New Photo Gallery on the Web!

Check out the new photo gallery on the university web site
or Spring 2006 Student
& Events

These galleries are posted on the photo gallery page which can be accessed by clicking the links above or at www.BUA.edu and follow the navigation for "about BUA," "campus life" and "photo gallery."

New Student & Staff Directory
At BUA we've got your number, and we're not afraid to use it! A new staff and student directory will help the BUA family stay connected through photos, phone, mail and email. The new directory has been designed and produced by Claudia Muñoz in the Advancement department and has now been distributed via student mailboxes. One copy has been printed for each student and staff member. Contact Sylvia Trujillo if you are still in need of a directory.

Student Development Staff
Now Available on Tuesday Evenings
In order to make student services more accessible to our students taking night classes, two student development staff members will be available every Tuesday evening until 7:00 p.m. This evening hour schedule will begin next Tuesday evening, September 19, and continue throughout the semester.

Annual BUA Picnic Set for Saturday, October 21:
Faculty & Staff Asked to Bring Desserts

The beautiful riverfront Castroville Park has been set as the site for our annual BUA family picnic
to be held Saturday, October 21, 10:00 a.m. -
3:00 p.m.

Bring your family and your favorite professor(!), your appetite and your athletic ability for swimming, volleyball or baseball and come join
the fun.

All students, staff, faculty are invited to come out and enjoy the beautiful fall weather. The park is located on the Medina River in Castroville at 816 Alsace Street. Contact Mary Ranjel for more information.

From Patty V.-- Our Communities in Schools (CIS) liaison reports that South San High School is looking for a mentor for a 14 y.o. Spanish speaking student who just came back to school with a new baby. She is one of many who could use God's peace in their young lives. Can this be you? :o) Applications to be a Sigueme mentor are in my mail box there at school. You can return them to the box or give it to Adriana Balderas Pila - the CIS student worker. Know that once you apply, a criminal background check will be conducted thru Communities In School. They have also offered to provide a training on campus just for you if we have at least 3 or 4 BUA staff submit applications. They've even said they will provide lunch!! If you are one who teaches at BUA but drives in for class only, I encourage you to mentor a student in the area you live or work. A San Antonio student is waiting for you...........

Also, help spread the word through your churches about our first ¡Síguieme to College! Seminar, organized by the Student Development and President's Offices. The seminar will be held on November 4 from 9:00 a.m. - Noon and is designed to help high school students and their parents or guardians explore the following important topics:

Higher Education Options
College Enrollment Procedures
Application Requirements and Processes
Financial Aid Programs

Reservations need to be made with Gabriel Cortes by October 30th.

BUA Joins Hispanic Association
of Colleges and Universities

Dr. Albert Reyes announced the recent affiliation of Baptist University of the Américas with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), an association of over 450 Hispanic serving institutions.

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) was established in 1986 with a founding membership of eighteen institutions, making 2006 its twentieth anniversary year. Because of HACU’s exemplary leadership on behalf of the nation’s youngest and fastest-growing population, the Association has grown rapidly in both numbers and national impact.

Today, HACU represents more than 450 colleges and universities committed to Hispanic higher education success in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Although its member institutions in the U. S. represent less than 10% of all higher education institutions nationwide, together they are home to more than two-thirds of all Hispanic college students. HACU is the only national educational association that represents Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).

“We have been impressed,” said Dr. Reyes, “with HACU’s formidable track record for putting the needs of Hispanic higher education on the agenda of federal policy makers, agencies, and business corporations. BUA is pleased to join our voices with HACU as advocates for every available resource needed by the burgeoning numbers of Hispanic students across our country.”

You can learn more about the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities at www.HACU.net

uuEvents & Academic Calendar

    Oct 16……………....Courses withdrawn after this date will be recorded as failed
    Oct 16-20..........Center for Cultural and Language Studies
    Oct 17-18..........Fall Meeting of Board of Trustees
    Oct 17...............Founders Day Chapel & 60th Anniversary Banquet, Dr. Denton Lotz
    Oct 18...............Faculty Meeting, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
    Oct 19...............Chapel with Steve Addell
    Oct 21...............BUA Picnic, Castroville Park
    Oct 23-27..........Graduate School Week
    Oct 24...............Chapel with Patty Villarreal, Buckner Baptist Benevolences, Social Work
    Oct 25...............Staff Encuentro, noon
    Oct 26...............Chapel with John Ogletree, First Metropolitan Church
    Oct 31...............Chapel with Gary Dyer, First Baptist Church, Midland, Texas
    Oct 31...............Student Workshop: "Ready, set, go!" (Summer Missions)
    Nov 1................Faculty Meeting, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
    Nov 6-10...........Early Registration for spring 2006 Semester & registration for Winter Term
    Nov 7................Chapel with Mike Woods, Coronado Baptist Church, El Paso
    Nov 9................Chapel with Stan Alcorn, Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, Abilene, Texas
    Nov 13-14..........BGCT Annual Meeting (Dallas)
    Nov 14...............Chapel open for prayer
    Nov 14...............Student Workshop: "Seek, and you shall find.” (Quick Reference Flyers)
    Nov 15...............Faculty Meeting, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
    Nov 16...............Chapel with Mike Toby, First Baptist Church Woodway, Waco, Texas
    Nov 21...............Thanksgiving Chapel
    Nov 22-24..........Thanksgiving Holidays
    Nov 28...............Chapel with Student Preaching
    Nov 29...............Faculty Meeting, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
    Nov 30...............Christmas Celebration Chapel
    Dec 4.................Last day for removal of (prior long-term semester) incomplete grades

Dr. Albert Reyes has written content for two new pamphlets in English and Spanish published by the Baptist History and Heritage Society.

"Hispanic Baptist Beginnings," and "Los Origens Bautistas Hispanos" are included in a new series of pamphlets that introduces the origins of Baptist traditions for students and lay people who want to know more about their heritage.

The pamphlets will be available in October 2006, priced at .20 each, and may be ordered by contacting Pamela Durso at pdurso@tnbaptist.org or 1.800.966.2278

Paul Krauss, Registrar and Adjunct Professor, has been requested by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the US Department of Education to participate in the IPEDS Technical Review Panel Meeting on “Implementing New Race/Ethnicity Standards” in Arlington, Virginia November 13-14.

As a representative of BUA, Krauss invites anyone from the BUA community to voice their ideas regarding race/ethnicity standards to impact elementary/secondary schools and universities around the U.S. "There is a particular concern regarding how to identify Hispanic students in the US," says Krauss. "There are several options/opportunities to include selecting a few categories of races under the umbrella of Hispanic/Latino/as, etc. This meeting will impact the decision makers in Washington D.C. about ethnic identity within the education system as well as impact how and to whom grants and scholarship will be awarded."

Dr. Jimmy Adair was recently notified that the Society of Biblical Literature has just announced that it has adopted his e-journal, TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism, as an official publication of the SBL. Dr. Adair will continue as editor of TC, which is the first e-journal that the SBL has been involved with publishing, drawing on an outstanding international editorial board consisting of 13 people from 7 different countries. Learn more about the journal at http://purl.org/TC, and about the Society for Biblical Literature at http://www.sbl-site.org.

Dr. Marconi Monteiro recently traveled to Brazil to speak at the Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Pediatrics Society, Oct 6 – 11, 2006.

Dr. David Maltsberger was recently featured once again on the History Channel's re-airing of Modern Marvels: Bible Technology. The epsiode features a glimpse into the origins of ancient technology iun the Bible and its use to withstand the elements, build great structures, wage war, and conserve precious water. Dr. Maltsberger examines the technological plausibility of biblical structures and machines--including the Tower of Babylon, the Temple of Jerusalem, ancient bronze and iron forging, and shipbuilding skills that might have been employed to build Noah's Ark. CC

Dr. Nora Lozano participated in a forum on “Violence against Women” during the 2006 Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering and General Council meeting in Mexico City during the month of July. Other participants pictured at left included: Wanda Lee, WMU (SBC) Executive Director; Patsy Davis, BWA Women’s Department Director; Lauran D. Bethell, ABC International Consultant on Women’s and Children’s Issues; and BWA 2005 Human Rights Award winner Sally Smith, an HIV specialist for Africa.

Fall Student Development Seminars

Note: Student Development seminars have been moved to Tuesday meetings.
Check with Sandee Elizondo for each locations.

Oct 23-27 Graduate School Week

Oct 31 "Ready, set, go!" (Summer Missions)

Nov 14 "Seek, and you shall find.” (Quick Reference Flyers)

Student Team Trains for DiscipleNow Leadership
Some BUA students just can't get enough of school! They study all week and then they run off on the weekends to attend training events to sharpen their skills even further. That was the spirit of a group of students who recently traveled to Truett Seminary in Waco to attend a special weekend of training on how to lead a DiscipleNow. A DiscipleNow is a popular weekend long spiritual growth experience for teens that has become an annual event for many Baptist youth ministries.

The student youth ministry team included: Mario Samaniego, Lilliana Perez, Giovanni Martinez, Caleb Kersh, Herman Mesa, Alejandro Gonzales, Ashley Georges and Katie Polcyn along with sponosr Sandee Elizondo. Jaime Cortez, and Priscilla Herrera were unable to attend the training event but plan to participate in the DiscipleNow events later this year.

"It was a great experience," said Elizondo, "I was really proud of our team. One of our BUA graduates who is now at Truett even came and joined the training sessions on Friday evening after work."

With this training and more to come, the team plans to help lead seven different DiscipleNow events in Texas Baptist Hsipanic churches between October and February.

Dr. Albert Reyes
    Oct 22First Baptist Church, Temple
    Oct 23        Perspectives Missions Course, Green Acres Baptist Church, Tyler
    Oct 27Texas Baptist Hispanic Laity Conference, Highland Lakes Conference Center
    Oct 29        BUA day at Cockrell Hill BC, Duncanville, Texas

Gabriel Cortés
Oct 28 Central Hispanic Fellowship in West Texas

Dr. Nora Lozano
Oct 26-29 Women’s Retreat of Ministerio Bautista Mujer in Puerto Vallarta, México

uu Birthdays

    Oct 17     Linda Ramos
    Oct 17     Margarita Garcia
    Oct 17     Timothy Brown
    Oct 21     Paul Kraus
    Oct 26     Jenny Villamar
    Oct 26     Javier Elizondo

     Anibal Santiago (father of Jaime Masso)
     Laura Suzanne Perez (wife of John Perez)
     Father of Lizeth and Vanessa Castillo
   Jonatan Guevara