贝勒大学：为教会，为德州人
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Baylor University is a private Baptist university in Waco， Texas. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas， Baylor is the oldest university in Texas and was one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River. Baylor promotes faith as well as learning， with a wide variety of Christian activities to help students express that faith in a nurturing atmosphere that encourages their religion. Baylor is now a preeminent research university with a distinct undergraduate focus.The university has produced various Fulbright Scholars， Truman Scholars， Marshall Scholars， and Rhodes Scholars. The university has a very high level of research activity for its size. Baylor is also notable for its Law， Business， and Pre-Med programs.
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System： The university is divided into eleven degree-granting academic units. Two of the units are designated as colleges， while eight others are designated as schools：College of Arts & Sciences， Hankamer School of Business， Honors College， School of Education， School of Engineering & Computer Science， Graduate School， Law School， Louise Herrington School of Nursing， School of Music， School of Social Work. Note： Several Baylor graduate programs， including its Law School， Hankamer School of Business and programs in the sciences and education are nationally ranked. Students can choose from a wide variety of majors from among these schools， including architecture， accounting， interior design， arts， languages， humanities， business， economics， human resource management， communications， social media， biology， public relations， international business， education， music， pre-law， mathematics， sports management， Spanish， engineering， geography， social work， etc.
生词助读
preeminent [pri(：)eminnt] adj. 卓越的；超群的
pre-law [pri：l：] n. 法律预科
中文概述
贝勒大学校本部位于美国德克萨斯州韦科市，是一所私立大学，同时也是全世界最大的浸信会大学。该校成立于1845年，为全德州未更名大学中历史最悠久的一所。
用最简洁的词语来形容贝勒大学的学生便是：白人、富裕、浸信会和德州人。即这里的学生八成来自德州，他们部分来自中等及中上白人家庭。浸信会的传统教义是禁止学生饮酒、赌博、跳舞和男女同居。一言以蔽之，这是一所连衣着也十分保守的基督教大学，其他可想而知。
贝勒大学有法学博士学位授予权，文理学院、商业学院、教育学院、工程和计算机科学学院、音乐学院、特殊研究所、达莱斯护理学院等学院都开设有学士学位课程。本科热门专业有商务（包括会计、市场营销等专业）、工程、生物学、传媒/新闻学、健康专业学、社会科学、教育学、心理学、视觉及表演艺术等。贝勒大学最好的学科是法律，医科预备科、商科(尤其是会计)和音乐，其他不错的学科有物理和宗教。
贝勒大学学生在入学后的第二年就可以申请自由选择专业。与传统教育不同，该校提供了三个领域的跨学科课程：世界文化、自然世界和社会化世界。贝勒大学MBA课程的特色之一在于其聚焦公司项目（Focus Firm Project）。这个项目让学生在每个学期能深入到有活力有动力的公司中去实践。
梦想成功录
Those who can"t afford to entertain will be sick sooner or later.
腾不出时间娱乐的人，迟早会腾出时间来生病。
Happiness is not something you experience； it"s something you remember.
幸福不是你经历的事，而是你记得的事。