Set in Stone

So, if you are not familiar with the financial models of private universities, you may or may not know about the bricks. Baylor likes to build buildings without debt; therefore it puts the burden of fundraising on the development department. We will soon open the basketball practice facility adjacent to our basketball arena (the Ferrell Center). So, when the buy a brick campaign kicked off for the basketball practice facility of the 2005 National Champions - the Lady Bears, I thought what a more fitting tribute to the first-ever Spirit Coordinator for Baylor University: Elizabeth "E.J." Williams. She came to Baylor when we were in desperate need of an infusion of spirit and the resurrection of traditions. She definitely left this university better than she found it. She started new cheers, she revived old traditions and started new ones, she pushed the teaching of the fight song, and most importantly, she served as a mentor and encourager to countless numbers of students. One student even told her, "EJ, you are my Baylor experience." She has been involved in Kingdom work for the past four years and now it is her time to "sit down" in her new life in Athens. See her blog for more details. Needless to say, she will live forever in the hearts and lives of many of us here at Baylor...and now it is "set in stone."