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Dr. Corey Carbonara, professor of communication studies, has been appointed to a task group for the International Telecommunications Union, a regulatory agency that is part of the United Nations. He is the only U.S. representative from a university to serve on the task force, which will create international standardization on the production, distribution and exhibition of digital cinema.

Baylor was named one of the nation's "most interesting colleges" by a new Kaplan/Newsweek publication, The Unofficial, Unbiased Insider's Guide to the 320 Most Interesting Colleges by Trent Anderson and Seppy Basili. The new guide, targeted at high school students and their parents, recognized Baylor as "a good educational value."

Commencement for Baylor Law School was held Aug. 3, with Professor William D. Underwood, director of the School's practice court program, giving the keynote address. Forty-one students received degrees.

Baylor's Debaters' Workshops in July drew more than 200 high school students from across the nation.

Andrew Weber, a 1996 magna cum laude Baylor law graduate, has been named the new clerk of the Texas Supreme Court. He has served the court since 1999 as Justice Priscilla Owen's staff attorney.

More than 400 undergraduate and about 185 graduate and seminary degrees were awarded during summer commencement Aug. 10. Dr. Robert Collmer, distinguished professor emeritus of English, was the bearer of the mace.