___ Chaplain honored. The President's Cabinet of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston honored Texas Baptist chaplain Kathy Sapp Ozenberger during a recent banquet. Ozenberger received the award for "Project HEALing: Hope and Encouragement Around Loss." The project provides continued care for patients in the final stages of life. "If I were a patient in the hospital, Chaplain Ozenberger is the kind of chaplain I would want to see," said Jim Young, director of the Center for Community Ministries for the Baptist General Convention of Texas. "She is a compassionate minister who knows what it means to be the presence of Christ to those who are hurting and needing to know that someone cares." The President's Cabinet provided a $1,500 grant to Ozenberger for development of a training program for caregivers who work with the bereaved.
___ DBU plans Patriot Weekend. High school juniors and seniors can learn more about campus life and choosing a college at Dallas Baptist University's Patriot Weekend Feb. 1-2. For a registration fee of $20, students can get an overview of college life at DBU, including dormitory lodging, meals and a Patriot Weekend T-shirt. Also included is a concert on Friday evening by the Christian band Forty Days. To register or get more information, call (800) 460-1DBU or e-mail admiss@dbu.edu.
___ HBU lectures announced. Houston Baptist University will presents its 2002 Staley Lectures Jan. 17-18, with guest speaker Will Willimon, professor of Christian ministry and dean of the chapel at Duke University. His theme will be "How Then Should We Live? The Good Life." Lectures are at 10:10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Jan. 17 and 9:30 a.m. Jan. 18. The first lecture will be given in Sharp Gym, the second in Glasscock Center and the third in Mabee Theater.
___ Baylor names director of public affairs. James Odom has been named director of public affairs at Baylor University. The position in the president's office was created in a restructuring that closed the former office of governmental relations and created a new office of public affairs. Karen Wood, who served as director of governmental relations for seven years and was praised by President Robert Sloan for her work on state legislation, is leaving the university staff. Odom is a 1994 economics and religion graduate from Baylor and a 1996 graduate of Georgetown University with a master's degree in foreign affairs. He served three years as a policy analyst with Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo., and in 2000 was a candidate for U.S. Congress from Oklahoma.
___ Dallas Association tops 500. With the launch of nine congregations in December, Dallas Baptist Association surpassed the 500-mark in number of total congregations. The association's 502 churches and missions serve 45 language and ethnic groups.
___ Correction: Last week's story on Hispanic Baptist Theological School failed to list Paul Siebenmann founder of the San Antonio school. Siebenmann also founded Valley Baptist Academy.
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