Baylor University
Brooks Residential College
Address: One Bear Place # 97076
City: Waco
State: TX
Zip or Postal Code: 76798
Country: USA
Program Director (or best person to contact): Dr. Doug Henry
Email: brooks_college@baylor.edu
Phone: 254-292-7047
Fax: 254-710-3667
Web Address: www.baylor.edu/cll/brookscollege
Brief Program Summary
Brooks College is a unique residential college at Baylor University. Brooks College is open to all undergraduate students and academic majors (and a few graduate students). Residents are given distinctive opportunities to participate in intellectual, social, and spiritual practices that enhance their overall experience at Baylor. Students benefit from the presence of a dozen Faculty Associates, including a Faculty Master who lives in the College with his family. There is a special weekly community dinner in the Great Hall and a chapel for morning and evening prayers. The residents also enjoy interaction with other faculty members and university guests at weekly Master's Teas.
Sources of funding
$50 per semester student programming fee
Program Reports To:
Dean for Student Learning & Engagement, Director of Campus Living & Learning
Are students charged an additional fee: Yes
The number of persons in each of the following categories are teaching academic credit bearing courses
Fulltime Tenured Faculty: 2
Fulltime Probationary Faculty:
Fulltime Instructors:
Fulltime Retired Faculty:
Fulltime Adjunct Faculty:
Fulltime Graduate Students:
Fulltime Residence Hall Staff: 1
Parttime Tenured Faculty: 12
Parttime Probationary Faculty:
Parttime Instructors:
Parttime Retired Faculty:
Parttime Adjunct Faculty:
Parttime Graduate Students:
Parttime Residence Hall Staff: 1
Academic staff involved in the program that weren't included as faculty above
(Academic staff are personnel who are involved in providing academic services to students such as advising.)
Fulltime Academic Staff:
Parttime Academic Staff: 2
Non-academic staff involved in the program
(Non-academic staff are personnel who are involved in providing services that do not directly involve academics such as residence hall staff or staff who organize social activities that are not tied to academics.)
Fulltime Non-Academic Staff: 1
Parttime Non-Academic Staff: 1
Number of faculty offices in the residence hall: 12
The approximate percentage of students in each grade level
First Year: 50
Second Year: 30
Third Year: 10
Fourth Year and above: 10
Graduate Students:
Total Number of Students: 370
Year the Program Began:2007
Academic Courses Offered In The Community
University 1000 introductory freshman seminar
Other Academic Offerings
Classrooms in hall
1
Summary of Facilities and Facilities Budget Facilities include a chapel, dining hall, study rooms, a quadrangle, faculty offices, faculty master apartment, residence hall director apartment, resident chaplain apartment, seminar room, junior commons area, laundry facilities, and a library.
Computer Resources in the Residence Hall
Wired high-speed network in rooms, wireless network in common areas, checkout laptops available.
The Role of Community Partnerships
The Role of Leadership Development
There are 11 Community Leaders dispersed throughout the community. There is also a college council with 4 different committees which is active in the leadership of the community. Four students also serve on the Board of Trustees for the residential college.
The Role of Research
Summary of Assessment Activities
Yearly resident survey
Summary of Extracurricular Activities Formally Associated with the Program
Weekly college dinner, weekly Master抯 teas, weekday morning/evening prayer/reflection services in the chapel
The Role of Interdisciplinary Studies
The faculty fellows of the college are from different academic disciplines.
How Diversity Issues are Addressed in the Program and in Courses
How Diversity Issues are Addressed Among Faculty and Students
Student Demographics
Faculty Rewards for Participation in the Program
Release Time:
Salary Supplement:
Travel Funds:
Other:
Description of Other Rewards
Housing and reduced course load
Disciplines Represented by the Faculty
Classics, English, French, Philosophy, Great Texts, Theology
Willing to Serve as a Consultant:
Yes
Greatest Challenges for this Learning Community:
We are trying to refine our application process to get beyond the students who simply want to live in the nicest and newest building on campus.
Suggested Bibliography
A Collegiate Way of Living by Mark B. Ryan and CollegiateWay.org