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He is a premed student in the Honors Program with second majors in Finance and Economics and minors in Biology and Biochemistry. As if that isn't enough to keep him busy, he serves as the vice president of the Baylor Medical Service Organization and Response Team, and is a member of the Future Healthcare Executives graduate organization. He has already completed an internship with M. D. Anderson in Houston, and will be studying in Madrid, Spain, for the fall 2009 semester.
Initially you could stereotype Andre Samuel as an overachiever, but he serves as an example of the caliber of student Hankamer is attracting these days. And he's not the only one. Well-rounded students just like Samuel can be found in Hankamer's newest major - Baylor Business Fellows (BBF). Students in the major are scholars, athletes, musicians, singers and artists. They are aspiring scientists, lawyers, doctors, and community leaders. And they are young men and women who will certainly impact our world.
BEGINNINGS OF FELLOWS
Within the Bachelor's of Business Administration degree, the Baylor Business Fellows (BBF) major was approved in February 2007 and launched in the fall 2007 semester. Allen Seward serves as director of BBF, associate professor, and department chair for Finance, Insurance and Real Estate.
"We envisioned a new academic path through Baylor that would not be for the average student and would yield significant outcomes," Seward said. "This path would have a business focus to it as opposed to other scholar programs that have a traditional, liberal arts based curriculum."
Exclusive admission into the major is based on SAT or ACT scores, letters of recommendation, a strong resume, and intellectual curiosity. Seward said current Fellows have median scores of 1430 on the SAT and 32 on the ACT Thirty percent of Fellows are National Merit Scholars and 30 percent are premed.
"These are highly intelligent and motivated students who want to maximize the value of their educational experience/7 Seward said. "Most have well above the required university credit hours by the time they graduate due to their widespread interests/'
The competitive major is geared toward incoming freshmen, but students beyond their freshman year can also be admitted under some circumstances....