Baylor University Institute for Oral History

Search

Advanced Search

Find results with:

Add another field

Search by date

Search by date:
from:
to
to:

Searching collections:

Baylor University Institute for Oral History

Add or remove collections

Home

Baylor Institute for Oral History

Betsy Willis Interview -- Transcript

Reference URL

Add tags

Comment

To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed the entire object, paste this HTML in website To link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed this page, paste this HTML in website

Oral Memoirs of Betsy Willis

Betsy Willis Interview -- Transcript

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

Large

Extra Large

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Print

This page

All

PDF
Text

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

...

Back to top

Powered by CONTENTdm®

Interviewee	Willis, Betsy
Interviewer	Patterson, Clint
Title	Oral Memoirs of Betsy Willis
Interview details	Interviewed by Clint Patterson on January 9, 2015, in Waco, Texas.
Number of interviews	1
Interview Date(s)	2015
Resource Type	Interview
Format	PDF Audio
Genre	Oral histories;
Language	English
Description, transcript	In Progress
Description, sound recordings	digital audio file;.88 hr.
Collection	Baylor University
Project	Baylor Bear Program
Summary	Betsy Willis was a professor of accounting at Baylor [1975-2016] and a faculty sponsor for the Baylor University Chamber of Commerce.
Sponsor	Baylor University Institute for Oral History;
Sponsor Location	Waco, Texas;
Rights	http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights

Interviewee	Willis, Betsy
Interviewer	Patterson, Clint
Title	Betsy Willis Interview -- Transcript
Interview details	Interviewed by Clint Patterson on January 9, 2015, in Waco, Texas.
Number of interviews	1
Interview Date(s)	2015
Resource Type	Interview
Format	PDF
Genre	Oral histories;
Language	English
Description, transcript	In Progress
Collection	Baylor University
Project	Baylor Bear Program
Summary	Betsy Willis was a professor of accounting at Baylor [1975-2016] and a faculty sponsor for the Baylor University Chamber of Commerce; working with Robert Reid, a longtime history professor and faculty sponsor for the Chamber 00:02:21 ; becoming a sponsor for the Chamber 00:04:18 ; supporting students as a faculty sponsor to Chamber 00:06:48 ; her son Bryan and his involvement with the Bear Program 00:09:01 ; different bear mascots the university had 00:09:51 ; choosing to keep the bears Joy and Lady for their entire lives 00:14:40 ; Scott Handley training the students to work with the bears 00:16:40 ; interacting with the baby bears and taking them all over campus 00:17:32 ; the Bear Program as a way for students to learn responsibility 00:20:32 ; the university and Chamber working to develop a new habitat for the bears 00:23:11 ; the bears at the football games and the disappointment of many that the bears could no longer be at the game 00:32:27 ; shifts in student and Chamber participation in the Bear Program over the years 00:35:43 ; lessons of leadership students learn in the Bear Program and the Chamber 00:38:25 ; educational and instructional aspects of the habitat 00:43:10 ; partnering with various departments and the university to improve the Bear Program 00:44:58 ; Willis’s desire to enhance the educational aspects of the program by developing the exhibits at the Mayborn Museum 00:46:35 ; thoughts on what to do to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of having bears at Baylor 00:48:45 ; live mascots making Baylor unique 00:50:23.
Sponsor	Baylor University Institute for Oral History;
Sponsor Location	Waco, Texas;
Rights	http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights

Oral Memoirs of Betsy Willis

Object Description

Description

Tags

Comments

Oral Memoirs of Betsy Willis