We knew going in that Homecoming 2020 was going to be different. Due to COVID-19, alumni were (sadly) encouraged not to return to campus this year, but to join in from wherever they may be as most events were moved online. With Saturday’s football game postponed due to COVID-19, the weekend became less about a […]
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Interest in a Baylor education has never been higher, and that has led to continued student body growth. That, in turn, has caused the university in recent years to both build new residential halls (like North Village, Brooks Village and East Village) and to update existing halls. But this isn’t the first time Baylor has had […]
Hope — always a good thing, and perhaps never more needed than here in 2020. This year’s Baylor Traditions Christmas Ornament takes its inspiration from the stained glass windows of Memorial Chapel, reminding us of the Hope that took human form at Christ’s birth. In celebration of the Baylor ornament program’s fifth anniversary, that’s not […]
Chapel has been a tradition at Baylor literally since the university’s beginning — but over the years, it has taken a lot of different forms. It was something every student took every year until the student body grew too big to congregate in one place; in more recent decades, it has transformed from Chapel to […]
Like so many other things this year, it’s no surprise that #BaylorHomecoming 2020 won’t look like most of the Homecomings we remember. With COVID-19 leading to restrictions on large group gatherings, bringing the entire Baylor Family together for a weekend just isn’t a good idea, so BU was left with two options: Cancel Homecoming entirely, […]
Life can be stressful at any time; an election year amidst a pandemic has only amplified the whirlwind that is 2020. Add in all that comes with this time of year — holiday stresses, financial anxieties, seasonal depression, etc. — and it’s important that now, more than ever, we care for our mental state. October […]
What does Christianity look like around the world? How does it spread to new peoples and new regions? Those are the sort of broad questions that Dr. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi, Baylor’s Frederick E. Roach Professor of World Christianity, seeks to answer through his research, as he studies the vitality of the Christian faith in regions around […]
The good news: Since an initial spike shortly after students returned to campus early this fall, Baylor’s fight against the coronavirus seems to be working; the number of active COVID-19 cases on campus has remained below 1% of the campus community for about a month now. The bad news: That still means there are 50-100 […]
A lot of things can happen in 24 hours. Because of Baylor alumnus Alex Le Roux, BS ’15, building houses is now one of those things. During his senior year, Le Roux designed and built a concrete 3D printer with the intention of breaking into the tiny house movement. He successfully printed America’s first livable […]
For children with autism, therapeutic horse riding (hippotherapy) is known to be helpful. The evidence is anecdotal, but many children have shown improved motor and social skills (and less hyperactivity) after riding. For many families, however, there is a barrier to the benefits, as not every family can access or afford therapeutic horse riding. A […]
