During his days as a Baylor student, Trey Wingo, BA ’85, would go home to Connecticut over breaks and watch a fledgling cable network called ESPN. As he took in the novelty of a cable network dedicated exclusively to sports, Wingo remembers thinking, “How cool would it be to be able to come home and […]
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Every year, Dr. Randy Wood, a professor in Baylor’s School of Education, takes a group of Baylor students to Costa Rica over spring break to work with Santa Elena School in San Jose. They help raise money for books and equipment for the school, and help plan classroom lessons and activities. The hope is to […]
Baylor’s Student Union Building opened to the campus community 70 years ago this fall. But the SUB — officially the Bill Daniel Student Center — is far from ready to retire, having reinvented itself many times over the years. Groundbreaking for the SUB took place on June 1, 1940, on the site of what had […]
Among the topics that shape our nation, few have been more pressing or more ubiquitous recently than immigration. The subject can also be complex: What is “DACA”? Who are “dreamers”? What are the proper channels to legal immigration? At Baylor, we have one of the nation’s top experts on the subject. After more than a decade […]
When prospective students look to U.S. News & World Report’s college rankings over the coming year, they’ll again find Baylor’s light shining bright among the top universities in the state, conference and country. For the seventh year in a row, Baylor ranks among the top five Texas universities and as one of the Big 12 Conference’s […]
Did you know that more than 2,400 current Baylor students — nearly 1/5th of the student body — represent the first generation of their family to attend college? Most Bears don’t know that, including some of the very students who make up that number. We share that, because there’s a sense of confidence that comes […]
It’s hard to believe, but it’s almost been a month already since Baylor students started arriving on campus for Welcome Week. By now, class schedules are finalized, students’ routines are established, and the numbers are officially in for this year’s student body. As always, the numbers are pretty impressive. The overall student body is comprised […]
For many Baylor students, Moody Memorial Library is basically a study haven with a Starbucks. But our dear library — affectionately referred to by many students as Club Moody — has much more to offer than just couches and coffee. For instance — you probably never realized you could do these 7 things at Baylor’s Central […]
As you may have heard, this week’s Baylor football game is not on ESPN, or FS1, or Fox Sports Southwest. It’s on Facebook. Yes, Facebook. This raises two big questions; below is our best effort to answer them. Why is this game on Facebook? College football television assignments are based on which school’s home game […]
Baylor’s Office of Career & Professional Development (CPD) is one of the most valuable resources on campus for students, offering services such as mock interviews and resume assistance to prepare students for success in their professional pursuits. Over the summer, Baylor CPD rolled out a new service for students: The Career Closet, which provides new or gently used business attire […]
