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    Vinnie Johnson builds success — from Baylor to the NBA to business

    March 4, 2021 // Posted In Alumni, Athletics

    The stories of “boom to bust” for college and pro athletes after their playing careers end are legion. Vinnie Johnson, Baylor Class of 1980, is not one of those. Johnson — a two-time all-American at Baylor, one of the greatest sixth men in NBA history, and our pick as the greatest Baylor alum in NBA history […]

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  • Culture of JOY leads Baylor men's basketball to first Big 12 title

    Culture of JOY leads Baylor men’s basketball to first Big 12 title

    March 3, 2021 // Posted In Athletics, Honors

    Shout it from the rafters — Baylor men’s basketball is the 2020-21 Big 12 Conference champion! The Bears beat No. 6-ranked West Virginia on the road Tuesday — in overtime — 94-89 to clinch the program’s first conference title in 71 years. Some stories about the game focused on the rust head coach Scott Drew’s team is […]

  • Lady Bears win 11th straight (!!!!!) Big 12 title

    Lady Bears win 11th straight (!!!!!) Big 12 title

    March 2, 2021 // Posted In Athletics, Honors

    It appears there are now three great certainties in life: death, taxes, and Baylor women’s basketball winning the Big 12. Yes, the Lady Bears won their 11th straight regular season Big 12 title this week, extending their decade of dominance over the league. The run is the longest active streak in the nation, and the […]

  • Meet Mary Gentry Kavanaugh, Baylor Class of 1855 -- and BU's first female graduate

    Meet Mary Gentry Kavanaugh, Baylor Class of 1855 — and BU’s first female graduate

    March 1, 2021 // Posted In History

    While sources differ, Baylor was one of the first (perhaps the very first) institution west of the Mississippi River to admit women. And in 1855 — just a year after BU’s first graduating class — Mary Gentry Kavanaugh became the first woman to earn a degree from Baylor University. Though the university was still young, […]

  • Looking back on Black History Month 2021 at Baylor

    Looking back on Black History Month 2021 at Baylor

    March 1, 2021 // Posted In Student life, Videos

    As one Baylor student put it, “Black history is not just for Black people. Black history is American history, so I want to make sure that we’re able to share it, and engage with it.” That effort doesn’t end just because the calendar has rolled from February (and Black History Month) on into March. In […]

  • Interested in diving into Black literature? Check out this list from Baylor English profs

    Interested in diving into Black literature? Check out this list from Baylor English profs

    February 26, 2021 // Posted In Academics, History

    February is Black History Month, a time for intentionally learning more about the roles African Americans have played in our nation’s history. One approach is to read up on Black history in the U.S.; Baylor history professor Ronald Johnson put together an excellent list of resources. Another approach is to dive into some of the outstanding […]

  • Baylor nursing steps up to aid Waco COVID-19 vaccination efforts

    Baylor nursing steps up to aid Waco COVID-19 vaccination efforts

    February 25, 2021 // Posted In Academics, Service, Student life

    With COVID-19 vaccine distribution increasing each day, there’s finally a light at the end of the tunnel — and Baylor nursing students are helping that light shine even brighter. This spring, 120 senior-level, second-semester nursing students (and faculty, too) from the Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON) are helping administer the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine here […]

  • Baylor student cybersecurity team training to protect from 21st-century cyberattacks

    Baylor student cybersecurity team training to protect from 21st-century cyberattacks

    February 23, 2021 // Posted In Academics, Student life

    Thanks to technology, the world is connected in a way and at a speed that has never been possible before. Such progress offers conveniences not even imaginable some 20 years ago — but also a new category of threats. As data breaches and other IT security issues continue to make headlines, Baylor is dedicated to […]

  • The Divine Nine: A history of Baylor's National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations

    The Divine Nine: A history of Baylor’s National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations

    February 22, 2021 // Posted In History, Student life

    Just off Fountain Mall sits a peaceful garden plot, complete with gorgeous landscaping and bold granite markers. The space is Baylor’s National Pan-Hellenic Garden, a place to recognize historically Black Greek-lettered groups on campus. The markers represent fraternities and sororities within the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), often referred to as the “Divine Nine.” The NPHC […]

  • Baylor track & field star rewriting the NCAA record book in 2021

    Baylor track & field star rewriting the NCAA record book in 2021

    February 11, 2021 // Posted In Athletics, Honors

    The top two indoor pole vault records in NCAA history now belong to a Baylor Bear. KC Lightfoot, a junior on the Baylor track and field team, is off to an incredible start in 2021, setting the NCAA men’s indoor pole vault record — then besting that mark just two weeks later. “It’s been a […]

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