Freshman Class: By now, through Line Camp and Welcome Week, I’m sure you’re fully aware of what is expected of you Sunday at the Baylor football season opener. But if you haven’t been to a Baylor football game yet, you may not realize what the experience of being part of the Baylor Line is really […]
Last fall, a business website put together a list of the “Top 50 Motivators on the Web” — leaders who regularly share encouragement online to keep their followers moving forward. The top of the list contained prominent names like Oprah, Stephen Covey and the Dalai Lama. Sitting at No. 20 was an unexpected name that […]
The 2011-12 athletic year — The Year of the Bear — was clearly the best in Baylor history. At the risk of sounding like marketing copy, the Waco Tribune-Herald really has captured the year in an excellent coffee table book titled, appropriately, Year of the Bear. The book is available now in the Baylor Bookstore […]
Just in time for football season, Baylor Proud is, well, proud to announce the launch of our new Pinterest page! On Pinterest, visit pinterest.com/baylorproud (or search people for “Baylor Proud”). What will you find there? Future Bears in their green and gold. Baylor weddings. Dogs and cats who want to be Bears. Scenic shots of our beautiful […]
Baylor football’s leading passer, receiver and running back from 2011 will all be playing on Sundays this fall — Robert Griffin III, BA ’10, with the Redskins, Kendall Wright with the Titans and Terrance Ganaway, BSED ’10, with the Jets. But don’t assume the cupboard is now bare in Waco; far from it. Take a […]
Hankamer School of Business Dean Terry Maness, legendary Baylor football coach Grant Teaff and former university president Robert Sloan were among a heavily Baylor-flavored group invited to ring the closing bell for the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. [Watch video of the NYSE Closing Bell Wednesday.] The group was there to honor Citizens Inc., […]
Dr. Richard Goode’s life is the ultimate “pay it forward” story. Born in Fort Worth, Goode, BA ’37, was the only member of his immediate family to graduate from college — doing so during the Great Depression. After earning his bachelor’s from Baylor in economics, he went on to become a professor at the University […]
Since 1984, Baylor alumna Jessie Degollado, BA ’72, has been a familiar face to San Antonians as a lead reporter for ABC affiliate KSAT 12. Whether reporting on issues affecting San Antonio, South Texas or both sides of the Rio Grande, the Laredo native has used her journalistic nose, her knowledge of Hispanic culture and language and plain hard […]
You know Baylor is a great school to attend, and a great family (full of good advice) to belong to as an alum. But did you know it’s just as good a place to work? For the second year in a row, Baylor is among an elite group of just 30 large four-year schools awarded […]
We asked a simple question of Baylor alumni and upperclassmen on Twitter this morning: If you had one piece of advice for #Baylor freshmen on their first day of class, what would it be? Responses flooded in… Some were funny (e.g., “guys, eat at Collins;” “ladies, don’t wear heels to class”), some were serious, but all […]
