Baylor’s Student Union Building formally opened to the campus community 65 years ago today — Sept. 16, 1948. 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 […]
Even more than most students, tomorrow’s business leaders are likely to do a cost-benefits analysis when deciding what college to attend. That’s why we’re so glad to see Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business make U.S. News‘ list of the 10 most affordable private business schools. Of course, it’s not worth sacrificing quality to cut costs. […]
This summer, at the International Clarinet Association’s annual conference in Assisi, Italy, an audition committee selected six finalists from around the world to compete in an orchestral solo competition. Two of those six international finalists were Baylor Bears. The duo — junior Jake Hale and senior Daniel Malacon — are part of the clarinet studio in Baylor’s […]
Baptists have long emphasized the importance of religious freedom, so it makes sense that Baylor President Ken Starr would use his “On Topic” series to host a conversation on the topic with noted First Amendment enthusiast and author Os Guinness. Guinness has written or edited more than 25 books. His latest, The Global Public Square, presents […]
Over the years, a surprising number of Baylor Bears have played important roles in Hollywood. On screen, we’ve seen Baylor alumni such as Angela Kinsey, BA ’93 (“Angela” on the The Office) and Allison Tolman, BFA ’04 (Molly on season one of FX’s Fargo) earn Emmy nominations for their work. Behind the scenes, recent successes include such Bears as Derek […]
We covered Baylor’s Texas Hunger Initiative in depth back in the spring, describing how the program (begun in Baylor’s School of Social Work in 2009) is working to develop a reproducible model that significantly reduces hunger by maximizing efficiency in current state programs. Thanks to a $2 million grant from the Walmart Foundation, THI staffers […]
For Baylor freshman Ansley Bridges, a trip to an impoverished nation led to an organization that is improving the lives of girls as they advance through the educational system in Ethiopia. Bridges, a second-semester freshman at Baylor, first visited Ethiopia at the age of 13. Even at that age, she noticed a problem. “In Ethiopia, […]
Two days from now, Baylor Alumni Association members will vote on whether or not to accept the Transition Agreement negotiated over the past year by university officials and the BAA’s elected leaders. All along, President Ken Starr and others have described the values of forgetting past feuds and coming together as one Baylor family — […]
In recent years, Baylor alumni have been able to connect to their alma mater (and one another) through a growing number of online tools such as Facebook and Twitter. Now you can add another site to the list: LinkedIn. Last month, the social networking site for business — think Facebook, but more focused on business […]
One of the benefits of university professors being involved in cutting edge research is the knowledge they then bring back to the classroom to share with students. A year from now, Dr. Bryan Brooks will return to his upper-level environmental studies with a host of new things to share. Brooks, a professor of environmental science […]
