For 60 years, life conspired to keep Eddie Morris, BA ’52, from walking at Commencement and officially receiving his Baylor diploma. Finally — in 2012 — Eddie was able to see that dream come true, as he walked the Ferrell Center stage. (You can read more on that part of his story here.) Eddie’s children played […]
On Dec. 27, Jim Grobe will coach his last game at Baylor, as he guides the Bears in the 2016 Cactus Bowl before turning over the reins completely to new head coach Matt Rhule. This likely will be Grobe’s last game as a head coach, as he and his wife, Holly, return to the benefits of retirement […]
Here at Baylor, campus is under a blanket of tranquility as students and professors are home for a well-deserved Christmas break. And while the time off around the holidays certainly means spending time with friends and family, the extra time (coupled with the often less-than-delightful weather) can also mean a lot of time huddled in the […]
More Baylor graduates than ever before — nearly 9 in 10 — are finding jobs or starting a graduate school program after their time at Baylor is through. In 2016, Baylor set a new record for undergraduate placement rate — for the fourth year in a row. (Placement rate is simply the percentage of students […]
“Honestly, I just really love ugly Christmas sweaters. [My other one] is a Christmas tree made out of gold tinsel that has jingle bells on it. Like, it is the most hideous thing I’ve ever found. I’m trying to get my mom to let me wear it to every family dinner. She’s not having it. […]
When Tammy Havens moved to Waco with her husband and children in 2004 and began working for Baylor, she had thoughts of taking advantage of the university’s tuition remission benefit to take classes for herself. But with a full-time job as an administrative assistant, she only had time to take one class each semester. In 2006, she […]
“I’m graduating in May… I still haven’t eaten at Health Camp. I need to cross that off the bucket list. I want to go check out the Waco Mammoth Site, go see how the bells in Pat Neff work, you know some of that. I work as a tour guide for Baylor, so I know […]
Just after Christmas, Baylor football will face the Boise State Broncos in the 2016 Cactus Bowl. As you might know, Boise State is located in Boise, Idaho, and is both the state’s capital and its largest city, with some 210,000 residents. The vast majority of those will naturally be wearing Boise State colors on Dec. 27 — […]
“I guess my favorite part about Christmas is how cozy everything feels. I’ll go find Christmas food, other people dress up, put up lights and everything — the happy atmosphere.” [Do you have a Christmas wish for this year?] “To be able to spend time with my friends if I wasn’t able to as much […]
For nearly 50 years, the combined choirs and orchestra of Baylor’s School of Music have heralded the arrival of Christmas with joyful worship during Christmas on 5th Street. This hour-long program, “A Baylor Christmas,” is typically sold out, meaning most Bears don’t get to experience the warm, beautiful music celebrating the birth of Christ. But […]
