On Tuesday, Baylor welcomed Dr. Linda Livingstone, currently dean of the George Washington University School of Business, as the university’s 15th president. Livingstone will become Baylor’s first female president when she takes office June 1. But as Board Chair Ron Murff, BBA ’75, noted, the Regents’ goal was to hire the best president for the university, regardless […]
The Baylor of 1941 would be completely unrecognizable to most Bears today. Pat Neff Hall was just two years old. Its namesake, former Texas Governor Pat Neff, was still president of Baylor University (and would serve for six more years). Campus was almost entirely contained between Fifth and Seventh streets, with Brooks Hall the only building west of […]
The nation’s best mock trial teams will converge on Los Angeles this weekend for the American Mock Trial National Championship Tournament — and for the second time in three years, the Baylor undergraduate mock trial team will be among them. Last month, the Baylor team earned the right to advance thanks to their best-ever second-place finish in the regional […]
Slavery isn’t just something we read about in history textbooks; sadly, it’s still an issue today, all over the world — including here in the United States. Through force, fraud or coercion, individuals are exploited for sex, physical labor, drug transportation and other acts — treated purely as expendable commodities. Thankfully, people are standing up to the […]
One month from today, some 3,000 Baylor seniors will flip their tassels, receive their diplomas, and turn from students into alumni. Class of 2017 — are you ready? We’re here to help make sure you are. Before you walk the Ferrell Center stage, here are seven things every senior should know that will make the coming days […]
Late last month, Baylor announced the finalists for the university’s 2018 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. (If you’re unfamiliar with the Cherry Award, it’s a unique honor — not only honoring professors for great teaching, but investing in their work with a gift of $250,000. It’s the largest monetary gift for teaching presented by a […]
From the beginning, McLane Stadium was built with more in mind than just football. Sunday night, the stadium was put to another use — as a common ground for thousands of Christians to worship Jesus, as “The Gathering” returned to the Baylor campus. First held two years ago, The Gathering brought together some 20,000 Christians […]
Rev. James Huckins came to what was then the Republic of Texas in 1840 — the first Baptist missionary to Texas, sent to plant churches throughout the region. But he didn’t stop there; he also helped plant what would become the world’s largest Baptist institution of higher learning. While Huckins isn’t as familiar a name […]
By now, you’ve probably seen the video of the high school senior’s heartwarming reaction after opening an envelope from Baylor and reading the words every future Bear hopes to see: “You’ve been accepted for enrollment into the Class of 2021.” That senior is future Baylor Bear Patrick Eriom, and his video has gone viral within […]
Diadeloso 2017 featured most of the things Baylor Bears have long enjoyed on “The Day of the Bear”: food, bands and other performances, competitions, etc. But it will always be remembered for the goat yoga. Yes, goat yoga. It’s exactly what it sounds like — yoga, but with baby goats wandering through the area, like […]
