Gabe Madison’s résumé is the kind Fortune 500 bosses drool over: 22 years of corporate experience (including over a decade at Thomson Reuters), numerous placements on “most powerful business leaders” lists… Her corporate climb was surely on track to the top. That all changed in September when Madison (BBA ’00) left the corporate sphere to […]
If decision-making makes you anxious — whether those decisions be small (like where to eat) or big (like buying a home) — you’re in good company. Dr. Ashley Otto, associate professor of marketing in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business and a widely published consumer psychologist, feels the same way. So how did Otto learn to […]
As we noted earlier this fall, the Congressional Award gold medal is the highest honor presented to youth by the U.S. Congress. In September, we shared that young alum Andy Kim (BA ’22) had earned the award — only to learn that he wasn’t the only Bear so honored this year! Welles McDevitt, a freshman […]
From Line Camp to Welcome Week to the Baylor Line and the on-campus living experience, Baylor goes above and beyond to help new students feel like they are truly a part of the Baylor Family. Eyes across the nation are starting to take notice — the most recent being U.S. News, which this year ranked […]
Baylor is home, and every Saturday in the fall is like a mini-family reunion. But Homecoming? That’s the one you really don’t want to miss. Thousands of Bears made their way home to Waco this past weekend for Baylor Homecoming 2022 — and what a weekend it was. For those who couldn’t make it — […]
Baylor students come from every state and 100+ countries, and after graduation, they fling their green and gold afar in countless locations around the world. When Baylor alumni recognize one another in the wild — in the airport, on vacation, in the workplace, etc. — there’s a shared understanding of who they are. The Baylor […]
Last week, Dr. Kathy Schwaig — a two-time Baylor graduate — was formally introduced as president of Kennesaw State University, joining an ever-growing number of Bears leading colleges and universities across the nation. Schwaig (BBA ’84, MBA ’86), a Central Texas native, was the third of three sisters to attend Baylor, earning both her business […]
In 1909, Baylor hosted the first collegiate homecoming celebration in the nation. This weekend, we again renew that tradition, as the Baylor Family returns to campus to “catch that Baylor spirit again,” as President Samuel Palmer Brooks famously wrote a century ago. It all begins tonight with Homecoming Worship on Fountain Mall, followed by Dinner with […]
Alumni returning to campus this month for Homecoming will find Collins Hall looking a little different, as the 65-year-old residence hall is closed this year while undergoing its first major renovation since opening its doors in 1957. At Move-In next fall, the Class of 2027 will be welcomed to a new main entrance from 7th Street […]
Whether you’re looking for a college for yourself (Gen Z) or for your child (Gen X/millennials), you’re going to want a school that you can trust. A recent survey of parents nationwide named Baylor the No. 2 most-trusted major university in the country, joining Princeton, Duke, Notre Dame and Yale in the top five.* While […]
