Congrats, Baylor Class of 2024!
Congratulations, Class of 2024 — you did it!
This weekend, some 3,500 Bears celebrated earning their Baylor degree. Thousands of their friends and family filled the Ferrell Center for each ceremony, and countless more watched online and joined in the celebration via social media to honor Baylor’s newest graduates.
After the COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of high school graduation ceremonies for many of these students four years ago, it was extra special to get to celebrate with these grads through four ceremonies Friday and Saturday — capping off another incredible year at Baylor.
[SEE MORE: Senior portraits || Senior Celebration and Kente ceremony photos || Ceremony replays]
As a proud Baylor graduate who walked across that same stage many years ago, the best piece of advice I can give you is this: Stay in touch. Update your alumni contact information so that wherever your future takes you, you’ll know what’s going on with your alma mater and can connect with fellow grads. If you don’t already, follow Baylor on social media to watch how your alma mater grows and develops.
And finally, even as your friends scatter all over the world, make an effort to get together on a regular basis. Maybe that’s for Baylor Homecoming (mark your calendar — Oct. 21-26!), a group vacation, or just weekly game night — but keep those friendships going. College is a special time, and you likely won’t ever again have this much time available to build such deep friendships.
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Best of luck, new Baylor graduates. Or, as we Bears say:
Sic ’em, #BU24!
BONUS — Baylor Class of 2024 graduate stories:
* Waco native overcomes obstacles to earn not one, but two degrees from Baylor
* Dream big: Baylor ECS grad inspired toward his Ph.D. by BU mentors
* The ‘COVID class’ of 2020 is now ready to celebrate as Baylor’s Class of 2024