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Baylor on short list of schools in top 30 for both undergrad teaching & research

…the third year in a row, U.S. News‘ rankings placed Baylor among this prestigious short list, as BU was ranked No. 26 nationally for undergraduate teaching and No. 23 for undergraduate research/creative projects. No other Texas school made the top 30 in both categories; Baylor is also the only school with an explicit, primary identity as a Christian university to make both lists. The teaching honor is nothing new for Baylor; undergraduate educatio…

The beauty of Baylor Family: Recapping Homecoming 2024

…g weekend is THE annual family reunion, the one you don’t want to miss. Thousands of Bears made their way home to Waco this past weekend for a practically perfect Baylor Homecoming 2024. For those who couldn’t make it — or for those who want to relive it — we bring you a look back at the weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okHvcdxsEJk The on-campus celebration began early in the week for students, with Monday night’s Homecoming Worship servic…

Start your Homecoming visit at the Hurd

…Hurd Welcome Center. The Hurd will serve as “Homecoming headquarters” for visitors this week, with Baylor staff on hand Friday and Saturday to answer questions and help you connect with school/college/campus events — plus a host of activities, photo ops, student performances and more for Bears of all ages. On Friday, doors open at 8 a.m. (for the Hurd as well as the Baylor Spirit Shop and Varsity Coffee & Soda inside). Programming runs from 4-8 p….

Is it already time to catch up with Brooklyn McKnight? Yep.

…As McKnight explains, “A dirty soda is kind of a concept that I think it originated mostly in Utah, [where] you have a soda in the morning, in the middle of day, and night. And so people just got creative and they started adding coffee creamers and they started adding flavored syrups and just kind of creating their own sort of combinations the same way you would do at Starbucks or some other coffee place, just with soda bases instead.” The first l…

Baylor alumna inducted into Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame

…oadcast innovator whose influence stretches over 40 years, from local television stations to regional sports networks across the nation. Staab earned her MBA at Baylor in 1984, and she was already immersed in television when she arrived. A native East Texan, she began her TV journey in Tyler. With a focus on the TV business as opposed to a role in front of the camera, Staab’s path after Baylor took her to TV stations from coast to coast, including…

Happy 70th birthday, Tidwell Bible Building!

…ng began immediately, but would go on for nearly 18 years due to World War II and design difficulties. (In fact, Tidwell passed before the building became a reality. His final words reportedly were, “Oh, if God would only let me live five more years so I could see the Tidwell Bible Building on Baylor’s campus.”) The first vision for the building was created by architect Guy A. Carlander, Tidwell’s son-in-law. Carlander drew up plans for what would…

99 things to see and do during #BaylorHomecoming

…e floats, community entries and more. * The Bonfire and Pep Rally bring thousands of Bears together on Fountain Mall the night before the big game. * With four shows over three nights, Pigskin Revue features the best of All University Sing’s Broadway-style acts. * Since Baylor moved to Waco in 1886, Old Main and the Quadrangle have been the center of campus, with classic architecture that has become the model for countless other Baylor buildings….

Meet Baylor’s nationally cited expert on politics and public policy

In Texas politics, there have been few more influential figures than Baylor’s own Bob Bullock (JD ’58), a longtime elected official and Baylor law graduate. So it stands to reason that the professorship named for him in Baylor’s Department of Political Science would be held by a professor with his own recognized expertise on the influence of politics and public policy on citizens. Dr. Patrick Flavin came to Baylor in 2010 and now serves as the Bo…

Baylor in Washington program immerses BU students in the dynamics of our nation’s capital

…tion year. The Baylor in Washington program has students in just such a position — earning college credits while interning with U.S. senators and representatives, government offices, think tanks, law firms, lobbyists, and other power players in our nation’s capital. Through a mix of real-world internships, coursework and networking, students can explore everything from government, journalism, advocacy and research to event planning, the arts, cons…

Since the 1950s, ‘The Phoenix’ has showcased Baylor students’ literary & fine arts talents

…e work published and to gain experience producing, all on their own, a significant literary review,” says Baylor English professor Arna Hemenway, one of the magazine’s faculty advisors. Students can submit any form of literary and artistic work — short plays, short stories, poetry, composition pieces, drawings, paintings, etc. — to be reviewed and considered by an editorial panel of students. Every year this team of editors shifts and develops, ma…