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Young grad’s company uses water bottle sales to provide water for those in need

…rld to provide clean water for those who lack such a source. Pangea has partnered with Living Water International, a Houston-based Christian nonprofit that organizes the drilling of wells. It costs LWI just 98 cents to provide clean, safe water for one person for an entire year. Based on those numbers, for every bottle sold, Pangea gives a person in need clean water for four years. What an idea: a business model built not only on environmental sus…

Hunger and education summits among many ways Bears serve locally

…s right here at home. In the past week alone, such caring has manifested itself in three different ways at Baylor. Last Thursday, the University hosted “Texas at the Table,” a hunger summit dedicated to finding ways to eradicate hunger across the state. The Texas Hunger Initiative (a partnership between Baylor’s School of Social Work and the Baptist General Convention of Texas) welcomed more than 250 representatives from advocacy groups, social se…

Freshman defeated rare cancer to join sisters at Baylor

…er, Cody — now a freshman business major at Baylor — is, amazingly, cancer-free. Multiple rounds of chemotherapy and six weeks of radiation, coupled with the Novak family’s faith and sense of humor, helped Cody regain his health in time to join his sisters (senior Casey and sophomore Courtney) at Baylor this fall. Cody’s mother Kristi, BS ’81, says the goal of following his sisters to Baylor was an incentive for Cody throughout the nasty treatment…

Baylor, Truett grad pastoring church near heart of Fort Hood tragedy

…o, as they continue to deal with the tragic shooting that claimed 13 lives last Thursday. With the nation’s largest military base right outside their door, most every resident of nearby Killeen has some connection to the base where the killings occurred. Dr. Randall Wallace, BA ’84, D.Min ’07, is pastor of First Baptist Killeen, where about a third of the congregation has direct ties to Fort Hood. The church was also home to a a multi-denomination…

Football and volleyball wins, plus Lady Bear’s dunk, highlight successful weekend

…ed should try to think back to the last time Baylor had such depth. Baylor needs to win two of its last three games to earn a bowl appearance; the Bears host Texas this Saturday (11 a.m., FSN), then play at Texas A&M next week before wrapping up the regular season Nov. 28 vs. Texas Tech at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington (tickets still available). Not to be outmatched, the 20th-ranked Baylor volleyball team pulled out a tight match in College Station…

Baylor couple’s amazing battle, triumph following stroke recorded in ‘Sara’s Story’

…hree months doing in-patient rehab before the recommendation came that she needed to be moved to a nursing home, because she would need 24-7 care the rest of her life. Tim, however, was still seeing improvements, and thus refused the recommendation. He fought his insurance company to get Sara into a special center that treats traumatic brain injuries; three months later, she went home and walked up the stairs without assistance. Today, she drives,…

Former NFL star now one of nation’s top police officers

…ad, he returned to finish his degree at Baylor, then enrolled in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s training program in Quantico, Virginia. Today, he works for the DEA in Kabul, Afghanistan, and was recently highlighted in Parade Magazine as one of America’s top police officers for his part last year in busting an international drug cartel that seized $11 million in cash, 14,000 kilos of cocaine, 30 tons of marijuana and 200 pounds of meth. (Wa…

BRIC to improve research efforts at Baylor and bring economic boost to Central Texas

…process, Central Texas stands to gain hundreds of white-collar jobs in the short term and thousands more jobs in the long term. Waco economist Ray Perryman, BS ’74, forecasts the park will generate $1.5 to 4.2 billion in economic impact in the first 15 years, while creating between 8,000 and 22,000 jobs. As seen in projects like BRIC and the Waco Mammoth Site, it’s amazing what can be accomplished when Baylor and the local community get together….

Geologists map Waco suburb to help find stable places to build

The natural features that make the Waco suburb of Woodway so scenic can also cause problems for home builders, as some of the city’s slopes are prone to landslides — a situation clearly unsafe for a home’s foundation. However, while these conditions affect only a fraction of the city, the danger has caused some homebuilders to shy away from building anywhere in the area. To help builders know where it’s safe to build and where it’s not, a team of…

Baylor iTunes U site launches with free audio and video downloads

…g!) a month or so ago, Baylor has also launched an iTunes U site, offering free downloads of over 300 audio and video files, with more being added weekly. Sports fans will enjoy seeing video highlights posted just a couple of hours after each game ends, as well as episodes of Inside Baylor Sports. Others might enjoy podcasts like the KWBU’s Wordwise or the Baylor Business Review podcast, or reviewing lectures and speeches from recent events like t…