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Juneteenth memories from Baylor’s oral history archives

…introduced to relatives. There would be these ancient people, you know, really, really old, and you’d have to go up to them. My grandmother would say, ‘This is my son’s daughter,’ and ‘This is your cousin so-and-so through so-and-so.’ As a child, you really don’t know, but you hear the names. So I was aware of some of the names. What it did for me was to give me a sense of time and place. I knew that I came from some people who could accomplish s…

Diadeloso 2022: What a difference a Dia makes

…y walkthrough of Dia 2022 || See photos from the entire day] A fun run, wiffle ball, corn hole, axe throwing, NPHC performances, and a special Dia Dr Pepper Hour kept things rolling throughout the day. The Pullin Family Marina was also open, as students took advantage of the weather to enjoy kayaking, paddleboarding, sand volleyball and more along the riverfront. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y20tAHtP3Sw The day ended with a concert by Apollo LT…

Nation’s largest award for top teaching brings NC State math education prof to Baylor

…hing in 2020, and was named a “professor of distinction” at NC State last fall. She has also been honored as a fellow by the American Statistical Association and the International Society for Design and Development in Education. “I am an educator through and through,” says Lee. “The secret to being a great teacher is loving the joy of learning, for your students and for yourself. Learning new content and developing new approaches that can engage a…

‘A Baylor Christmas’ shares holiday music from Waco all over the country

…hestra, resounded throughout Jones Concert Hall as they performed traditional favorites. All told, the production features the talent of more than 450 Baylor students and faculty, performing such favorites as “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” and “What Child Is This?”. A full listing of stations airing “A Baylor Christmas” can be found here (check local listings for broadcast dates/times). And even if you’re not in one of the cities airing the…

Now 200 episodes in, Baylor Connections shares BU stories straight from the source

…ose voice you likely recognize as the voice of McLane Stadium, Baylor baseball and women’s basketball — new episodes air weekly all year long. In honor of the podcast recently surpassing the 200-episode milestone, here are five recent episodes that give a sampling of the many ways Baylor and Baylor people impact the world: Vice Provost for Research Kevin Chambliss explains the significance of Baylor reaching R1 status — perhaps as early as 2024 —…

Statewide campaign shines light on Baylor’s research efforts

…lor) September 24, 2021 Digital billboards across Dallas, Houston and Waco also called attention to Baylor’s research efforts: We’re celebrating the impactful research being done here at Baylor via online ads, social media posts — and billboards like these, placed all over Dallas, Houston & Waco. 🐻 pic.twitter.com/OmOeuY5EW0 — Baylor University (@Baylor) September 24, 2021 Schools, colleges and departments across the university also took to social…

Personal experience drives Baylor expert’s scholarship on joy

…ty of Joy: A Story of Being Lost and Found. She describes it as a theological memoir and a “dialogue back and forth between my experiences and the joy research we did at Yale.” The Gravity of Joy examines joy in a variety of contexts, including deep challenges like addiction and suicide, which her family endured. (Learn more about the book in this Q&A.) Gorrell’s studies have been featured in other contexts, as well. Last fall, the Houston Chronic…

Baylor math prof earns coveted NSF early career award (and $430,000 grant)

…,000 to support Graber’s research at the intersection of game theory, partial differential equations, and societal questions in politics and economics. “The idea behind game theory is this — that you take somebody at random from a population and ask the question, ‘What would this person do strategically to maximize his utility?’ Then, you can actually figure out from there what the entire population will do,” Graber explains. For his CAREER grant…

Tickets on sale next Wednesday for Homecoming, Family Weekend 2021 events

…wa State football game. (Check out the full slate of weekend events for details.) Single-game football tickets — including the Homecoming game vs. BYU and the Family Weekend game vs. Iowa State — also go on sale July 28 at 10 a.m. at BaylorBears.com. (Want to beat the rush? Season tickets — both full-season and mini-plans — are available now.) Sic ’em, Bears!…

Baylor Libraries make Baptist history accessible via Baptist Standard digitization

…t enable people around the world to access history from their computer. In all, there are now 10 digital collections that gather important documents, interviews and media for online access. The first parts of the Baptist Standard collection are now online and available, with over 500 issues from 1928-44 available. Once the entire process is complete, a painstaking task expected to take about 18 months, all 133 years of the publication will be easi…