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Baylor leads the nation with six ESPY nominations

…Johnson won five ESPYs between 1994 and 2000 (best male track athlete, 1994-96-97-00; best male athlete, 1997), and Jeremy Wariner followed suit as best track and field athlete in 2007. Director John Lee Hancock won best sports movie twice, for The Rookie (2002) and The Blind Side (2010). Bears have also been nominated for best team (Lady Bears, 2005), best male Olympic performance (Wariner, 2005) and best breakthrough athlete (Griner, 2010). (Com…

Alum named one of top ’25 Under 35′ in the newspaper industry

…stant managing editor Claire St. Amant’s resume is impressive for a 26-year-old: Phi Beta Kappa honoree. Graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA. Lariat editor. Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine. Now St. Amant can add one more line to her resume. The 2008 Baylor graduate was named one of the newspaper industry’s top “25 Under 35” by Editor & Publisher, the nation’s oldest journal covering the world of newspapers. After returning to the U.S. in 201…

Waco Tribune-Herald looks back at 10 years of ‘Baylor 2012’

…rch goal” — “In hindsight, most everyone concedes that goal [becoming a top-tier research institution] was never within reach during the plan’s 10-year frame. Still, many at the university think the efforts initiated as part of the vision positioned Baylor to become one of the nation’s elite research universities. Vaulting to the next level will take at least another decade, they acknowledge.” * “Baylor learns to balance research, teaching through…

Baylor We Are: A Family

…, holding regular gatherings and special events like watch parties and send-off gatherings across Texas, all over the country and even internationally. And online, sites like baylor.edu/alumni, baylorbears.com, and (naturally) Baylor Proud join Facebook and Twitter in keeping alumni informed on happenings around campus and among the Baylor family. To the Class of 2012: As you head out, keep in touch with your old alma mater. Come back every once i…

Sandra Day O’Connor speaks at Baylor, studies BU students’ research on iCivics

…ersation on her efforts to improve civic education. The Justice founded an online curriculum called iCivics in 2009 that uses games to introduce students, particularly those in the middle grades, to civic principles and ideas. (I checked the site out yesterday afternoon, and I must confess I got caught up in playing the games for more than an hour.) Thanks to President Starr’s friendship with Justice O’Connor, Baylor was appointed last year to stu…

Diadeloso 2012: Back to the Future

…w Bears from all over the state and beyond for Diadeloso Texas at SeaWorld San Antonio on June 9. Get details here, then register online today! Sic ’em, Diadeloso!…

Alum’s IT solutions for local hospital lead to recognition from Microsoft

…ir conditioning; two years ago, when the new Hillcrest hospital opened at I-35 and Highway 6, the price tag included more than $30 million for new equipment and medical technology. Since 2007, Michael Allison, BBA ’03, MSIS ’05, has provided support for Hillcrest Family Health Clinics as IT administrator, assisting doctors, nurses and administrators across nine sites around the city. In 2010, he oversaw an overhaul of the medical center’s systems…

Baylor We Are: Stewards of God’s gifts

…dorm rooms, food courts, workout facilities, etc., greater access to state-of-the-art technology and labs, and high levels of personal attention from advisers and counselors. The bottom line of all this, however, is that the cost of a college education places a significant burden on students and their families. In an effort to help keep a Baylor education accessible to students of all walks of life, the university has made increasing scholarship…

Official Baylor Facebook page tops 75,000 likes

…co rank second and third on the list — but many are not. India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Turkey and Egypt each rank among the top 12 countries, with more than 100 Baylor fans in each. Even as Facebook’s overall growth has slowed, Baylor’s numbers have yet to plateau. The page launched in September 2009, topped 40,000 likes just more than a year later, and now hit 75,000 15 months after that. Are you a fan yet? If not, go check it out…

Media coverage of Baylor Libraries ‘Browning Letters’ project draws thousands of eyes to Baylor

…ert Browning, owned and housed at Wellesley, are now available for viewing online (along with some 800+ other Browning letters owned by BU) through Baylor Libraries’ digital collection. An Associated Press story on the project was carried by more than 400 media outlets worldwide, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post (with a great video), CBS News, ABC News, NPR, CBC-TV (Canada), The Guardian (UK) and th…