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  • New Virtual Career Network helps Baylor grads build connections

    // Posted In Alumni

    …for professionals in every stage of their career, including webinars and other job-hunting aids. One fun part of the site is the series of testimonials from Bears across the generations, who share their stories of how networking within the Baylor community helped them get started or advance in their careers. (Do you have a story to share? Click here to pass it along.) I’m so thankful my connections within the Baylor family helped me land the job…

  • Sharing Baylor memories across the generations

    // Posted In Alumni, Just for Fun

    …tes” section of Baylor Magazine. It’s fun to read the variety of life happenings that other Bears have to share, from births (including baby pictures in the “Baylor bear cub corner”) to promotions, professional honors to retirements and other highlights. Want to share your update with more than 120,000 fellow members of the Baylor family? Click here. Sic ’em, Baylor Bears of all generations!…

  • In Texas Stadium demolition, Bears find opportunities for unique studies

    // Posted In Academics, Athletics, Research, Videos

    …to study the seismic waves created by the stadium’s implosion, hoping to get a better image of the Earth’s crust in North Texas. Such information could help identify whether natural gas drilling in the area is to blame for a series of small earthquakes the region suffered in 2008-09. (See video of the demolition below.) That’s not the only Baylor connection to the weekend’s events, either. A plan developed by a team of MBA students from the Hanka…

  • Basketball’s Griner, Udoh recognized as AP All-Americans

    // Posted In Athletics, Honors

    …battle last Sunday, meaning the game drew more viewers than the 2010 Daytona 500 (13.3 million), Game 1 of the 2009 NBA Finals (13.0 million) and the 2010 Orange Bowl (10.8 million). On the women’s side, freshman post Brittney Griner continues to rack up awards, as she earned AP All-America recognition (second team) and was also named National Freshman of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association. She and the Lady Bears leave f…

  • Basketball succeeding in the classroom and on the court

    // Posted In Academics, Athletics

    …(APR), a score that gives points to teams whose players stay in good academic standing. If you’ve been following Baylor Proud for long, you know that our athletic programs have an excellent track record of success in the classroom. (For instance, those are 2009 All-Big 12 selections and 2009 Baylor graduates Curtis Jerrells and Kevin Rogers pictured at right.) With an APR of 989 that ranks in the top 10 percent nationally, the Bears easily glide…

  • Men’s hoops earns highest NCAA tournament seeding ever

    // Posted In Athletics, Honors

    …inal Four appearances without ever playing in the Sweet 16; the Bears were national runners-up in 1948 and reached the Final Four again in 1950, at at time when the NCAA tournament included just eight teams.) Among the national experts, Baylor has become a trendy pick to advance all the way to the Final Four again this year; see, for example, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi and Pat Forde, or CBS’ Gary Parrish and Steve Lavin (video). Can the Bears go all the w…

  • Habitat finds a longtime home at Baylor

    // Posted In Photo Galleries, Service, Student life

    …e funds to build homes with Waco Habitat for Humanity, a Christian housing ministry that builds homes in partnership with low-income families who then purchases the houses at cost and with no interest added to the loan. Baylor photographer Robert Rogers joined a number of students in braving the cold earlier this month to continue work on a house near downtown Waco; see his photos here. Just another of the many ways Baylor students work with the W…