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Tommy Bowman: A BU pioneer as Baylor’s first Black scholarship student-athlete

…d the Bears in scoring once and in rebounding twice, and twice earned first-team All-Southwest Conference honors. He still ranks among Baylor’s top-10 in career rebounds per game and career double-doubles. Bowman was inducted into the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999, and into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in 2018. Off the court, Bowman met his wife at Baylor and formed lifelong friendships with his teammates — including David Sibley…

‘Our Time’ series on ESPN+ takes viewers behind the scenes with Baylor basketball

…n’s basketball’s Culture of JOY is all about, and visit a hospital with pre-med student-athlete Adam Flagler. Episode 6 – Road Warriors: The most recent episode goes in-depth on two big road games at the start of February: the men’s trip to Kansas, and the women’s win in Austin. ESPN+ is a subscription-based streaming service starting at $6.99 a month, and all previous episodes are available on-demand for binge-watching. With the Big 12 title push…

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

…her time and energy to creating open educational resources, offering free online courses for educators from around the world and sharing research-based multimedia materials via Creative Commons licensing. “I want to make math and statistics relevant to every person’s life and change the experiences they have in schools,” says Lee. “I want to get meaningful curriculum materials in the hands of teachers so they can change the types of experiences s…

Why the Immortal Ten story still resonates, 95 years later

…or swerve in time, the bus and train collided, killing 10 of the 21 student-athletes, coaches and fans on the bus. Ninety-five years is a long time for a story to continue to be felt by different generations, by diverse people in divergent eras. One reason it still resonates: The story is told each year at Freshman Mass Meeting, keeping the Immortal Ten’s flame burning across the decades. “The story of the Immortal Ten embodies the Baylor spirit,…

Chip and Joanna return to TV with launch of the Magnolia Network

…Here’s a first look at each show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqlF4A3vJ-Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHCdmrgXYfY But Magnolia Network has plenty of other new offerings — and Chip and Joanna aren’t the only Bears to be featured. Restoration Road, another new series, features their fellow Wacoan and Baylor grad, carpenter Clint Harp (BBA ’00), as he travels America searching for historical structures in need of restoration. An upcoming spec…

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

…Why is it the 2018 performance?” In recent years, KWTX has gone to an every-other-year schedule for recording and producing the broadcast, so this year should have been the debut of the 2020 performance — but COVID-19 threw a wrench in those plans last year. The good news: Baylor’s 2021 concert was recorded earlier this year and will be produced to make its broadcast premiere in December 2022.) Sic ’em, Baylor music students! [Looking for even mor…

10 years later: Remembering when RG3 brought the Heisman to Baylor

…mpionships, built McLane Stadium, and (after going three decades between 10-win seasons prior to RG3) has won double-digit games five more times. Griffin would be drafted with the No. 2 overall pick the following year, earning NFL Rookie of the Year honors. Injuries cut short his career in Washington, but he played four more seasons for Cleveland and Baltimore before moving to the TV booth as an analyst for ESPN, where he has earned rave reviews (…

Remembering a Baylor legend: Bill Glass

…edia outlets. Most of those stories focused on his athletic success. An all-American football player at Baylor in 1956, Glass went on to play 11 years in the NFL, earning Pro Bowl honors four times and helping lead the Cleveland Browns to their last NFL championship in 1964. He was elected to the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame in 1969, the College Football Hall of Fame in 1985, and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1987. But even for all that, Glass…

Celebrating a very merry Christmas on 5th 2021

…on Quad for the KOT Christmas lighting. Students sang and danced, as “snow”-fetti fell all around.   It certainly was a jolly evening spent among our favorite people in our favorite place. This time of year is so special for so many reasons, and we are so thankful we were able to kick it off together.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Baylor University (@bayloruniversity) Sic ’em, Bears — and Merry Christmas! [Looking for even more…

Baylor Libraries unveils Black Gospel Archive & Listening Center for renowned music collection

…brary — until now. Earlier this month, Baylor unveiled the brand new, state-of-the-art Black Gospel Archive and Listening Center in Moody Memorial Library, which now houses the entirety of the BGRMP. “We could not be more excited to open this space to the people of Waco, our Baylor community and researchers from around the world,” says Jeffry Archer, dean of University Libraries. “With every step along the way, from initial idea to the finishing t…