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Ashley Cleveland earns Grammy nomination for album inspired by Baylor gospel music project

…ect, which aims to preserve and catalogue black gospel music from the 1940s-1980s before it disappears. Cleveland and Greenberg each knew immediately that her next album should honor such songs, and so they dug in to find out more about the work going on at Baylor. In October, the Prichard Family Foundation established the Lev H. Prichard III Traditional Black Music Restoration Endowed Fund at Baylor to expand the Black Gospel Music Restoration Pr…

Why do we celebrate Christmas?

…d at Tangle.com (formerly GodTube), which advertises itself as the largest online community for Christians, with over 3 million monthly unique visitors. People from all over the world share videos, photos, blogs, prayers and Scripture readings through the site. The folks at Tangle also work closely with Christian music labels to promote their artists, including Baylor alum David Crowder. Why are we telling you all this? Tangle’s CEO, Trey Bowles,…

Waco Mammoth Site opens incredible experience to the public

…ation, the new issue of Baylor Magazine includes a feature detailing the 30-year history of the Waco Mammoth Site, including its push to become part of the NPS. (The magazine also includes longer looks at a couple of stories we’ve covered here before — an alum’s push to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, and a Baylor study of clergy sexual misconduct that found the problem far more prevalent than previously realized. And don’t miss t…

Volleyball upsets UCLA to earn program’s first Sweet 16 appearance

…and ranked ninth in the latest AVCA poll, giving Baylor the program’s first-ever win over a top-10 team — and on the road, at that. It also was just the second time in the last 10 years that the Bruins did not advance to at least the Sweet 16. Head coach Jim Barnes’ Bears now advance to play 9th-seeded Cal on Friday in Gainesville, Fla. The winner of that match will face either No. 16 seed Florida or top-ranked Penn State for the chance to go to t…

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

…h 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 sustainability, but also on making a difference for…

Geologists map Waco suburb to help find stable places to build

…need to make smart decisions on where to place not only homes but businesses, streets and utilities. Professors and students worked together to develop the map, dividing Woodway into five zones based on geological makeup. The team then put the map online (click here to view) for easy access, linking each zone to building ordinances about what can and can’t be built in each area. Woodway is one of only two cities in Texas to have such a map. Sic ’…

Behind-the-scenes efforts make Homecoming an annual success

…goes on behind the scenes to provide alumni, students and others the first-class events and activities that take place each fall — most notably the Pep Rally/Bonfire and the Homecoming Parade (still the nation’s oldest and longest — watch online if you can’t make it out). But someone has to be working to prepare for the thousands of alumni who will descend on campus this weekend, and for these centerpiece activities and more, that someone is the…

Homecoming a chance to see what has been built upon Baylor’s foundations

…of Baylor in 1909, when Baylor held the first collegiate Homecoming. Twenty-two years later, he finished writing his Message to the Class of 1931 but passed away before he could share it at graduation. Now known as the Immortal Message, the same man who asked alumni 100 years ago to “lay aside for a few days the usual cares of life, come back to your alma mater, renew former associations and friendships, and catch that Baylor spirit again” urged t…

Football star turned doctor now hosting TV show on FSN

…icine Institute in Houston; in fact, he performed the surgery to repair current Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin’s torn ACL earlier this week. As if all that wasn’t enough, Adickes is now hosting a new show on Fox Sports Houston: Athlete 360, a 30-minute program examining various aspects of sports medicine and featuring the stories of athletes such as Mark Schlereth, Dikembe Mutombo and Kevin Everett. Episodes air every other Thursday on FS Houst…

British Consul General speaks at Baylor, learns to ‘sic ’em’

…’s campus last week about what the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office does around the world to provide global leadership on global issues as part of the Global Issues Lecture Series, presented by Baylor’s Center for International Education. During his stay in Waco, he also met with key Waco leaders, including Baylor Interim President Dr. David Garland and Waco Mayor Virginia DuPuy (BA ’56, MA ’62). Last but not least, he learned what “Sic ’em…