More than 3,000 new Baylor alumni crossed the Ferrell Center stage over the weekend as Baylor celebrated Commencement for the Class of 2022! If you missed out — or you just want to watch your graduate’s big moment again — complete video of all four ceremonies is archived on both the Baylor Facebook page (Fri. morning, afternoon, Sat. morning, afternoon) and the Baylor website. Baylor social media was on top of the whole weekend, from sharing gra…
Three years ago, Baylor set a school record when seven Bears earned prestigious Fulbright scholarships — part of the nation’s flagship program for international graduate study and education. This year, Baylor students are blowing that record out of the water. An incredible 13 BU students have already been named Fulbright recipients for 2022 — a number likely to place Baylor among the top producers of Fulbright scholars nationwide, and a total th…
Every year, U.S. News unveils its annual ranking of American colleges and universities to the world. Last fall, Baylor came in at No. 75 in the nation — among the top 20% of national universities — and made the outlet’s short list of best schools for both undergraduate teaching and undergraduate research opportunities. (Baylor was also named among the nation’s best first-year student experiences and best values.) Such rankings typically focus on…
Every spring, the Baylor Family bids happy retirement to professors and staff who have dedicated their professional lives to the university and its students. It’s always a bittersweet mix — sadness in seeing them go, happiness for a well-deserved next step — but we wish them all well in the next phase of their lives. Here, we honor some of the longest-serving and most recognizable professors who are retiring this year — men and women whose faces…
You may not be familiar with Lily McIlroy Russell (AB 1911, MA 1931), but her legacy at Baylor runs deep. Her impact on students (who dedicated the 1955 edition of the Baylor yearbook to her), events across campus, and the telling of Baylor history is remarkable. Russell’s connection to Baylor started literally from birth. She was born in Kerrville, Texas, on Jan. 24, 1887 — the daugher of an early Baylor graduate, Rev. Chester A. McIlroy. The f…
Since graduating from Baylor in 2009, Jamil Brown (BA ’09) has already worn a lot of hats: U.S. Space Force Major, political science instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy, fellow at the Institute for Future Conflict, space operations officer, Air Force Weapons School instructor, and more. At the Air Force Academy, Brown teaches international relations, space policy and national security classes, preparing future military leaders and policy th…
On Monday, Baylor students, faculty and staff gathered on campus to pray for the people of Ukraine — one of many ways members of the Baylor campus community have joined the international community’s reaction to the horrific events playing out in Eastern Europe right now. “Lord of all the earth, be present with the people of Ukraine,” they prayed. “Grant that wise and peaceable counsels may yet prevail… We pray for all who fear for tomorrow, that…
The calendar says March just began today — but March Madness clearly began early for Baylor. In less than 72 hours — Saturday through Monday — Baylor’s basketball programs: Hosted ESPN’s College GameDay; Defeated Kansas (women); Beat No. 5 Kansas (men); Beat No. 9 Iowa State by 25 on the road (women); Beat No. 20 Texas in Austin (men); and Won a 12th-straight Big 12 title (women). If it feels like all that happened really fast — well, it did. Le…
It was the mid 1960s. On a trip across Texas, Baylor basketball legend Carroll Dawson (BSED ’60) — then an assistant coach for the men’s team — stopped at a gas station in Athens, Texas. The attendant asked about the Baylor sticker on Dawson’s car; when he learned Dawson was a coach, he proudly noted that Athens had the best basketball player in the state: Tommy Bowman. One thing led to another, and Dawson went to meet Bowman and his family. On…
Every two years, Baylor’s Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching brings one of the nation’s best professors not already here at Baylor to Waco for a semester, allowing BU students to benefit from his or her excellence in the classroom. First awarded in 1991, the award remains our country’s largest national award presented by a college or university for exceptional teaching, and carries with it an exceptional monetary reward for both the p…
