Foster Pavilion debuts to rave reviews
…available for women’s games at the Foster. (The 1,000-seat student allotment will continue to be made available to students on a game-by-game basis.) Sic ’em, Foster Pavilion!…
…available for women’s games at the Foster. (The 1,000-seat student allotment will continue to be made available to students on a game-by-game basis.) Sic ’em, Foster Pavilion!…
While it’s common for incoming freshmen to be welcomed to college by campus leaders, it’s not so common for that encouragement to come in the form of a hymn — but that’s what we do here at Baylor. Since 2008, each incoming class has been welcomed with its own unique hymn, each capturing an aspect of this moment of excitement, possibility and transition in a student’s life. This year’s hymn, “Lord, We are Here,” was written expressly for the Class…
John Duns Scotus was one of the most influential thinkers of the Middle Ages, often mentioned alongside more commonly familiar names like Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure. But there has never been a great translation of Scotus’ works from their original Latin — until now. Dr. Thomas Ward, an associate professor of philosophy at Baylor, recently earned a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities grant that will allow him to prepare a scholar…
…has included three more in the past 10 years). Norris was named Baylor’s Young Alumna of the Year for 2014, an honor given to a graduate age 40 or younger who has demonstrated remarkable achievement in the previous year. “Baylor is such a one-of-a-kind community,” she says. “At Baylor, I was encouraged to pursue my calling, and friends and professors poured into me. I left with an instilled sense of purpose and a commitment to find and follow the…
…ll — cheer on the Bears. The trio started recruiting first-year men by word-of-mouth, and they even placed an ad in the Baylor Lariat promoting a freshman-only spirit organization. “We originally were looking for about 50 men to join, thinking only 25 would show. Imagine our surprise when over 200 freshmen showed up,” says Finley. They admitted every one, calling them “Freshman Men.” In 1971, “The Sideline” was created as a parallel organization f…
…University (@bayloruniversity) on Jan 29, 2019 at 10:02am PST Team Old Main-ers took to the comments to explain their choice: Amy Maier, BBA ’18: “Old Main hands down! Never fails to make me slow down and appreciate how beautiful (inside & out) Baylor is and how lucky we are to be a part of it!” Dan Stephens, BSED ’83: “Old Main is spectacular. I don’t know how you beat that.” Pat Neff Hall: View this post on Instagram Happy Monday, Bears. 🐻 […
…upright and still whenever you can. View this post on Instagram Always in awe of how beautiful this campus is. #baylor #bu #mybaylorsummer #beautiful #judgebaylor #patneff #seniorpictures #job #photographer #photography #canon #canon_offical #awe #waco #wacotown #mybaylor A post shared by Joel Dunsworth, MSW (@jdun1169) on Aug 3, 2016 at 2:42pm PDT View this post on Instagram Notice anything different? The statue of Rufus Burleson now carries a c…
…xperiencing it, but check this out for the first-person video for some perspective: So take it from this year’s graduating class of 2019, who remember it as an adrenaline-rush, exciting, exhilarating, incredible, scary, packed, intense, awe-inspiring, terrifying, thrilling, and near insanity: Sic ’em, Baylor Line! You might also like: * Alumnae from 1974-98 at last get to run the Baylor Line (Oct. 2017) * What is the Baylor Line? (Aug. 2017) * Wha…
…unded his own management company, Brickhouse Entertainment. The band’s real-life record-label representative is also a Baylor grad — Jeff Moseley, BBA ’82, who went on to found the record label Fair Trade Services. In the movie, Brickell’s and Moseley’s roles are combined into one composite character (played by Adkins), but they have each played distinct roles in MercyMe’s success. (Furthering the Baylor ties, both Brickell and Moseley are also bo…
…rticles, but we’re also studying the nature of the universe, and it’s just awe-inspiring. I think that’s one big appeal for me.” While thousands of scientists around the world are working on CERN projects, their unique setup gives each team member, from well-known scientists to the students working alongside them, a distinct sense of contribution to the project. The next time you hear about “the God particle” or supersymmetry in a news report, you…