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“We’re here for His glory”: Baylor men’s hoops earns spot in NCAA Final Four

…me TBA, CBS). There’s a lot you can say about this team… About how underclassmen like Jared Butler and MaCio Teague put the NBA on hold to come back for another run after last year’s truncated season. About the incredible rebuild head coach Scott Drew has put together here at Baylor over the last 18 years. But it all seems to come back to the team’s “culture of JOY“: Jesus, Others, and then Yourself. For instance — the first words out of Drew’s mo…

Baylor alums distribute meals to thousands of Dallas families during pandemic

Kevin Pranoto (BS ’11, MDiv/MSW ’16) and Travis Aune (BBA ’19) attended Baylor at different times and studied different things. But in 2019, their paths crossed at Mission Oak Cliff (MOC) — and definitely for the better. For 70+ years, MOC has served Dallas families with its food pantry, but the organization faced a harsh reality when the pandemic hit. The nonprofit saw a 75% increase in the number of clients coming for food services, as many fa…

Despite calendar changes, BU students find ways to focus on mental health

…ips, or grief, challenges inevitably arise in life. For students, such stressors are the leading impediment to academic success — which can affect motivation, concentration, and the ability to positively interact with others in the campus community. Thankfully, mental health awareness is growing, and prompting others to talk about it. For years, Baylor Student Government’s Health Policy Committee has sought to understand the climate of mental heal…

One year later, recognizing Baylor’s unsung heroes through the pandemic

…rtually every aspect of Baylor’s approach to education. Thankfully, countless individuals across campus have worked tirelessly for the past year to ensure Baylor could continue serving and loving its students. After years of doing things a certain way, faculty reworked classes overnight to allow for remote and hybrid learning. Students have admirably rolled with the punches as restrictions were put in place to keep the entire campus as safe and he…

Baylor prof offers resources for learning more about women’s history

…ften under-considered side of our country’s past. Dr. Andrea Turpin is an associate professor of history at Baylor, specializing in American women’s history, American religious history, and the history of U.S. higher education. Among her course assignments are a 2000-level course on women’s and gender history and 4000-level courses on the history of the American woman — which is why we asked her to share some resources with the Baylor Family for t…

10 things we’ve learned about slavery/racism & Baylor’s history from the Conversation Series

Last summer, Baylor’s Board of Regents established a Commission on Historic Campus Representations to review the history of the university, its founders, and its early leaders for connections to slavery and the Confederacy. The Commission spent the next six months looking at Baylor’s history and developing a series of recommendations on how the university can best address its past, particularly regarding campus statues, buildings and other featu…

Presenting the 2020-21 Baylor Alumni Award winners

…erved populations, Sheppard has served on boards for the National Medical Association, MD Anderson Cancer Center for Research on Minority Health, and the Memorial Hermann Hospital System. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he has been a trusted medical voice in Houston media outlets. Young Alumna of the Year: Jessica Cope (BFA ’15), president, co-founder and resident director of The Hopeful Theatre Project in Dallas-Fort Worth. Unlike most theatre comp…

Vinnie Johnson builds success — from Baylor to the NBA to business

…etes after their playing careers end are legion. Vinnie Johnson, Baylor Class of 1980, is not one of those. Johnson — a two-time all-American at Baylor, one of the greatest sixth men in NBA history, and our pick as the greatest Baylor alum in NBA history — has found even more success in the business world after his retirement from professional basketball. The Brooklyn native first came to Waco to play for nearby McLennan Community College in 1975,…

Looking back on Black History Month 2021 at Baylor

…olled from February (and Black History Month) on into March. In case you missed it, here’s a look back at how Baylor celebrated Black History Month this year, via this blog and on social media (reminder: the resources below are good twelve months a year): The month began with BU students sharing what Black History Month means to them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eo8l2OcSjI Here at BaylorProud, we worked with Baylor professors to compile and s…

Baylor nursing steps up to aid Waco COVID-19 vaccination efforts

…learned and to be able to serve our community,” adds senior Everly Zhao. “Baylor nurses carry strong values and beliefs for patient care, so being able to immerse myself in the Baylor culture in this way will help me build an even bigger heart for nursing.” Moving forward, LHSON also plans to assist with vaccination clinics at Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas and Plano, Parkland Hospital in Dallas, and several other DFW hospitals. Sic ’em, Ba…