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30+ Baylor Bears now leading colleges and universities worldwide

…r Baylor Bears have been named as presidents of universities across the nation! The run began with the naming of Dr. Diana Lovell (BSED ’89) as president of Southwestern Oklahoma State University on March 3. A week later. Dr. Beck Taylor (BBA ’92, and a former Baylor business professor — pictured above) was announced as president of Samford University. Just six days after that, Dr. D. Michael Lindsay (BA ’94) was named the new president of Taylor…

Prominent Bears join in celebrating men’s basketball’s national title

One of the many, many fun parts of Monday night’s Baylor basketball national championship was seeing so many prominent Bears celebrating the win on social media. Some of them were in the arena, cheering on the Bears right there in Indianapolis. For instance — NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III (BA ’10) was there with his family: Let’s Go!!!!!!! #Sicem #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/pUfmLsFQJQ — Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) April 6, 2021 Ma…

Baylor men’s hoops to play for the national championship!

Baylor men’s basketball is headed to the national championship!!!!! Before we continue, take a minute and let that sink in. Then, consider this — head coach Scott Drew’s squad just might be playing its best basketball of the year — and at exactly the right time. Baylor raced out to a 25-point lead in the first half of Saturday’s Final Four match-up against Houston, and it was never close after that as the Bears coasted to a 78-59 win. The Cougar…

Baylor alums distribute meals to thousands of Dallas families during pandemic

…imes 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 families lost income and dealt with other impacts from COVID-19. Suddenly, Pranoto (MOC’s executi…

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

Whether it be a global pandemic, financial hardships, 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…

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

For a year now, the coronavirus pandemic has thrown challenges at virtually 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 r…

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

March is Women’s History Month, a time for intentionally celebrating and studying the vital roles women have played in American history. That makes this the perfect time to dive into new books, podcasts and other resources to learn more about this often 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 histor…

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…

Baylor men’s basketball earns first-ever No. 1 seed in NCAA tournament

…ach Scott Drew, Baylor men’s basketball has heard its name called on Selection Sunday for an NCAA Tournament bid — but for the first time in program history, Baylor will begin March Madness as a No. 1 seed, earning the top slot in the South Region for 2021. Baylor fans don’t need to be convinced of the Bears’ credentials — and neither, apparently, do national experts — but let’s revisit them anyway. Baylor enters the NCAA tournament as the reignin…

Looking back on Black History Month 2021 at Baylor

…(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 share lists of resou…