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Record-setting 23 Fulbright recipients top list of Baylor student scholar honors for 2025

…l sciences Rebeca J. Blemur, history Ph.D. student from Woburn, Mass. — Boren Fellowship (African Flagship Language Initiative) to study French over the summer at the University of Florida followed by a year in Senegal Devon Bolton (BA ’24), international studies/Arabic graduate from Prosper, Texas — Fulbright English Teaching Assistant award to Morocco Connor Cabot (BA ’25), English/teaching/Spanish graduate from Wake Forest, N.C. — Fulbright Eng…

Kevin Jackson, Larry Lyon among familiar Baylor faces retiring this year

…l life (including renovation of virtually every residence hall) and to student well-being (as seen in the establishment of the Beauchamp Addiction Recovery Center and Care Team Services, the expansion of the Counseling Center, and more.) Jackson led Student Life through the COVID-19 pandemic, and championed a focus on student faith and character development. As a result of his leadership, Baylor has been repeatedly recognized by U.S. News & World…

Baylor Acrobatics & Tumbling wins 10th (!!!!!!!!!!) straight national title

…Baylor A&T (@BaylorAcroTumb) April 27, 2025 What carries a team at this level, when you’ve won so many years in a row? “I really think it’s the senior leadership,” Mulkey told the Waco Tribune-Herald. “This group of kiddos, they’ve been through a lot since they’ve been here. They’ve seen a lot. And I think every class has. But they stormed within themselves, they’ve come out stronger on the other end. They really decided this year that it’s team f…

FM72 brings students together in prayer & worship in the heart of Baylor’s campus

…lity’s very important — this intention to go pray. That is different, and it’s very special.” https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-d1sCYKWbp8 As FM72 has become established as a staple on the Baylor calendar, it has also become an example of the intentional ways Baylor seeks to help students grow in their relationships with God. “FM72 has become a season of consecration, where we are reminded of the love of God and the invitation of Jesus to be discipl…

Baylor experts talk women’s history for Women’s History Month

…ed in researching women’s history? And how did higher ed change as more women enrolled? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqbgeIaHAO4 Select answers are below, and you can view the full conversation on Baylor’s YouTube channel. Why do we celebrate Women’s History Month? Isn’t women’s history just part of history? Achenbach: “Yes, women’s history is part of history, and it should be included in the histories that we tell. But we also know that we’re…

Claire Leslie brings ‘honest, relatable, real’ music to Foster Pavilion ahead of Forrest Frank

…as she finds her way as an up-and-coming Christian singer-songwriter. “I feel called to write honest, relatable, and just real music,” says Leslie. “I get paid to do that for a living, and I have to pinch myself every single day — ‘Oh my goodness; this is too good to be true!’ I do believe that the Lord has a calling on each and every one of our lives, and this is what I get to do.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Ywj1hZFV8 Leslie grew up in the…

Get to know Wiff Rudd, one of Baylor’s newest Master Teachers

…d with Baylor’s Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching and named Baylor’s Centennial Professor. In 2021, Rudd received Baylor’s Elizabeth Vardaman Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduates, and the following year, the International Trumpet Guild honored him with its prestigious Award of Merit, celebrating his profound impact on the art of trumpet playing through performance, teaching, publishing and research. Rudd is also a highly sought-af…

Remembering a Baylor legend: Diana Garland

…than the accolades and achievements is the school’s identity — a vision developed largely from Garland’s leadership, focused on infusing social work with Christian faith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ccl3ffN908 “Social work grew out of the church,” Garland told Baylor Magazine in 2011. “Our profession began with volunteer church women going into the slums during the turn of the 20th century. … My calling, as I’ve found it, is to help the churc…

Scenes from Sing 2025

…a Tau Omega took second for their act, “Underneath the Tree,” followed by Delta Delta Delta in third for “When Pigs Fly.” Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Omega Tau, Pi Beta Phi/Phi Kappa Chi, and Zeta Tau Alpha will join those winners in performing at Pigskin Revue this fall. Here’s a quick tease of this year’s acts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_V-T8sCSmU Want to see more? Make plans to attend Pigskin during #BaylorHomecoming weeken…

Baylor legend Grant Teaff honored with Bear Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award

…s month, Teaff was recognized with the Paul “Bear” Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award, given annually by the American Heart Association in honor of a college football coach’s “outstanding achievements and extraordinary contributions.” The honor is fitting — both because of the long friendship and mutual respect between Teaff and Bear Bryant, and because Teaff was the heart of Baylor football for his two decades leading the program. https://www.yout…