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Edgecombe the NBA Draft’s No. 3 overall pick, highest in BU MBB history

…ve NBA drafts. To put his selection in another context, only eight Bears have ever been drafted higher in any sport. A rundown of the highest draft picks in Baylor Athletics history: No. 1 — Brittney Griner, 2013 (WNBA) No. 2 — Jack Wilson, 1942 (NFL) No. 2 — Adrian Burk, 1950 (NFL) No. 2 — Lawrence Elkins, 1965 (AFL) No. 2 — Jason Smith, 2009 (NFL) No. 2 — Robert Griffin III, 2012 (NFL) No. 2 — Odyssey Sims, 2014 (WNBA) No. 2 — NaLyssa Smith, 202…

Congrats, Baylor Class of 2025!

…lor on social media to watch how your alma mater grows and develops. And finally, even as your friends scatter all over the world, make an effort to get together on a regular basis. Maybe that’s for Baylor Homecoming (mark your calendar — Oct. 27-Nov. 1!), a group vacation, or just weekly game night — but keep those friendships going. College is a special time, and you likely won’t ever again have this much time available to build such deep friend…

Baylor student overcomes tragic loss to earn doctorate — at age 83

…time needed to pursue such a degree far from home. That changed with the advent of programs like those offered through Baylor Graduate and Professional Education. Price, who actually attended a leadership management seminar offered by Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business in 1979, learned of BU’s online doctor of education program and quickly knew it was for her Not surprisingly, she was the oldest student in her cohort, but her age wasn’t the only…

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

…rown to include 5,000+ students across 100+ in-person, online and professional programs. That growth also played a large part in Baylor reaching R1 status in 2021. It’s always a bittersweet mix — sadness in seeing such beloved individuals go, and happiness for a well-deserved next step. Below are a few others of the longest-serving and most recognizable Bears who are retiring this year — men and women whose faces will be missed, but whose impact w…

Baylor sends off students with first Student Mission Trip Commissioning Ceremony

…mic and other relationships can be strengthened across the globe through the BWA membership — bringing even more meaning to Pro Ecclesia (For the Church), Pro Texana (for Texas), Pro Mundo (For the World). Sic ’em, Bears on mission trips!…

Presenting the 2025 Baylor Alumni Award winners

…agazine’s Best Lawyers Under 40, Super Lawyers’ Texas Rising Star, and the National Trial Lawyers’ Top 40 Under 40), Sanford continues to return to Baylor as a guest speaker and mentor for students. Pro Ecclesia Medal of Service: Dr. Joel Gregory (BA ’70, PhD ’83), emeritus professor at Truett Seminary and president of Joel Gregory Ministries. Gregory taught preaching at Truett for 20 years, including six years as director of the Kyle Lake Center…

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

…ated space where I’m going there with the intention — I think that intentionality’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…

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

…she took all of that and she’s like, ‘I will make a school for women to have educational opportunities, to train their minds to be all that they can be for God and for others.’ I really appreciate that about her.” Achenbach: “I think I would have to choose Fannie Lou Hamer. There are so many who made such a difference, but I think Fannie Lou Hamer especially inspires me because she just had so many things that she had to overcome. She’s a woman….

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

…of our lives, and this is what I get to do.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Ywj1hZFV8 Leslie grew up in the church, and began leading worship for her church’s youth group at age 14. “Worship leading is one thing in my life that hasn’t changed,” she says. “That’s where I started, that’s my roots… Even throughout college, I would travel around Texas and worship lead. That’s personally where I feel God the most. I love it; it’s connecting, it’s in…

20 years ago, NBC’s “The Office” debuted — and the world met this Baylor alumna

…g, today’s college students (and millions upon millions of other people) have visited those offices again and again, to laugh (or cringe) at the antics of Michael Scott, Dwight Schrute, Jim and Pam, and of course, Angela Martin, played by cherished Baylor alumna Angela Kinsey, BA ’93. In the two decades since the premiere of NBC’s The Office, the show and its characters have become American pop culture touchstones. But don’t get the impression tha…