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Premiere welcomes thousands of future Bears to campus for open house

…epping foot on our beautiful campus, meeting with faculty and students face-to-face, and experiencing the welcoming community that sets our Baylor Family apart.”   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Tom Barnard (@tomatbaylor) Premiere’s offerings included events in various academic buildings, open houses in sample residence halls, and other happenings spread all across campus. But at the heart of it all for the first time was Baylor’s…

Five ways Baylor graduate students advance the Baylor mission

…el that helped elevate Baylor among the best of the best. R1 Metrics — The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education includes the number of doctoral degrees awarded as a benchmark for reaching R1 recognition. As Ph.D. students choose Baylor, they keep Baylor well above the threshold needed for R1 status. In fact, Baylor has enjoyed steady growth in the number of Ph.D. programs and students, with nearly 900 doctoral students curre…

FM72 brings students together in prayer & worship just ahead of Holy Week

…eds of Baylor students again gathered in Jesus’ name for FM72, a 72-hour on-campus prayer and worship event coordinated by Baylor’s Office of Spiritual Life in conjunction with local churches and campus ministries. The entire event was once again centered on Fountain Mall, right in the heart of campus. A prayer tent featured round-the-clock worship and prayer, and students gathered four straight nights (Sunday through Wednesday) for special worshi…

Meet 12 Baylor women who have made names for themselves in the arts

…Office star Jenna Fischer. And of course, she’s still a Baylor fan through-and-through! Channing Godfrey Peoples (BA ’99) is an award-winning screenwriter and director who broke out in 2020 with the release of her first feature, Miss Juneteenth. The Baylor theatre graduate was named one of Filmmaker magazine’s “25 New Faces of Film” in 2018, and both wrote and directed her feature debut based on her childhood fascination with the Miss Juneteenth…

Scenes from Sing 2024

…t Gingerbread Man” (pictured above). Chi Omega took second for their act, “Caught Red-Handed,” followed by Phi Kappa Chi in third for “The Good Newsies.” Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Sing Alliance, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Alpha Tau Omega* will join those winners in performing at Pigskin Revue this fall; mark your calendars now for #BaylorHomecoming weekend, Oct. 21-26! All University Sing is a Baylor tradition dating back…

Seals, CO2 and Solar Panels: Baylor celebrates STEM Day at local schools

…nally High School interacted with Baylor faculty and students through hands-on, interactive presentations that made high-level college research accessible, with the hopes of sparking an interest in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) among the next generation. Baylor partnered with Transformation Waco and Connally ISD to highlight the day, spark curiosity about STEM topics, and discover new topics they could study in colleg…

Welcome home, Baylor Family: Recapping Homecoming 2023

…ook back at the weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lDtlcLyjlk The on-campus celebration began early in the week for students, with Monday night’s Homecoming Worship service (presented by Vertical Ministries) and Wednesday night’s Dinner with the Livingstones (featuring free food truck fare for students).   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Baylor University (@bayloruniversity) Thursday night featured Mass Meeting, where the sto…

What makes Baylor Homecoming so special?

…nd the Baylor Alumni office working together to throw out the biggest green-and-gold welcome mat you’ve ever seen. So, fellow Bears — we look forward to welcoming you back this weekend. Come see old friends, and make new ones. Check out the newest parts of campus, and retell old stories brought to mind by the older ones. Pass down your memories and fond feelings to the next generation. And most importantly, catch that Baylor spirit again. Sic ’em,…

#BaylorHomecoming week is here — welcome home, Baylor Family!

…headquarters, the Hurd will also host “Homecoming at the Hurd,” offering decade-themed photo ops, the chance to take your photo with recent Baylor Athletics trophies, and a 360-degree camera taking family/group photos. Special panel presentations will also cover the Baylor Bear Habitat and Baylor+ highlights, and Baylor theatre students will be performing selections from their recent rendition of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Get a…

Baylor Chapel opportunities continue to expand, meeting students where they are in their faith

…ged by such a new experience. Baylor students scattered all over the world can meet online to discuss how their time outside the U.S. is challenging and expanding them. These are just three of literally dozens of Chapel experiences offered to Baylor students today. Some are based on students’ majors and academic studies (think “Faith and Nursing” or “Faith and Business”). Others bring together students in their residence halls to dive deeper in th…