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  • Aikman, Wingo and Mulkey headline successful event supporting Baylor nursing scholarships

    // Posted In Academics, Alumni, Photo Galleries, Student life

    …sing, was perhaps the largest fundraising event in Baylor history. The sold-out crowd of 700 Baylor nursing supporters included plenty of big names, but few were bigger than the night’s three featured guests: Former Dallas Cowboys QB Troy Aikman, the father of a Baylor nursing major; NFL Live host Trey Wingo, BA ’85, the night’s emcee; and keynote speaker Kim Mulkey, fresh off leading the Baylor women’s basketball program to its second national ti…

  • Alum’s IT solutions for local hospital lead to recognition from Microsoft

    // Posted In Alumni, Honors, Videos

    …ir conditioning; two years ago, when the new Hillcrest hospital opened at I-35 and Highway 6, the price tag included more than $30 million for new equipment and medical technology. Since 2007, Michael Allison, BBA ’03, MSIS ’05, has provided support for Hillcrest Family Health Clinics as IT administrator, assisting doctors, nurses and administrators across nine sites around the city. In 2010, he oversaw an overhaul of the medical center’s systems…

  • Baylor We Are: Stewards of God’s gifts

    // Posted In Alumni, Baylor 2012, Strategic Vision, Student life

    …dorm rooms, food courts, workout facilities, etc., greater access to state-of-the-art technology and labs, and high levels of personal attention from advisers and counselors. The bottom line of all this, however, is that the cost of a college education places a significant burden on students and their families. In an effort to help keep a Baylor education accessible to students of all walks of life, the university has made increasing scholarship…

  • McLane family gift launches move toward new Baylor football stadium

    // Posted In Alumni, Athletics, Strategic Vision

    …some of a European-style soccer arena — has folks all over the country ooh-ing and ahh-ing. (CBS Sports said it might be “one of the most spectacular stadiums in the country,” NBC called it “breathtaking,” and Dave Campbell’s Texas Football could only say “Whoa.”) Many Baylor fans are already making plans to tailgate by boat (sail-gating?) on the banks of the Brazos adjacent to the stadium. The name of the new facility — “Baylor Stadium,” chosen…

  • Official Baylor Facebook page tops 75,000 likes

    // Posted In Alumni, Just for Fun, Student life

    …ates, but also from a long list of other countries. Some are predictable — Canada and Mexico rank second and third on the list — but many are not. India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Turkey and Egypt each rank among the top 12 countries, with more than 100 Baylor fans in each. Even as Facebook’s overall growth has slowed, Baylor’s numbers have yet to plateau. The page launched in September 2009, topped 40,000 likes just more than a year l…

  • Media coverage of Baylor Libraries ‘Browning Letters’ project draws thousands of eyes to Baylor

    // Posted In Academics, Research

    …on Post, Huffington Post (with a great video), CBS News, ABC News, NPR, CBC-TV (Canada), The Guardian (UK) and the Belfast Telegraph (UK), and that coverage sent people in droves to the Baylor website. Between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Feb. 14, the Browning Letters site was viewed more than 100,000 times per hour. Thankfully, Baylor’s servers were up to the barrage of traffic. Since then, several major media outlets have followed up to learn more about…

  • Country star’s crush leads to appearance at Baylor by Lady Bears’ newest fan

    // Posted In Athletics, Just for Fun, Videos

    …ins to come to Waco and perform the national anthem before Saturday’s game vs. Texas A&M. The record-tying crowd of 10,627 got two shows for the price of one, enjoying Adkins’ excellent rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before watching the Lady Bears pound A&M 71-48 and send the Aggies back to College Station for the final time having lost nine of their last 10 games to Baylor. Adkins said after the game that he hopes to catch the Lady Bears…

  • How Carroll Library attests to the bravery of Baylor students almost a century ago

    // Posted In History, Just for Fun, Student life

    …ated crowd of 20,000 students and Waco residents watched as it took two-and-a-half hours to put out the flame; it would be another year before the heavily damaged building was rebuilt. [SEE: The original Baylor Lariat account of the fire || Texas Collection photos of the fire and its aftermath] Chapel services never returned to Carroll Library, moving first to a temporary construction and then to the newly built Waco Hall when it opened in 1930. I…

  • Final call issued for Baylor family’s input on new strategic plan

    // Posted In Alumni, Baylor 2012, Strategic Vision, Student life

    …aculty/staff, parents and friends of the university — are encouraged to go online and share any final thoughts on the plan between now and the end of March. [READ & RESPOND: Click here to review the draft of Baylor’s new strategic plan and to share feedback before the March 31 deadline.] Baylor administrators, led by Provost Elizabeth Davis, BBA ’84, will review any feedback received and make last-minute tweaks to the plan in time to present it to…