…Church Music, given by Baylor’s Center for Christian Music Studies. Hopson follows in the footsteps of former honorees such as Billy Ray Hearn, Dr. Milburn Price and Buryl Red. Sic ’em, Baylor graduates who have helped others worship the Lord!…
…the community, not just learning to make as much money as possible at any cost. The article notes, “Witness the volunteer work of a group of students from Baylor University in Texas. While Jeff Skilling, former CEO of Enron and a Harvard MBA, serves a 24-year term at a federal prison for fraud, the current Baylor class have just won an award for their mentoring work with prison inmates in the Prison Entrepreneurship Programme, an initiative start…
…iversity among a select group of 44 colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain. The book looked at academic quality, campus lifestyle information and cost to determine which universities received the “best buy” honor. The list of 44 “best buy” schools includes only three other schools in Texas and just one other Big 12 Conference institution. [UPDATED: A couple of samples of what Fiske says about Baylor: “Baylor’s commitment t…
…your stories, and we’ll pick our favorites to run in the future here on the blog. We look forward to what you have to share! (You also may note that our URL has changed slightly. You might want to make sure your bookmarks point to www.baylor.edu/baylorproud or www2.baylor.edu/baylorproud; either will get you here. RSS readers will need to be updated with the new feed link, too.) Thanks for your readership and your participation in the Baylor fami…
…ose two stays was what led me to apply to Baylor a couple of years later. Baylor has a long history of success in debate; the list of former Baylor debaters includes Baylor presidents Samuel Palmer Brooks, Pat Neff, William R. White, and Abner McCall and Texas governors Neff, Price Daniel and Ann Richards. This year’s squad continued that success, finishing the spring 10th in the nation (ahead of such traditional debate powers as Harvard, Dartmout…
…tional need of funding for the trip; anyone interested in supporting the Baylor sports ministry team or any of Baylor’s University Missions teams can make donations online at http://www.baylor.edu/spirituallife/index.php?id=53462. Sic ’em, student-athlete missionaries!…
…nwide “on the rise in 2009.” Besides last year’s standout freshmen Robert Griffin (“arguably the fastest quarterback in DI-A history,” according to this Sports Illustrated feature) and Kendall Wright, the Bears will feature another interesting story in Canadian-firefighter-turned-lineman Danny Watkins. Watkins is slated to fill the shoes of graduated senior Jason Smith, who by all accounts seems likely to be either the first or second overall pick…
…ferent. A total of 17 students and four faculty/staff members are on a week-long “Civil Rights Tour,” trekking across the South in what amounts to a classroom on wheels. Already the group has attended a historically African American church in Memphis, toured the National Civil Rights Museum, and visited with one of Ole Miss’ first African American students. Before returning to Waco, the tour will have visited eight cities in five states (not inclu…
…y, staff, students, parents and other friends of the University. Share your thoughts about what Baylor should be looking for in its next president, then bookmark http://www.baylor.edu/president/search and check back in the future for updates on the process. Sic ’em, Baylor family!…
…ylor researchers continue to make progress in their efforts to develop low-cost products that can be manufactured from coconuts in poor coastal regions. Most recently, the group (headed by Dr. Walter Bradley, Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Baylor) has found a way to use coconut husks in automotive interiors. The idea behind it all is to develop technologies and a business model that will not only make a profit, but make a difference in…
