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Homecoming week is here — welcome home, Baylor Family!

…stories with the next generation, and celebrating together as one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV7pV-gnLBg As you return to campus this weekend, start your visit at the Hurd Welcome Center — your Homecoming headquarters. Baylor staff will be on hand Friday and Saturday to answer questions and help you connect with school/college/campus events, and the Hurd will also host a wide variety of activities, photo ops, student performances, and more f…

Baylor MBA program ranks No. 6 in the nation for most employed graduates

…st nine programs nationally to top 90%, and the only one in Texas. The full-time program is one of three Baylor MBA offerings from the Hankamer School of Business. Students can also earn their degree online, or via an executive MBA program in Dallas. All three produce outstanding graduates ready for new jobs and/or advancement in their field. The list of Baylor MBA graduates is an impressive one: TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett (’01), Walmart CFO…

Baylor Connections returns — in a new video format

…lor women’s basketball and baseball — returns to host Season Nine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elW_CHqkLJs&list=PLERdEVLVJFGQBguxbsPADuRpimc2Dt48m&index=3 Dr. Livingstone’s season-debut episode was followed by a conversation on Baylor’s water research with biology professor Thad Scott and environmental science professor Bryan Brooks, then an episode on Baylor’s transformational student life with Vice President for Student Life Sharra Hynes. Fu…

Growling Bear logo coming out of the vault for Family Weekend

…bowl appearances. In fact, it was proudly worn throughout the legendary 20-year tenure of head coach Grant Teaff (1972-92). Its tenure also saw Baylor’s enrollment nearly double, from roughly 6,500 students to over 12,400, and campus growth that included the Ferrell Center, Draper Academic Building, Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, and Castellaw Communications Building. With such history, the Growling Bear mark represents a season of growth, res…

No. 20-ranked Baylor volleyball reloads for 2025

…d looks to reload after graduating key seniors from 2024. Two Preseason All-Big 12 honorees on the front line are expected to play a key role. Middle blocker Victoria Davis returns for her junior season after finishing last year with 74 blocks and 84 kills. She’s joined this year by grad transfer Gabrielle Essix, also a middle blocker. Essix comes to Baylor from the Florida Gators, for whom she stood out in 2023 and 2024 before being limited by an…

Baylor & Waco welcome thousands for back-to-school, McLane concert, football opener

…oncert prep Saturday back to football-ready status by late Monday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALIyAl81I-w One reason the stadium was able to turn so quickly was the special TerraTrak Plus flooring used to protect the turf — provided by a flooring rental company built, coincidentally enough, by a former Baylor football player, Mike Beane (BA ’71, MSED ’73). It’s the same flooring used by the Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, Miami Marlins and oth…

Baylor chemistry prof (and alum) earns elite research award

…. That’s what she’ll be doing through her NSF CAREER award — studying earth-abundant metals to look for ways to create new recipes for chemical synthesis that are more efficient and cost-effective (and less toxic) than many metals currently used in the field. These new chemical preparations will have wide-ranging applications, from drug discovery to plastic upcycling. When Romero was looking for the right place to launch her career as an independe…

Don’t miss another thrilling moment at McLane; get your Baylor Football tickets now

…167 * Charlie Brewer’s game-winning touchdown with 8 seconds remaining on Homecoming 2018: https://youtu.be/4MBgMSgRP04?si=zeiz3PNSQpcA6q8X&t=285 * Baylor’s dominant win over undefeated Oklahoma, November 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41w-6qt-4DY * And last but certainly not least, a game so good you only need the numbers — 61-58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGf5bGi_lss Make sure you’re there for the next McLane moment — both season an…

Baylor profs speak into key issues on national stage

…ered the first wave of findings, with more to come in the years ahead. Next-Gen Energy Storage — Battery makers of every kind face a challenge: The interactions that take place within a battery are only visible at nanoscale — the most microscopic of levels, one one-billionth of a meter. Baylor’s Dr. Jonathan Larson is working to change that. The advances he’s making led the Volta Foundation to call on him to speak at its April Battery Forum, the l…

Congrats, Baylor Class of 2025!

…ly filled the Ferrell Center for each ceremony, and countless more watched online and joined in the celebration via social media to honor BU’s newest graduates. [SEE MORE: Senior portraits || Senior Celebration photos || Ceremony replays] As a proud Baylor graduate who walked across that same stage many years ago, the best piece of advice I can give you is this: Stay in touch. Update your alumni contact information so that wherever your future tak…