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Despite calendar changes, BU students find ways to focus on mental health

…e more important this year. With an eye towards COVID-19, most events were online: Mindful Monday invited students to take part in Self-Care Bingo on Zoom; Wellness Tuesday welcomed groups to play the popular online game “Among Us;” and Talk About It Thursday featured a Zoom panel discussion with mental health experts on campus. “This annual awareness week aims to teach students new ways to incorporate self-care habits into their busy lifestyles a…

Baylor 1 of 3 schools to have both men’s & women’s hoops reach Sweet 16

…l Roberts, a No. 15 seed coached by former Baylor assistant Paul Mills. In San Antonio, the Baylor women blew past Jackson State (101-52) and Virginia Tech (90-48) to advance to their 12th straight Sweet 16. Senior Moon Ursin led the Lady Bears in scoring in both games with 24 and 21 points, respectively. Next up for the defending national champions: 14th-ranked Michigan (Saturday, 2 p.m. CT, ABC). The Wolverines are enjoying the best season in pr…

One year later, recognizing Baylor’s unsung heroes through the pandemic

…troductory phone/video counseling sessions, and access to Self-Help TAO, a free, online platform for mental health. They also put together an online toolbox offering tips and resources to help students cope with the stress, anxiety and depression brought on by the pandemic. All of these resources continue to serve our students near and far. The Store — Though many entities on campus altered operations, The Store kept its doors open. This on-campus…

Baylor prof offers resources for learning more about women’s history

…nfluencers throughout time”) Websites: National Women’s History Museum (an online museum telling “the stories of women who transformed our nation”) Women in the National Archives (a database of women’s history websites, sorted by subject) College Women (documenting the history of women in higher education) Women Also Know History (a database of women historians and their research) Online panels: 19: 100 Years of Preserving Voters’ Rights (a Baylor…

10 things we’ve learned about slavery/racism & Baylor’s history from the Conversation Series

…civil status (citizenship); freedom in the Lord was not the same thing as freedom under the law. Thus, the freedom fought for by white leaders during the American Revolution was widely understood as having little to do with the rights of enslaved people. 2. From 1492 until about 1820, of the millions of people who crossed the Atlantic to America, roughly two-thirds were Africans — and the vast majority of those were enslaved peoples. 3. Slavery p…

Presenting the 2020-21 Baylor Alumni Award winners

…Texana Medal of Service: Timothy Head (BA ’98, MSW ’04, JD ’08), executive director of the Faith & Freedom Coalition, an Atlanta-based group committed to equipping and mobilizing people of faith to influence public policy at all levels of government. In this role, Head has played an integral part in multiple pieces of legislation related to human trafficking and prison reform. Contributions to the Professions in Media & Arts: Brett James (BS ’91),…

Big 12 champion Lady Bears set to defend national title in San Antonio

…co, with the entire NCAA women’s basketball tournament taking place in the San Antonio-Austin-San Marcos area in a bubble environment designed to protect teams amidst COVID-19. The Lady Bears were selected as the No. 2 seed in the tournament’s River Walk Region. They’ll take on 15th-seeded Jackson State (Sunday, 3 p.m., ABC) in the Alamodome and, with a win, would face the winner of 7th-seeded Virginia Tech and 10th-seeded Marquette. The top seed…

Baylor alum’s message hits at the confluence of faith, race and social justice

…my Black cultural family has taught me that no other racial ethnic tribe is of any more value than my own. And this is why universal claims about the value of our existence on the planet have to begin with a fulsome embrace of our own cultural selves if we are to be free and realize a beloved community that honors God.” Gilbert has repeatedly returned to speak at Baylor over the years, including at Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in 2002 and 201…

Vinnie Johnson builds success — from Baylor to the NBA to business

…hletes after their playing careers end are legion. Vinnie Johnson, Baylor Class of 1980, is not one of those. Johnson — a two-time all-American at Baylor, one of the greatest sixth men in NBA history, and our pick as the greatest Baylor alum in NBA history — has found even more success in the business world after his retirement from professional basketball. The Brooklyn native first came to Waco to play for nearby McLennan Community College in 197…

The 5 best Baylor alumni in NBA history

…is list someday. Whatever the case, it’s fun to think about some of the great names in Baylor basketball history and imagine who might be the next to join their ranks in the years ahead. Sic ’em, Bears! You might also like: * #NextLevelBU: 18 Baylor alumni with NFL franchises in 2020 (Dec. 2020) * With Hall of Fame election, Mulkey joins long list of legendary Bears (April 2020) * The 9 best Bears in Major League Baseball history (March 2019)…