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The 9 best Bears in Major League Baseball history

…ahead. 7. Kip Wells (pitcher, 1996-98): With 12 big league seasons to his credit between 1999-2012, his career was longer than any Bear other than Ted Lyons. After being drafted 16th overall by the Chicago White Sox, his best years came over five seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. 6. Kelly Shoppach (catcher, 1999-2001): Shoppach spent nine seasons (2005-13) in the bigs, with his best seasons coming on playoff teams in Cleveland and Tampa Bay. H…

Record-setting 23 Fulbright recipients top list of Baylor student scholar honors for 2025

…xas — Fulbright English Teaching Assistant award to the Czech Republic Nikolas Gillaspie, junior history/political science major from Rutland, Mass. — Fulbright UK Summer Institutes award winner who will spend the summer studying Scotland’s history at the Fulbright University of St Andrews Summer Institute Kiera Griffin, senior Science Research Fellow from Conroe, Texas — Goldwater Scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. in genetics and genomics Simone Henr…

Baylor professors of the year represent business, art, history & education

…Outstanding Professor Award is voted on each year by the outgoing senior class. Past Collins professors include Rachel Moore (MA ’69) in 1999, Dr. Mona Choucair (BA ’86, PhD ’00) in 2008, and Dr. Jane Damron (MA ’09) in 2019. Baylor’s Class of 2025 chose Don Carpenter (BBA ’81), a clinical associate professor of accounting and business law in the Hankamer School of Business, as this year’s recipient of the Collins award. “I was very surprised to…

Congrats, Baylor Class of 2025!

Congratulations, Class of 2025 — you did it! This weekend, more than 4,000 Bears — the largest class in Baylor history — celebrated earning their degrees, the culmination of the Baylor experience. Thousands of their friends and family 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…

Baylor student overcomes tragic loss to earn doctorate — at age 83

…rice decided to go for it. Living in a rural area before the prevalence of online opportunities, Price had long been unable to dedicate the time needed to pursue such a degree far from home. That changed with the advent of programs like those offered through Baylor Graduate and Professional Education. Price, who actually attended a leadership management seminar offered by Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business in 1979, learned of BU’s online doctor…

Kevin Jackson, Larry Lyon among familiar Baylor faces retiring this year

…1995 and led Baylor entrepreneurship as chair from 2001-17, when he became director of Baylor’s Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise. He also shares his insights through service on multiple boards, including Creative Waco and the Baylor Angel Network. Dr. Frieda Blackwell came to Baylor as a new member of the Spanish faculty in 1989, and joined the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core (BIC) faculty when it launched in 1996. That same yea…

Zombies & DNA: Baylor’s first-ever CityLab brings lab experience to local high schoolers

…r’s Cornelia Marschall Smith Endowed Professor in biology and OEL’s senior director of STEM initiatives. “Having the overarching story relating to forensics and zombies made what they were doing not only engaging, but also fun.” (Before joining the Baylor faculty in 2016, Simmons directed the UCLA CityLab with Los Angeles-area high school students.) The Baylor CityLab was a collaboration between graduate and undergraduate students and a variety of…

Foster Pavilion means a new era for Waco concerts

In cities like Dallas, Houston and Austin, the economics of a nice night out can get overwhelming. Dinner costs, concert ticket prices, and parking fees all add up in a hurry. Waco residents (including Baylor students) then have to add over two hours of travel (and perhaps a pricey hotel stay) to the cost, making the expense of such a night on the town approach the price of a vacation. Those days are now over. With Foster Pavilion now serving as…

Claire Leslie brings ‘honest, relatable, real’ music to Foster Pavilion ahead of Forrest Frank

On April 22, Baylor’s Foster Pavilion will host its first public concert event, featuring GRAMMY-nominated Baylor alum Forrest Frank (BBA ’17) — but Frank technically won’t be the first artist on the Foster stage that night. That honor will go to Claire Leslie, a 23-year-old performer from San Antonio, who will perform as the concert’s opening act. In her day job, Leslie leads worship at Max Lucado’s Oak Hills Church, as she finds her way as an u…

20 years ago, NBC’s “The Office” debuted — and the world met this Baylor alumna

…s. As a student at Baylor, Kinsey was a member of Chi Omega, took theater classes and performed in Sing. Her memories of Baylor include “the millions of squirrels” and Carroll Science, her home as an English major. “I love the beautiful wooden staircase in it. And the professors’ offices are like little rooms tucked away in a big mansion.” Kinsey remains a diehard Baylor, frequently cheering on her Bears on social media no matter the sport — footb…