…Pigskin Revue this fall. Here’s a quick tease of this year’s acts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_V-T8sCSmU Want to see more? Make plans to attend Pigskin during #BaylorHomecoming weekend, Oct. 27-Nov. 1! [New to the tradition? All University Sing is a Baylor tradition dating back to 1953. This year’s event featured 18 seven-minute Broadway-style acts from a total of 19 student organizations, all competing in front of judges, family and friends…
…nications and chief marketing officer. “It’s important for Baylor, as a Christian Research 1 university, to have a significant role in esports.” Since 2017, Oso Esports has provided a place on campus where students interested in online gaming can foster an organization of community and competition. In December, Baylor hosted the Texas Esports League Fall Finals at Hurd Welcome Center (pictured above), as 450+ middle and high school competitors bat…
…n after their military service is complete. They also serve the Baylor and Waco communities by lending textbooks at no cost to military-connected students, speaking at elementary schools, serving breakfasts at the local Veterans One Stop, and more. “I am both shocked and honored that we received this award,” says VoB president Caroline Burten, a senior health science studies major and U.S. Marine Corps veteran. “I know we have worked hard as a tea…
…Wind the clock back to 1994: Jill Mashburn (BA ’95) wanted to create a coffee shop in Waco that would be a place for all kinds of people to meet up and hang out, and via a business school class project, the idea for Common Grounds was born. She soon rented a house right across from campus, refurbishing it into what we know today as the original Common Grounds location — serving the Baylor community since 1995. For 30 years now, Common Grounds has…
…creativity of this talented group, coupled with the unwavering support and commitment from my faculty colleagues and Baylor’s administration, are at the heart of our achievements.” Wood came to Baylor in 2013 after two decades on the faculties at Yale and Colorado State, his appointment at Baylor made possible in part by a $4.2 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. Alongside Dr. Daniel Romo, Wood leads the Baylo…
…continues today) to promote discussion about vehicle design and passenger safety. Two years after Stapp launched his conference, Volvo became the first auto maker to install seatbelts in cars; a decade later, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a measure requiring seatbelts on all new cars sold in the United States. Stapp retired from the Air Force in 1970 with the rank of colonel. He was celebrated with the USAF Distinguished Services Med…
…he Women’s Council of Houston brings together Baylor women who love BU. 3. Waco/Central Texas (~15,600 Bears). Another no-brainer, as increasing numbers of Bears are deciding to stay right here after graduation and continue enjoying what campus and the city have to offer. 4. Austin (~9,600 Bears). Just 90 miles south of Baylor, many Bears choose to settle in our state’s capital (even if means living in UT territory). 5. San Antonio (~5,900 Bears)….
…when you think about notable Baylor alumni. Looking back through history, scores of names jump out: former Texas governors such as Pat Neff (AB 1894, AM 1898) and Ann Richards (BA ’54); prominent business leaders such as Joe Allbritton (LLB ’49; Allbritton Communications) and Mark Hurd (BBA ’79; HP, Oracle); and notable pastors, such as George W. Truett (AB 1897; First Baptist Dallas). More recently, we’ve seen Bears leading out as the U.S. Ambas…
…40 census. Two years later, he was named Census Bureau director, a role he would hold from 1941-49. Besides establishing a permanent field staff, Capt’s Census Bureau also explored new survey methodologies and quality control techniques and began development of the first commercial computer, UNIVAC, for data processing. In August 1949, Capt resigned at age 62 due to poor health; he passed away later that month and is buried at Arlington National C…
…xas State Board of Education. In 2020, Governor Greg Abbott conferred upon Cargill the Commission of the Yellow Rose of Texas for exceptional community service. A former biology teacher, she is the founder of WOW Science Camp and president of Cargill Consulting & Training. Michael Griffin (BBA ’93, MBA ’00) was a member of the Dallas Baptist University board for almost a decade, and served six years on the Texas Baptist Missions Foundation board….
