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35+ Baylor Bears now leading colleges and universities worldwide

…BU professor and administrator), St. Mary’s University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Dr. Gregory Williams (EdD ’96), Odessa College, Odessa, Texas Sic ’em, Baylor presidents and chancellors! (Have we missed someone? Let us know!) Changes/additions made after the original post: Dr. Mark Brown (EdD ’20), Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala. Dr. Jerry Cain (MA ’71), Judson University, Elgin, Ill. Brad Carson (BA ’89), University of Tulsa, stepped down –…

Premiere welcomes thousands of future Bears to campus for open house

…missions and financial aid process, and more. During COVID, the event went online, but high demand for that in-person experience led to its return on campus this spring. “Baylor Premiere has been a hallmark event for more than 20 years, and we are so excited to bring it back to our award-winning campus,” says Ross VanDyke (BA ’03), associate vice president of enrollment management recruiting, marketing, and innovation. “In the college search proce…

Five ways Baylor graduate students advance the Baylor mission

…uate students are on campus. More than 3,000 students are part of Baylor’s Online & Hybrid Professional Education Program, learning remotely as they continue professional obligations all across the nation. With an average age of 34, they’re pursuing career advancement and impact in disciplines such as education, business, physical therapy, social work, and more. Extend the Baylor Line — As they leave Baylor with master’s degrees and Ph.D.s in hand…

Meet 32 Baylor women who have made their marks on the world of education

…e then, the school has grown to offer four degrees (BSW, MSW in-person and online, and PhD) and rank among the top 25% of social work graduate schools nationwide. Garland can certainly be credited with the school’s identity, infusing social work with our Christian faith. Just before her passing in 2015, the school was renamed the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work in her honor. Dr. Elizabeth Davis (BBA ’84) was Baylor’s first female provost —…

Meet 15 Baylor women who have made names for themselves in the arts

…. (During that world tour, she spent two weeks helping a family in need in Canada; that family’s descendants still remember her as their family’s “angel of mercy.”) Dr. Dorothy Scarborough (BA 1896, MA 1899) was a noted teacher, writer and folklorist who taught Baylor’s initial journalism courses, the first in the Southwest. Scarborough was known for her interest in American folklore and her early feminist writings. Her research on black folk song…

Meet 9 Baylor women who blazed new trails in the sciences & engineering

…computer field. Under her guidance, student workers wrote and ran programs using keypunch cards. For many Bears, Ligon was the one who first introduced them to computers. She was named Baylor’s “Most Popular Business Professor” an unprecedented six times, was awarded the Herbert H. Reynolds Award for outstanding dedication and service to Baylor in 1991, and was honored a year later as the namesake of the Helen H. Ligon Professorship in Information…

Scenes from Sing 2024

…aylor students, alumni and friends in Waco Hall (plus a streaming audience online for Saturday’s finale). [LINKS: Photos from this year’s show || Read the Lariat‘s review of Sing 2024 || Watch Saturday night’s award ceremony] Congratulations to Kappa Omega Tau, which won first place this year for their act, “Sweet Gingerbread Man” (pictured above). Chi Omega took second for their act, “Caught Red-Handed,” followed by Phi Kappa Chi in third for “Th…

Baylor’s endowment returns are beating even the Ivy League’s; here’s why that matters

…$1 candy bars right now, and that’s all you would ever get. Or, you could buy one candy bar right now and invest the rest of the money; then the fund would buy you another candy bar next year, and another the next, and the next, forever — so you’d end up with way more than 20 candy bars, and never run out. Through careful management and the generous gifts of donor, Baylor’s endowment has reached $2 billion — which sounds to the average person lik…

Baylor prof’s project turns academic research to serve church worship leaders

…and Passion. (One deviation from the “Big 4” was the high favorability of using songs by Phil Wickham, who is not officially affiliated with the Big 4 or a megachurch.) Baker’s research has been picked up by several news outlets and podcasts whose audience is, generally, worship practitioners. The team’s findings are also being published in academic journals, including a forthcoming special issue of Liturgy, a journal for pastors and educators. “…

Baylor prof’s lab making science accessible for the blind & visually impaired

…sible to students with blindness. Some of Shaw’s approaches are high-tech, using advanced robotics to help measure, pour and conduct precise experiments. TSBVI students utilized a number of common lab techniques without the equipment, and then with it — and their delighted reactions to being able to conduct chemistry research told the story. TSBVI students also enjoyed experiences with microscopy, protein purification and other tasks they could co…