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The 9 best Bears in Major League Baseball history

…fewer than 48 Baylor Bears have reached baseball’s highest level over the last century-plus. Willie debuted in 1911, Wendzel in 2024, and there’s been a host of Baylor greats to reach Major League Baseball in between, including All-Stars, a Rookie of the Year, and a Hall of Famer. So, who are the best Baylor alumni to reach the big leagues? That’s a question we first aimed to answer six years ago. Since then, five more Bears have reached the big…

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…

Elite national fellows advance their fields — and bring that experience into BU classrooms

…erence that his/her colleagues across the country recognize. Phrases like “advanced scientific excellence,” “major research contributions,” and “exceptional contributions” to their discipline are found across the descriptions of fellows in chemistry, math, physics and more. Like an all-America designation in sports, it’s a symbol of the best — and while their fellowship was named in a specific year, it’s a title they retain, and one they earn for…

These 10 companies hire more new Baylor grads than anyone else

…g-standing relationship with KPMG, as both parties consistently work to partner students with recruiters to make lasting connections. Similarly, Ernst & Young (2) actively recruits from Baylor’s business and finance programs, regularly hosting information sessions and lobby tables so that students can connect with recruiters to learn about career opportunities. Deloitte (3), another Big Four firm, is often a top choice for students seeking opportu…

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…

Baylor alumna named CEO of Feed the Children

…20 years at these organizations, she was ready to heed the call. “I am pinching myself that I have the opportunity here to lead a global movement and make the world a better place,” Callahan says. “To have been able to do work that is connected to meeting a need, at Susan G. Komen and ALSAC and now here, is really the honor of a lifetime. To unite individuals and foundations to come together and fulfill needs for children and families with hunger…

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

…trepreneurship program has been recognized among the nation’s best for the last 15 years. Artz joined the Hankamer School of Business faculty in 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 a…

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

…r mascots Indy and Belle. The La Vega High School students visiting campus last week for the first-ever Baylor CityLab were no different; the Bear Habitat was tops on their tour agenda — and where their interactive science journey began. As soon as the tour was over, Baylor students involved in CityLab set up the scenario. They drank from a stray water bottle, began “acting” strange, and soon developed zombie-like symptoms. Now it was up to the hi…

Initial findings from Baylor’s Global Flourishing Study draw worldwide attention

…d. “In her inaugural address, President Linda Livingstone said, ‘The world needs a Baylor.’ She was right that the world needs Baylor University — as a Christian Research 1 university — to advance a vision of Human Flourishing that is evidence-based, practical, faith-animated and inspirational,” says Baylor Provost Nancy Brickhouse. “The Institute for Global Human Flourishing is uniquely positioned to serve as a catalyst for transformative impact…

Baylor sends off students with first Student Mission Trip Commissioning Ceremony

…wing the disciples’ example, Baylor representatives gathered to send these short-term missionaries off with prayer and encouragement (plus some treats to sweeten the celebration). Facilitated by Baylor Missions, Service and Public Life, as well as local churches and organizations, students with Baylor connections will demonstrate God’s love this summer on a dozen trips to places like Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and South Africa, in areas ra…