Every spring, the Baylor Family bids happy retirement to professors and staff who have dedicated their professional lives to the university and its students. It’s always a bittersweet mix — sadness in seeing them go, happiness for a well-deserved next step — but we wish them all well in the next phase of their lives. […]
For more than a decade, Baylor’s entrepreneurship program has been anchored among the nation’s top 10 — so it’s no surprise that Baylor entrepreneurship faculty are well-regarded for their business acumen far beyond campus borders. Dr. Peter Klein, the W. W. Caruth Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship at Baylor, has been sought out by outlets […]
Readers browsing Amazon for new books in mid-April found a Baylor professor’s new release among the overall top 50 on the site — a week before it was even officially released. The title? The Making of Biblical Womanhood, by history professor (and Baylor alumna) Beth Allison Barr (BA ’96). Reviewing both the Bible and centuries […]
Since 1888, the Baptist Standard has been the newspaper of record for Baptists in Texas (and beyond), bringing a journalistic approach to covering stories connected to Baptist life. Given Baylor’s distinct Baptist heritage, it’s only natural that this would be the place where historic issues of the Baptist Standard would find new life. Baylor University […]
Last week, Baylor announced a nationwide search to fill five new endowed faculty positions — big news in the academic world, and a big step forward towards fulfilling the dreams of Baylor’s strategic plan, Illuminate. Those outside academia, however, are quite likely wondering just why this is such a big deal. What is an endowed […]
Late last month, Baylor announced the finalists for the university’s 2022 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. (If you’re unfamiliar with the Cherry Award, it’s a unique honor — not only honoring professors for great teaching, but investing in their work with a gift of $250,000. It’s the largest monetary gift for teaching presented […]
In the past month alone, four Baylor Bears have been named as presidents of universities across the nation! The run began with the naming of Dr. Diana Lovell (BSED ’89) as president of Southwestern Oklahoma State University on March 3. A week later. Dr. Beck Taylor (BBA ’92, and a former Baylor business professor — […]
We’re used to doctors prescribing medicine when patients need it — but what about prescriptions for exercise, or fresh vegetables? That’s just one of the areas being studied by Dr. Kelly Ylitalo (BS ’04) — a Baylor alumna, associate professor in BU’s Department of Public Health, and a rising star as a researcher and epidemiologist. […]
March is Women’s History Month, a time for intentionally celebrating and studying the vital roles women have played in American history. That makes this the perfect time to dive into new books, podcasts and other resources to learn more about this often under-considered side of our country’s past. Dr. Andrea Turpin is an associate professor […]
Last summer, Baylor’s Board of Regents established a Commission on Historic Campus Representations to review the history of the university, its founders, and its early leaders for connections to slavery and the Confederacy. The Commission spent the next six months looking at Baylor’s history and developing a series of recommendations on how the university can […]
