Just saw where a sixth Baylor student has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship, joining the five Bears who were announced a couple of months ago. That brings the total to 13 Baylor Fulbright Scholars in just the past three years, and 20 since 2001. The most recent honoree is Robert Moore, a Copperas Cove, […]
Forty years ago today, man first walked on the moon. I was still a few years away from even being a twinkle in my parents’ eyes, but I grew up reaping the benefits of the excitement about space exploration that followed that singular moment. In fact, until the Challenger accident, I wanted to be an […]
Edd Hayes was a little worried when he was commissioned to create a statue of a lawyer nicknamed “Mad Dog.” Can you blame him? But his rendering of R. Matt Dawson at the Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center certainly captures the “Mad Dog” spirit. As Baylor Law Dean Brad Toben said at the unveiling […]
When I was in college, I spent my summers working temp jobs doing data entry. Many of today’s Baylor students are getting much more exciting experience in summer internships across the country, such as Baylor’s Washington Internship Program. A total of 26 Baylor students are interning in Washington, D.C., this summer. Many are working on […]
More than 15,000 visitors attended the 38th Annual Texas Arts & Crafts Fair in Kerrville, Texas, over Memorial Day Weekend, but only one came away with the fair competition’s highest honor. That one, of course, was a Baylor Bear. Erin Dobbins, who graduated in May with a bachelor of fine arts degree, won the fair’s […]
I’ve written before about how my first exposure to Baylor came through a summer debate camp, and I doubt I’m alone. There are camps and programs going on at Baylor all summer for people of all ages and covering all kinds of subjects, from sports to cheerleading to science and other more academic studies. The […]
The overlapping worlds of music and the Baptist faith have long been home to Baylor professor Dr. Terry York. After years as a minister of music and later serving as project coordinator for the The Baptist Hymnal, York now teaches in both Baylor’s School of Music and Truett Seminary. In his spare time, he has […]
The U.S. House has turned to Baylor for expertise on a particularly delicate subject. Should minors tried as adults be subject to life sentences without parole? Today — maybe even as you read this — Baylor Law professor Mark Osler is testifying in Washington, D.C., before a U.S. House of Representatives judiciary subcommittee, one of […]
Over the past year, I’d heard some buzz around campus about the incredible amount of student involvement in organizations dedicated to addressing the issue of poverty, both locally and globally. But I had no idea just how many groups around Waco are dedicated to tackling the issue until I saw this story and the related […]
I never really thought about this when I was in college, but university professors don’t just take the summer as a time to sleep in and lay on the beach for three months. With an open schedule, many professors are able to use the summer months as a time to learn new skills or brush […]
