Nearly 800 Baylor students walked across the stage at the Ferrell Center Saturday, receiving their diplomas at the annual winter commencement ceremony. These now-former students join the ranks of the more than 135,000 graduates Baylor has produced over the years. Sic ’em, new Baylor alums!
Congratulations to Drs. Ian Gravagne and Kenneth Van Treuren on receiving a $145,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support their Engaged Learning Group (ELG)! You might remember reading about their group, titled “Energy and Society: the costs and benefits of an energy-dependant civilization,” in the summer ’07 issue of Baylor Magazine. In short, […]
Baylor’s accounting program led the nation in first-time pass rate on the CPA exam for both auditing and regulation, according to numbers released by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). The Baylor accounting program also finished among the top 10 nationally in three other areas. A quick run-down: * Auditing – 100% […]
The Texas Supreme Court will convene today at Baylor’s Umphrey Law Center — a special treat for the Baylor law students who get to sit in on their proceedings. This will be the Court’s third visit to the Law School; the judges also convened in 1998 (the first time the Court had ever sat outside […]
We thought it worth note-ing (all awful puns intended) that freshman music major Zach Graff has been selected as a finalist in this year’s National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts “youngARTS” competition. Graff, a tuba player, is one of about 150 finalists selected from a nationwide pool of 7,000 applicants that includes musicians, […]
In July, a group of 17 Baylor students left Texas for China, where they joined with their peers overseas to produce real-world business solutions — in just six weeks. During that time, the students worked for some of the international companies that partner with the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, the students’ hosts […]
Baylor’s interior design program is one of the school’s smaller programs; in 2006-07, only one of the 2,400 bachelor’s degrees awarded by the University was in interior design. But that’s not stopping the program from bringing in accolades for Baylor. Last month, students claimed first and second place awards at the Texas Chapter of the […]
I know we’ve written a lot about Baylor Law School recently, what with its students leading the state in bar exam pass rate and earning nods from The Princeton Review. But Texas Lawyer ran such a good article on Baylor law that I felt I had to mention it. The article examines why Baylor’s bar […]
On Monday, we wrote about the results USA Today ran from the National Survey of Student Engagement. Today, we’ve got some more interesting data from the survey. Baylor clearly outshines its peers in two questions that encompass the entire college experience. First-year students and seniors were each asked “How would you evaluate your entire educational […]
According to data gathered by USA Today, Baylor students are happier with their college choice than students at similar schools across virtually all areas of the college academic experience. Over 250 universities across the country shared their data from the National Survey of Student Engagement with USA Today. The publication categorized Baylor as a high-research […]
