Did you know that more than 2,400 current Baylor students — nearly 1/5th of the student body — represent the first generation of their family to attend college? Most Bears don’t know that, including some of the very students who make up that number. We share that, because there’s a sense of confidence that comes […]
It’s hard to believe, but it’s almost been a month already since Baylor students started arriving on campus for Welcome Week. By now, class schedules are finalized, students’ routines are established, and the numbers are officially in for this year’s student body. As always, the numbers are pretty impressive. The overall student body is comprised […]
For many Baylor students, Moody Memorial Library is basically a study haven with a Starbucks. But our dear library — affectionately referred to by many students as Club Moody — has much more to offer than just couches and coffee. For instance — you probably never realized you could do these 7 things at Baylor’s Central […]
It makes sense that the School of Education at Baylor — the world’s largest Baptist university — would be among the leaders in developing teachers and administrators for Christian schools. Since 1985, the Baylor School of Ed’s Center for Christian Education (CCE) has worked to identify and promote successful values-based approaches to education that are […]
Religion’s role in the founding and shaping of American life has been much-considered, studied and debated throughout U.S. history — but few are as qualified to provide insight into the topic as Baylor’s Distinguished Professor of History, Dr. Thomas Kidd. In the classroom, on bookshelves and in the media, students and non-students alike have learned […]
For the fourth year in a row, the Baylor Symphony Orchestra has won the American Prize in Orchestral Performance as the nation’s top collegiate orchestra! The American Prize is a national nonprofit competition in the performing arts. Baylor’s orchestra is the first ensemble in any of the competition’s categories to ever win first place four […]
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship is the nation’s largest, most prestigious award for humanities and social sciences Ph.D. candidates researching questions of ethical and religious values. This year, just 21 students nationwide have been honored as Newcombe Fellows — and one of those is a Baylor Bear. Teresita Lozano, a 2010 Baylor music education graduate who is […]
As the recipient of a recent Fulbright award, Baylor nursing professor Lori Spies has spent much of the last year and a half traveling across the globe — from India to Vietnam to Zambia — researching and training nurses on how to handle noncommunicable diseases such as hypertension. One of more than 50 Baylor Bears […]
Since 2003, Baylor’s Camp Success has provided a life-changing program to children with language and literacy disorders through the university’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Over a period of four weeks, children receive 50 hours of therapy — equal to a full year’s worth of work in many school districts. While this therapy would […]
Already this year, Baylor’s Focus Magazine has been named the best student-produced magazine in the country by the Society of Professional Journalists, and The Baylor Lariat has been honored as the top student newspaper in the state by both the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors and the Houston Press Club. Those are just three of the 100+ individual […]
