It hasn’t been all that long since I was a student at Baylor, but when I walk the campus these days, I marvel at how many of the facilities students benefit from today have gone up since I graduated. The one that stands out the most is the Baylor Sciences Building (pictured; click on image […]
With a Hall of Fame quarterback, an ESPN personality and a two-time national champion coach headlining the event, it’s no wonder that last weekend’s “Going for the Gold Gala,” presented by the Louise Herrington School of Nursing, was perhaps the largest fundraising event in Baylor history. The sold-out crowd of 700 Baylor nursing supporters included […]
One hundred years ago this month, Arthur Eldred completed the 21 merit badges necessary to earn the rank of Eagle — the first Eagle Scout in the history of the Boy Scouts of America. Plenty of anecdotal evidence gathered in the century since then attests to the benefits of Scouting, but surprisingly, no one had […]
Finding balance has always been important at Baylor. Think “Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana.” “Worldwide leadership and service.” “Faith and learning.” Equally important is “teaching and research.” Baylor has a long history of great teachers, but in recent years the university has worked to bring its research efforts to a similar level. Baylor faculty contributions to […]
Each year, Baylor seniors vote to decide the winner of the Collins Outstanding Professor award. It wasn’t all that long ago that this year’s winner was voting on the award himself. Dr. Blair Browning, BA ’95, MA ’99, had several previous Collins award winners when he was a student at Baylor. As an assistant professor […]
This Easter, a collection of rare biblical texts and artifacts assembled by a Baylor professor is on display in the heart of Vatican City. “Verbum Domini,” a 5,000-square-foot exhibit, brings together more than 150 of the world’s rarest biblical texts and artifacts from The Green Collection and other private collections. The exhibit’s director is Dr. […]
Think back over your Baylor experience; chances are that a professor who made time for you played a key part in helping you along the way. For generations, Baylor has been known as a place where students are names and faces, not numbers, and where most classes are taught by professors with experience, not TA’s […]
The 2013 edition of U.S.News & World Report‘s “America’s Best Graduate Schools” will come out in a couple of weeks, and as usual, the lists include plenty of Baylor graduate programs, from law to healthcare, education to sciences and humanities. You can read more about those rankings in this release. But one data point jumped […]
If March Madness success was determined by “core skills” instead of “court skills,” Baylor would come away champions. That’s the word according to the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), who each year grades colleges and universities on their core curriculum, measuring how well each school graduates students with a well-rounded education. In ACTA’s […]
University President Ken Starr has often remarked that as the world has grown smaller, the “Pro Texana” part of Baylor’s motto can no longer mean just “for Texas” or “for the state.” It must reach further; today’s Baylor students will impact not only the Texas of tomorrow, but the United States and even the world. […]
