What did you do with your summer? Some Bears hosted send-off parties for Baylor students. Some took the Baylor name abroad, as tourists or on mission trips. Some served their families in time of need, while others racked up academic honors. One husband-wife faculty team went overseas on two very different projects. Music lecturer Dr. […]
A recent survey found that 70% of Americans believe colleges should require their students to take basic courses in core subjects. Yet one report found that fewer than 2% of colleges and universities in the U.S. require even six of the top seven core subjects (composition, literature, foreign language, U.S. government/history, economics, math, and science). […]
Ten years ago this week, the first classes were held in the new home of Baylor Law School, the Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center. Located on the banks of the Brazos River, the facility measures 128,000 square feet — more than double the size of the law school’s previous home, Morrison Constitution Hall, which […]
Did you know that the state of Texas annually appoints a poet laureate, state musician, state two-dimensional artist and state three-dimensional artist? Interestingly, two of the Texas Legislature’s four honorees for 2012 have Baylor ties. The 2012 poet laureate, Jan Seale, attended Baylor in the late 1950s, as did her husband, Carl, BM ’58. A […]
Baylor students: Whether you’re a freshman ready for your first collegiate classes (Monday!) or a senior who just can’t wait for graduation to get here, take note. If you’re looking for a quality keepsake of your college experience, the Baylor Round Up (yearbook) seems to be a good bet. In 2009, the Round Up was […]
While most of Baylor’s undergraduate population has been away for the summer, BU graduate students (and Baylor graduates in grad school elsewhere) have been racking up honors and recognition from all across the country: * George Montanez (pictured) graduated this past weekend with a master’s degree in computer science; thanks to fellowships from the Ford […]
Several years ago, Baylor engineering professor Dr. Walter Bradley began investigating ways to create low-cost products from the simple coconut — a natural, renewable resource found in many poor coastal regions. The idea was to develop technologies and a business model that would multiply the value of coconuts (and thereby multiply the income of the […]
I’ve often thought of a master’s thesis as just one more (really big) homework assignment that, once completed, sits on the shelf forever. But as Baylor students often prove, that doesn’t have to be the case. The latest example comes from Aaron Franzen, a doctoral candidate in sociology. After earning his BA in sociology from […]
[May 2015 update: Four years later, Lyons graduates this weekend — with her master’s in communication sciences and disorders, having earned her BA in 2013. Sic ’em, Lizzie!] Lizzie Lyons could have gone to college almost anywhere. As valedictorian of her class in Berkley, Michigan, and with a perfect ACT score, Lyons was accepted to […]
Count my wife among the many who are eagerly awaiting tonight’s release of the final film in the Harry Potter saga. With the film’s debut, one Baylor professor has found himself a little bit busier than usual. English professor Dr. Greg Garrett already wears many hats — including writer, teacher, minister and artist — but […]
