Rather than spin a lengthy narrative about Baylor’s athletic success in 2011-12, let’s just go straight to the facts: 80 combined wins across the “big three” sports (football, men’s and women’s basketball), the most of any school in NCAA history. 118 combined wins (and counting) across the “big four” (FB, MBB, WBB and baseball), rapidly […]
An old friend and a new project brought U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to Baylor this week. O’Connor’s long history with Baylor President Ken Starr is the common bond. The first female Supreme Court judge in U.S. history was Starr’s guest Monday afternoon in his continuing interview series, “On Topic with Ken Starr.” […]
The end of the school year is upon us — finals start Wednesday — and, as usual for this time of year, individual honors are rolling in. Students in the Baylor Graduate School, in particular, have been raking in the recognition over the last month or so. Here are just a few of the recent […]
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 […]
