Baylor takes its efforts toward improving both halves of the ‘student-athlete’ seriously. We frequently celebrate our athletic successes, be they Big 12 titles (five in 2010-11) or NCAA appearances (12 this year, including two final fours). But the student portion of the equation is to be celebrated, as well — and it was another banner […]
Some might see it as obvious; others, as misguided optimism. But with every society looking to reduce crime, the notion that religion can be an antidote to such behavior is intriguing. That’s the premise behind More God, Less Crime, the latest book from Dr. Byron Johnson, distinguished professor of the social sciences and director of […]
The Baylor campus is no stranger to hosting distinguished guests, be they Nobel Prize winners, U.S. presidents, noted speakers or billionaire energy experts. Most are arranged as guest lecturers or Chapel speakers, but the circumstances that brought Kenyan Minister of Information Technology and Communications Samuel Poghisio to campus were a little more extraordinary. Late last […]
As the world’s largest Baptist university and the only one offering a doctorate in religion, it makes sense that Baylor would serve as a depository for the denomination’s history and research. The Baptist Studies Center for Research, approved by Baylor Regents at their February meeting, will bring it all together. The center will pull together […]
A decade ago, I came close to entering Baylor’s graduate sport management program before life led another way. From this story, however, it seems that the program I considered is now turning out better students than ever. Four Baylor graduate students in sport management claimed the championship at a national case study competition held during […]
During Teacher Appreciation Week earlier this month, we noticed a few Baylor Bears tweeting thanks to their favorite professors. We retweeted a few of those from our account (@BaylorProud), and for every one professor we mentioned, it seemed to spawn 10 more responses as other Bears shared their favorites with us. That kept going for […]
With the end of the year upon us, awards and honors for Baylor students have come in fast and furious over the past month — so many that we really haven’t been able to keep up with it all. Rather than let such recognition slip by, we thought we’d offer this roundup of some of […]
As approximately 250 Baylor students head out this summer to nine different countries as part of 16 different teams on university-sponsored mission trips, new research by a Baylor professor shows those who go really do return as changed men and women. Students in Cambodia will deliver training on therapeutic art techniques to staff in aftercare […]
Each year, the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards some of the nation’s most outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics with a scholarship and stipend as well as unique opportunities for research and development. This year, that select class includes three Baylor students: Greg Bond, George Montanez and Eduardo Torrealba. […]
One of the most obvious signs of Baylor’s commitment to providing students with the best professors possible is the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, which every two years brings one of the nation’s top teachers from another university to Baylor for one semester. The honor is the only national teaching award for university […]
