Dr. Mark Adickes’ career has taken him from the o-line to the O.R. (operating room), and now the 1984 Baylor business graduate — whose resume also includes both a Super Bowl ring and a Harvard medical degree — has found a fitting new home. Last month, he joined Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) as chief of the […]
More than a decade has passed since Kyle Lake, BA ’94, MDiv ’97, last closed a service at Waco’s University Baptist Church with the benediction, “Love God, embrace beauty, and live life to the fullest,” but his life and message still resonates with those who knew him, and with many more who never got the […]
The nation’s oldest collegiate Homecoming celebration returns exactly a month from today: Baylor Homecoming 2016! If you haven’t already, it’s time to start thinking about Homecoming. Clear your calendar for Oct. 13-15 and plan your visit now; a limited number of tickets are still available for some of the weekend’s main events, including a few for the Baylor-Kansas football game and special […]
Tucked away in the mountains of countries such as Mexico and Guatemala, people groups speak languages known almost exclusively among their own tribes, because their language is only spoken — not written. For Baylor alum Jamie Loker, BSEd ’82, and her husband, Jim, the Biblical mandate to carry the Gospel into all corners of the world means overcoming the […]
When the 2016 NFL season kicks off tonight in Denver and this weekend across the country, 10 Baylor alumni will be on active rosters. Here’s who to watch for: * Matt Bryant, BSED ’98, Atlanta Falcons (kicker) — The 15-year veteran ranks among the top 15 in NFL history in field goal percentage and is […]
Beverly Griffin’s life story is almost cinematic — a small-town girl, raised during the Depression, who earned a scholarship to Baylor, nurtured an interest in science and moved to London. There, she became the first woman appointed to a professorship at a prestigious medical school, recognized previously unknown connections between viruses and cancer, was a […]
Imagine you’re 6 years old again. But instead of running through the playground, climbing trees, and learning to ride a bike, you’re stuck in a hospital bed, surrounded by fluorescent lights and the hums and whirs of medical machinery. Unfortunately, that’s the reality for many children in the United States. But some Baylor nursing alumni are […]
If you love Baylor, you probably have some pictures of you and your friends and family with Judge Baylor. It’s a rite of passage for every Bear, and is even part of the Baylor Bucket List. But you probably don’t have as many as Donna Oates’ family. Since Oates first stepped onto the Baylor campus for a […]
Since it opened in 1954, thousands of Bears have called Baylor’s venerable Martin Hall home for some part of their student experience, and every one of them daily passed by a painting of the building’s namesake, D.K. “Dock” Martin. While they may have known his name, few knew his impact — but unknowingly, they very likely […]
In 1938, a young man named Weldon Bigony came to Baylor on a football scholarship. But when America entered World War II three years later, Bigony left school to join the Naval Air Corps. After the war, he became a commercial pilot, got married, had children (and eventually grandchildren), and successfully beat a cancer scare […]
