As students vote on the Collins Outstanding Professor, a faculty committee each spring also selects the recipient of the Cornelia Marschall Smith Award. Based on teaching, research and service, this year’s recipient is Robert Darden, BSED ’76, the associate professor of journalism and media arts in the College of Arts and Sciences who has become […]
As one reporter noted, “It’s hard not to be impressed with what Art Briles is doing at Baylor.” In the 17 years before Briles came to Waco, only one Bear had been drafted in the NFL’s first round (Daryl Gardener, 1996). Briles has now seen three of his players become first-round picks in just three […]
If you’re looking for Baylor students’ favorite professors, it would seem that the biology department is a good place to start. For the third straight year, the senior class has selected a Baylor biology professor as recipient of the Collins Outstanding Professor Award. This year’s honoree is Dr. Marcie Moehnke, MS ’03, PhD ’05, who […]
Graduate students — particularly those in intensely competitive fields like law and medicine — could be excused if they didn’t find time for service activities while working on their degrees. But that’s not the case with Baylor Bears. Last fall, we wrote about how many Baylor law students give up their lunchtimes each week to […]
On Monday, Gordon College became the latest institution of higher education to name a Baylor graduate as its president. Dr. Michael Lindsay, BA ’94, will take the helm of Gordon, a Christian liberal arts college outside Boston, on July 1. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate here at Baylor, Lindsay has most recently served as a […]
There are a lot of prominent Baylor alumni out there: lawyers, musicians, actors, business leaders, athletes, etc. But very few can boast of having been knighted. Gabriel Lugo, BBA ’83, is one of those honored few. Lugo received the Medaille Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Knight of the Order of Academic Palms) in December, […]
Baylor is well-known for producing Texas Baptist pastors, especially since the opening of George W. Truett Theological Seminary in 1994. But even within the Baptist world, the impact of Baylor graduates doesn’t only stay between Texas’ borders. Take Rev. Billy Dickerson, for example. Dickerson earned his degree in religion from Baylor in 1953. After 10 […]
Just six months after its launch, The President’s Scholarship Initiative — a three-year, $100-million drive to fund endowed scholarships for Baylor students — has passed the $20 million milestone. The Baylor family has responded well to President Ken Starr’s challenge, working to support Baylor students and ease the financial burden of higher education for our […]
Regular viewers of ABC’s “World News with Diane Sawyer” saw a series of features earlier this month in which a Dallas family was asked to live life buying only American products. Could they do it? What would they have to give up? ABC covered the story all week in a series of vignettes, showing the […]
Since my son was born and my wife went to working part-time, being a good steward of our finances has taken on much more importance for me. My father-in-law, in particular, has given me a lot of excellent advice on the subject. For years, he and his wife have taught a course on personal finance […]
