Two of Baylor’s newest alumni will soon be teaching English in Germany as the University’s latest recipients of the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. Lauren Hughes and Cleyera Martin both graduated on Saturday — Hughes with a degree in international studies and Martin with a degree in German. Both students enjoyed significant study-abroad experiences while at Baylor, […]
A school-record number of graduates — more than 1,900 — walked the stage at the Ferrell Center on Saturday during Baylor’s spring Commencement ceremonies, joining the approximately 135,000 others who have graduated from Baylor over the past 160-plus years. (Click here for a photo gallery from Saturday’s event.) As a fellow alum, let me encourage […]
Updating a previous story… The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that Kristin Elliott, an 18-year-old incoming Baylor freshman, has far surpassed her goal of raising $60,000 for an orphanage in Kenya Zambia. As of last week, following her appearance on ABC’s World News Tonight, more than $100,000 had poured in for the orphanage! Thanks to the generous […]
Baylor fans know Cristin Vitek as the softball pitcher who struck out an NCAA-record 28 batters in a 16-inning 1-0 win during the 2004 NCAA Regional — the exceptional athlete seen in this picture. But all her athletic achievements meant nothing earlier this year when she spent three weeks in the hospital, her family worried […]
Today is Diadeloso, so we’re out enjoying the festivities with the rest of campus. Check back next week for a photo gallery from today’s activities. And if you’re not in Waco, visit the Baylor Network website for more on a Diadeloso celebration near you — San Antonio, Austin and San Diego, April 26; Dallas, Fort […]
When I heard that Dr. Mona Choucair won this year’s Collins Outstanding Professor Award, I was both overjoyed and completely unsurprised. For the senior lecturer with dual appointments in the English Department and the School of Education, it was only a matter of time. Dr. Choucair (BA ’86, PhD ’00) is the epitome of what […]
Senior Angela Tisdale became the sixth Baylor player to be selected in the last seven years when the WNBA held its annual amateur player draft Wednesday night. Tisdale was the 33rd overall pick, going in the third round to the Chicago Sky. A 2007-08 All Big 12 first-team selection and a national player of the […]
Ed Crenshaw’s stint as president of Student Foundation in 1972-73 proved a nice training ground for his later life. After spending the last dozen years as president of Publix, Florida’s No. 1 grocery store chain and a market leader in the southeast, Crenshaw was promoted to CEO of the company last month. Crenshaw started at […]
Four Bears are in the big leagues as most of Major League Baseball kicks off the 2008 season today. Former national collegiate player of the year (and Mesquite native) Jason Jennings begins his first season with his hometown Texas Rangers. Jennings, who played at Baylor from 1997-99, is coming off a strong spring and will […]
According to Barron’s Magazine, the weekly financial publication put out by Dow Jones & Company, two of the world’s top 30 corporate leaders are Baylor grads! (The article is also on MSN.com.) Mark Hurd, a 1979 graduate and CEO of technology giant Hewlett-Packard, made the list for the first time; Bob Simpson, BBA ’70 and […]
