Wandering Burleson Quad awhile back, it occurred to me that “That Good Old Baylor Line” was literally beneath my feet. Bricks engraved with the names of Baylor alumni and friends from across the decades cover the Sesquicentennial Walkway, often in long, long lines representing those big Baylor families — each their own “Baylor Line.” Weldon […]
Came across two stories on Baylor student body presidents recently — one past, one present. New student body president Jordan Hannah (pictured) was elected this spring and recognizes that as president, he speaks for the student body — and he will represent them well, if his quotes in this story from his hometown newspaper, the […]
Some 17 million visitors visit Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom each year, while another 12 million or so head west to Disneyland. Combined, that’s a total larger than the population of Texas, so chances are good that you or someone you know is headed to see Mickey this summer. Baylor grad Richard Benefield, however, is […]
We wrote earlier this month about Baylor sophomore Kristin Elliot being honored with a Jefferson Award for public service; now this week comes news of yet another member of the Baylor family receiving the award. Alumna Betsy Robinson founded Fuzzy Friends Rescue animal shelter in 1996, and she has been the driving force behind one […]
Some of you might recognize the name Peter Greenberg; I didn’t. But check out his credentials: travel editor for NBC’s Today show and correspondent for Newsweek, Men’s Health, CNN and Oprah. In other words, he’s a man of some influence — and who was recently influenced by his random encounter with a Baylor alumna. On […]
Here’s one of our first submissions from an alum, and it’s yet another Baylor graduate with quite the life story! Maria Corena McLeod grew up in Colombia and taught herself English there by watching American movies. She graduated college there at age 18 and went to work, but found she “wasn’t making a difference.” So, […]
Since graduating from Baylor in 1986, ventriloquist Jeff Dunham has become one of America’s most popular comics. Dunham has not only the No. 1 bestselling stand-up comedy DVD on Amazon.com — he has the No. 2 and 3 best-sellers, too (No. 4, you might note, is Bill Cosby). Comedy Central recently signed Dunham and his […]
Walai Jantawiboon, a first-generation Chinese born in Thailand, saw firsthand the devastation brought by the tsunami that struck Thailand in 2004. Gracie Brownell suffered in her home country, too, often going hungry and enduring homelessness as a child in Liberia during her native land’s civil war. In time, the tragedies led both Walai (pictured) and […]
We wrote about the Fly Girls of World War II about a year and a half ago, when a traveling exhibit on the female Air Force pilots was on display at Baylor’s Mayborn Museum; that exhibit is now showing at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Washington, D.C. (If you don’t remember […]
Nearly 1,900 Baylor students became Baylor alumni over the weekend during the spring commencement ceremonies; almost 140,000 people have now earned Baylor diplomas since the University’s first classes were held 163 years ago yesterday. (Happy belated birthday, Baylor!) While putting together this photo gallery, I was struck by all the joyous faces. New alumni, you’ve […]
