Why did you choose Baylor? It’s a simple question, but with an almost infinite number of answers. Earlier this fall, Baylor Admissions asked exactly that question on Twitter; responses ranged from practical reasons to simple gut feelings. Here are some of our favorites: @beabaylorbear Best opportunity to live my faith, follow my career path and have fun doing […]
Heart patients and their families are keenly aware of the passing of time as they await a life-saving transplant. Each second is vital; even when a heart becomes available for transplant, doctors have only four to six hours to transport it from the donor to the patient. That short window forces a carefully-choreographed series of events that can be […]
The year was 2001. Chip Gaines, BBA 98, had a truck that needed a brake inspection; Joanna Stevens, BA ’01, needed to put in some hours at her father’s tire shop. A “Hey, you’re the girl from the commercials!” got things started, and two years later, they were married. Fast-forward almost 15 years, and the […]
Gov. William “Bill” Partlow Daniel, JD ’38, led a full life; that’s him pictured above, riding his horse, “White Charger,” in a Baylor Homecoming parade. Over the years, he was a successful trial lawyer, governor of the U.S. Territory of Guam, and even an actor in John Wayne’s The Alamo (alongside 400 longhorns and hundreds of horses from […]
Traditional law school evaluations focus on criteria such as acceptance rates, student-professor ratios, and bar passage rates, but often fail to measure the quality of lawyers a school produces. A new ranking, however, has attempted to take the latter approach, judging lawyers based on peer review, awards received and community service undertaken; the best of this group are dubbed “Super Lawyers.” […]
When Chicago Fire, an NBC drama created and co-written by Baylor alums Derek Haas, BA ’91, MA ’95, and Michael Brandt, BBA ’91, MA ’94, debuted in 2012, it proved so popular that it earned a spinoff before its first season was over. That show, Chicago P.D., has also proved to be a hit, opening […]
Thirty years ago, Kim Lubel, MA ’87, chose graduate school at Baylor over joining the CIA. Today, she is CEO, chairman and president of CST Brands — and one of Fortune Magazine’s 50 Most Powerful Women (again). But first, the CIA story. After earning her bachelor’s in Spanish and international studies from Miami of Ohio, Lubel applied to join the CIA. But […]
Thanks to a generous Baylor graduate, Fountain Mall finally has its fountain back. The Rosenbalm Fountain (pictured above) was dedicated at Homecoming last month. Despite the heavy rains of late, skies above Waco cleared just long enough for Dr. Thomas Rosenbalm, BS ’50, MS ’51, to get to see his fountain in action before the dedication […]
You’re familiar with the Golden Rule: treat others how you’d want to be treated. But what if we flipped that and treated ourselves how we treat others? Recent Baylor alumna and graduate student Lauren Bagwell, BSED ’15, explored this idea in a TED Talk she gave last month at SMU. Lauren has struggled with binge eating disorder […]
Add this to the list of “would have seemed crazy just a few years ago, but now just makes sense”: ESPN’s College GameDay is returning to Baylor for a second straight year. All eyes will be on Waco Saturday, with GameDay broadcasting live from Baylor between 8-11 a.m. and then a primetime match-up between No. 4 Baylor […]
