Can you believe Homecoming 2011 is only a month away? Have you made your plans to attend yet? Kathy Wise, BBA ’81, is one of many who has. Recognizing that her class, the Class of 1981, is one of many classes celebrating its reunion this year, she and some friends were discussing their plans for […]
After nearly two months of reports, rumors and worries, it appears that the Big 12 Conference will remain one of the nation’s premier conferences. If you haven’t been following closely, here’s where things stand today. Early last week, the tide began to change as business leaders and media outlets echoed the call for clear thinking […]
Darius and Holly DiTallo started out like hundreds, if not thousands of other Baylor couples. They met at Baylor as students and got married a few months after graduation. In the following years, they moved away from Waco, spending most of their time since graduation in another state. Over the years, they had two children: […]
If you’ve seen Shrek or either of Disney’s last two major animated films (The Princess and the Frog or Tangled), then you’ve seen the work of a Baylor graduate. If you visit Disneyland Shanghai when it opens in 2016, you’ll see his work again. Doug Rogers, BFA ’82, served as art director for Shrek, visual […]
Raise your hand if you feel like conference realignment is being handled the right way. I’m guessing your hand is still on your mouse or holding your phone. If so, you’re not alone. Business leaders, athletic officials, the public at large and Baylor President Ken Starr are all right there with you. Four prominent Texas […]
Baylor couples meet (and even get married) at Baylor all the time. (You might remember that we wrote a couple of years ago about popular wedding spots on campus.) But some Bears take it even a step further and incorporate their beloved BU into perhaps the most anxious event of their lives: the proposal. Here […]
In October, Baylor grads Matthew (BA ’05, JD ’09) and Kara (BA ’05, MSED ’10) Sikes welcomed a little boy, James. He was healthy, everything went smoothly and all was well. Then in June, the almost-eight-month-old James started having some health problems. Within a month, an aggressive brain tumor had taken his life. That short […]
Since the news of a possible Texas-A&M-to-the-SEC move broke about a month ago, Baylor officials have been consistent in their stance and message, emphasizing the importance of not throwing away successful, historic rivalries for the sake of bigger TV contracts. Recently, it has looked as if college athletics was about to turn into a free-for-all, […]
Baylor Nation showed its true colors in force Friday, with the Bears’ season opener and national College Colors Day falling on the same day. Via @BaylorProud, we asked you to tweet photos of how you were flinging your green and gold, and boy did you ever respond — well before the Bears capped off the […]
Baylor football 2011 isn’t the only debut taking place this Friday; the date also marks the release of Seven Days in Utopia, a feature film based on Baylor alum David Cook’s book Golf’s Sacred Journey. (See the trailer below.) The film stars Academy Award winner Robert Duvall and tells the story of a young golfer […]
