Baylor football 2011 kicks off this week! The Bears take on No. 14 TCU at Floyd Casey Stadium this Friday night at 7 p.m. Airing nationwide on ESPN, the game is an opportunity to showcase what it means to be “Baylor Bold.” Buy your tickets (quickly — I’m hearing talk of a near sellout), wear […]
The following story came in from a Dallas-area alum about the Baylor pride at her children’s school: “My daughters’ school, Prince of Peace Christian (Carrollton, TX), hosted an auction in April as a fundraiser for the school. One of the bid items was a “College Pride” prize, where parents could donate money to vote for […]
Did you know that the state of Texas annually appoints a poet laureate, state musician, state two-dimensional artist and state three-dimensional artist? Interestingly, two of the Texas Legislature’s four honorees for 2012 have Baylor ties. The 2012 poet laureate, Jan Seale, attended Baylor in the late 1950s, as did her husband, Carl, BM ’58. A […]
With so much at stake in the discussions of conference realignment (rivalries and traditions, economics, the best interests of student-athletes), I’m proud to see that Baylor President Ken Starr is working tirelessly on behalf of Baylor and the Big 12 Conference. In an opinion piece published in the Waco Tribune-Herald, Bryan/College Station Eagle and Austin […]
While most of Baylor’s undergraduate population has been away for the summer, BU graduate students (and Baylor graduates in grad school elsewhere) have been racking up honors and recognition from all across the country: * George Montanez (pictured) graduated this past weekend with a master’s degree in computer science; thanks to fellowships from the Ford […]
[Wow… I’ve been trying to get this posted since first thing this morning, and events just keep on changing. Here’s where we stand right now.] While students were spending the weekend packing bags, getting ready to return to school (Welcome Week starts Thursday!), Big 12 leaders were busy working to keep the conference strong. Here’s […]
You may have seen in the news this week rumors of Texas A&M’s departure from the Big 12 Conference. Apparently, news on the topic has reached the halls of justice in Austin. Today the Texas House of Representatives’ Higher Education Committee scheduled a meeting for Tuesday to “discuss matters pertaining to higher education, including college […]
Three weeks from today, Baylor football kicks off the 2011 season on national television vs. No. 15 TCU (7 p.m., Floyd Casey Stadium, ESPN). Are you ready? Former Baylor wide receiver Baylor Barbee, BBA ’04, MSED ’06, sets the tone for the year with his “Wins on Wins (Sic Em Bears)” anthem. Take a listen […]
Several years ago, Baylor engineering professor Dr. Walter Bradley began investigating ways to create low-cost products from the simple coconut — a natural, renewable resource found in many poor coastal regions. The idea was to develop technologies and a business model that would multiply the value of coconuts (and thereby multiply the income of the […]
Tired of the triple-digit temperatures? Think cool. Think fall. Think football. Think Homecoming and Parents Weekend! As of today, individual game tickets for football as well as tickets for Homecoming and Parents Weekend special events are now on sale. And like last year, Baylor Athletics, Chamber and Student Activities have joined together to provide a […]
