When Sarah Kraut sat down in her first class as a Baylor freshman — World History 1305 — she didn’t know she’d leave that semester with a new best friend. She also didn’t know that very friend would be the one to save her life. But that’s exactly what happened. When she was 14, Sarah was […]
Students walking between Old Main and Burleson Hall daily pass through a circular brick area known as Folmar Pavilion, which contains memorials to several Baylor legends of the past. Among them is Dr. Dorothy Scarborough (BA 1896, MA 1899), a remarkable woman who, despite the headwinds women faced a century ago, blazed trails in education, […]
A century ago, the first woman in Texas to become a licensed professional engineer was getting her start right here at Baylor. Leah Moncure (BA ’25), came to Baylor from Bastrop (east of Austin) alongside her twin sister, Grace. The daughter and granddaughter of a country surveyor, Leah had always been good with math, and […]
In 2013, Baylor Regents approved “Hallie Earle Hall” as the name for the southern part of what would debut that fall as East Village. Since then, thousands of Bears have lived in the building — but to many, “Earle” is still a new name in Baylor history. So let’s answer the question: Who was Hallie […]
It was the mid 1960s. On a trip across Texas, Baylor basketball legend Carroll Dawson (BSED ’60) — then an assistant coach for the men’s team — stopped at a gas station in Athens, Texas. The attendant asked about the Baylor sticker on Dawson’s car; when he learned Dawson was a coach, he proudly noted […]
One hundred years ago this week, countless Baylor students ran bravely into a burning building — to save the contents of the university’s library. It’s not a move risk management would likely encourage today, but the selflessness of the act speaks to who Baylor students were (and are) — people who think of others (in […]
Each January, the Baylor Family pauses to remember the legacy of the Immortal Ten, a forever-remembered group of 10 students who lost their lives in a tragic bus accident on Jan. 22, 1927. (A memorial in their honor stands in the heart of campus.) Nearly a century has passed since that day — this year […]
Sometime next summer, it will pop up on newsstands across the Lone Star State, and when it does, everyone will know that football season isn’t too far away. We’re talking about Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, which for 60+ years now has served as a “bible of Texas football,” previewing Texas teams at every level — […]
A Baylor legend, Bill Glass (BA ’57), passed away earlier this week at age 86. His death was widely reported, most notably in an Associated Press story that was picked up by more than 200 media outlets. Most of those stories focused on his athletic success. An all-American football player at Baylor in 1956, Glass […]
Lady and Joy have been called “the world’s most beloved black bears,” and that love was manifested in the prayers and support the Baylor Family showed Lady over the past two years during a pair of health concerns. But even the most devoted fans of Baylor’s bears may not know the full story of Lady’s path […]
