If you’ve spent any time at all around Baylor’s campus, then you’re probably familiar with the name “McLane.” For the last three-plus decades, Drayton McLane Jr. (BBA ’58), has been one of Baylor’s biggest and most dedicated benefactors, from his service as a Baylor Regent to the bells in Pat Neff Hall, the McLane Student Life […]
Few university professors anywhere in the world have a resume quite like Dr. Walter “Sparky” Matthews (BA ’92) — a former Air Force flight surgeon, hospital commander on the warfront in Afghanistan, winner of military honors ranging from the Bronze Star to the John M. Collins Military Strategy Award for Excellence in Writing, and the […]
Treasure Ramirez’s Baylor mentor, Dr. Emily Smith, says her name is fitting: “She definitely is a Treasure to those who know her, and a gift to the world around her.” Today, Ramirez (BBA ’20) is a Baylor Ph.D. student, one year removed from earning a degree in economics and excelling as a member of Baylor’s first […]
It was a surprise encounter with another Baylor alumna that led Katie Norris (BSFCS ’08) to begin her nonprofit organization, Fotolanthropy, more than a decade ago. Kara Wilkerson (BA ’05, MSEd ’10) had a son who had been diagnosed with a tumor, and in desperation, contacted Norris — and, in her words, “My world stopped.” […]
As a former high-school wrestler, Brendon Mooney was passionate about health and fitness. His parents laugh that he often enjoyed the social aspects of Baylor as much as the academic, but he particularly loved his major of exercise physiology. Brendon was just a year away from graduation when a car crash claimed his life on […]
It’s been 30 years since Dorina and Marius Mitrea made the life-changing decision to leave everything behind in Romania and come to the United States to pursue careers in higher education. Their success might make it all seem obvious now — after 20+ years at Missouri, they joined Baylor’s math department last year — but […]
Earlier this summer, Dr. David Edison (BSED ’00, MSED ’03) — head of Aquilla Independent School District, about 30 minutes north of Waco — was named the 2020 Region 12 Superintendent of the Year and nominated for the Texas State Superintendent of the Year. The honor is impressive, but it’s how this two-time Baylor alum got […]
Two Baylor professors are living with the unimaginable — the passing of their 16-month-old son. But they are not alone. Felix Donovan Flavin was born Feb. 18, 2019, to Drs. Pat and Rebecca Flavin, who have each taught political science at Baylor since 2010. Sadly, Felix was born with a complex heart defect (tetralogy of Fallot […]
Two Baylor Bears who maintained a close friendship over the years since graduating from BU together in 2008 have gone through a remarkable medical journey that will undoubtedly leave them uniquely bonded as brothers for life. Kevin Barrera, BSED ’08, was diagnosed six years ago with Type 2 diabetes. The disease was kept under control […]
Throughout his senior year, Isaac Bradley never stopped thinking about his mother, and in the end, he says, that motivation helped carry him through the most challenging year of his family’s life, motivating him to sing for her in ways he never would have imagined. Isaac grew up around Baylor. His mother, Brenda, taught in […]
