Starting bright and early this Saturday, the Baylor Homecoming Parade will once again be one of the highlights of the nation’s oldest Homecoming celebration. There will be floats, balloons and pageantry, but none of it can begin without the grand marshal. This year’s grand marshal is Baylor’s 15th president, Dr. Linda Livingstone. She joins a […]
On Aug. 13, 2016, April Clanton (pictured above in the Baylor shirt) graduated from BU with a degree in communication sciences and disorders. The milestone was celebrated by her brother, mom, grandparents — and, no doubt, the dozens upon dozens of Baylor alumni in her family’s history. April’s family includes more than 60 relatives who […]
It’s no secret that the world of law hasn’t always been welcoming to women. At the same time that the women’s suffrage movement was gaining steam at the turn of the 20th century, formal law schools were being created across the nation. Law had been taught at Baylor as early as 1857, making BU the second […]
No, that’s not a real “Sailor Bear” Baylor football helmet pictured above; a lifelong BU fan named Matt Carver mocked that up in 2012 just for fun. In fact, in the program’s 110+ seasons, the Bears’ helmets have never featured a bear of any kind — only the interlocking BU. But that hasn’t stopped Baylor Bear […]
For 130 years now, the spires of Old Main towering above campus have been a signature image of Baylor University. In fact, it was 130 years ago this week — Sept. 19, 1887 — that Old Main opened and held classes for the first time. The building — originally known simply as “Main Building” — was […]
More than 800 campus Habitat for Humanity chapters help make the dream of home ownership a reality for families across the U.S. (and in 35 other countries). The first of these chapters was founded three decades ago — right here at Baylor. This year, the Baylor Chapter of Habitat for Humanity turns 30 years old. When […]
Have you ever heard someone say that cockroaches could survive a nuclear war? The idea is common enough today that even the Mythbusters have looked into it — and it’s an idea first noted by a Baylor grad. Dr. H. Bentley Glass, BA ’26, MA ’29, made that observation while studying the effects of radiation in […]
Baylor freshmen have a lot to look forward to at the start of each new school year: getting to know their new roommates, experiencing life on their own for the first time, and adjusting to the new world that is “college.” Of course, college freshmen all over the nation experience those things, too. What others […]
Ten years ago this month, America’s attention was focused on the subprime mortgage crisis, Barry Bonds breaking Major League Baseball’s career home run record, and early debates leading up to the 2008 presidential election. Far fewer eyes were on the launch of a little blog called [Baylor Proud], which went live with its first post […]
Since 1905, a statue of legendary Baylor President Rufus Burleson has stood watch over the Baylor quadrangle that bears his name. It’s seen millions of students, professors, parents and visitors pass through campus. But for years — so long that nobody quite knows how long — he’s been standing without one of his key personal effects: […]
