On Jan. 12, 1846, the original Baylor University Trustees met for the second time, just six months after Republic of Texas President Anson Jones had signed the university’s charter. The Trustees had already chosen Baylor’s first president, Henry Lee Graves; their next task was to determine who would have the honor of being the university’s first teacher. […]
On June 2, 1967, Barbara Walker, BA ’67, graduated from Baylor with her degree in sociology. When she crossed the Commencement stage and received her diploma that day, Walker earned the distinction of becoming the first African-American woman to graduate from Baylor. (Just moments before, her classmate, Robert Gilbert, BA ’67, had received his degree in history […]
Baylor went all out on social media Wednesday to celebrate Founders Day 2017 — essentially the university’s birthday, commemorating the day Baylor was officially chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas. You can find all of their content by searching Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for the hashtag #BaylorDay, but below are a few of our […]
Today is Founders Day, celebrating the day Baylor was chartered by the Republic of Texas back in 1845. In other words, it’s Baylor’s birthday — a good time to look back at how we’ve arrived where we are today. The good news is, if you’re a history nut, there are plenty of resources out there for […]
Sunday, January 22 will mark the 90th anniversary of the tragic accident outside Austin that took the lives of 10 Baylor students — the group we remember today as the Immortal Ten. For generations, their story has been passed down each year during Mass Meeting just before Homecoming, and in 2007, a memorial went up in […]
The first indication a visitor receives that Baylor’s Armstrong Browning Library is a special place is the entrance. Bronze doors, each weighing nearly a ton, open slowly as they dramatically reveal what’s inside — and what’s inside is not only one of the most beautiful facilities on the Baylor campus, but one of the most […]
On November 26, 1871, the only man to ever have served as both governor of Texas and president of Baylor University was born. This week marks the 145-year anniversary of the birth of Pat Neff, AB 1894, AM 1898, whose name remains familiar to the Baylor family and whose contributions to the university go far […]
Dr. Vivienne Malone-Mayes first became aware of segregation as a preschooler, when she used the wrong public water fountain. Her mother, horrified, yanked her back and pushed her toward the other fountain. “She just explained to me that this was the way the world was, and we had to accept it, and there was nothing we can do […]
Moody Memorial Library. For half a century, it’s been where textbooks are studied, all-nighters are pulled, projects are procrastinated, and friendships are formed. So much time is spent in “Club Moody” that many call it their second home on campus. October 21, 2016, marks 50 years since its groundbreaking. Plans for a new library came […]
Pearl Beverly, director of Baylor’s Department of Multicultural Affairs, likes to ask her students, “What three key things happened in 1963?” They usually can come up with Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and the assassination of John F. Kennedy — but often struggle to think of one more. The third, Beverly says, was […]
