Alexander Residence Hall is officially an octogenarian! Eighty years ago today — Jan. 22, 1940 — Baylor broke ground on Alexander Hall to provide a new home for Baylor students. At that time, in the throes of the Great Depression, it was quite unusual for a university to take on a major construction project like […]
If you follow Baylor football closely, you’ve likely seen this massive 18-wheeler that carries the team’s gear to away games. Other than getting the players, coaches and staff where they need to go, one of the most important parts of any away game is getting the equipment truck there on time. It may surprise you, […]
Five years ago last month, Baylor and TCU squared off in what was recently recognized by ESPN as one of the 150 greatest games in college football history. Today, it’s known simply by the final score: 61-58. But that’s not the only crazy finish in recent Baylor football history; in honor of Baylor football’s recent […]
Ah, Tidwell. It’s where virtually every Baylor undergraduate student takes religion and history courses. So many students and alumni have fond memories of the building — but how much do you know about its history? Tidwell Bible Building was named for Dr. Josiah Blake Tidwell, who served as head of Baylor’s Bible department (and later […]
On Feb. 1, 1845, Baylor University was born as Republic of Texas President Anson Jones signed the university’s charter. Next year marks Baylor’s 175th anniversary. In recognition of our rich history, we’d like to hear from Bears of all ages: What does your Baylor experience mean to you? What significant event(s) in your life happened during […]
As strange as it may seem to current Baylor students, the now iconic Baylor Sciences Building — or BSB, as it’s come to be known in campus shorthand — wasn’t always here. For more than one generation of Bears, science classes meant heading to Marrs McLean Science Building (which is now home to the School […]
“We cannot express too strongly the importance of the Student Foundation to the future progress of Baylor.” Those were the words of Baylor President Abner McCall in 1969, at the founding of Baylor Student Foundation. StuFu, as it’s known, was created during a time of civil unrest and escalating violence in the country, with the […]
For generations, Miller Chapel served as the primary sacred space on Baylor’s campus. In recent years, the university has added more and more such spaces to campus in an effort to better integrate faith into each student’s Baylor experience. A side effect of that: Miller Chapel is not nearly as central a spot for today’s […]
Of all the residence halls on campus, only North Russell and South Russell share a common name, differentiated in title simply by their geographic proximity to one another. So, it’s fitting the connected facilities that have housed thousands of Baylor students for over five decades, are named for not one, but two fascinating people who […]
This week, Americans will celebrate Independence Day — most of us via traditional favorites such as cookouts and fireworks. But we would all be well-served to also take a few minutes to remind ourselves of the sacrifices made by individuals throughout the years to secure the freedoms we celebrate. A few Baylor professors and alumni […]
