For the second time in three years, Baylor football is headed to the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship game! The No. 9-ranked Bears will face No. 5-ranked Oklahoma State on Saturday at AT&T Stadium (11 a.m., ABC). Fun fact: Since the Big 12 restored its conference championship game in 2017, only two schools have made […]
All year long, Baylor volleyball has been one of the sport’s best teams — and now, they’re a top national seed as the NCAA Tournament is set to begin on Thursday. Head coach Ryan McGuyre’s team earned the No. 5 overall seed and the right to play the first and second rounds of the tournament […]
About a month before the 2021 Texas State Japanese Language Speech Contest, Dr. Yuko Prefume (BA ’04, MSED ’06, EDD ’15), a senior lecturer in Japanese at Baylor, asked then-junior Matthew Ho if he wanted to enter the competition. A little hesitant at first, and not knowing much about what would be involved, Ho said […]
Fall is “national rankings” season in higher ed, and Baylor’s report card is looking good: ranked among the top 20% of universities nationwide; on a short list for best undergraduate teaching and best undergraduate research opportunities; listed among the nation’s best student experiences by the Wall Street Journal and U.S. News; and even named to the […]
If you ask a BU student or alum what Baylor means to them, you’re likely to hear stories about brilliant, caring professors, classes that stimulated their imagination and helped carve their future paths, and organizations or activities that introduced them to friends who lasted a lifetime. While our top-tier academic rankings are a point of […]
Librarians are the heartbeat behind education, research, and exploration through reading. Texas recently announced a new state librarian — and she’s a Baylor grad! On September 1, Gloria Meraz (BA ’90) began her new role as director of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and Texas State Librarian. Notably, Meraz is both the […]
Baylor is not only a great university to attend; it’s also a great place to work! For the 10th time, Baylor has been named a “Great College to Work For” following a nationwide survey by ModernThink released recently via a special insert in The Chronicle of Higher Education. This year, 196 colleges and universities were […]
Cape Canaveral has long been synonymous with space launches in the United States — from the earliest space flights (Mercury, Gemini and Apollo) through the space shuttle era to today. What many don’t realize is that Cape Canaveral is part of a larger unit — Space Launch Delta 45, part of the U.S. Space Force. […]
Only a fraction of the schools U.S. News reviews each year come out with high scores for both undergraduate teaching and undergraduate research opportunities. Baylor now ranks among the top 40 nationally in both categories — part of a short list filled with schools such as Duke, Harvard, MIT, Stanford and Yale. Overall, U.S. News […]
Top national rankings, deep postseason runs, nationally-recognized performers, Big 12 leaders — each has become a staple of the Baylor volleyball program under head coach Ryan McGuyre, and this year’s team is poised to continue that string of excellence with an abundance of returning talent and exciting newcomers as they begin the season Friday. The […]
