While Baylor has geared up its research efforts in recent years — an emphasis seen in projects like the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC) — the University remains dedicated to providing students with professors who are as excellent in the classroom as they are in the lab. Professors like Dr. James Garven and Dr. […]
A belated “sic ’em” to David Grove, BA ’76, JD ’77, on being earning the Mickey F. Mehaffy Award from the Jefferson County Bar Association this past fall. The honor is given each year to an attorney who has done outstanding work on a pro bono basis. Sometimes we may seem a bit like a […]
If you haven’t been following Baylor basketball (both the men and women) through their non-conference schedules, boy, have you missed out. We’ll start with the most recent news — Ekpe Udoh’s triple-double last night for the Baylor men, in which the junior forward scored 18 points, pulled down 17 rebounds and blocked 10 shots. The […]
Eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes’ interest in biomedical research half a century ago will benefit Baylor students beginning this fall, as some BU freshmen join students from 36 other universities and colleges in an undergraduate research project that will walk them through discovering, studying and even naming a bacterial virus. Baylor was selected by the Howard […]
From one Coach of the Year to another… Last month, HP CEO and Chairman Mark Hurd, BBA ’79, was honored as the American Football Coaches Foundation’s CEO Coach of the Year for 2009. The award, given out by the foundation branch of the American Football Coaches Association, recognizes one business leader each year who exemplifies […]
Before we get too far into 2010, we’ve got one more 2009 year-end honor to relay… Longtime Baylor track and field coach Clyde Hart, BBA ’56, was named the World Coach of the Year by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Hart, of course, is best known for helping Baylor become known as “Quartermile […]
Step one for us before beginning to pack for our holiday travels is always to check what the weather will be in our destination of choice. An Internet search for “weather” always brings up The Weather Channel’s weather.com as the number one result, and I would wager it’s what most of you use to look […]
Baylor Proud wasn’t the only blog to highlight “Texas at the Table,” a hunger summit hosted by Baylor last month that aimed to find ways to eradicate hunger across the state. The event was organized by the Texas Hunger Initiative (THI), a partnership between Baylor’s School of Social Work and the Baptist General Convention of […]
As a guy, “decorating my room” in college meant putting up a couple of sports posters. My more industrious friends went as far as hanging an extra shelf on the wall to hold more snacks. We’ve already seen one Baylor dorm room that took it far beyond that. Now comes word that another Baylor student […]
Saturday, Baylor volleyball upset traditional powerhouse UCLA in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history. (Video highlights below courtesy of Baylor Athletics’ Facebook page.) How big a deal is this? Well, aside from marking the Bears’ best postseason performance ever, the win […]
