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 […]
For the past 12 years, Dr. Roland Goertz, MBA ’03, has served as CEO of the three foundations that oversee operations at the Waco Family Practice Center, which operates one of the oldest family medicine residency programs west of the Mississippi River and provides care to nearly 50,000 McLennan County residents. Now he’ll be overseeing […]
We’ve covered Baylor’s Model Organization of American States (MOAS) team more than once on Baylor Proud, but this time they really outdid themselves. At a recent competition in San Antonio, Dr. Joan Supplee’s Baylor team set a new record for awards received, beating out 18 other universities from the U.S. and Mexico to bring home […]
Whether you’re a Baylor graduate returning to campus or a student preparing for visitors and all the events, Homecoming Weekend is a busy one for lots of Bears. Sophomore Mandy King, however, took things to another level. A cadet in Baylor’s Air Force ROTC program, King commanded the Honor Guard in Baylor’s Homecoming Parade (that’s […]
Jay Allison’s name is in many ways intertwined with Baylor. He holds three degrees from the university (BBA ’78, MS ’80, JD ’81), married a woman, Jenny, who holds two more (BSEd ’78, MSEd ’80), and has already seen one of his four children (Jency, BA ’08) graduate from Baylor. He earned three letters playing […]
