It’s been a good week for Baylor’s men’s and women’s golf programs. On Monday, the women’s golf team learned it had qualified for NCAA Regionals once again — the program’s ninth appearance in the last 10 years. On Wednesday, senior Bill Alcorn finished second overall at the Big 12 Men’s Championship in Kansas, the best […]
Baylor’s Model United Nations team proved itself to be the top superpower at the National Model United Nations competition earlier this month in New York City. The Baylor team was named “Outstanding Delegation” — the top honor awarded — and also brought home more than half of the competition’s individual awards. All this at a […]
Seven players from the Big 12 Conference were drafted in the first round of this weekend’s NFL Draft, but none went higher than Baylor’s Jason Smith, who was made the No. 2 overall pick in the draft by the St. Louis Rams. (See video of the pick and Smith’s interview here, and a photo gallery […]
No, this isn’t a repeat post from last week. After both the Baylor men’s and women’s tennis teams claimed the regular season Big 12 Conference titles last week, both squads went on to win the Big 12 Tournament this weekend, just for good measure. (Join the teams in tuning in to ESPNews Tuesday around 4:30 […]
Once again, Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business ranks among the top 50 undergraduate business schools in the country, according to the results of a nationwide survey of students conducted by BusinessWeek. Hankamer was particularly lauded for its “small classes, strong accounting program, and focus on ethics.” Baylor ranked among the top 10 in the nation […]
For the fifth straight spring, the Baylor men’s and women’s tennis teams are Big 12 Conference champions; each squad will enter this week’s Big 12 Championships as the No. 1 seed in its bracket. Head coach Matt Knoll’s men, currently ranked No. 5 in the nation, won their eighth straight regular season conference championship (ninth […]
Being a Christian university with a long Baptist heritage, one would expect Baylor to have particularly excellent professors in religion, both at the undergraduate and graduate (seminary) level. And one would not be disappointed. For example, the following two honors just came to my attention recently. Dr. Doug Weaver, director of undergraduate studies and an […]
Even with the season complete, head coach Kim Mulkey’s Baylor women’s basketball team continues to make headlines. Thursday, senior Jessica Morrow was selected as the 27th overall pick of the WNBA Draft by the Atlanta Dream. Morrow finished her Baylor career among the Lady Bears’ career leaders in 3-pointers (No. 4), blocks (No. 9) and […]
Another month, another award for a Baylor professor… This weekend, math professor Dr. John M. Davis will receive the Distinguished Teaching Award from the Texas Section of the Mathematical Association of America at the group’s annual meeting. I love what Davis has to say about the University: “I came to Baylor because of the emphasis […]
We’ve talked a lot about Baylor’s basketball success lately, but Baylor’s other sports merit recognition for their recent successes as well. A quick snapshot of where things stand midway through the spring: * Right now, the Bears have four reigning Big 12 Players of the Week: baseball’s Shaver Hansen, softball’s Whitney Canion, men’s tennis’ Denes […]
