When I heard that Dr. Mona Choucair won this year’s Collins Outstanding Professor Award, I was both overjoyed and completely unsurprised. For the senior lecturer with dual appointments in the English Department and the School of Education, it was only a matter of time. Dr. Choucair (BA ’86, PhD ’00) is the epitome of what […]
When head football coach Art Briles was hired last fall, much was made of his ability to turn around programs, going all the way back to his days in the high school ranks. Friday, the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame announced that Briles will be inducted into the Hall this May as part […]
Senior Angela Tisdale became the sixth Baylor player to be selected in the last seven years when the WNBA held its annual amateur player draft Wednesday night. Tisdale was the 33rd overall pick, going in the third round to the Chicago Sky. A 2007-08 All Big 12 first-team selection and a national player of the […]
I didn’t learn much in my high school economics class, and I never took economics at Baylor. But I was impressed to read last week that Baylor had gotten such positive feedback from the investment community when the University refinanced its long-term bonds. In order to do so, some outside funding agencies — groups like […]
Several Baylor programs were named among the nation’s best in U.S. News & World Report‘s 2009 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” released in late March. The Baylor-U.S. Army doctoral program in physical therapy ranked fifth nationally, while the Baylor-U.S. Army master’s degree program in health administration ranked 20th. On the school’s main campus, Baylor […]
A couple of months ago, we noted that Baylor had seven teams ranked in the top 25. That’s still true, but a new program has taken over the lead as Baylor’s highest-ranked program. Head coach Joey Scrivano has his women’s tennis squad ranked No. 4 in the country. In fact, the team has reached as […]
As the world’s largest Baptist university, it stands to reason that Baylor would be among the leaders in the study of religion. Recognition from outside the University — like the recent honors from Christianity Today — just confirms the standing of Baylor and its faculty nationwide. Christianity Today, the nation’s leading evangelical Christian magazine, named […]
Baylor again ranks among the nation’s “best values” when it comes to private schools, according to a report recently released by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine. The publication ranked Baylor 38th out of the 1,000-plus universities considered for the survey. When it comes to “total costs” — tuition, fees, room/board, and estimated expenses for books — […]
According to Barron’s Magazine, the weekly financial publication put out by Dow Jones & Company, two of the world’s top 30 corporate leaders are Baylor grads! (The article is also on MSN.com.) Mark Hurd, a 1979 graduate and CEO of technology giant Hewlett-Packard, made the list for the first time; Bob Simpson, BBA ’70 and […]
Congratulations one more time to both the Baylor men’s and women’s basketball teams, and thanks for a wonderful 2007-08 season! For head coach Scott Drew’s men’s squad, it was a season of superlatives: best start since 1946; most wins since 1987-88; most points scored in school history; first top-25 ranking since 1969; first back-to-back weekly […]
