When colleges and universities talk about rankings, they’re usually referring to the ones annually released by U.S. News and World Report. The publication’s lists make a big splash when they are released every year and have come to be the most relied-upon evaluation of a school’s academic standing. But at the end of the day, […]
Senior Zuzana Zemenova very nearly wrapped up her four years at Baylor in a storybook fashion, advancing all the way to the finals of the NCAA Women’s Tennis Singles Championships before being defeated in her final match. Zemenova burst onto the scene as a freshman in 2005 by winning the national title in singles, and […]
Statistics — particularly wins and losses — help make measuring success in athletics easy. What we really like to see are long runs of success — like the 43-1 record in Big 12 play that Baylor’s women’s tennis team has racked up the last four seasons. Baylor’s School of Music has its own success rate […]
We’re less than 100 days from the start of the 2008 football season, and preseason honors are already coming in. Junior J.D. Walton was one of 42 players nationwide named to the Rimington Trophy’s 2008 Spring Watch List. The award is given annually to the nation’s top center. Walton started every game last fall and […]
Two of Baylor’s newest alumni will soon be teaching English in Germany as the University’s latest recipients of the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. Lauren Hughes and Cleyera Martin both graduated on Saturday — Hughes with a degree in international studies and Martin with a degree in German. Both students enjoyed significant study-abroad experiences while at Baylor, […]
If you’re a tennis fan, now is a great time to be a Baylor Bear. After once again sweeping through the Big 12, Baylor’s men’s and women’s teams have each proven themselves to be serious national title contenders, year in and year out. This year, the men advanced to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, their sixth […]
For a young lawyer, graduating from law school and passing the bar exam are keys 1 and 1A to getting started on a successful career. Those same moments are important for the law school itself, too. After learning several days earlier that Baylor had led the state once again in bar exam pass rate, Baylor […]
Baylor’s athletic program has developed a well-earned reputation for developing quality student-athletes who embody the best of both those words — “student” and “athlete.” For years, Baylor’s graduation rates have reflected well upon the department, with the Bears annually at or near the top of the Big 12 in their percentage of student-athletes who earn […]
I was never much for model cars, model airplanes or any other sort of model. I lacked the coordination to keep things together and in the right places, and everything always came out not quite right. Thankfully, Baylor students involved with a different sort of model aren’t having those troubles. Baylor students have enjoyed success […]
For the sixth straight time and the 11th time in the past 14 offerings, Baylor law students have claimed the top pass rate on the Texas State Bar Exam. During the February exam, 46 of 48 Baylor students passed on their first try — a 96% success rate. Totalling up the last 14 bar exam […]
