Every spring, the Baylor Family bids happy retirement to professors and staff who have dedicated their lives to the university and its students. It’s always a bittersweet mix — sadness in seeing them go, happiness for a well-deserved next step — but this unusual spring amplifies that sadness a little bit. (See a complete list […]
Earning the designation as a Master Teacher is a rare honor — one of the highest a Baylor professor can receive. In March, President Linda Livingstone announced that three Baylor professors have earned the title, increasing the roll of Master Teachers who had earned this designation to 29 since the honor was first bestowed almost […]
Four cornerstone players who helped elevate the Baylor football team from a one-win season to the Sugar Bowl had their NFL dreams come true over the weekend when they heard their names called in the 2020 NFL Draft: Denzel Mims, James Lynch, Bravvion Roy and Clay Johnston. It started in the second round, when the […]
Earning the designation as a Master Teacher is a rare honor — one of the highest a Baylor professor can receive. Last month, President Linda Livingstone announced that three Baylor professors have earned the title, increasing the roll of Master Teachers who had earned this designation to 29 since the honor was first bestowed almost […]
Every year, U.S. News unveils to the world its annual ranking of American colleges and universities. Last fall, they named Baylor No. 79 in the U.S., as well as a Best Value School. Such rankings are typically based on undergraduate education, which has long been Baylor’s bread and butter. But for those pursuing master’s and […]
With three national championships and a decade-plus worth of Big 12 titles on her resume, Baylor women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey’s accomplishments have long been legendary. Now, she’s earned the game’s highest honor — enshrinement in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Earlier this year, Mulkey became the fastest coach in college basketball history […]
The Baylor Family could, pretty easily, remember 2019-20 as the year the NCAA tournament didn’t happen — the year we were ready to cheer on Lauren Cox and Freddie Gillespie in deep postseason runs, only to find out the season was over just as they were about to reach for the pinnacle. Or… We can […]
Ten. Straight. Titles. Yes, Baylor women’s basketball has won the Big 12 regular season championship for the 10th straight year, running away with the 2019-20 Big 12 title with three games yet to go in the regular season. Head coach Kim Mulkey’s squad clinched a share of the title with a victory at West Virginia, and […]
When the Baylor men’s basketball team defeated Oklahoma last week, the win was the Bears’ 23rd in a row — the longest winning streak in Big 12 men’s basketball history. From Nov. 15 until Feb. 22 — more than three months — head coach Scott Drew’s squad met its objective of winning the game in […]
Baylor graduates make an impact in virtually any field you can think of; this year’s Baylor Alumni Award winners are no different, with recipients leading the charge in finance, athletics, non-profit leadership and civic leadership. Congratulations to this year’s honorees: Alumna of the Year: Kellie Fischer, BBA ’95, chief financial officer of Major League Baseball’s […]
