Samuel Palmer Brooks was president of Baylor in 1909, when Baylor held the first collegiate Homecoming. Twenty-two years later, he finished writing his Message to the Class of 1931 but passed away before he could share it at graduation. Now known as the Immortal Message, the same man who asked alumni 100 years ago to […]
Only a limited number of people in the world can claim to have played in the NFL. Those who have graduated from Harvard Medical School are a similarly select group. But has anyone besides Dr. Mark Adickes (BBA ’84) done both? Adickes earned all-America honors for the Bears as a senior offensive tackle in 1983 […]
Baylor football hosts the Kent State Golden Flashes tomorrow in the Bears’ final non-conference game of the season. Both tomorrow’s game (6 p.m., FSN Southwest) and the following week’s Big 12 opener at Oklahoma (2:30 p.m., ABC regional broadcast) have been picked up for television, so if you can’t make it to Waco or Norman […]
Three weeks from today, Baylor will celebrate the University’s 100th anniversary Homecoming! Make your plans now; you won’t want to miss Pigskin, Bonfire, the parade, and of course Baylor football vs. 14th-ranked Oklahoma State! Over the years, there’s been a lot of discussion about which university had the first homecoming. I think you’ll find this […]
“Her Majesty’s Consul General of the British Consulate in Houston” is quite a title; Paul Lynch, the man who holds that honor, is one of the 10 British Consul Generals in the U.S. who report to the British Ambassador to the United States. Lynch spoke on Baylor’s campus last week about what the British Foreign […]
As a student at Baylor, there were often questions about the relationship between the university community and the rest of Waco; anecdotal evidence seemed to indicate that local residents sometimes didn’t care much for the college crowd. But a new survey puts those doubts to rest, finding that a whopping 89% of Waco residents rate […]
In addition to unveiling a university Facebook page (10,500 fans and counting!) a month or so ago, Baylor has also launched an iTunes U site, offering free downloads of over 300 audio and video files, with more being added weekly. Sports fans will enjoy seeing video highlights posted just a couple of hours after each […]
My wife and I love reciting along with the “I Found Myself at Baylor” commercial that has run the past few years, mostly because the message is true for us. I really did grow up during those formative years of ages 18-22, and I’m so grateful that God led me to spend that time here […]
After a big road win at Wake Forest, Baylor football tomorrow gets to play in front of the home crowd for the first time in 2009. The Bears host UConn Saturday at 4 p.m. (tickets still available, or listen live along the Baylor-ISP Sports Network) as Baylor looks to open the season 2-0. Here at […]
Are you one of the 2,500 Bears who have signed up on Facebook as fans of Baylor University? The official Baylor Facebook page launched a week ago with videos, photos, event listings and more. For instance, have you seen the new Baylor TV commercial that debuted this month? It’s on Facebook! Scroll through photos of […]
