I’m a sucker for strange stories, but stay with me on this one… I stumbled across this story just the other day, about “the fastest man on Earth,” John Paul Stapp — who just happens to be a Baylor grad (BA ’31, MA ’32). In the 1940s and ’50s, Stapp was an Air Force colonel […]
I have some fond memories of my freshman orientation at Baylor, so it was good to read this letter from an alum (who happens to be the parent of an incoming freshman) who writes about what an incredible experience she and her son enjoyed at Orientation last month. Dear Baylor Family, We have just arrived […]
I was never all that great at spelling bees. I still remember the last one I participated in, and the word I misspelled — “diagonal.” I added an extra letter in there somewhere, and quickly took my seat with the rest of the students who had struggled with similar challenges. Orry Swift probably never had […]
The Baptist Standard ran a nice wrap-up last week of Baylor’s significant developments and achievements from 2007-08. Among the year’s highlights: * Welcoming the most academically qualified freshman class in school history; * Jumping six spots to No. 75 in the U.S. News rankings, Baylor’s best-ever mark; * Adding 15 new faculty positions and 31 […]
I read this week that over the years, ExxonMobil has given more than $5 million to Baylor through the company’s matching gifts program. Last year, Baylor received more than half a million dollars from matching gift programs, including more than $370,000 from ExxonMobil’s generous three-to-one matching policy. ExxonMobil is just one of more 7,500 companies […]
At big American sporting events, it’s usually pop or rock stars who are selected to sing the National Anthem — singers like Billy Joel or Carrie Underwood. The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship (commonly called Euro 2008) wrapped up Saturday in Vienna as Germany faced Spain in the title match, which is roughly equivalent to […]
In April, noted Christian author and pastor Max Lucado was a guest speaker in Chapel. (Watch video from that and other Chapel services here.) Lucado spoke on the most well-known verse in the Bible, John 3:16, elaborating to the students and others in attendance on the beauty of God’s openness to all who will receive […]
In 1979, sophomore defensive back Kyle Woods fractured his neck and severely injured his spinal cord during football practice; the injury left him paralyzed. Thanks to help from Baylor friends and family, Woods was eventually able to go back to school, graduating from UT-Arlington in 1993. He has spent the past 13 years as a […]
I was flipping channels one night last week when I came across live footage of a fire on the campus of Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) in San Antonio. In the fire, the school’s Main Building — a beautiful building, in some ways similar to Baylor’s Old Main — suffered a lot of […]
Baylor fans know Cristin Vitek as the softball pitcher who struck out an NCAA-record 28 batters in a 16-inning 1-0 win during the 2004 NCAA Regional — the exceptional athlete seen in this picture. But all her athletic achievements meant nothing earlier this year when she spent three weeks in the hospital, her family worried […]
