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 […]
Baylor students, faculty and staff celebrated Diadeloso 2008 on Thursday with the usual tournament games, but also with increased community involvement from on-campus student organizations and Waco-area businesses. This year’s event marked the 74th annual Diadeloso, as the tradition dates back to the first “play day” in the spring of 1934. To put that in […]
Today is Diadeloso, so we’re out enjoying the festivities with the rest of campus. Check back next week for a photo gallery from today’s activities. And if you’re not in Waco, visit the Baylor Network website for more on a Diadeloso celebration near you — San Antonio, Austin and San Diego, April 26; Dallas, Fort […]
Baylor mascot Bruiser is in the Final Four in the finals! RedEye, a free daily newspaper in Chicago put out by the Chicago Tribune, has been running a bracket contest based on Internet voting to determine “the best mascot of the NCAA Tournament” during March Madness. Baylor’s Bruiser knocked off Purdue’s “Purdue Pete,” Xavier’s “D’Artagnan,” […]
