As Baylor’s reputation grows nationally, the university is attracting more and more students from all over the country. Sure, students from cities like Dallas, Houston, Tyler and El Paso still make up the majority of the student body. But more and more students are also coming to Baylor from cities such as Chicago, Washington, D.C., […]
Since 2003, Baylor students and faculty members have provided a select group of Waco youth each summer with a life-changing experience known as Camp Success. A four-week, intensive speech, language and reading program, Camp Success participants receive 50 hours of one-on-one therapy — equivalent to a full year’s worth of work in many school districts. […]
Based on the turnout for this month’s Diadeloso Texas, held at SeaWorld in San Antonio, I’d say Baylor alumni miss the old school holiday. (Click here for a photo gallery from the day.) More than 750 Bears of all ages turned out for the fourth-annual event. Alumni, current students, parents, faculty and staff enjoyed a […]
Picked to finish sixth in the Big 12 before the season began, the Baylor softball team instead was one of the nation’s last four teams remaining. The Lady Bears advanced to the semifinals of the Women’s College World Series — the best showing in program history — before falling to the tournament’s No. 1 overall […]
After hearing of Osama Bin Laden’s capture near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border earlier this month, one of my first thoughts was of a Baylor alum I knew was wrapping up a three-month stint serving as a military trauma/burn surgeon not far away in Afghanistan. After earning two master’s degrees from Baylor in biology and gerontology in […]
Another 2,000 graduates joined the ever-growing family of Baylor alumni over the weekend, as the Class of 2011 received their diplomas during commencement ceremonies at the Ferrell Center. (Click here for a slideshow of the weekend.) Among the graduates was Allyson Ray, a name that just might ring a bell way back in the memory […]
We’re all about sharing the Baylor pride on this blog, whether it’s a two-year-old singing “That Good Old Baylor Line” or a Bear leading an entire restaurant in a “Sic ’em, Bears” chant. But this ranks right up there with anything we’ve covered as a display of school spirit. Last spring, as he packed up […]
Baylor Line Camp, particularly the day spent at Baylor’s birthplace in Independence, Texas, provides incoming freshmen with an amazing introduction to Baylor University, revisiting the past to set their immediate future in context. Thus, it’s a fitting finish for seniors to close out their time at Baylor with a return trip to Independence, to look […]
Forty-five years ago today, Baylor students celebrated their annual spring holiday under the name “Diadeloso” for the very first time. The day had already been celebrated on campus for 35 years, beginning as All University Day and later being recognized as Physical Fitness Day and May Day. A campus-wide election directed by Baylor’s Chamber of […]
In conjunction with a three-day international conference celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible hosted by Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR), the BU campus was also home last week to an exhibit of more than 100 items on loan from the Green Collection, one of the world’s largest private collections of […]
