Every time I walk across campus, I just get this really good feeling — I guess it’s a mix of nostalgia and pride about all the good things going on at Baylor today. But if you’re like me, you don’t get to visit campus as often as you’d like. If that’s the case, you owe […]
Edd Hayes was a little worried when he was commissioned to create a statue of a lawyer nicknamed “Mad Dog.” Can you blame him? But his rendering of R. Matt Dawson at the Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center certainly captures the “Mad Dog” spirit. As Baylor Law Dean Brad Toben said at the unveiling […]
Nearly 1,900 Baylor students became Baylor alumni over the weekend during the spring commencement ceremonies; almost 140,000 people have now earned Baylor diplomas since the University’s first classes were held 163 years ago yesterday. (Happy belated birthday, Baylor!) While putting together this photo gallery, I was struck by all the joyous faces. New alumni, you’ve […]
About 1,000 members of the Waco community turned out Saturday for a free tailgate before the Baylor baseball game that afternoon. My wife and I appreciated the free hot dogs and Blue Bell ice cream, and the hundreds of kids running around seemed to be enjoying the inflatables and other games put on by Baylor […]
Classes and most other work across the Baylor campus ground to a halt Thursday so that students, faculty and staff could celebrate the 75th annual Diadeloso. This year’s theme: Diapalooza, as the day’s usual events — tug of war, ultimate frisbee, the Dia Dog Show, etc. — were supplemented by an all-day music festival featuring […]
Earlier this month, Baylor served as the host for Congreso, a gathering of nearly 5,000 Hispanic youth sponsored by the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT). Students heard from speakers on a variety of subjects, with breakout sessions ranging from “What if God had a MySpace?” to “Finding God in Pop Culture,” as well as […]
For the fifth straight spring, the Baylor men’s and women’s tennis teams are Big 12 Conference champions; each squad will enter this week’s Big 12 Championships as the No. 1 seed in its bracket. Head coach Matt Knoll’s men, currently ranked No. 5 in the nation, won their eighth straight regular season conference championship (ninth […]
Baylor students spread across Waco last weekend for the spring Steppin’ Out, volunteering all over the city: helping clean up the shores of Lake Waco, working on a parking lot at Rapoport Academy, and helping repaint several homes around town, among a number of projects. (Click here for a photo gallery from Saturday’s events.) But […]
Baylor has a long history of producing excellent musicians, from classical to popular music. Today’s students now have an added bonus to put them on the road to a career in the music industry: Uproar Records, launched last fall as the first student-run record label in the nation. Thursday, Uproar Records held a release party […]
Tuesday night, the Baylor men’s basketball team played at the most famous basketball arena in the world — New York City’s Madison Square Garden — for the first time since appearing in the Final Four in 1948 and 1950. (You don’t remember that? Baylor standout Jackie Robinson does.) The glitz and glamour didn’t faze the […]
