A little-known story of Baylor service: Between 2003-07, teams of Baylor professors and other volunteers made five trips to Iraq to help their fellow educators rebuild following the rule of Saddam Hussein. Led by Dr. Bill Mitchell, an Emeritus Professor of History and retired U.S. Air Force officer with vast Middle East experience, the teams braved wartime […]
It takes a brave person to fly Army helicopters into battle zones in Afghanistan, landing amidst the fighting to evacuate injured soldiers who need treatment. It also takes a brave person to dedicate both their personal and professional lives to serving orphaned children, kids who need someone to fight for them. Baylor law student Stephen […]
This past summer, 12 Baylor pre-health students signed up for an internship at Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. It’s an area that has seen a spike in the refugee population, primarily from Somalia, due to the proximity of a Tyson Foods plant that provides many immigrants with jobs. Unfortunately, that also makes it an […]
Every Sunday morning for the last 25 years, Church Under The Bridge has transformed a nondescript patch of concrete underneath I-35 across from the Baylor campus into a church where it doesn’t matter what you’re wearing or where you live. Countless Baylor students have ventured over from campus to join worshippers — many of whom are […]
More than 800 campus Habitat for Humanity chapters help make the dream of home ownership a reality for families across the U.S. (and in 35 other countries). The first of these chapters was founded three decades ago — right here at Baylor. This year, the Baylor Chapter of Habitat for Humanity turns 30 years old. When […]
While people in Houston and along the Texas coast are still dealing with the effects of Hurricane Harvey, Baylor is already working to lend a hand. On Monday, university administrators reached out to every student from an area affected by the hurricane to offer support. You may have seen screenshots of those letters on Twitter […]
What would motivate a man who has spent 20 years in prison to, when told his parole had finally been granted, request to stay behind bars for another year? For Bryan Kelley, the answer to that question was the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP), a Texas-based organization that works with prisoners approaching parole to build entrepreneurial […]
In 1836, 41 delegates gathered at Washington-on-the-Brazos to formally sign the Texas Declaration of Independence. In 1845, Republic of Texas President Anson Jones signed the charter for Baylor University in Independence, Texas. And in 1875, the state of Texas created its first independent school district: Brenham ISD. Nearly a century and a half later, the superintendent […]
Baylor’s not the only school in the country where volunteers line up to help new students move into their residence halls — but it’s hard to believe any school does it better. Wednesday and Thursday, more than 3,400 new Baylor students (both freshmen and transfers) were helped into their new homes by more than 2,800 […]
Whether in the halls of Congress or the streets of Waco, Jeremy Everett, MDiv ’01, spends his days addressing a topic that has become a burning passion — fighting hunger. Everett is the founder and executive director of Baylor’s Texas Hunger Initiative (THI), an organization that began in a small office in a Baylor parking […]
