The Congressional Award gold medal is the highest honor presented to youth by the U.S. Congress — and recent Baylor grad Andy Kim (BA ’22) is one of this year’s recipients. Developed in 1979, the Congressional Award has been granted by Congress to recognize initiative, service and achievement by young Americans. To earn the honor, Kim […]
Baylor’s growing emphasis on faculty and student research is driven by three factors: Compassion — the desire to help people in countless ways; Curiosity — the desire to learn more about the world God created; and Courage — the desire to go places and tackle issues that others might shy away from. Beyond that, each […]
San Antonio and Baylor share a military connection that provides a natural fit for a groundbreaking brigadier general with decades of medical and military leadership. Dr. Deydre Teyhen (DPT ’95) was recently promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Army and given command of San Antonio’s Brooke Army Medical Center. Notably, she […]
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. More than 2,000 Baylor students, faculty/staff and community volunteers were out in Texas summer heat Wednesday and Thursday, helping new Baylor students (both […]
A distinguishing part of the Baylor experience is the caring community on campus. One way we do that? Faculty-in-Residence! These Baylor professors (many of them also BU alumni) don’t just work on campus; they live on campus, too, in designated apartment-style homes inside most residence halls, along with their families. The goal: Fostering students’ social, […]
For students interested in science, a chemistry lab is a wonderland to explore. But for those without science backgrounds, it can be a mysterious labyrinth of equipment, beakers, cases and experiments that require precision and expertise. Imagine yourself as a student hungry to learn and participate — and consider how difficult it would be to do […]
In the small town of Axtell (just northeast of Waco) lies a quaint community park. Here, families can gather, children can play, and now — thanks to a partnership between Baylor’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Texas State Technical College — kids with physical disabilities can fully enjoy the space, as well. Last week, Axtell […]
As Baylor’s Board of Regents holds its regular summer meeting this week, five new Regents are taking their seats at the table to start new terms: one serving at-large, one elected by alumni, one nominated by the Baptist General Convention of Texas, one nominated by the Bear Foundation, and one new Student Regent: Barbara Calhoun […]
What Baylor program transports Central Texas youth to archaeological digs or space stations, and encourages them to develop skills in fields as wide-ranging as screenwriting to linear algebra? It’s University for Young People, a program put on by Baylor’s School of Education for nearly four decades. This year’s University for Young People (UYP) recently concluded, […]
What bonds Baylor musicians in Scotland with business students in Zambia, or student-athletes in Louisiana with nurses in India? They’re all part of this summer’s Baylor Missions trips, which are again deploying abroad after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. Already, Baylor students have completed a handful of domestic summer mission trips, and soon teams […]
