How many people feel led to give back, out of their own paychecks, to the very organization that employs them? I’ve certainly never considered giving back anywhere else I’ve worked. But at Baylor, it’s common practice; last year alone, BU faculty and staff combined to give more than $1.7 million back to the university in […]
Every year, Dr. Randy Wood, a professor in Baylor’s School of Education, takes a group of Baylor students to Costa Rica over spring break to work with Santa Elena School in San Jose. They help raise money for books and equipment for the school, and help plan classroom lessons and activities. The hope is to […]
Among the topics that shape our nation, few have been more pressing or more ubiquitous recently than immigration. The subject can also be complex: What is “DACA”? Who are “dreamers”? What are the proper channels to legal immigration? At Baylor, we have one of the nation’s top experts on the subject. After more than a decade […]
Did you know that more than 2,400 current Baylor students — nearly 1/5th of the student body — represent the first generation of their family to attend college? Most Bears don’t know that, including some of the very students who make up that number. We share that, because there’s a sense of confidence that comes […]
Baylor’s Office of Career & Professional Development (CPD) is one of the most valuable resources on campus for students, offering services such as mock interviews and resume assistance to prepare students for success in their professional pursuits. Over the summer, Baylor CPD rolled out a new service for students: The Career Closet, which provides new or gently used business attire […]
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 3,300 new Baylor students (both freshmen and transfers) were helped into their new homes by more than 2,800 faculty, […]
In 2014, we wrote about Jolene Damoiseaux, a Baylor senior who was researching maternal mortality and had traveled through Kenya with her student organization. While there, she met with expectant mothers who shared a common problem: getting to the hospital to give birth. The women faced an average hike of three miles through rough terrain […]
As the recipient of a recent Fulbright award, Baylor nursing professor Lori Spies has spent much of the last year and a half traveling across the globe — from India to Vietnam to Zambia — researching and training nurses on how to handle noncommunicable diseases such as hypertension. One of more than 50 Baylor Bears […]
Since 2003, Baylor’s Camp Success has provided a life-changing program to children with language and literacy disorders through the university’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Over a period of four weeks, children receive 50 hours of therapy — equal to a full year’s worth of work in many school districts. While this therapy would […]
As Baylor’s Board of Regents holds its regular summer meeting this week, six new Regents are taking their seats at the table to start new terms: two serving at-large, two elected by alumni, one appointed by the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT), and one new student Regent: Malcolm B. Foley, a Student Regent, is a […]
