A $3.6 million gift from Carl and Martha Lindner will allow Baylor to continue a unique program that prepares Christian leaders to become catalysts for change in communities all over the world. Launched in 2008, the Global Mission Leadership Initiative brings to Baylor’s School of Social Work international graduate students who have demonstrated servant leadership […]
For Memorial Day, we wrote our usual 200 words or so about the memorial lampposts that honor many of the Baylor alumni who have served our country, including a large number who have given their lives in service. Frank Jasek, BBA ’73, has gone much deeper. For more than a decade, Jasek — a preservation […]
Senior AlexAnne Pitts wanted to make the most of her final semester at Baylor, so the film and digital media/Asian studies double major from North Little Rock, Ark., headed to the Big Apple as a part of the Baylor Communications in New York program. And while the Baylor campus celebrates Homecoming this weekend, Pitts will […]
We cover Move-In Day every year, usually based on the introduction it provides to Baylor for new students and their parents. But the actions of Baylor students — be they coordinated efforts like Move-In, or random acts of kindness from an individual — can also have a lasting impact on those outside the Baylor family. […]
What did you do with your summer? Some Bears hosted send-off parties for Baylor students. Some took the Baylor name abroad, as tourists or on mission trips. Some served their families in time of need, while others racked up academic honors. One husband-wife faculty team went overseas on two very different projects. Music lecturer Dr. […]
You know it’s been a good summer when your work draws positive attention from the White House and the First Lady. The Texas Hunger Initiative (THI), a collaborative effort anchored from within Baylor’s School of Social Work, was applauded this summer first on the website for Let’s Move!, an initiative launched by First Lady Michelle […]
Baylor’s Move-In Day volunteers and the activities of Welcome Week exemplify much of the best of what the university has to offer — be it the hours faculty, staff and students spent hauling boxes in temperatures over 100 degrees, the lighthearted fun of a 1980s-themed dance party, or the sacred moments of the Candlelight Ceremony. […]
Truett Seminary student Antwone Taulton wanted to aid the homeless, but recognized that he didn’t know what it was like to be in their shoes. So he joined them. Taulton spent several weeks living on the streets of Oklahoma City to learn the stories of some of the homeless there. He has now told their […]
Summer for a college student usually means one of a few things: work, summer school, perhaps a mission trip and/or family vacation, and finally preparing to go back to school (book-buying and all the rest). Senior Jenni Biddison gave up most of that this summer to serve her family. Thanks to her experience in outdoor […]
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. […]
