That Baylor students would be recognized for their service, volunteering and civic engagement should come as no surprise to anyone who’s spent time on the BU campus. Still, it’s nice to see others recognizing it — especially when it comes with the name of the President of the United States attached. Baylor was among 131 […]
As simple tributes to those who have gone before us, they are easy to miss or take for granted. But the 140-plus red granite lampposts scattered across Baylor’s campus are more than just utilitarian lighting — they are memorials to those who have served our country, including many who gave their lives in action. The […]
As approximately 250 Baylor students head out this summer to nine different countries as part of 16 different teams on university-sponsored mission trips, new research by a Baylor professor shows those who go really do return as changed men and women. Students in Cambodia will deliver training on therapeutic art techniques to staff in aftercare […]
For the third straight year, the Baylor campus welcomed thousands of Hispanic Baptist youth over Easter weekend for Congreso, a bilingual event organized by the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) to inspire, encourage and educate Hispanic youth. (See more on the Congreso Facebook page.) Baylor University President Ken Starr was on hand to welcome […]
Senior Chris Slater began this semester with a 3.98 cumulative GPA, and he will graduate in just a couple of weeks with his degree in finance. I could stop right there, and his achievements would be worthy of recognition — but that’s not all. The Plano native also is a four-year letterman on the Baylor […]
As they have each semester for several years, students from Baylor’s Health and Human Performance department (led by Dr. Beth Lanning, BSED ’89, MSED ’91) collaborated with Mission Waco and Church Under the Bridge to host a Health Fair for Waco’s homeless and underserved this past weekend. (See photos from the event here.) Student-led booths […]
Graduate students — particularly those in intensely competitive fields like law and medicine — could be excused if they didn’t find time for service activities while working on their degrees. But that’s not the case with Baylor Bears. Last fall, we wrote about how many Baylor law students give up their lunchtimes each week to […]
The Bearathon is a lot of things to a lot of people. It’s “the toughest half-marathon in Texas.” It’s perhaps the greenest race in Texas, thanks to the cup-free system used for the first time this year. And it’s Student Foundation’s biggest fundraiser of the year, with proceeds going to student scholarships. [iframe: title=”Baylor iframe […]
Baylor is well-known for producing Texas Baptist pastors, especially since the opening of George W. Truett Theological Seminary in 1994. But even within the Baptist world, the impact of Baylor graduates doesn’t only stay between Texas’ borders. Take Rev. Billy Dickerson, for example. Dickerson earned his degree in religion from Baylor in 1953. After 10 […]
Hundreds of Baylor students each year use spring break not for rest and relaxation, but to serve, heading out all over the country on mission trips. For some BU students this spring, that service meant simply staying in Waco, as dozens of volunteers from Baylor’s Habitat for Humanity chapter and a local church worked to […]
