Every once in a while, the university’s social media team hands over the keys to the Baylor Instagram to members of the Baylor Family who can show our followers unique Baylor experiences. These “Instagram Takeovers” allow the diverse, unique experiences of Bears of all ages to be shared widely — from football games to special […]
Countless Baylor Bears have spent the last few months on the front lines of COVID-19 — serving as doctors and nurses, researching vaccines, and more. Baylor senior Shiva Dhiman is one such Bear. Dhiman, a public health major from San Jose, Calif., spent this summer interning with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), […]
Each summer, we take a look at some of the freshmen who will be joining the Baylor Family come fall. Here’s your first look at some of the members of Baylor’s Class of 2024: * Katelyn Patterson‘s grandmother was a nurse. Her mother, too. Now, the Port Arthur, Texas, native plans to follow her family […]
For decades, many have struggled with the idea that faith plays a part in addiction recovery. At Baylor’s Beauchamp Addiction Recovery Center (BARC), religion and recovery go hand in hand. “Instead of buckling under the pressure, Baylor is establishing a model for other faith-based organizations attempting to bridge the gap between addiction recovery and religion,” […]
In the summer, the Baylor campus is usually teeming with students and parents sharing in the excitement of a new chapter in their lives. As they prepare for college (or to become parents of a college student), programs such as Orientation and Line Camp welcome thousands of new Bears into the Baylor Family, providing them […]
Fulbright and Goldwater are two of the more prestigious names in higher education, thanks to the incredibly competitive scholarship awards that bear their names. It’s become commonplace for Baylor to win multiple such awards — last year, nine Baylor students were awarded either a Goldwater or Fulbright, building on successes over the the last few […]
Congratulations, Class of 2020 — you did it. No class in Baylor’s 175-year history has had a senior year quite like yours, and certainly not a Senior Week or graduation weekend like yours. But while missing out on such traditions is sad, they don’t diminish the fact that you did it. You graduated. And that […]
Throughout his senior year, Isaac Bradley never stopped thinking about his mother, and in the end, he says, that motivation helped carry him through the most challenging year of his family’s life, motivating him to sing for her in ways he never would have imagined. Isaac grew up around Baylor. His mother, Brenda, taught in […]
Cindy Bell-Peoples says that children with special needs, in many ways, rebuild a parent from the ground up. As she prepares to graduate this weekend and looks ahead to graduate school — 36 years after initially enrolling at Baylor — her own story demonstrates just that. Bell-Peoples came to Baylor in 1984 to major in […]
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Baylor administrators quickly realized that many students would need extra support to get through the semester. One solution: the “Bear Care” program, designed to connect students with BU faculty and staff to help Bears navigate the unique stresses caused by the COVID-19 crisis. More than 300 faculty and staff members […]
