This past summer, 12 Baylor pre-health students signed up for an internship at Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. It’s an area that has seen a spike in the refugee population, primarily from Somalia, due to the proximity of a Tyson Foods plant that provides many immigrants with jobs. Unfortunately, that also makes it an […]
The nation’s oldest collegiate Homecoming celebration returns exactly a month from today: Baylor Homecoming 2017! If you haven’t already, it’s time to make your plans for Homecoming. Clear your calendar for Oct. 19-21 and schedule your visit now; a limited number of tickets are still available for some of the weekend’s main events, including a few for the Baylor-West Virginia football […]
For the sixth straight year, Baylor has been ranked by U.S. News as one of the top two universities in the Big 12 Conference and one of the top five in Texas, alongside Rice, UT, SMU and Texas A&M. Overall, Baylor is ranked No. 75 in the U.S. among national universities. For context, that puts BU just […]
The fall semester has been in session for almost a month now. Class schedules have been finalized, students have established their routines, and the numbers are officially in for this year’s student body. Once again, this year’s students have set new records. Baylor’s student body — all 17,059 students — is more diverse than ever, […]
The start of the 2017-18 school year also meant the official debuts of several new and new-look locations across the Baylor campus. Over the summer, Neill Morris Hall was cleared out (after Baylor Communication Sciences & Disorders moved into their beautiful new home in the Cashion Academic Center last year), and the Pullin Family Marina was relaunched. This […]
More than 800 campus Habitat for Humanity chapters help make the dream of home ownership a reality for families across the U.S. (and in 35 other countries). The first of these chapters was founded three decades ago — right here at Baylor. This year, the Baylor Chapter of Habitat for Humanity turns 30 years old. When […]
Baylor’s new university commercial officially debuted Friday on social media. The 30-second spot, which is widely seen on television during Baylor sporting events, centers on students and highlights the sights and sounds of campus: This year’s commercial was inspired by the answers Baylor students gave to one simple question: “What does Baylor mean to you?” Over […]
Baylor freshmen have a lot to look forward to at the start of each new school year: getting to know their new roommates, experiencing life on their own for the first time, and adjusting to the new world that is “college.” Of course, college freshmen all over the nation experience those things, too. What others […]
While people in Houston and along the Texas coast are still dealing with the effects of Hurricane Harvey, Baylor is already working to lend a hand. On Monday, university administrators reached out to every student from an area affected by the hurricane to offer support. You may have seen screenshots of those letters on Twitter […]
What would motivate a man who has spent 20 years in prison to, when told his parole had finally been granted, request to stay behind bars for another year? For Bryan Kelley, the answer to that question was the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP), a Texas-based organization that works with prisoners approaching parole to build entrepreneurial […]
