We knew going in that Homecoming 2020 was going to be different. Due to COVID-19, alumni were (sadly) encouraged not to return to campus this year, but to join in from wherever they may be as most events were moved online. With Saturday’s football game postponed due to COVID-19, the weekend became less about a […]
Chapel has been a tradition at Baylor literally since the university’s beginning — but over the years, it has taken a lot of different forms. It was something every student took every year until the student body grew too big to congregate in one place; in more recent decades, it has transformed from Chapel to […]
Like so many other things this year, it’s no surprise that #BaylorHomecoming 2020 won’t look like most of the Homecomings we remember. With COVID-19 leading to restrictions on large group gatherings, bringing the entire Baylor Family together for a weekend just isn’t a good idea, so BU was left with two options: Cancel Homecoming entirely, […]
Life can be stressful at any time; an election year amidst a pandemic has only amplified the whirlwind that is 2020. Add in all that comes with this time of year — holiday stresses, financial anxieties, seasonal depression, etc. — and it’s important that now, more than ever, we care for our mental state. October […]
The good news: Since an initial spike shortly after students returned to campus early this fall, Baylor’s fight against the coronavirus seems to be working; the number of active COVID-19 cases on campus has remained below 1% of the campus community for about a month now. The bad news: That still means there are 50-100 […]
This fall, Baylor welcomed more than 3,500 new students from across the world to campus. While summer campus traditions such as Line Camp and Welcome Week had to be altered due to COVID-19, Baylor staff worked miracles in creating online versions that brought much of the same experience to students outside Waco. That said, university […]
A Baylor education is about more than just what you learn in the classroom — it’s really the complete Baylor experience that makes this place special. Two new rankings this fall — one from U.S. News & World Report, the other from the Wall Street Journal — show others outside the Baylor Family are beginning […]
Baylor’s long history of military education dates back at least as far as 1888 — just a couple of years after BU settled in Waco. Over the years, Baylor has prepared a long line of future military officers through the Air Force ROTC and Army ROTC programs; today, these programs offer students the option to […]
“People ask me, ‘What is the “secret sauce” in universities that have opened and stayed open?’ It’s the ones that took the summer to plan, that had transparent communication between their staff, faculty and students. … There’s a level of detail needed for planning that we’ve found in successful universities, and that’s what Baylor has […]
COVID-19 had colleges and universities nationwide worried that large numbers of students would choose to stay closer to home this fall or take a year off amidst the pandemic. For some schools, those worries have come true — but not at Baylor. Despite everything happening in the world today, Baylor managed to enroll the largest […]
