The end of the spring semester brought with it the retirement of two of Baylor’s best. Two of the university’s Master Teachers, Dr. David Pennington (chemistry) and Dr. Tom Hanks (English) have taught their last classes after a combined 90 years at Baylor. When the news spread on social media earlier this month, Baylor alumni responded en masse with […]
Each year, new Baylor students get lots of good advice from their classmates and those who have gone before them — suggestions on how to adjust to college life, how to succeed academically, etc. (We’ve shared such advice from alumni and recent graduates in the past on this very blog.) But there are also things every new Bear should know that […]
A degree from Baylor is more than a ticket to a job. It’s more than just four years of classes, homework, tests and projects. It’s about learning leadership and service alongside academic excellence — and that’s exactly how professors in Baylor’s School of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), for instance, are developing their students. It began last year, when […]
Every summer, we take a look at some of the freshmen who will be joining the Baylor family come fall. We recently met four class of 2021 members recognized for citizenship in their hometowns. This time around, we meet four more incoming Baylor students — each of whom has displayed their leadership through service to his […]
Remember the summer right after high school graduation? Feeling relieved after 12 years of classes, spending as much time with your high school friends during your last three months at home, dreaming about how you’d decorate your dorm… And worrying about how in the world you’d survive college. Enter Baylor Send-Off Parties. Every summer, the […]
“Sometimes we call it a discipline-specific internship. Sometimes we call it a service-learning trip. But the idea is that we go somewhere and partner with an organization who’s already doing good things in their community and try to support them as they reach out to the poor and their community.” That’s the aim of Baylor’s Engineers […]
Eagle-eyed social media users may have noted that the official Baylor Facebook page topped 200,000 followers last week — a milestone worth celebrating! To put that in context, Baylor is now one of just 14 colleges on Facebook to have topped 200,000 followers despite having fewer than 20,000 students. That short list includes three Ivy League schools (Yale, Princeton & […]
Every summer, we take a look at some of the freshmen who will be joining the Baylor family come fall. The incoming Bears in this sneak peek include students who reached milestones and earned honors that resonated in their hometowns, across the state and across the country. Here’s an early look at the class of […]
For more than 65 years, a partnership between Baylor and the U.S. Army has educated thousands of Army officers and federal health officials. Students in the Army-Baylor Graduate Program in Health Administration take their first year of classes at Fort Sam Houston, then are assigned to work hands-on as residents at select hospitals across the country. If you […]
This scenario may sound familiar: You’re working on a large project for class or work. With the deadline looming, you stay up late night after night to get it finished; after all, you can always make up the missed sleep on a weekend once the project is complete. If that’s you, listen up: What seems normal and […]
