When U.S. News released its latest ranking of national universities yesterday, the headlines around Texas didn’t focus on Baylor’s individual rank (although at No. 71, it matched the university’s highest ranking ever). No, the headlines from outlets like the Texas Tribune noted that, after years of steady movement, Baylor passed Texas A&M to become the No. 4-ranked […]
The nation’s oldest collegiate Homecoming celebration returns exactly a month from today: Baylor Homecoming 2016! If you haven’t already, it’s time to start thinking about Homecoming. Clear your calendar for Oct. 13-15 and plan 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-Kansas football game and special […]
Over Labor Day weekend, the Baylor softball and baseball teams spent Labor Day weekend in Louisiana — but not for competition, practice, or even team-building. No, the coaches and student-athletes were in Louisiana with one purpose in mind: to serve by doing whatever work was needed. After unprecedented flooding hit Louisiana last month, Baylor women’s basketball […]
One week from today, Baylor football will kick off the 2016 season by hosting Northwestern State at McLane Stadium. The game on the field will feature a lot of firsts — most notably, the first game for the Bears under head coach Jim Grobe and the first game back from injury for senior quarterback Seth […]
A new school year means the start of a new era for the Hankamer/Cashion complex and Penland Hall, which both reopened for the 2016-17 school year to rave reviews after spending the past year undergoing massive makeovers. New labs and academic units at Hankamer/Cashion and updated residential units, community kitchens and more at Penland were […]
While most Baylor Line Camp participants took part in a camp on the Baylor campus, two special Line Camps took place far from Waco. One of those took incoming freshmen to Guatemala, where they not only got to know Baylor and one another, but served local children through an organization known as Orphan’s Heart. Garrett Burton, a freshman biology […]
The smartest (and second-largest) class in Baylor history has moved into its new home — but the Class of 2020 (and their families) didn’t have to do it alone. Almost 3,400 Baylor students, professors and staff members — the most ever — were out in the rain Wednesday and Thursday, swarming upon car after car as […]
Since it opened in 1954, thousands of Bears have called Baylor’s venerable Martin Hall home for some part of their student experience, and every one of them daily passed by a painting of the building’s namesake, D.K. “Dock” Martin. While they may have known his name, few knew his impact — but unknowingly, they very likely […]
If you’ve ever attended Baylor, you know the Baylor Bookstore. For everything from Baylor gear to textbooks, this is the place you start — and it’s been that way for more than 130 years. The original Baylor book store was called the “Baylor Book Concern” and was located inside Old Main — then just called “Main Building.” […]
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When my son was born, my wife and I decorated his room in a “bears” theme, and of course he left the hospital in a Baylor outfit. Today, he’s as big a Baylor fan as they come, and we’re hopeful that he’ll be earning his Baylor degree sometime around May 2031. But I have to […]
