Nursing school students say ‘Get Up!’
Another video to help you get “Up!” on a Monday morning, courtesy of Shania Twain and the same Baylor nursing school students who brought you Footloose last fall. Sic ’em, students!
Points of Pride - Student life
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Law professor, alums win Supreme Court victory
As a kid, I was satisfied when the Supreme Court of Mom occasionally ruled in my favor in the case of Brother v. Sister over some vitally important issue like who got to pick what was on TV. This, however, is a much bigger deal. Last week, a Baylor law professor and two of his […]
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Women’s choir releases album of lullabyes
My wife and I are expecting our first child this summer, so we were particularly excited to hear of a recently released CD of lullabyes recorded by the Baylor University Women’s Choir. Sure, we’ll probably load up on some Baby Einstein and such as well, but this is something much more personal that will connect […]
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Bears join Waco community in celebrating MLK Day by serving
Baylor students, faculty and staff were among over a million Americans nationwide who spent the day before today’s historic Inauguration answering President-elect Barack Obama’s call to service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Bears joined many from the Waco community through the HOT Urban Gardening Coalition, helping weed, mulch, put down compost, and plant vegetables, […]
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Lariat reporters to cover Inauguration live from D.C.
As most of us follow this week’s historical Inauguration events on television or via the Internet, four Lariat reporters are covering the happenings in person and sharing their experiences via a special blog at lariatonthehill.blogspot.com. While one reporter will cover the swearing-in ceremony from Capital Hill, the other three will spread out around Pennsylvania Avenue […]
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Students initiate Christmas care packages for soldiers
A group of Baylor graduate students from Baylor’s department of psychology and neuroscience adopted a unit of soldiers stationed in Iraq for Christmas, organizing a special delivery overseas that included snacks, homemade baked goods, board games, letters and cards for each recipient. The unit, based out of nearby Fort Hood, consists of 35 soldiers and […]
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Admissions office works to recruit the best and brightest to Baylor
Before I came to work at Baylor, I really had no idea how much work is put into the Admissions process. I guess I just supposed that Baylor accepted the qualified students who applied here, and that was it — but I couldn’t have been more wrong.Admissions staffers work incredibly hard, not only sorting out […]
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Freshman named one of ABC’s Persons of the Year
You might remember our stories this spring about Kristin Elliott, at the time a high school senior preparing to enroll at Baylor. Kristin was named ABC World News Tonight’s Person of the Week back in May after the network learned of her battle with cancer and her work to start an AIDS orphans house in […]
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Senior class gift to fund scholarship and eternal flame for Immortal Ten Memorial
Tomorrow is commencement for fall semester graduates. These students and their classmates who graduate in the spring will have a choice when it comes time to contribute to their senior class gift; they can choose to donate to the Senior Class Gift Endowed Scholarship created last year by the Class of ’08, or give towards […]
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Christmas album sales raise money for students’ mission trip to Kenya
I absolutely love Christmas music, and I’m always on the hunt for new recordings, be they obscure (Fernando Ortega’s “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella“) or downright unusual (“The Star Wars Christmas Album“). So I was excited to read that a couple of Baylor students and a local church are using Christmas music to raise funds […]