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 […]
A new school year and a new football season present a new opportunity to share what Baylor is all about. Baylor’s 2020 university commercial will debut on television during Baylor football’s season opener, but we’ve got a first look for the Baylor Family here: The 30-second spot captures campus life and traditions, students engaged in […]
While it’s common for incoming freshmen to be welcomed to college by campus leaders, it’s not so common for that encouragement to come in the form of a hymn — but that’s what we do at Baylor. Since 2008, each incoming class has been welcomed with its own unique hymn, written and composed by Baylor […]
What is life like as a student at Baylor this fall, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic? If you’re among the many alumni, parents and friends who have been asking this question — this video is for you. Baylor senior Joshua Martin gives a great overview of what campus is like these days: You can read more […]
For the fifth time in six years, Baylor School of Music students have won a national title at The American Prize — the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in the classical arts. The Baylor Symphony Orchestra won first place at the prestigious competition four years in a row, from 2015-18. Now this year, the […]
Every once in a while, the university’s social media team hands over the keys to the Baylor Instagram to members of the Baylor Family who can show our followers unique Baylor experiences. These “Instagram Takeovers” allow the diverse, unique experiences of Bears of all ages to be shared widely — from football games to special […]
Two Baylor professors are living with the unimaginable — the passing of their 16-month-old son. But they are not alone. Felix Donovan Flavin was born Feb. 18, 2019, to Drs. Pat and Rebecca Flavin, who have each taught political science at Baylor since 2010. Sadly, Felix was born with a complex heart defect (tetralogy of Fallot […]
Earlier this month, President Livingstone announced a series of action steps that Baylor would take to “elevate the difficult, uncomfortable but important conversations … regarding race, privilege, violence and conciliation in America.” Among those steps was a virtual Baylor Conversation Series, in which a panel of Baylor faculty members would discuss “the role of the church […]
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” — hymn #351 in the Baptist Hymnal — was written in 1900 and first performed at a celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. A prayer of thanksgiving for faithfulness and freedom, the song quickly earned the nickname “the Black national anthem,” and over the years it became one of the most […]
As a child, Fort Worth native Channing Godfrey Peoples, BA ’99, was riveted by the annual Miss Juneteenth pageant. (The holiday is a celebration of when the message of the United States’ abolition of slavery finally reached Texas; today, it is celebrated today across the South.) Peoples — a Baylor theatre graduate who was named one […]
