Last fall, Baylor announced the launch of “Give Light” — a $1.1 billion fundraising campaign to support the university’s academic strategic plan, Illuminate. Among the campaign’s priority capital projects is the construction of a new basketball fieldhouse, which would in turn allow the Ferrell Center to be renovated to better serve Baylor’s volleyball and acrobatics […]
Long before he became a distinguished professor and a national leader in the study of environmental science, Bryan Brooks was simply a child fascinated by his grandfather’s experiences. His grandfather, a missionary the Philippines, told young Bryan stories of service, such as how they drilled wells to supply clean water for smaller communities upstream from […]
Winning a conference title is hard. Sweeping both the regular season and conference tournament titles in the same year? Even more impressive. But doing it eight times in nine years — well, that’s almost unfathomable. But that’s exactly what Baylor women’s basketball has accomplished, following last night’s 67-49 win over Iowa State. A tight game for […]
Practically every Baylor student over the past 60+ years has taken at least one class in Tidwell Bible Building, home today to the university’s religion and history departments. When Baylor announced last fall the launch of “Give Light” — a $1.1 billion fundraising campaign to support the university’s strategic plan, Illuminate — a top-to-bottom renovation of […]
Since 2008, a “search and rescue mission” has been underway in the basement of Moody Library. A true labor of love, this work has found its way into dusty tape and record collections, made friends with unsung heroes of the civil rights movement, been featured extensively in national media, and even has a home in […]
In case you haven’t heard: Baylor’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON) has a beautiful, high-tech new home! Over the past decade, it had become clear that our nursing students needed a new and updated space. Conveniently, onto the market came the former Baptist General Convention of Texas Building — located adjacent to the former […]
Last night, a sellout Ferrell Center crowd saw the No. 7-ranked Baylor Lady Bears upset No. 1 UConn, 68-57, ending the Huskies’ 126-game regular season winning streak. While Baylor has won two national championships under head coach Kim Mulkey, last night’s win was the program’s first-ever over a No. 1 team. [WATCH: Highlights from Baylor Athletics […]
Shortly after midnight early Friday morning, Baylor football head coach Matt Rhule was handed the 2018 Texas Bowl trophy after his Bears had defeated Vanderbilt, 45-38. The win capped off a remarkable year in which the Bears bounced back from a 1-11 season to not only become bowl-eligible, but to defeat a Commodores team picked […]
The tree in Burleson Quad is lit, and it’s officially Christmas on Baylor’s campus! Thursday night kicked off the most wonderful time of the year with the annual Christmas on 5th Street celebration. As always, the classic entryway arch set the scene for this beloved Baylor tradition. A live nativity outside the Bill Daniel Student […]
Sweater weather, hot chocolate, roaring fires, snowfall (sometimes, at least). Christmas season is unquestionably the most wonderful time of the year — and at Baylor, the most wonderful time of the year officially begins with Christmas on 5th Street. Nutcrackers and candy canes line 5th Street through campus. Horse-drawn carriages covered in lights trot past […]
