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 […]
Baylor posted President Garland’s Summer 2016 Commencement address online earlier this week, and if you haven’t heard it yet, I encourage you to check it out. (Watch the video or read the complete transcript here.) In his speech, Dr. Garland gives an excellent explanation of what excellence looks like in a Christian context, and particularly at a Christian university. […]
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 […]
Congratulations to Baylor sophomore Caroline Carothers — the newly crowned Miss Texas 2016! What’s more, Caroline used skills she’s learned and honed at Baylor to advance in the competition. A featured “Golden Girl” baton twirler with the Golden Wave Band, she used her twirling to win the talent award in the preliminary contests. And as a Baylor education major […]
Elizabeth McIngvale was 12 years old when her battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) began. At first, it was asking her mother repeatedly if she was okay; then, it was seeking reassurance about other normal things. Before long, she was washing her hands hundreds of times a day, and eventually she became completely homebound. Seemingly overnight, she went […]
When 7-year-old Camille Whitt sat in her motorized swing for the first time, she paused for a brief second. Camille had long ago physically outgrown her old infant swing, but an undiagnosed neurological disorder has limited her development to the level of a 4- to 6-month-old — the age many children enjoy swings the most. As Camille sat […]
Today, we think about Burleson Quadrangle as a complete set; it’s hard to imagine Old Main and Burleson Hall without Carroll Science Hall and Carroll Library defining the quad on either side. But at the turn of the 20th century, that was exactly how things stood for Baylor students. Outside of some flanking buildings that housed students and a […]
In just her second year at Baylor, acrobatics and tumbling coach Felecia Mulkey did something no other Baylor coach has ever done — win back-to-back national championships. In fact, the Bears’ win over Oregon Tuesday night at the Ferrell Center marked an unbelievable sixth straight national championship for Mulkey, who won four in a row (2011-12-13-14) as head coach at […]
Because a full day of games, concerts and competitions just wasn’t enough, Baylor’s Diadeloso expanded this year to include an evening of events the night before — the first Nochedeloso. Monday night, students enjoyed a free crawfish boil and concert from MamaDear and Michael Ray before heading over to McLane Stadium, where Star Wars: The Force […]
For generations of Baylor fans, hearing Frank Fallon’s unmistakable voice on the radio meant they were immediately transported from whatever they were doing to wherever the Bears were playing. Fallon’s rich voice, vivid descriptions and wealth of information about the games he covered made fans feel like they were right there with the Bears in […]
