The Lady Bears made this one look easy. After winning their first two NCAA tournament games by a combined 62 points, head coach Kim Mulkey’s Baylor squad is headed to the Sweet 16 for the 8th straight season. There are 349 schools that play Division I women’s basketball; of those, only UConn and Stanford have active Sweet 16 streaks as […]
In the last few months, we’ve profiled more than 20 Baylor alumni musicians, from worship leaders and country singers to hip-hop artists and jazz bands. But there’s one group that merited its own post: Baylor alumni in the world of… opera. In researching this piece, it surprised me to learn just how many Bears have found successful careers in […]
Scott Drew has led Baylor basketball to unprecedented success in his 13 seasons leading the Bears. He’s won more games (and a higher percentage of his games) than any coach in program history, reached three Sweet 16s and two Elite Eights, and produced 5 NBA players. Now, he can add another accomplishment to his resume: For the first […]
One night after the nation’s attention was focused on the polling booths for Super Tuesday, Baylor and President Ken Starr welcomed one of America’s most prominent political commentators, David Brooks, for an “On Topic” discussion in front of a packed Waco Hall audience. [See photos from the event here.] Naturally, Brooks — known for his political pieces in The New York Times […]
After countless hours of practice and two weeks of performances, All University Sing 2016 has come and gone — but, as always, you’ll get one more shot to see the best acts again this fall. [LINKS: See almost 200 pictures from this year’s performances || Get a taste of Sing 2016 in this short video] The ladies […]
Between John Lee Hancock, BA ’79, JD ’82 (The Blind Side, The Rookie), Kevin Reynolds, BA ’74, JD ’76 (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Fandango), and the writing duo of Derek Haas, BA ’91, MA ’95, and Michael Brandt, BBA ’91, MA ’94 (Wanted, 3:10 to Yuma, Chicago Fire), it seems we’re good for at least one […]
Every two years, Baylor’s Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching brings one of the nation’s best professors not already here at Baylor to Waco for a semester, allowing BU students to benefit from his or her excellence in the classroom. First awarded in 1991, the award remains our country’s only national award presented by a college or university […]
In our bowl preview, we noted that Baylor’s rushing attack could carry the day, and to “expect the Bears to try and take advantage of this mismatch.” Boy, did they ever. Even without All-Big 12 running back Shock Linwood, the 17th-ranked Bears set a record for any bowl game, anywhere, ever, with 645 yards rushing, and […]
For nearly 50 years, the combined choirs and orchestra of Baylor’s School of Music have heralded the arrival of Christmas with joyful worship. This year, their sound will ring far beyond Waco, thanks to a partnership with KWTX and its parent company, Gray Television. A newly recorded one-hour special, “A Baylor Christmas,” will air across Texas and nine […]
It doesn’t really feel like Christmas at Baylor until Christmas on 5th Street comes around. After last night, NOW it feels like Christmas. Thousands of students, faculty/staff and Waco residents filled campus on a seasonably chilly (but not too cold) Thursday night, enjoying the annual event’s usual activities: carriage rides along Fifth Street, pictures with Santa, musical performances in […]
