If you’re a parent, you understand how important your employer’s support is when you’re having a baby — even more so if you’re adopting. Earlier this spring, Baylor added some new employee benefits to help in both situations. Baylor’s new parental leave policy, signed into effect in late March by President David Garland, provides up to […]
Heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the LORD your God, the earth with all that is in it. ~ Deuteronomy 10:14 Baylor’s mission statement heavily emphasizes a “Christian commitment within a caring community” — which includes stewardship for God’s natural resources on the Baylor campus. Baylor’s Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and […]
On June 1, President-Select Linda Livingstone will take office at Baylor and officially become the university’s 15th president. In the meantime, she has met with reporters at virtually every Waco media outlet to talk about her approach to leadership, the challenges and opportunities Baylor faces today, being Baylor’s first female president, and a host of other topics. […]
On Tuesday, Baylor welcomed Dr. Linda Livingstone, currently dean of the George Washington University School of Business, as the university’s 15th president. Livingstone will become Baylor’s first female president when she takes office June 1. But as Board Chair Ron Murff, BBA ’75, noted, the Regents’ goal was to hire the best president for the university, regardless […]
Last year, Baylor received an incredible — and anonymous — $10 million gift to transform the Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders (CSD). Part of that gift allowed CSD to move into a new home, leaving Neill Morris Hall for a newly renovated Cashion Academic Center — and what a beautiful new home it is! Approximately 18,000 square feet on […]
More Baylor graduates than ever before — nearly 9 in 10 — are finding jobs or starting a graduate school program after their time at Baylor is through. In 2016, Baylor set a new record for undergraduate placement rate — for the fourth year in a row. (Placement rate is simply the percentage of students […]
The first indication a visitor receives that Baylor’s Armstrong Browning Library is a special place is the entrance. Bronze doors, each weighing nearly a ton, open slowly as they dramatically reveal what’s inside — and what’s inside is not only one of the most beautiful facilities on the Baylor campus, but one of the most […]
For more than 170 years, Baylor has focused on two founding principles: outstanding academics, and Christian commitment. Countless outstanding people — professors, students, staff and others — have played important roles in helping the university stick to its mission for so long, while so many other schools have wandered away from their faith. Almost 20 years ago, university leaders […]
Baylor is now in Louisiana and South Texas! Last month, the university officially signed agreements launching two new programs — an exchange program with Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), and a Baylor Bound transfer agreement with South Texas College — that will create new opportunities for students. Baylor and XULA’s new domestic exchange program was created with educational and cultural […]
Thanks to “Fixer Upper,” the Baylor family is more familiar with home renovation than ever. And now, thanks to a gift from the McLane family, Baylor nursing is preparing to renovate its new home. In 2014, Baylor reached an agreement with the Baptist General Convention of Texas to purchase the facility formerly known as “the Baptist […]
