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There\u2019s a lot to like about Baylor’s home here in Waco, the heart of Central Texas. A city recently recognized by Southern Living<\/a><\/em> as undergoing a “creative renaissance,” Waco anchors a growing metro with over 300,000 people who enjoy the area\u2019s outdoor activities<\/a>, history and culture<\/a>, job market<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n While such factors alone have long drawn people to the area, there\u2019s a growing focus on the burgeoning megaregion Waco calls home: the Texas Triangle<\/a>.<\/p>\n Draw lines connecting Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, and you get the Texas Triangle — an area bigger than the entire state of Georgia, with almost as many residents as Florida, that’s recognized as America\u2019s fastest growing megaregion<\/a>.\u00a0I-35 is essentially the left side of the triangle, running from DFW through Waco and Austin on its way south to San Antonio.<\/p>\n Baylor is well aware of the region\u2019s importance and impact. In Baylor in Deeds<\/a>, the University\u2019s strategic plan, Baylor committed to ‘take full advantage of Baylor\u2019s location in the center of the ‘Texas Triangle'” in broadening its research impact<\/a>. For future students, alumni, faculty and staff, that means expanding opportunities to study, live and work in a rapidly growing area — the economic hub of America’s fastest growing state for new jobs<\/a>. The Triangle includes 50+ Fortune 500 companies, and is comprised of a young, diverse and growing set of metro areas that provide all of the challenges and opportunities that beckon a Christian research university to study and serve.<\/p>\n For example: On the research side, Baylor’s location within the Texas Triangle provides a meaningful laboratory in which to conduct water quality research<\/a> — a mix of urban and rural areas experiencing increased demands on water, mirroring conversations taking place around the world in clean water supply.<\/p>\n “This is such an important geographical location to be in,” says Dr. Thad Scott<\/a> (PhD ’06), professor of biology and director of Baylor\u2019s Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research. “Central Texas is at a climatic gradient between east and west. We\u2019re right in the middle of a skyrocketing population corridor along I-35. This provides us and our students so much to study, because what\u2019s happening right here matters.”<\/p>\n In an area expected to grow to a population of 47 million<\/a> in the next 25 years, Baylor is set to address the needs of this unparalleled region, supply future leaders<\/a>, and provide innovative new ways for students to plug into the needs and opportunities around them — with a commitment to do so in ways that benefit our neighbors, students and communities.<\/p>\n Sic \u2019em, Texas Triangle!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There\u2019s a lot to like about Baylor’s home here in Waco, the heart of Central Texas. A city recently recognized by Southern Living as undergoing a “creative renaissance,” Waco anchors a growing metro with over 300,000 people who enjoy the area\u2019s outdoor activities, history and culture, job market and more. While such factors alone have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","category-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}