Baylor conference designed to support women in higher education
On average, women have higher GPAs and score higher on the GRE than men. Yet women take longer than men to complete their undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees — if they complete them at all....
View ArticleBaylor’s Class of 2020 shaping up to be the most selective in school history
Baylor’s incoming class of freshmen for Fall 2016 is still taking shape, but the numbers are becoming clear — this year’s class looks like it will be the most selective and most qualified in the...
View ArticleBaylor prof makes national headlines for his simple act of kindness
If you’ve checked Facebook, your local news, or even just surfed the Internet this week, you’ve probably heard this story by now — but you might not have heard all the details. Since it was first...
View ArticleLongtime Baylor advisor receives Texas lifetime achievement award
Generations of Baylor students have been blessed by the guidance and friendship of Baylor staff members all across campus who have made a difference in their lives. It’s not just students, though, who...
View ArticleBaylor Model UN team wins top honor at international competition
Baylor’s Model United Nations team proved itself to be the top superpower at the National Model United Nations competition held earlier this month in New York City. Fourteen Baylor students (led by...
View ArticleBaylor journalism’s back-to-back ‘triple crowns’ top a slate of recent honors
You’re likely familiar with Baylor’s three major student-run publications: the Lariat newspaper, the Round Up yearbook, and Focus Magazine. But did you know they win armfuls of local and national...
View ArticleHow did “That Good Old Baylor Line” become our school song?
“That Good old Baylor Line That Good old Baylor Line We’ll march forever down the years As long as stars shall shine We’ll fling our Green and Gold afar To light the ways of time And guide us as...
View ArticleWhat is Diadeloso?
It can be a little hard to explain just what Diadeloso is to someone who isn’t an Oso. It’s more than a day of frivolity and shenanigans on a random Tuesday in spring; it’s a time for the Baylor...
View ArticleBaylor senior wins Texas collegiate Japanese speech competition
In February, Baylor sent four students to the Dallas Regional Japanese Speech Contest — and swept 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. In March, Baylor sent two of those students to the Texas State Japanese...
View ArticleDiadeloso 2016: Dia expands to Noche, too
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,...
View ArticleMartha Lou Scott: Still inspiring students after 45 years at Baylor
Martha Lou Scott‘s leadership potential became apparent while she was still a Baylor undergraduate student. Five months before she earned her diploma, university administrators made sure Martha Lou...
View ArticleBaylor MBA students’ plan offers hope to a city 1,700 miles from Waco
The city of North Bay, Ontario, was founded in 1891 because of its location along a main canoe route vital to the fur trade. Today, North Bay is a typical Canadian mid-sized city, with a strong sense...
View ArticleBaylor AFROTC student earns prestigious Pentagon internship
What’s life like inside the Pentagon? One Baylor student is about to find out. Joseph Mabbitt, a senior Russian major and Baylor Air Force ROTC student, earned a highly-coveted internship at the...
View ArticleBaylor club baseball a step away from NCBA World Series
Across the nation this weekend, a team of Baylor students will be among the many college teams putting it all on the line for the chance to advance to the World Series. But this isn’t a group of...
View ArticleSamuel Palmer Brooks and a Baylor Commencement for the ages
In the long history of Baylor Commencement celebrations, one stands above the rest. It’s been 85 years since Baylor graduates first heard the now-legendary “Immortal Message,” the posthumous charge...
View ArticleCongratulations, Baylor Class of 2016!
More than 2,500 Bears — the largest graduating class in Baylor history — joined the Baylor alumni family this weekend following the Spring 2016 Commencement ceremonies. Before they head out into the...
View ArticleBaylor marina update one of many campus projects underway this summer
It’s amazing to think that it’s only been in the last 20 years or so that Baylor has begun to really utilize the campus’ unique riverfront setting. The push that began with Baylor Ballpark and the...
View ArticleWhat it means to be BaylorProud, even in disappointment
If this week’s Baylor news has left you shaken, you’re not alone. How, you may wonder, can we ever be proud of Baylor when the university has fallen so far short of the standards it sets for itself? A...
View Article“Camille’s Big Girl Swing” — A Baylor engineering student project with heart
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...
View ArticleBaylor junior designs 5,000-piece LEGO Pat Neff Hall
As a native Wacoan, Stanton Bain grew up planning to attend at Baylor. And like kids everywhere, he grew up piecing together LEGO blocks. “Even though I was very young at the time, I was able to build...
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