#BaylorHomecoming week is here!
After COVID-19 made last year’s Homecoming unlike anything we’d seen before, all your favorite traditions are back for 2021: Mass Meeting. Pigskin. Bonfire. Parade. Football. Yes, Homecoming Week is...
View Article99 things to see and do during #BaylorHomecoming
Thousands of Baylor alumni descend upon Waco each fall for Homecoming. Some have returned every year since graduation; others are setting foot on the Baylor campus for the first time in five, 10, even...
View ArticlePerfect weather, perfect weekend: Recapping #BaylorHomecoming 2021
The best weekend of the year is undoubtedly #BaylorHomecoming! With all the usual Homecoming traditions back for 2021, this past weekend was a particularly special Baylor Family reunion, filled with...
View ArticleU.S. News, Wall Street Journal again rank Baylor among nation’s best student...
If you ask a BU student or alum what Baylor means to them, you’re likely to hear stories about brilliant, caring professors, classes that stimulated their imagination and helped carve their future...
View ArticleDr Pepper Hour Tour takes a beloved Baylor tradition on the road
Since 1953, Baylor students have celebrated what is today known as “Dr Pepper Hour” — enjoying free Dr Pepper floats in Barfield Drawing Room as a time for relaxing and socializing with friends and...
View ArticleBaylor student wins Texas State Japanese Language Speech Contest
About a month before the 2021 Texas State Japanese Language Speech Contest, Dr. Yuko Prefume (BA ’04, MSED ’06, EDD ’15), a senior lecturer in Japanese at Baylor, asked then-junior Matthew Ho if he...
View ArticleNow 200 episodes in, Baylor Connections shares BU stories straight from the...
Baylor is filled with faculty, staff and administrators whose fascinating work and deep sense of mission give us plenty of worthy stories to tell. But unless you’re on campus, you can’t always hear...
View Article‘The College Tour’ highlights the unique, invigorating Baylor experience
Earlier this month, The College Tour premiered its second season on Amazon Prime — a season that includes our beloved Baylor — and we could not be more thrilled! Hosted and produced by Amazing Race...
View ArticleCelebrating a very merry Christmas on 5th 2021
After celebrating virtually last year, Christmas on 5th Street was back in all its glory this year to usher in the most wonderful time of the year! As the official kickoff to the holiday season,...
View Article‘A Baylor Christmas’ shares holiday music from Waco all over the country
For half a century now, the combined choirs and orchestra of Baylor’s School of Music have heralded the arrival of Christmas with a joyful worship performance. This month, a remastered presentation of...
View ArticleCelebrating 45 years of Phi Beta Kappa at Baylor
It took a lot of effort and persistence, but on Dec. 6, 1976 — 45 years ago this month — the Baylor University chapter (Zeta of Texas) of Phi Beta Kappa was chartered. Phi Beta Kappa, as you may know,...
View ArticleBaylor Class of 2021 job placement numbers come in far above the national...
The job placement numbers are in for Baylor’s Class of 2021 — and they’re outstanding. With data collected from 99.6% of the class, Baylor’s most recent graduates have an impressive 86% placement rate...
View ArticleScenes from Sing 2022
After countless hours of planning, practicing and performing (plus a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19), All University Sing returned this spring — and after all that work, this year’s shows are now...
View ArticlePolish pianist becomes first Baylor student to win prestigious piano competition
In 2019, Dr. Bradley Bolen traveled from Waco to Austria to teach a masterclass and judge a piano competition. There, he met Cezary Karwowski, a talented and aspiring concert pianist. Before Bolen...
View ArticleURSA Scholars Week highlights innovative research by Baylor undergrads
One thing that stands out about Baylor, even among R1 institutions, is the availability of hands-on research opportunities for undergraduate students. In other words, the groundbreaking research being...
View ArticleWhat is Baylor’s Diadeloso?
In the 1930s, the life of a Baylor student was not exactly carefree. On a national level, Bears of that decade had experienced the Great Depression and World War I (plus the beginnings of what would...
View ArticleFM72 gathers Baylor students for 72 hours of prayer & worship on campus
In the spring of 1945, a group of Baylor students prayed for spiritual renewal for 90 straight days. Their prayers led to a movement that helped inspire ministries on campus and around the world, from...
View ArticleDiadeloso 2022: What a difference a Dia makes
After COVID-19 forced adjustments to Diadeloso in 2020 (online) and 2021 (spread throughout the week), Baylor’s own special holiday returned in all its in-person, day-long glory for 2022 — just in...
View ArticleHow friendship between Baylor profs leads to incredible opportunities for BU...
Baylor is large enough to offer top-notch academics and championship-level athletics — but small enough that you still see your friends when walking across campus. That goes for both BU students and...
View ArticleRecord-setting 13 Fulbright recipients top list of student scholar honors for...
Three years ago, Baylor set a school record when seven Bears earned prestigious Fulbright scholarships — part of the nation’s flagship program for international graduate study and education. This...
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