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Welcome Week offers new students an opportunity to get to know their new classmates and Baylor's campus and traditions.
Baylor offers a variety of programs designed to help students achieve their academic potential.
At Baylor, students are more than a name on an attendance roster. Many professors help students with their research, find connections they can use later, write recommendations for internships and become trusted advisors they can ask big questions to.
Baylor Send-off Parties are a place where incoming students and families gather across the nation to make friends and build connections as they meet others in their area. This year, Baylor is hosting nearly 70 parties, and registration remains open for this fun welcome in the Baylor Family.
Baylor is distinct in higher education as a Christian research university. How does that Christian mission shape student learning? Management professor Matt Quade, explains that the University's mission permeates every aspect of the student experience.
In the last ten years, Baylor alumni have made meaningful impact in their professions, communities, and industries through innovation, leadership, and service. Here are just four examples of their achievements as Baylor continues to shape the next generation of changemakers.
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Students in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business benefit from programs designed to enhance leadership skills.
Baylor Student Life cultivates a second-year experience for students to help guide their path to graduation and beyond.
The Global Flourishing Study is equipping families and organizations with the real-world tools to build conversations and communities where “the whole person” can thrive.
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Soon, hundreds of students will embark on Baylor summer missions trips, spanning the globe to serve others and share the love of Christ. Becky Kennedy, Assistant Dean for Spiritual Life and Missions and Associate Chaplain in Baylor Spiritual Life, shares the impact of discipline-specific mission trips that form students as they serve.
For Baylor students, career success begins when they set foot on campus, with the help of the Baylor University Career Center. Baylor’s placement rate of 91 percent is one of the best in the nation, and its approach is student-centered, walking alongside students and helping them define success. Michael Estepp, newly appointed Assistant Vice Provost in the Career Center, showcases the approach that helps students successfully pursue their calling.
Archaeologist and anthropologist Julie Hoggarth heads to Belize this week to continue her nationally recognized research on ancient Maya cultures, uncovering what their experiences can teach us today. Hoggarth was recently recognized as a prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, and she takes listeners inside the findings that yield new insights from her digs.
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Dr. Jon Eckert believes that he and his team in the Baylor Center for School Leadership have the best jobs in education. The Center, whose goal is to be “the most effective Christian leadership catalyst for educators worldwide,” steers Eckert and his colleagues toward the positive in an ever-changing field that presents its share of challenges for those who teach.
Baylor is known for its incredible student experience, especially for first-year students. A look at what students can expect during their first 100 days on campus illustrates that beautifully:
What happens when a Baylor geologist makes a career pivot to build an apparel and lifestyle brand? You end up with Sendero Provisions Co. — an outdoor lifestyle and apparel brand offering a modern take on Western wear that’s popular with millennial and Gen Z shoppers.
The geologist-turned-entrepreneur? That’s Hunter Harlow (BS ’10), who thought his love for the outdoors would lead him into the oil and gas industry (hence the geology). Instead, he found his calling with a western wear store in downtown Waco that has since exploded into popular culture, partnering with brands like Whataburger.
On some level, all research promotes human flourishing. Whether it be scientific research leading to new cancer drugs or cleaner water, engineering research developing new technologies or exploring the final frontier, or ethicists applying insights to address key ethical questions, all research aims to make life better in some fashion — and, clearly, Baylor advances these causes a great deal.
But there’s also research that is specifically about human flourishing — for humanity as a whole, groups of people, specific professions, and more. It’s research that gets to the root of how to help people thrive in multiple dimensions: physical and mental health, spiritual wellbeing, relationships, finances and more. And in higher education, no one else is doing what Baylor is doing in this area:
Many Baylor students use summer as a time to broaden their horizons, to grow both personally and professionally. Right now, thousands of Baylor students are taking part in internships, fellowships, research opportunities and more at elite companies and academic institutions. These positions are highly coveted and very competitive, and Baylor students shine as they enjoy experiences that further shape them in their academic and career journeys.
Here are just four examples of that — Bears representing Baylor in our nation’s capital and at Harvard, MD Anderson, and a construction-and-design firm for Fortune 500 companies:
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Excessive summer heat can quickly cause heat exhaustion and other serious complications; everyone needs to take precautions to protect themselves and their friends and loved ones.
As mainland Europe witnessed a total solar eclipse Aug. 12, Baylor researchers reported that viewing the 2024 U.S. eclipse increased awe and positive emotion, especially when experienced with others.
Located in the heart of the Texas Triangle, America’s fastest-growing megaregion, Baylor is leveraging its position to expand research, develop future leaders and serve the needs of a rapidly growing and economically dynamic region.
As schools increasingly become "phone-free," thoughtful policies around phones can improve student engagement, behavior and well-being, notes a Baylor education researcher.
Presale opens at 11 a.m. CT Aug. 13, with general public tickets on sale Aug. 14 for Third Day's 30th Anniversary Tour stopping in April 2027 at Baylor’s Foster Pavilion.
New research by Baylor University psychology and neuroscience researchers suggests that people who are more prone to worry may find those quiet moments especially distressing.
Just one year after uncovering a rare intact Etruscan chamber tomb in central Italy, a Baylor University-led archaeological team has made another remarkable discovery.
Baylor University has announced the exciting lineup of artists set to perform at Baylor Backyard Live, a new game day concert series at all six home football games this fall outside McLane Stadium on Touchdown Alley.
Critically acclaimed indie rock/folk band Mt. Joy is headed to Waco, Texas, for Silobration, presented by Magnolia with Baylor University, Thursday, Oct. 22, at Foster Pavilion.
Baylor University’s strength in the field of microbiome research is rapidly growing, promoting ways to help humans enjoy healthier guts, which in turn promotes healthier people.
Is there a happiness crisis among young people? The problem may be that most have confused happiness with something deeper, and that’s joy, finds a Baylor education researcher.
Baylor University is celebrating its most successful fundraising year ever, with the Baylor Family giving a record-breaking $244.5 million to the University during the 2026 fiscal year.