Along Fifth Street
Campus News and Updates, Summer 2020
Campus News
Baylor faculty and staff produce amazing digital content available in the form of podcasts and other online platforms. Here are a few of our favorites.
Every year, U.S. News & World Report unveils its ranking of American colleges and universities. Last fall, Baylor was ranked 79th nationally and was named a “Best Value School.”
Philosophy class adjusts curriculum to consider real-time ethical challenges related to global pandemic.
For medical professionals working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE) is a necessary but sometimes uncomfortable tool in the fight to stay healthy.
Baylor helps students maintain social and spiritual community despite the distance.
Legacy Scholar Joe B. Fulton moves offices of nationally acclaimed publication from Auburn to Baylor’s Carroll Science Building.
Dr. Todd Still, BA ’88, Dean of George W. Truett Theological Seminary, offered these words of encouragement to Baylor Alumni during a virtual event in May.
Each year in May, the Baylor Board of Regents selects new leadership for the coming year, welcomes new regents as participants in the University’s governance, and expresses gratitude to devoted members who have completed their terms of service to the University and are leaving the Board.
Faculty Focus
In 2017, Baylor launched a series of social innovation labs that teamed students and professors to research and design interventions addressing some of the world’s most complex issues.
Dr. Douglas V. Henry became dean of Baylor’s Honors College May 1. Dr. Shanna Hagan-Burke became the dean of the University’s School of Education July 1.
n March, three Baylor professors joined the storied ranks of Master Teachers — the highest honor granted to Baylor faculty members for sustained excellence in teaching: Robert F. Darden III, BSEd ’76, professor of journalism, public relations and new media; Dr. Anne-Marie Schultz, professor of philosophy and director of the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core; and Dr. Charles A. Weaver III, BS ’84, professor and chair of psychology and neuroscience.
Student Spotlight
Florence Nightingale, recognized worldwide as the founder of modern nursing, was born May 12, 1820. In honor of the 200th anniversary of Nightingale’s birth, the World Health Organization deemed 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Prophetic, to say the least.
Another casualty of the COVID-19 shutdown was the cancellation of Baylor Theatre’s spring lineup. Cast and crew were sidelined, and plans to bring those performances to the stage were shelved.
Students from across the disciplines capped off a record-setting 2019-20 academic year by receiving some of the most prestigious — and competitive — scholarships, fellowships and internships at the national and international levels.
Members of the pre-med honor society Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED) and Multicultural Association of Pre-Health Students (MAPS) at Baylor partnered with One More Child to serve in the Dominican Republic during Spring Break. Students helped lead children’s Bible study and provided public health education to children and families.
For spring break, a team of 13 students from the Baylor First in Line program traveled to the Dominican Republic and served alongside the ministry Casas por Cristo. The first-generation college students and two faculty leaders assisted in clearing the land, laying a foundation and erecting walls for a family home over five days.