Returning to Waco for Homecoming? Make Homecoming at the Hurd your first stop. Located in the Mark and Paul Hurd Welcome Center at the corner of I-35 and University Parks Drive, this hub of information, performances and activities for the entire family is your Homecoming headquarters. 

I love this time of year. It brings opportunities to reconnect with familiar faces on campus and around Waco and to welcome new friends into the Baylor Family.

Baylor University and Baptist World Alliance Launches New Partnership

At Baylor, first-year students begin their journey with Baylor Line Camp in the summer.

Baylor Parents play an important role in the success of students. 

Baylor leaders, professors and staff have meaningful stories to tell about the work they do in support of the Baylor mission.

The past year saw the second-highest fundraising year in Baylor’s history, with more than $192 million given during the 2025 fiscal year (FY25).

Since 1982, the Beall-Russell Lecture in the Humanities series in the College of Arts & Sciences, founded by the late Virginia Beall Ball, B.A. ’40, has welcomed some of the leading intellectuals of varied professions from around the world to Baylor’s campus.

In October 2025, Baylor University welcomes its inaugural cohort of Master of Physician Assistant Studies students.

This November, Baylor University will host its inaugural TEDx event, presenting “Innovation in Deeds.”

What began at Baylor in 1980 as the merger of two departments — computer science and engineering science — became an established School of Engineering and Computer Science in 1995.

The inaugural Baylor New Play Initiative (BNPI) is one of the first initiatives of its kind, focused not only on identifying promising playwrights but also on cultivating their work in partnership with professional theatres and academic institutions.

Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business will launch a groundbreaking student competition designed to spark creative business ventures powered by artificial intelligence.

The new Baylor Libraries Book Arts & Letterpress Lab, housed in two rooms on the first floor of Baylor’s Jesse H. Jones Library, introduces Baylor students, faculty and staff to historical printing practices, allowing them to create their own books by hand using paper and ink.

This fall, one of Baylor's own steps into a new role: Charles Ramsey, Ph.D., B.A. ’97, M.A. ’00, was selected to serve as university chaplain and dean of spiritual life.

While scrolling through social media, mothers may find more than memes — they might also find connection, particularly as they navigate the challenges of raising children.

At Baylor, career development is a personalized journey that begins the moment students arrive on campus.

This summer, Baylor students Emily Zimmer and Ishaan Patel were busy with elite internships in the field of engineering.