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Holy Week
April 11, 2025
Light filters in through chapel stained glass

Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. This is the week that matters.

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Palm Sunday—Remembering Jesus
April 11, 2025
Palm Sunday cross

Palm Sunday is celebrated the Sunday before Easter. It holds deep religious significance for Christians around the world. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week.

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Diadeloso 2025: A truly beautiful day
April 9, 2025
Students having fun during Diadeloso

For almost a century now, Diadeloso has provided Baylor students with a much-needed day off just as the spring semester reaches its crescendo — a day to rest and relax, to have fun with friends, and to make memories on campus that will last a lifetime.

Yesterday was a perfect day for Dia — sunny, high of 75, just absolutely beautiful weather. Traditional Dia activities like music performances, inflatables and rides were mixed with newer favorites like goat yoga — Dia’s new top attraction.

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FM72 brings students together in prayer & worship in the heart of Baylor’s campus
April 7, 2025
Students worship together on Fountain Mall

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 the Journeyman mission program to the Passion Conferences.

Last week, hundreds of Baylor students again gathered in Jesus’ name for FM72, an annual 72-hour on-campus prayer and worship event coordinated by Baylor’s Office of Spiritual Life in conjunction with local churches and campus ministries.

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Two-time GRAMMY Winner Lauren Daigle Live in Concert Sept. 12 at Baylor’s Foster Pavilion
April 7, 2025
Singer Lauren Daigle April 11 at Baylor's Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas

Lauren Daigle, multi-award-winning country music singer, is set to perform in concert at Baylor University’s Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12.

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Baylor AFROTC named one of America’s top detachments
April 3, 2025
Baylor AFROTC members present the colors during a flyover at McLane Stadium

Baylor’s long history of military education dates back at least to 1888, just a couple of years after BU settled in Waco. Over the years, Baylor has prepared a long line of future military officers through the Air Force ROTC and Army ROTC programs; today, these programs offer students the option to earn their degrees while preparing for careers as officers in the U.S. military.

Baylor’s Air Force and Space Force Reserve Officer Training Corp (AFROTC) recently added another milestone to its distinguished history. Earlier this year, Detachment 810 was named the No. 1 Medium Detachment in the country, outperforming 49 other detachments nationwide to claim the top honor.

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Baylor’s nationally recognized research center on clergy abuse blends research and advocacy
April 1, 2025
Sunlight streams through a stained glass window

Through their research, Baylor social work professor David Pooler and doctoral student Lucy Huh examine unpleasant realities for the benefit of survivors of abuse, and to prevent future victims.

Dr. Pooler leads the Adult Clergy Sexual Abuse Advocacy and Research Collaborative in Baylor’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, where Baylor researchers collaborate with other researchers and organizations to advocate for survivors, deepen understanding of abuse, determine best practices, and help survivors find paths to healing.

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Chapel with the First Gent one of dozens of Chapel options for Baylor students
March 31, 2025
Students meet with Brad Livingstone in the Livingstones' living room

Baylor students today have dozens of options to choose from when it comes to Chapel. Some prefer a large-group worship setting (similar to traditional Chapel services); others, a small group setting — perhaps one with friends from their residence hall, or one focused on how faith plays out in their field of study, or one connected to a campus ministry.

One of the more unique options available this semester: Chapel with the First Gent.

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Baylor experts talk women’s history for Women’s History Month
March 28, 2025
Dr. Andrea Turpin and Amy Achenbach chatting on Fountain Mall

March is Women’s History Month, so all month long we’ve been celebrating the history of Baylor women — notable individuals such as Dr. Diana Garland, Angela Kinsey, Ann Miller and Leah Moncure, plus the long lists of Baylor women who have left their marks in fields like science and engineering, law and politics, the arts, and education.

To cap the month, two Baylor experts on women’s history — Dr. Andrea Turpin, an associate professor and director of the Baylor history graduate program, and Amy Achenbach, a doctoral candidate and Baylor history teacher — sat down to answer the big questions, like: Why study women’s history? What kinds of unique sources are used in researching women’s history? And how did higher ed change as more women enrolled?

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Claire Leslie brings ‘honest, relatable, real’ music to Foster Pavilion ahead of Forrest Frank
March 27, 2025
Claire Leslie portrait photo

On April 22, Baylor’s Foster Pavilion will host its first public concert event, featuring GRAMMY-nominated Baylor alum Forrest Frank (BBA ’17) — but Frank technically won’t be the first artist on the Foster stage that night.

That honor will go to Claire Leslie, a 23-year-old performer from San Antonio, who will perform as the concert’s opening act. In her day job, Leslie leads worship at Max Lucado’s Oak Hills Church, as she finds her way as an up-and-coming Christian singer-songwriter.

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Flourishing Through the Baylor Family’s Generosity
March 26, 2025
Picture of Jenna Thomas, a Baylor student, leaning against a tree on campus

Learn how receiving a scholarship strengthened a student’s academic success

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Get to know Wiff Rudd, one of Baylor’s newest Master Teachers
March 26, 2025
Portrait photo of Wiff Rudd

Earning recognition as a Master Teacher at Baylor is a rare honor — the highest a BU professor can receive for his/her teaching. In January, President Linda Livingstone announced the lifetime designation for four Baylor professors, increasing the roll of Master Teachers to 33 since the honor was first bestowed more than 40 years ago.

Among the newest honorees is Wiff Rudd (BME ’77), a Baylor graduate and distinguished member of Baylor’s School of Music since 2002. As Professor of Trumpet and Brass Area Coordinator, Rudd’s students have achieved notable success — especially the Baylor Trumpet Studio, which has won six first-place titles at the National Trumpet Competition since 2009.

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‘I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything in the world’ — Bears describe their time at BU
March 25, 2025
VJ Edgecombe embraces Robert Wright III as they walk off the court

Baylor basketball’s losses Sunday — both the men and women fell in the NCAA second round — still sting. But if you listened to the student-athletes talk after the game about their Baylor experience, you’ll understand what makes BU special, and what “Preparing Champions for Life” really means.

In their own words:

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20 years ago, NBC’s “The Office” debuted — and the world met this Baylor alumna
March 24, 2025
Angela Kinsey on The Office and more recently at a Baylor football game

Believe it or not, it was 20 years ago today — March 24, 2005 — that America first visited the offices of the Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company. To put that in context, current Baylor freshmen had not yet been born. Yet here in 2025, thanks to reruns and online streaming, today’s college students (and millions upon millions of other people) have visited those offices again and again, to laugh (or cringe) at the antics of Michael Scott, Dwight Schrute, Jim and Pam, and of course, Angela Martin, played by cherished Baylor alumna Angela Kinsey, BA ’93.

In the two decades since the premiere of NBC’s The Office, the show and its characters have become American pop culture touchstones. But don’t get the impression that Angela Martin and Angela Kinsey are the same person.

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Forrest Frank returning to Baylor for Foster Pavilion’s first public concert
March 19, 2025
Forrest Frank presents: Child of God! April 22 at Foster Pavilion. Tickets on sale now.

Before he was topping the charts as a GRAMMY-nominee, winning two Dove Awards, and achieving massive success for his 2024 national tour, Forrest Frank (BBA ’17) was a typical student leaning into his Baylor experience.

From participating in All University Sing to donning a suit and tie for the professional sales program in Hankamer School of Business, Frank embraced his experience and thrived at Baylor.

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Baylor alum named president of La Madeleine
March 18, 2025
Portrait photo of John Dillon

Baylor graduate John Dillon (BBA ’93) has earned national attention as an innovator in the restaurant industry, and when La Madeleine was looking for a leader to drive growth and expansion, they called on the Baylor grad (who spent the last year serving Hankamer School of Business students in a meaningful way — more on that in a minute).

La Madeleine, a Dallas-based French café and bakery with 80+ locations nationwide (including one just down I-35 from Baylor’s campus), named Dillon president in January. The Baylor grad, who most recently served as founder and principal lead at HMS Growth Partners, previously spent over 16 years with Denny’s, first in marketing and then as the chain’s president. At Denny’s, he built a reputation for innovation, shaping the brand’s voice and elevating the diner chain’s perception through humorous social media posts and a re-brand as “America’s Diner.”

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March Madness: Baylor women to host, men headed to North Carolina
March 17, 2025
Basketball action shots of Aaronette Vonleh (left) and VJ Edgecombe (right)

For the 10th time in the last 11 postseasons, both the Baylor men’s and women’s basketball teams are going dancing!

The Baylor women will begin NCAA tournament play on Friday (2:30 p.m., ESPNU) — their 21st straight appearance! — and for the first time, will get to do so at Foster Pavilion! The Baylor men will start their NCAA tournament run Friday in Raleigh, N.C. (11:15 a.m., CBS) as a No. 9 seed against No. 8 seed Mississippi State.

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Expanding God’s Kingdom
March 17, 2025
Open Bible next to a stained glass window

As Baylor University advances the frontiers of knowledge as an R1 research university, it holds fast to the Christian vision of its founders while cultivating a Christian worldview among its students and serving the surrounding world.

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Remembering a Baylor legend: Diana Garland
March 14, 2025
Dr. Diana Garland portrait photo

For many, “Baylor social work” and “Diana Garland” were virtually the same thing even before the school was named in her honor in 2015. Almost 10 years after her passing, Dr. Garland remains a titan in the world of social work — at Baylor, and beyond.

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Baylor ranks among nation’s top 20 for most Fulbright student scholars
March 12, 2025
Fulbright Top Producer badge on a photo of students gathered in Armstrong Browning Library

In 2019, Baylor set a school-record with seven Fulbright scholarship recipients — part of the nation’s most prestigious international education exchange program. Just three years later, Baylor doubled that total, with 14 Fulbrights. And in 2024, Baylor jumped to 18 Fulbright student honorees.

Such success now ranks Baylor among the top 20 colleges and universities nationally, earning BU recognition this spring as a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for the third straight year. In the latest totals, Baylor ranks No. 1 in both Texas and the Big 12 for most Fulbright student awards.

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Karenna Malavanti on Baylor Connections
March 7, 2025
Karenna Malavanti, Ph.D.

What is it like to live with your family in community with hundreds of college students? How do living-learning communities (LLC) at Baylor support students as they strive for excellence in pursuit of their calling? Karenna Malavanti, senior lecturer in psychology and neuroscience at Baylor, is also faculty-in-residence at Earle Hall, where she leads the Science & Health LLC. She takes listeners inside Baylor’s nationally recognized learning communities and describes the joys of intentional life on campus.

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Get to know Dr. Andrew Hogue, one of Baylor’s newest Master Teachers
March 6, 2025
Dr. Andrew Hogue portrait photo

Earning recognition as a Master Teacher at Baylor is a rare honor — the highest a BU professor can receive for his/her teaching. In January, President Linda Livingstone announced the lifetime designation for four Baylor professors, increasing the roll of Master Teachers to 33 since the honor was first bestowed more than 40 years ago.

Among the newest honorees is Dr. Andrew Hogue (MA ’05, PhD ’09), a two-time Baylor graduate who returned to join the faculty of his alma mater in 2011. Over the last 15 years, he has taught various political science courses, led what is now Baylor’s Philanthropy & Public Service Program, served as associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and led Baylor’s Office of Engaged Learning.

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Baylor launches ‘Extend the Line’ to raise $250 million for student scholarships
March 5, 2025
Students walk toward the Independence columns carrying Baylor Line jerseys

Higher education isn’t cheap — but it’s not as astronomical as many people believe. Recent studies show that even as sticker prices have gone up nationwide, the price most families actually pay has been dropping for years.

Since 2019, Baylor’s median out-of-pocket cost has decreased or remained constant for students and families with household incomes of $300,000 or less. Nine out of 10 Baylor students receive some form of financial aid, and for families with demonstrated need and an adjusted household income below $50,000, tuition is covered by the university, thanks to the Baylor Benefit Scholarship.

Now, a new effort is in the works to even better support students. Late last month, the university launched the “Extend the Line” Scholarship Initiative, aiming to raise $250 million for student scholarships. The goal: ensuring a Baylor education remains accessible and affordable for both current and future Bears.

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From the Ashes to Resurrection
March 5, 2025
Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday: The first day of Lent – which begins a season of repentance, fasting and awaiting Christ’s resurrection.

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Scenes from Sing 2025
March 3, 2025
Chi Omega members performing their Sing act

After countless hours of planning, practicing and performing, All University Sing 2025 is in the books. Over the last two weeks, hundreds of Baylor students put their hard work on display performing for thousands of Baylor students, alumni and friends in Waco Hall (plus a streaming audience online for Saturday’s finale).

Congratulations to Chi Omega, which won first place this year for their act, “Back on Track” (pictured above). Alpha Tau Omega took second for their act, “Underneath the Tree,” followed by Delta Delta Delta in third for “When Pigs Fly.”

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Lent: A Guide for the Perplexed
March 3, 2025
Stained glass graphic

Lent may be unfamiliar to some in the Baylor family, particularly those of Baptist heritage. But the themes sounded during this season are ecumenical, grounded in shared Christian tradition and teaching.

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Baylor students to compete in first Big 12 esports tournament this weekend
February 28, 2025
"A new opponent has appeared!" with silhouette of Bruiser

Baylor students will compete this weekend in the first officially sanctioned Big 12 Conference esports tournament.

Teams from six other conference schools will join Oso Esports for the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (SSBU) tournament, which will take place virtually March 1, and serve as the conference qualifier for the prestigious Collegiate Esports Commissioners Cup (CECC), to be held this May in Arlington.

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Veterans of Baylor honored as Student Veterans of America Chapter of the Year
February 28, 2025
Students walk toward the Independence columns carrying Baylor Line jerseys

Baylor has long taken pride in how it supports student veterans on campus, and it shows. BU annually ranks among the nation’s best colleges for veterans; this year, Baylor is ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 and No. 3 in Texas.

Further evidence: Veterans of Baylor (VoB), a student organization that supports student veterans on campus and in their community, has been named the 2024 Student Veterans of America Chapter of the Year from among nearly 1,600 SVA chapters nationwide.

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Renée Umstattd Meyer on Baylor Connections
February 28, 2025
Renée Umstattd Meyer

Renée Umstattd Meyer, a public health professor at Baylor, has built a nationally recognized reputation through helping communities better support the health of their residents. With a focus on active living, she walks alongside communities as they strive to encourage walking, exercise, play and more. Learn how her research connects with practical pathways for children and adults to engage in activities that are healthy and fun.

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Baylor University in National Top 20, No. 1 in Texas as Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students
February 25, 2025
Fulbright Top Producing Institution mark with five Baylor students talking in a library setting

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has recognized Baylor as one of only 56 doctoral universities with the highest number of students selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

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Faith, Music, and Innovation: The Baylor Roots of Contemporary Christian Music
February 25, 2025
Jarrell McCracken

Jarrell McCracken’s innovative fusion of faith and storytelling launched Word Records, shaping the contemporary Christian music industry and leaving a lasting legacy.

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Saving Lives, Revolutionizing Food Products
February 25, 2025
Allene Jeanes

Meet the Baylor alumna whose discoveries still impact industry and our daily lives.

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Happy 30th birthday, Common Grounds!
February 24, 2025
The original Common Grounds' backyard

In the early 1990s, a Baylor student pitched the idea of a coffee shop just off campus as a class project. Fast forward three decades, and that classroom pitch is now a campus community staple.

Happy 30th birthday, Common Grounds!

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Stephen Sloan on Baylor Connections
February 21, 2025
Steven Sloan

From a distinct Christian mission to a history of innovation, Baylor has long served as a light in higher education—as its motto says, Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana, Pro Mundo. February 2025 marks the University’s 180th birthday. Stephen Sloan, Professor of History and Director of Baylor’s Institute for Oral History, takes listeners inside a few of the threads that connect Baylor through the decades.

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Baylor University Launches $250 Million “Extend the Line” Scholarship Initiative
February 20, 2025
Green and gold graphic that says Extend the Line Scholarship Initiative with the interlocking BU

Baylor University today officially launched the Extend the Line Scholarship Initiative, which aims to raise $250 million by 2030 for student scholarships to help ensure a Baylor education remains accessible and affordable for both current and prospective students.

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Interdisciplinary Researchers Receive $4.71 Million Grant for Longitudinal Study on Parents’ Patience in Adversity
February 20, 2025
Close up shot of caring mother holding hand on her son's shoulder while assisting him homework and studying together.

A team of interdisciplinary researchers at Baylor University and three other U.S. universities are set to begin a longitudinal study on what can be learned about patience for parents of adolescents who experience adversity.

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Baylor Engineering Professor Testifies at U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Hearing on Spectrum Technology
February 19, 2025
Dr. Charles Baylis sits at a wooden table inside a U.S. Senate committee chamber.

Charles Baylis, Ph.D., professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of Baylor’s SMART Hub, testified on spectrum technology before a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

 

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Wilmer C. Anderson: The Physicist Who Measured Light
February 19, 2025
Wilmer Anderson

From Baylor to wartime research and industry, Anderson's groundbreaking work shaped the modern science Baylor researchers advance today.

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A Preeminent Christian Research University
February 19, 2025
Pat Neff Hall

Research rooted in Baylor’s Christian mission is more than a catchphrase — it’s a commitment to global impact to serve neighbors around the world.

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A Seat at the Table
February 18, 2025
Baylor President Linda Livingstone

President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., was the “right leader at the right time” for Baylor. Now she’s elevated her leadership — and Baylor by extension — into the national sphere.

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Baylor Traditions: A Legacy of Connection and Heart
February 18, 2025
Students wear Baylor Line jerseys at a football game

College traditions are beloved on college campuses across the country. At Baylor, traditions are rooted in connection and community, giving students a lifelong tie to the University.

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Strengthening the Power of Education
February 18, 2025
Pat Neff Hall on Baylor campus

Discover how Baylor leaders have helped widen access to higher education across Texas and beyond.

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Dr. John L. Wood given BU’s highest faculty honor as University Distinguished Professor
February 18, 2025
Portrait photo of Dr. John L. Wood in front of a whiteboard with chemistry notations on it

In 2023, Baylor introduced a new high honor for faculty — the title of “University Distinguished Professor,” an accolade to be given out only once or twice every two years, and even then only after an extensive review process. The honor recognizes faculty members for outstanding achievement in scholarship and/or creative activity, national and international recognition in their discipline, and mentorship of colleagues and students.

Earlier this month, Dr. John L. Wood, Baylor’s Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, became the second BU professor to receive this high honor. Wood joined Dr. Mikeal Parsons as Baylor’s second University Distinguished Professor, recognized for his groundbreaking research using natural products.

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How a Baylor Bear became the ‘Fastest Man on Earth’ — and helped make seatbelts common
February 14, 2025
John Paul Stapp, on the cover of TIME magazine (left) and portrait photo (right)

Zero to 60? That’s kids’ stuff. Try 0 to 632 mph in five seconds — then decelerating back to zero in another 1.4 seconds. Such a ride puts the body through 40+ G’s of force. “My eyeballs pushed against the upper lids, pulling at their attachments with a searing pain like a dental extraction without anesthetic,” recalled the test pilot.

That was the last of 29 rocket sleds Dr. John Paul Stapp (BA ’31, MA ’32) would ride in the mid 1950s, part of U.S. Air Force safety testing that would lead to improved pilot helmets, better seatbelts and shoulder harnesses, improved escape mechanisms, and stronger cockpit frames.

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Perseverance, Courage, Character
February 12, 2025
John Hill Westbrook

From John Hill Westbrook’s trailblazing impact through today’s character development program, Baylor Athletics prepares Champions for Life.

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Preparing the Next Generation of Business Leaders
February 12, 2025
Aerial photo of Hankamer School of Business Foster building and Baylor campus

For more than 100 years, Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business has integrated ethics and innovation with strong business practices.

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The 10 most BaylorProud cities in America
February 12, 2025
Baylor alumni gathered in San Francisco

Raise your hand if this has happened to you: You’re walking through the grocery store (or the airport, or Disney World, or the Great Wall of China…), and you spot that unmistakable Baylor green and gold on a shirt or cap. Then comes the universal nod of acknowledgement, if not the all-out “SIC ‘EM!” and “You went to Baylor too?!”

Those don’t have to be the only times you meet fellow Bears. Baylor Alumni hosts hundreds of events across the country each year, where alumni (and others) meet old and new friends, network, discuss Baylor news, and of course, cheer on the Bears. Naturally, the more Baylor people live in an area, the more events like these that city is likely to host — and not surprisingly, the top five metropolitan areas for Baylor alumni are all in Texas:

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Literacy for All
February 11, 2025
Baylor Quadrangle

Ruth Parker Graves is a shining example of Baylor’s mission in action — a Baylor grad who saw a need and applied her calling to make a difference.

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Get to know Dr. Kevin Dougherty, one of Baylor’s newest Master Teachers
February 11, 2025
Dr. Kevin Dougherty portrait photo

Earning recognition as a Master Teacher at Baylor is a rare honor — the highest a BU professor can receive for his/her teaching. In January, President Linda Livingstone announced the lifetime designation for four Baylor professors, increasing the roll of Master Teachers to 33 since the honor was first bestowed more than 40 years ago.

Among the newest honorees is Dr. Kevin Dougherty, an award-winning Baylor sociology teacher and researcher. Since coming to BU in 2005, he has twice won Baylor’s Outstanding Professor Award (2010 & 2015), and he now serves as committee chair for the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, an award program designed to honor great teachers in higher ed.

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Cross Canadian Ragweed and Turnpike Troubadours to Bring “The Boys from Oklahoma Texas Encore” to Baylor’s McLane Stadium Aug. 23
February 11, 2025
Cross Canadian Ragweed and Turnpike Troubadours to Bring “The Boys from Oklahoma Texas Encore” to Baylor’s McLane Stadium Aug. 23

Country music stars Cross Canadian Ragweed and Turnpike Troubadours will co-headline a live show at McLane Stadium in Waco, Texas, on Saturday, Aug. 23.

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Baylor Law School: A Legacy of Practical Training
February 10, 2025
Baylor Law School

For more than 175 years, Baylor Law School has prepared students for the practice of law while embracing innovation to meet the needs of an evolving profession.

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Social Media's Double-Edged Sword: Study Links Both Active and Passive Use to Rising Loneliness
February 6, 2025
Sad woman in yellow looking at her phone

A new study reveals a sobering paradox for the very platform designed to bring us together – the more time we spend interacting online, the lonelier we may feel.

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Baylor again named to TIME’s ‘Best Colleges for Future Leaders’
February 6, 2025
Pat Neff Hall against a backdrop of clouds

Baylor’s mission has long been to “educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service” — and for the second straight year, a survey by TIME magazine confirms Baylor’s doing exactly that.

Baylor once again ranks among TIME‘s 2025 list of the 100 Best Colleges for Future Leaders, coming in at No. 61 nationally (No. 3 in Texas, No. 4 in the Big 12). The publication studied the resumes of 4,000 U.S. leaders — pulling from business, government, sports and more — to find where today’s leaders got their start, with Baylor standing out among the nation’s best.

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SEA-PHAGES Students Discover and Analyze Bacteriophages, Advancing Biomedical Research
February 6, 2025
Group of biology students with their professor in front of the Baylor Sciences Building

Research by first-year biology students has the potential to advance the scientific understanding of bacteriophages and their role in combating antibiotic-resistant infections.

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Baylor Softball opens 2025 among nation’s top 25 after near-WCWS finish a year ago
February 5, 2025
Close-up of Shaylon Govan at bat

When Baylor Softball last took the field in the 2024 Super Regional, they were pushing the nation’s No. 4 seed, the Florida Gators, to the brink despite entering the postseason dramatically shorthanded due to injuries. Those challenges failed to break the 2024 Bears, and the program enters 2025 poised to build on that experience in the new season.

With a roster featuring two preseason All-Big 12 selections, lauded newcomers and a number of stars returning from that 2024 campaign, head coach Glenn Moore’s squad begins his 25th season at Baylor nationally ranked: No. 19 in the ESPN/USA Softball poll and No. 21 in the D1Softball preseason poll. In a stacked Big 12 Conference, they’re picked 4th in the preseason poll. Such recognition is a sign of what experts believe Baylor can do when healthy.

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Baylor Chemist John L. Wood, Ph.D., Designated University Distinguished Professor
February 4, 2025
John L. Wood, Ph.D., The Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

John L. Wood, Ph.D., has been designated as University Distinguished Professor, the highest honor bestowed on Baylor faculty. 

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Art & Art History Chair Honored as Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year
February 4, 2025
Heidi J. Hornik, Ph.D., professor of art history and chair of the Department of Art & Art History at Baylor University,

Heidi J. Hornik, Ph.D., has been selected as the 2025 Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year for her superlative contribution to the learning environment at Baylor.

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Pioneer and Mentor
February 3, 2025
Vivian Malone-Mayes

Dr. Vivienne Malone-Mayes exemplifies Baylor’s commitment to faculty-student engagement.

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How a Baylor Bear helped modernize the U.S. Census Bureau
February 3, 2025
Black-and-white portrait photo of James Clyde "J.C." Capt

The U.S. Census is mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, as the data it collects is the basis for determining representation in the House of Representatives. Early efforts were understandably difficult, given 18th-century limitations on travel and what we now call data processing.

Those efforts took a big leap forward in 1941. With World War II on the horizon, President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 named James Clyde “J.C.” Capt director of the U.S. Census Bureau — making a Baylor Bear the leader of the largest fact-finding agency in the world. Under Capt’s leadership, the Census Bureau took significant steps toward modernization, including establishing a permanent field staff for better surveying and taking the first steps toward introducing computers into the process for better statistical analysis.

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An Innovative Spirit – Past, Present and Future
February 3, 2025
Comparison between old and new lab facilities at Baylor

When it comes to pioneering education and ground-breaking research, Baylor has always been on the cutting edge.

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Meet this year’s Baylor Alumni-Elected Regent candidates
January 30, 2025
L-R, headshots of Barbara Calhoun Cargill, Michael Griffin & Orhue Odaro

The upcoming Alumni-Elected Regent vote, scheduled for Feb. 10-18, will be the 10th since the position was added to Baylor’s Board — and it’s hard to remember a more impressive pool of candidates.

These are the three outstanding candidates on this year’s ballot:

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Happy 180th Birthday Baylor
January 28, 2025
A photo of the sun shining through two Baylor banners in front of red brick buildings in the quad and a blue sky above

Celebrating a tradition of community impact and service

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Baylor legend Grant Teaff honored with Bear Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award
January 28, 2025
Grant Teaff speaking

Legendary Baylor football coach Grant Teaff has earned a lot of honors in his career. The 1974 AFCA Coach of the Year remains the winningest coach in Baylor football history, and is a member of eight halls of fame (including the College Football Hall of Fame).

Add one more honor to the list: Earlier this month, Teaff was recognized with the Paul “Bear” Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award, given annually by the American Heart Association in honor of a college football coach’s “outstanding achievements and extraordinary contributions.”

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Former Baylor football star leads Buffalo Bills to brink of Super Bowl
January 23, 2025
Terrel Bernard in action for the Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are playing this weekend for a spot in the Super Bowl — their first since 1994 — thanks in large part to a Baylor Bear.

Barely three years removed from winning Sugar Bowl MVP after Baylor beat Ole Miss, two-time Baylor graduate Terrel Bernard (BSED ’20, MSED ’21) is now the Bills’ starting middle linebacker. Before this season began, Bernard’s teammates voted him one of two team captains (alongside All-Pro quarterback Josh Allen) — a huge sign of respect for a young player.

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Baylor Expert: Top 3 Challenges of Return to Office Mandates for Employers and Employees
January 22, 2025
Welcome back note to employee returning to the office during covid-19 pandemic

Baylor University's Dr. Sara Jansen Perry outlines the challenges with Return-to-Office mandates and the important considerations that arise with remote/hybrid arrangements.

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Baylor Libraries staff member saves wife with CPR learned at BU
January 22, 2025
Angie and John Lowe (center), with the AMR first responders who helped Angie

Baylor’s Moody and Jones libraries are among the university’s busiest buildings, with more than 3,500 students, faculty, staff and other visitors inside on any given day. That’s a lot of traffic, so Baylor Libraries sought out CPR training for staff in case there might one day be a need for such immediate life-saving measures.

Dozens of staff members took a basic CPR course, while 25 more — including John Lowe, associate director of learning systems — got fully certified through the American Heart Association’s Basic Life Support CPR class, hosted by American Medical Response (AMR).

What John didn’t know was that he would employ those newly learned skills only a few months later — to help save his wife, Angie (BSED ’00).

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5 ways Baylor helps students fighting food insecurity
January 17, 2025
Inside The Store on Baylor's campus

Long-running jokes about college life center around living off ramen noodles and cheap food, and never passing up a free meal. Unfortunately, such jokes mask a hard truth — that college students are two to four times as likely as the average American to experience food insecurity. Students at universities nationwide — yes, even at Baylor — are experiencing these issues.

In response, Baylor Student Success Initiatives has taken steps to alleviate this stress for BU students. Here are 5 ways Baylor works to help students access nourishing food:

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Baylor finance grads gather in NYC to connect, welcome other Bears
January 15, 2025
Baylor graduates Alayja Reynolds and Stryker Lewis at the NYC gathering

New York City is the financial capital of the United States (and arguably, the world) — so it makes sense that Baylor finance alums might be gathered in the Big Apple.

Last month, the Baylor University Office of Investments — the folks who have managed the university’s endowment so well their success garnered national attention — brought together Baylor finance alums in the region for a special dinner, with plans to make the gathering an annual event.

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Meet Baylor’s oft-cited research expert in pediatric psychology
January 14, 2025
Dr. Christine Limbers portrait

Children and families who deal with chronic health challenges — and the psychological challenges that can come with them — have a friend in Dr. Christine Limbers, a Baylor professor whose influential research in these areas has impacted her field as a whole.

Limbers, an associate professor of psychology at BU since 2010, leads Baylor’s Pediatric Psychology Lab. The main focus of the lab is in its name, but Limbers and her fellow researchers go deeper in areas like obesity, chronic health issues, and psychological treatments to support the mental health needs of children and teenagers who need them.

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Baylor again among U.S. News’ top 10 for best ‘learning communities’
January 13, 2025
Baylor students gathered for a conversation outside

Baylor students living on campus have a wide variety of options. Some choose to live with other students their age; others, with students who have similar academic or extracurricular interests; still others, in faculty-led residential colleges.

Baylor takes these opportunities seriously, and it shows. Baylor’s learning communities once again rank among U.S. News‘ top 10 nationally — just behind schools like Yale and Vanderbilt, and ahead of, well, just about everyone else. (The honor ranked Baylor No. 1 in the Big 12, No. 1 in Texas, and No. 1 among large private universities.)

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Baylor Partners with Noise New Media to Bring Live Entertainment Events to Foster Pavilion
January 13, 2025
People walking into the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion at Baylor

Baylor University has engaged Nashville-based entertainment and digital marketing agency Noise New Media LLC to elevate the University’s concert programming and live event experiences at the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion and other campus venues. 

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Alumni-elected Regent Candidates
January 11, 2025
Pat Neff
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Class Notes – Spring 2025
January 10, 2025
Baylor Alumni gathering
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Barbara Calhoun Cargill
January 10, 2025
Barbara Calhoun Cargill
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Baylor among top 10 universities for most active NBA players
January 10, 2025
L-R, Keyonte George, Yves Missi, and Jeremy Sochan in the NBA

If last year made clear that this is a golden era for NBA Bears, this season just runs up the score — with Baylor moving into the top 10 among universities with players currently in the NBA, right there with schools like Kansas and Texas.

No fewer than 11 Bears are currently on league rosters; a school-record 10 Baylor alumni have played this year, and one more just signed a contract that should allow him to soon make his debut. (Consider that from 1949 to 2010, a total of 10 Baylor alumni played in the NBA. In 2024-25, we’ve seen that many in just three months!)

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Leadership Fueled by Faith and Research
January 9, 2025
Jason R. Carter, Ph.D.

When Jason R. Carter, Ph.D., was announced as the new dean of Baylor’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences in May 2022, Baylor Provost Nancy Brickhouse, B.A. ’82, Ph.D., commended his remarkable research background alongside his Christian commitment.

 

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Navigating Change in the Athletics Landscape
January 9, 2025
Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D.

Amid significant changes in the national collegiate athletics landscape, there remain a few constants at Baylor as we commit to “Preparing Champions for Life.”

 

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Baylor grads claim near-sweep of Christianity Today book awards for culture/arts
January 9, 2025
L-R, the covers of Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage, Becoming by Beholding, and Deep Reading

Each December, Christianity Today announces the winners of its annual book awards, books CT deems “most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.” This year’s winners included a slew of Baylor alumni — especially in the “Culture, Poetry and the Arts” category.

Christianity Today recognized four books in this area — a winner, an award of merit, and two finalists — and three of the four honorees were written by a group of five Baylor English doctoral graduates.

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STEM Brought to Life
January 8, 2025
Baylor takes hands-on STEM activities into local schools

In recognition of National STEM Day, Baylor researchers and their students shared the benefits of innovation and discovery with elementary, middle and high school students in the Waco area through hands-on STEM projects.

 

 

 

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Michael Griffin
January 8, 2025
Michael Griffin
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Orhue Odaro
January 8, 2025
Orhue Odaro
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Bear Cub Corner – Spring 2025
January 8, 2025
Bear Cub Corner
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Diane Bailey Allison
January 8, 2025
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Carroll Reed “CD” Dawson
January 8, 2025
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Merrie Meadows Beckham
January 8, 2025
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Mary Lee Sowders Herrington
January 8, 2025
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Baylor Black Alumni Alliance Gathers to Reconnect and Honor Distinguished Graduates
January 8, 2025
Baylor Black Alumni Alliance Award Recipients

The third annual reunion of the Baylor Black Alumni Alliance in Fall 2024 centered around nurturing connection, celebrating distinguished alumni and investing in the next generation of students. 

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Exemplary Giving
January 8, 2025
Dan, B.B.A. ’66, M.B.A. ’73, and Nancy Russel Chapman, B.A. ’69, M.S.Ed. ’73

For Dan, B.B.A. ’66, M.B.A. ’73, and Nancy Russel Chapman, B.A. ’69, M.S.Ed. ’73, philanthropy is an inspired act. As alumni, former Baylor parents and grandparents, longtime volunteers and donors, their support took many forms over the years as their reasons for connecting to Baylor University changed and evolved.

 

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An Icon Recognized
January 8, 2025
Former Baylor professor Carol Perry was honored by Waco Mayor Jim Holmes and the City of Waco, declaring Aug. 20, 2024, to be “Carol Perry Day.”

Former Baylor professor Carol Perry was honored by Waco Mayor Jim Holmes and the City of Waco, declaring Aug. 20, 2024, to be “Carol Perry Day.” 

 

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Teaching Spanish in Lagos, Nigeria
January 8, 2025
Adriana Hernandez, BSEd ’17

Adriana Hernandez, BSEd ’17, didn’t expect a change in major while a Baylor student to cause a ripple of influence as far-reaching as Lagos, Nigeria, when she began studies in elementary education. Now, she is in her fifth year teaching elementary and middle school students in a community she has embraced and calls home.

 

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Financial Opportunity for Everyone
January 8, 2025
David Dwumah, MSIS ’01

David Dwumah, MSIS ’01, is planting the seeds of financial equity as the founder and CEO of OurBanc, a financial technology company dedicated to reducing the racial wealth gap by providing equitable, sustainable and inclusive financial products and services. 

 

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Growing Global Relationships: Zimbabwe
January 8, 2025
Pamela Tremont

Baylor alumna Pamela Tremont, BA ’90, MA ’92, joins the ranks of the United States’ highest-ranking representatives abroad after being sworn in as the United States ambassador to Zimbabwe earlier this year. 

 

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Behind the Mic: Q&A with John Morris
January 7, 2025
John Morris and Pat Nunnley

For more than 30 years, John Morris, B.A. ’80, has been the voice and heart of Baylor Athletics, integrating his passion for storytelling into every broadcast. 

 

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Bears Go Bowling
January 7, 2025
Baylor Football players celebrating

Baylor football wrapped up its 2024 campaign with remarkable momentum, completing its longest winning streak to end a regular season in program history.

 

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Tennis Hosts Tourney
January 7, 2025
Tennis Courts

Baylor earned the distinction of hosting the inaugural fall NCAA Men’s and Women’s Individual Championships at the Hurd Tennis Center in November 2024.

 

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Muncy Leads L.A. in World Series
January 7, 2025
Max Muncy: Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea USA TODAY NETWORk

In a historic moment for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Baylor baseball legend and 2020 Young Alumnus of the Year Max Muncy played a key role in the team’s 2024 World Series championship.

 

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VB Marks Decade of McGuyre
January 7, 2025
Ryan McGuyre

When Ryan McGuyre took over as head coach of the Baylor volleyball team in 2015, he inherited a program that earned four total NCAA postseason appearances over the program’s prior 37-year history. 

 

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Research Driving Impact
January 7, 2025
Aaron Wright, Ph.D.

Baylor Researchers are on a trajectory toward greater global impact as faculty at a Christian Research 1 university. 

 

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Recovering Strength
January 7, 2025
Research Lab at Baylor University

Families impacted by cancer can share stories of both the blessings and challenges of chemotherapy. 

 

 

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A Changemaker in the Fight Against Cancer
January 7, 2025
Liela Romero, B.S. ’11, Ph.D.

When it comes to creating leads for cancer-fighting drugs, Liela Romero, B.S. ’11, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, describes herself as a chef — mixing individual elements together to create a stronger finished product.

 

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