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A New Path to Healthcare Careers
May 21, 2024
The Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences offers a fully online program for a Master of Science in Medical Science.

With dreams of medical school on the horizon, applicants know that competitive advantages are incredibly important.

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Summer Travel Stop
May 21, 2024
Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center

Traveling along I-35 this summer? Plan a stop at the Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center — your summer travel hub.

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First-Generation Program Recognized for Excellence
May 21, 2024
First-Generation Program Recognized for Excellence

More than 2,000 Baylor students are the first in their families to attend college. Baylor’s First in Line program exists to help these students navigate all aspects of college.

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Baylor Law #1 in Practical Training
May 21, 2024
Law School Classroom

For more than 165 years, Baylor Law has been known for preparing practice-ready lawyers dedicated to professional excellence.

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Listen Up
May 21, 2024

Baylor faculty and staff produce amazing digital content available in the form of podcasts and other online platforms.


 

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Sharing News and Planting Trees
May 21, 2024
Tree farm

Baylor University partners with Colorado-based Publication Printers in innovative reforestation initiative.


 

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Listen Up
May 21, 2024
Listen Up

Baylor faculty and staff produce amazing digital content available in the form of podcasts and other online platforms.

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Baylor softball headed to program’s 7th NCAA Super Regional
May 21, 2024
Baylor softball doing a 'sic 'em' after winning

For the seventh time in program history — all under head coach Glenn Moore — Baylor softball is headed to the NCAA Super Regionals!

The Bears are one of the last 16 teams standing after winning three of four games at the Lafayette Regional last weekend, including a pair of victories over the host team, No. 13-ranked Louisiana.

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Best of Baylor+
May 20, 2024
Baylor+

Baylor+, the all-access subscription streaming platform of Baylor Athletics, launched in Fall 2023, providing Baylor fans with even more premium video content and original storytelling. 

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Aiding Defense
May 20, 2024
Brian Jordon and Paul Allison

A Baylor research team is advancing technologies to support the U.S. Army in manufacturing new products and repairing damaged parts for mission-critical components in aircraft, vehicles and more.

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Envisioning the Future
May 20, 2024
Bryan Shaw

Biochemist Bryan Shaw and his team of researchers are pursuing advances that make laboratory spaces more accessible to those with different abilities. 

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SMART Hub Innovation
May 19, 2024
Charles Baylis, Ph.D. with students in SMART Hub

Researchers at Baylor are working to revolutionize the communication spectrum by developing an entirely new approach to wireless transmission.


 

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Baylor Summer
May 19, 2024
Baylor Student Summer Interns

In the summer months, Baylor students eagerly apply themselves to pursuits that amplify their academic studies.

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From Baylor to the big leagues — via Robbins College of Health & Human Sciences
May 16, 2024
Headshots of Brynn Johnson, Jeremy Chiang and Zac Howe

Looking to make it to the big leagues? Sure, you could be a first-round pick… or, you could earn a graduate degree from Baylor’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences.

Not one, not two, but three recent Robbins College grads have reached the pinnacle of pro sports just a few years after earning their Baylor diplomas — in athletic training, nutrition sciences and physical therapy:

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Expanding the Campus
May 15, 2024

In the past 10 years, Baylor University has seen unprecedented growth and change to the institution’s physical footprint, with more than $285 million given to support capital projects through the Give Light Campaign.

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Baylor professors of the year represent business law, history, anthropology & sport management
May 15, 2024
Headshots of Lotte Bostick, Dr. Stephen Sloan, Dr. Julie Hoggarth, and Dr. Jeffrey Petersen

The academic year is complete: finals graded, books returned, students graduated — and Baylor faculty honored! Congratulations to this year’s Baylor professors of the year:

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Number One
May 14, 2024
Baylor Law Students Study and Debate in Class

Baylor Law earns top national honors for practical training

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Congrats, Baylor Class of 2024!
May 13, 2024
Three new Baylor graduates do a 'sic 'em' in the Ferrell Center corridor

Congratulations, Class of 2024 — you did it!

This weekend, more than 3,500 Bears walked the Ferrell Center stage to receive their hard-earned diplomas. Thousands of their friends and family filled the Ferrell Center for each ceremony, and countless more watched online and joined in the celebration via social media to honor Baylor’s newest graduates.

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Bear Cub Corner – Summer 2024
May 10, 2024
Bear Cub Corner
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The ‘COVID class’ of 2020 is now ready to celebrate as Baylor’s Class of 2024
May 9, 2024
Kayla Carmer in scrubs outside the Baylor Sciences Building

When the world came to a halt in Spring 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, high school students around the country lost the opportunity to walk the stage at graduation.

Four years later, having overcome countless unknowns and challenges, those students are ready to finally take that step as the Class of 2024 graduates from college. Kayla Carmer is one such student.

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Dream big: Baylor ECS grad inspired toward his Ph.D. by BU mentors
May 9, 2024
Auldynn Chambers (second from left) and other students

The first time Auldynn Chambers heard someone suggest he consider pursuing his doctorate after graduating from Baylor, his immediate thought was, “Only really smart people get Ph.D.s. I’m not smart enough to do that.”

Soon, Chambers will be doing just that, and pursuing a passion he discovered at Baylor — artificial organ development.

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Waco native overcomes obstacles to earn not one, but two degrees from Baylor
May 9, 2024
Stephanie Mendoza senior portrait

When Stephanie Mendoza (BBA ’21) was in high school at Waco’s University High, she had no idea where she wanted to go to college, or what she wanted to do when she got there.

The first question seemed solved after she attended a two-week overnight camp at Baylor — but unfortunately, her family couldn’t make the finances work, and she headed to McLennan Community College instead. There, she discovered her way into Baylor: a full-ride transfer scholarship from the Waco Foundation, given to three top MCC students each year.

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Honoring some familiar Baylor faces retiring this year
May 8, 2024
Headshots of Tommye Lou Davis, Dr. Joel Gregory and Dr. Kenneth Van Treuren

Every spring, the Baylor Family bids happy retirement to professors and staff who have dedicated their professional lives to the university and its students. It’s always a bittersweet mix — sadness in seeing them go, happiness for a well-deserved next step — but we wish them all well in the next phase of their lives.

Here, we honor some of the longest-serving and most recognizable professors who are retiring this year — men and women whose faces will be missed, but whose impact will not be forgotten:

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Looking back on Harrington House’s history
May 3, 2024
Harrington House exterior

Yesterday’s news about Harrington House‘s time coming to an end got us thinking back on the home’s history, as it has a long and winding connection with Baylor (dating back even before it came to be Baylor property).

The two-story Victorian home has stood since 1894 on Eighth Street, just across from where Collins Residence Hall stands today.

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Baylor Law ranked No. 1 nationally for practical training
May 1, 2024
Baylor law students working together in class

Looking for practical training that will prepare you to practice as a lawyer? You can’t do any better than Baylor Law School — literally.

So says a new ranking from preLaw Magazine, which put Baylor at No. 1 in the nation for practical training.

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Baylor Libraries: A student hub year-round (but especially at finals)
April 30, 2024
A variety of student spaces in Moody Library

Chances are, if you attended Baylor, you have memories of studying in Moody and/or Jones libraries. Maybe you remember late nights preparing for a paper or exam, or the fun of running into friends and then having to make yourself get back to work.

Baylor’s libraries have long been a sort of academic community square, and that’s never been more true than today. As the ways students use libraries has evolved, Baylor Libraries has adapted to meet the needs of today’s Bears. Here are four examples:

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Baylor Acrobatics & Tumbling wins 9th (!!!!!!!!!) straight national title
April 29, 2024
Baylor Acrobatics & Tumbling team poses with the national champions banner and trophy

On Saturday, Baylor Acrobatics & Tumbling won its ninth — NINTH!!!!!!!!! — straight national title! The win extends a run that dates back to 2015 (there was no championship in 2020 due to COVID). Over those 10 seasons, head coach Felecia Mulkey’s squad has gone a mind-boggling 98-2, including a current 38-meet winning streak.

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Not too big, not too small: Inside Baylor’s caring community
April 25, 2024
Students having fun together at Fiesta!

High school students choosing a college are often looking for a school big enough to offer their desired major and extracurriculars, but small enough where they feel like a person, not a number.

That’s a niche Baylor fills in higher ed — a caring community regularly recognized for students’ academic and social experience and opportunities, all built on a foundation of Christian faith. That sort of support and care is a big reason why a recent national survey of parents named Baylor the No. 2 most-trusted major university in the country.

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Baylor’s First in Line program wins national honor for serving first-gen students
April 23, 2024
Baylor First in Line team members

More than 2,000 Baylor students are the first in their family to attend college. Baylor’s “First in Line” program exists to help these Bears navigate all aspects of college — from academics to student life to finances and beyond.

Word of First in Line’s successes is getting out; the program was recently honored by NASPA, an international student affairs organization, with a 2024 Excellence Award for first-generation student success.

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Pro Ecclesia: How Baylor programs serve the Church
April 19, 2024
Interior of Powell Chapel, with wooden pews and stained glass windows

It only makes sense that a university whose motto reads “Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana” — “for the Church, for Texas” — would build programs designed specifically to serve the Church, both close to home and around the world.

And that’s exactly what you’ll find, all across Baylor’s campus — efforts designed specifically to build up and support pastors, congregations, theologians, and other parts of the body of Christ. Here’s just a sampling:

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35+ Baylor Bears now leading colleges and universities worldwide
April 18, 2024
Headshots of Dr. Beck Taylor, Dr. Elizabeth Davis, Brad Carson and Dr. Gregory Williams

Last fall, Baylor was named among TIME magazine’s top 40 colleges for future leaders. In their research, the publication’s editors studied the resumes of 2,000 U.S. leaders to see where they got their start — with Baylor standing out among the nation’s best.

That’s certainly true in the field of education, where countless Baylor alumni are serving as principals, deans, superintendents, etc. In the world of higher ed, almost 40 Baylor Bears are the top executives at colleges and universities around the world; here’s a quick rundown of those currently serving as presidents and chancellors:

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Premiere welcomes thousands of future Bears to campus for open house
April 15, 2024
Students in Hurd Welcome Center's ballroom for Baylor Premiere

The demand for a Baylor education has never been higher. We saw that last fall, when the university received more than 56,000 applications for Fall 2024 — and we saw it again Saturday, when more than 6,000 prospective students and family members were on campus for Premiere.

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Baylor physics profs explain some of the eclipse phenomena we saw Monday
April 12, 2024
Time-lapse compilation photo of the eclipse over Pat Neff Hall

During Eclipse Over Texas on Monday, 50+ representatives of Baylor’s Department of Physics were on hand at McLane Stadium to assist and educate those in attendance. We asked a couple of them — Dr. Lorin Swint Matthews (BS ’94, PhD ’98) and Dr. Barbara Castainheria Endl — to help us understand what we saw during the eclipse.

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Meet Baylor’s expert on equine-assisted therapies for autistic children
April 11, 2024
Dr. Beth Lanning standing next to a horse

When Dr. Beth Lanning (BSED ’89, MSED ’91) first came to Baylor as a student, she wanted to become a large animal veterinarian. It seemed a natural fit for someone who grew up training and showing horses, but after some time in that course of study, she realized she didn’t want to be a veterinarian. So, she switched to engineering, then pre-health. It was a circuitous path that led her to her current role in Baylor’s Department of Public Health, where she combines aspects of all of these streams in her work.

Today, Lanning serves as professor and associate chair of public health, and the two-time Baylor grad has built a reputation as a leading researcher into the impact of human-animal interventions for children with autism, adults with PTSD, and more.

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Diadeloso 2024: Day of the Bear, Day of the Eclipse
April 9, 2024
Students take in the Eclipse from Fountain Mall during Diadeloso

A total solar eclipse AND an annual campus-wide celebration? Diadeloso (the “Day of the Bear”) has been a Baylor tradition for almost a century now — but never like this.

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Three former Baylor student-athletes find success in Waco commercial real estate
April 4, 2024
Raynor Campbell, Clay Fuller and Gregg Glime

Baylor sports fans who have driven around Waco recently have likely noticed some familiar names on signs outside buildings under construction, lots for sale, or other new developments heralding business growth in Waco.

Raynor Campbell (BSEd ’10), Clay Fuller (BBA ’15) and Gregg Glime (BBA ’10) all spent time in green and gold on the baseball diamond or gridiron. When it came time to pursue their next phases of life, each of them chose to call Waco home, and each found their niche in real estate. Today, all three are partners with Waco’s Cromwell Commercial Group and play a meaningful role in commercial development and new business growth in their adopted hometown.

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Five ways Baylor graduate students advance the Baylor mission
April 3, 2024
A graduate student receives her hood at Commencement

This week is Graduate Student Appreciation Week, a chance to celebrate the 5,500+ graduate students who pursue their calling at Baylor. Although they comprise nearly a quarter of BU’s overall enrollment, their contributions can fly under the radar — but not to those with whom they serve.

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FM72 brings students together in prayer & worship just ahead of Holy Week
April 2, 2024
Students gathered for prayer and worship 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, a 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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Meet 32 Baylor women who have made their marks on the world of education
March 26, 2024
Headshots of Ann Miller, Dr. Linda Livingstone and Dr. Vivienne Malone-Mayes

Countless women have come through the halls of Baylor before going on to do amazing things. Here’s a look at some Baylor Bears who have made big impacts in education — at Baylor and beyond:

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Baylor women’s basketball headed to Sweet 16 for 16th time
March 24, 2024
Baylor women's basketball celebrating with a Sweet 16 cake

Baylor women’s basketball is headed back to the Sweet 16, thanks to a pair of big NCAA tournament wins this weekend in Blacksburg, Virginia. Head coach Nicki Collen’s squad dominated Vanderbilt on Friday, 80-63, then beat Virginia Tech in front of a feisty home crowd, 75-72, on Sunday night.

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Meet 12 Baylor women who have made names for themselves in the arts
March 19, 2024
Channing Godfrey Peoples, Angela Kinsey, and Joanna Gaines

Countless women have come through the halls of Baylor before going on to do amazing things. Here’s a look at some Baylor Bears who have made names for themselves in the arts — locally, nationally and internationally:

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Baylor men’s & women’s basketball programs roll into March Madness
March 18, 2024
Photos of Baylor men's and women's basketball celebrating on the court

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

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Remembering a Baylor legend: Ann Miller
March 15, 2024
Portrait photo of Ann Miller

It never takes long in any conversation about “great Baylor teachers” for the name “Ann Miller” to surface.

As a two-time Baylor graduate (BA ’49, MA ’51), a Baylor English professor for more than 40 years, and part of Baylor’s first class of Master Teachers, Miller was Baylor through and through.

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Meet Baylor’s nationally recognized expert on promoting active living in communities
March 14, 2024
Dr. Renée Umstattd Meyer

Think about the community you call home. Does its setup encourage you (and those around you) to be active? Is there a track or walking path for adults, or a playscape for kids? Can you ride your bike to work or the store? Is the area walkable?

Dr. Renée Umstattd Meyer (BSED ’00) has built a nationally recognized research career thinking about questions like these, and has put that research to work helping communities across the country better support the health of their residents.

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Meet 10 Baylor women who have made their marks in law & politics
March 12, 2024
Margaret Amsler

Countless women have come through the halls of Baylor before going on to do amazing things. Here’s a look at some Baylor Bears who have made lasting changes in the world of politics and law — at the local, state and national level:

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Baylor climbs into U.S. News’ top 10 for best ‘learning communities’
March 8, 2024
Baylor students studying together on campus while others play table tennis together in the background

U.S. News recently recognized Baylor’s learning communities among the top 10 in the nation — just behind schools like Yale, Michigan and Princeton, and ahead of, well, just about everyone else. (The honor ranked Baylor No. 1 in the Big 12, No. 1 among large private universities, No. 2 in Texas and No. 2 among Christian universities.)

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Meet 9 Baylor women who blazed new trails in the sciences & engineering
March 6, 2024
Helen Ligon demonstrating a then-new Baylor computer

When Baylor was chartered in 1845, it was one of the first coeducational colleges or universities west of the Mississippi River — about 10 years before any public institution of higher learning would introduce mixed-gender learning, and a full 75 years before American women were guaranteed the right to vote.

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Baylor hosts Collegiate Day of Prayer, uniting thousands to pray for students everywhere
March 5, 2024
Baylor students praying together in Waco Hall

Each year, the Collegiate Day of Prayer unites college campuses all over the country in a day of prayer for revival and awakening, concluding with an evening service of prayer and worship on a college campus that is broadcast around the world. This year, Baylor University served as central host site for the Collegiate Day of Prayer service.

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Scenes from Sing 2024
February 26, 2024
Kappa Omega Tau performing 'Sweet Gingerbread Man'

After countless hours of planning, practicing and performing, All University Sing 2024 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).

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This Baylor alum leads World Vision’s efforts in Colombia and Venezuela
February 23, 2024
Peter Gape (wearing a World Vision hat) posing with children

When he came to Baylor from the Philippines in the 1990s, Peter Gape (MA ’91, MA ’94) knew broadly that he wanted to serve internationally. But his time in Waco helped focus that desire, and sparked a calling that led him to leadership in one of the globe’s largest international service organizations — World Vision.

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Baylor’s endowment returns are beating even the Ivy League’s; here’s why that matters
February 20, 2024
Pat Neff lit green at dusk/sunset

If you read The Wall Street Journal last week, you likely saw not one, but two stories on the performance of Baylor’s endowment — one on how Baylor’s returns are beating even the Ivy League’s, and a second one on how Baylor’s culture has made this possible. (The first even ran on the front page of last Thursday’s print edition!)

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Baylor AD Mack Rhoades named to College Football Playoff Selection Committee
February 16, 2024
Mack Rhoades and Linda Livingstone amidst falling green and gold confetti

When the College Football Playoff Selection Committee gets together this fall to pick the teams for the sport’s first-ever 12-team playoff, there will be two Baylor Bears in the room where it happens — one past, one present.

The past Bear is former interim head coach Jim Grobe, who was named to the committee in 2022. But the current Bear is the one who has fans in the green and gold fired up: Baylor Director of Athletics Mack Rhoades.

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Meet Baylor's first Prichard Chair in the Study of Black Worship
February 15, 2024
Dr. Stephen Newby holding a Baptist Hymnal

Dr. Stephen Newby describes the opportunity to serve as the inaugural Lev H. Prichard III Chair in the Study of Black Worship as his “dream job,” and you don’t have to look very far down his path to Baylor to see why.

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A golden era for Bears in the NBA
February 13, 2024
Taurean Prince, Keyonte George and Jeremy Sochan with their NBA teams

Bears have been playing in the NBA since the Association’s early days shortly after World War II, and there’s been a Baylor alum on an NBA roster every year since the 1979-80 season — but there’s never been more than there are this season.

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No. 11-ranked Baylor softball opens 2024 high on experience and ambition
February 8, 2024
Baylor softball head coach Glenn Moore addresses the team on field at Getterman Stadium

Coming off the program’s first 40-win season since 2017 — the last time the Bears reached the Women’s College World Series — and returning all but one player from the 2023 roster, the Baylor softball team has big plans for the 2024 campaign, with eyes on a return to Oklahoma City to compete for a national championship.

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Baylor entrepreneurship ranks among nation’s top 10 for 15th straight year (!!)
February 7, 2024
Interior lobby of the Foster Campus for Business and Innovation

Baylor fans have come to count on seeing BU among the top 25 each year, with Bears competing with the nation’s most prestigious programs for national recognition.

That applies to athletics (like our currently No. 13-ranked men’s basketball and No. 18-ranked women’s basketball programs), and to academics — like the Baylor entrepreneurship program, which once again ranks among the best in the nation according to multiple sources:

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What we can learn from earwax
February 6, 2024

Baylor professors use whale earwax to pioneer a technique for studying whales and ocean contaminants

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Nation’s largest award for top teaching brings UT geosciences prof to Baylor
February 6, 2024
Dr. Jay Banner in the Baylor Sciences Building

Every two years, Baylor’s Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching brings one of the nation’s best professors not already here at Baylor to Waco for a semester, allowing BU students to benefit from his or her excellence in the classroom. First awarded in 1991, the honor remains our country’s largest national award presented by a college or university for exceptional teaching, and carries with it an exceptional monetary reward for both the professor and his or her school.

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Building for the Future
February 5, 2024

Construction of the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation has begun on Bagby Avenue.

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Prominent philosopher joins Baylor faculty
February 1, 2024

Baylor has announced philosopher and public intellectual Dr. John Haldane as The J. Newton Rayzor, Sr., Distinguished Professor in Philosophy at Baylor University.

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New Deans
February 1, 2024
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Inside the new-look Collins Hall
January 31, 2024
Collins Residence Hall exterior

For more than 65 years, Collins Residence Hall has been the beginning of Baylor stories for thousands of women — a tradition that continues today.

After closing throughout 2022-23 for a yearlong renovation, Collins reopened last fall to welcome a new class of Bears. There’s plenty that’s new, from plumbing to security — even a new main entrance on 7th Street, pointing towards campus. But there’s plenty of the old, as well — from the memorable 8th Street steps (preserved as a back entrance) to the memories of former Collins residents that are literally embedded in the walls.

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Happy first BEARthday, Indy & Belle!
January 31, 2024
Belle, Indy and Lady celebrate their birthdays

January is now busier than ever on the Baylor campus, as we quickly jump from students’ return for the spring semester to celebrating not one, not two, but THREE birthdays — those of our beloved live bears!

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In good company
January 25, 2024
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Is this the end for Mideast Christianity?
January 25, 2024
Is this the end of Mideast Christianity?

For Christians in the Middle East, 2014 has been a catastrophe. The most wrenching stories have come from Iraq, where the nascent Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL in news reports) has savagely persecuted ancient Christian communities, including Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Syrian Orthodox.

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Healing the Heart
January 24, 2024
Healing the Heart

In Iraq, Preemptive Love Coalition cofounder and Truett alum Jeremy Courtney seeks to save lives, change hearts, and speak for the persecuted across faiths.

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Leading a Stronger, Committed University
January 17, 2024
Linda Livingstone in front of the Baylor Sciences Building

Dr. Linda Livingstone returns to the university as its 15th president, prepared and ready to lead all facets of Baylor's mission-driven enterprise.

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Kevin Renois - Entrepreneurial Encouragement
January 17, 2024

Kevin Renois, BBA ’16, became aware of Baylor in high school in his native Port au Prince, Haiti, through a teacher, Katie Wilhoit Kilpatrick, BA ’08.

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Presenting the 2024 Baylor Alumni Award winners
January 12, 2024
Headshots of David Wills, Jessica Beachum, Jimmy & Janet Dorrell, Gabrielle “Gabe” Madison, and Gil Stricklin

Baylor graduates make an impact in virtually any field you can think of; this year’s Baylor Alumni Award winners are no different, with recipients leading the charge in areas ranging from financial stewardship to fighting hunger and poverty to chaplaincy.

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A Season of Transition
January 12, 2024
Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D.

For many people experiencing change in their lives, the verses found in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 provide welcome wisdom and the promise of God’s enduring presence throughout the varying circumstances we may encounter over the years.

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Baylor jumps into U.S. News' top 5 nationally for 'first-year experience'
January 10, 2024
Students participating in "Bruiser Games" during Baylor Line Camp

From Line Camp to Welcome Week to the Baylor Line and the on-campus living experience, Baylor goes above and beyond to help new students feel like they are truly a part of the Baylor Family.

Eyes across the nation are taking notice — the most recent being U.S. News, which this year ranked Baylor in the top five nationally for “first-year experience.”

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Gordon Wilkerson
January 8, 2024
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The Purpose of Politics
January 8, 2024
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News Briefs
January 8, 2024
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The Complicated Religious Life of Ben Franklin
January 8, 2024
Benjamin Franklin

May 25, 2017, marked the 230th anniversary of the opening of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The text of the unamended Constitution is notably secular, save for references like the “Year of our Lord” 1787. But the lack of religion in the document does not mean the topic went unmentioned.

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Meet the Experts
January 8, 2024
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Pastor-turned-entrepreneur brings the love to Waco through Pop’s, MacHouse & CheddarBox
January 8, 2024
Omari Head serving Pop's Lemonade on campus

Before finding his current passion, Omari Head (MDiv ’12) interned for the Seattle Seahawks as an athletic trainer, then worked in student life, earned his master’s of divinity from Truett Seminary, and served as a college pastor and worship leader at a local church. But entrepreneurship was always in his blood — and now he shares his joy right here in Waco through a series of local favorites.

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Bill and Pat Carlton
January 5, 2024
Bill and Pat Carlton

Alumni of the Year: Awarded to graduates who have demonstrated remarkable achievement in the previous year

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John and L'Nell Starkey
January 5, 2024
John and L'Nell Starkey

Baylor Legacy Award: Presented to individuals who demonstrate extraordinary service and philanthropy to Baylor or to causes that fit our mission as a Christian university

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Our top 10 Baylor Instagram photos of 2023
January 5, 2024
Baylor's Class of 2027 class photo, forming a "BU" at McLane Stadium

Another year has flown on by… As the calendar turns, let’s take one last look back at 2023, through the lens of our favorite photos from Baylor’s official Instagram account.

Here are our top 10 Baylor Instagram photos of 2023:

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Foster Pavilion debuts to rave reviews
January 5, 2024
Baylor students celebrating in the new Foster Pavilion

Baylor’s new Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion made its debut this week, hosting a pair of facility-opening wins as the No. 18-ranked Baylor men defeated Cornell and the No. 6 Baylor women blew past No. 23 TCU.

But the play on the court was secondary to the awe and wonder felt by Baylor fans who filled the arena for both games, and by the coaches and players experiencing the new gameday atmosphere.

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Are You Addicted to Your Smartphone?
January 3, 2024
Are You Addicted to Your Smartphone?

Smartphone addiction is in the same category as other technology addictions such as computers and gaming, which are all part of a larger family of behavioral addictions.

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Founders Medal – Tommy Bowman, B.B.A. ’71
December 22, 2023
Tommy Bowman, B.B.A. ’71

Baylor University’s 179-year history is filled with tentpole moments that inspire the Baylor Family to carry forward our mission: to go out into the world in Christian leadership and service.

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Alumnus of the Year – David Wills, B.B.A. ’85, J.D. ’88
December 22, 2023
David Wills, B.B.A. ’85, J.D. ’88

David Wills has a passion for generosity and eternity. When describing the relationship between the two, Wills recalled words of a Baptist hymn: “The world is not my home, I’m just a-passing through.”

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Young Alumna of the Year – Jessica Beachum, B.A. ’11
December 22, 2023
Jessica Beachum, B.A. ’11

Jessica Beachum has a talent for seeing both the beauty and the need of the world — and meeting it with generosity and openness.

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Pro Ecclesia Medal of Service – Jimmy, B.A. ’72, M.A. ’93, and Janet Dorrell, B.S. ’80, M.S. ’02
December 22, 2023
Jimmy, B.A. ’72, M.A. ’93, and Janet Dorrell, B.S. ’80, M.S. ’02

Few people have affected so many individuals in as many corners of the city of Waco as Jimmy and Janet Dorrell.

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Pro Texana Medal of Service – Gabrielle “Gabe” Madison, B.B.A. ’00
December 22, 2023
Gabrielle “Gabe” Madison, B.B.A. ’00

Bonton Farms is more than an urban farm; it is a place where communities are formed and enhanced. Gabe Madison did not expect to find herself in the heart of this community undergoing transformation ignited by hope.

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2024 Alumni-elected Regent Selection
December 22, 2023
Pat Neff
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John S. Belew
December 22, 2023
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John Hill
December 22, 2023
John Hill
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Our Baylor Where You Are – Spring 2024
December 22, 2023
SoCal Alumni Gathering
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Sustaining Community
December 22, 2023
Baylor Black Alumni Alliance choir

Baylor Black Alumni Alliance gathers for a reunion weekend

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Distinguished Achievement – Gil Stricklin, B.A. ’57, (1934–2023)
December 21, 2023
Gil Stricklin, B.A. ’57, (1934–2023)

Gil Stricklin’s faith journey began when he was 12 years old, when he entrusted his life to Jesus. This childhood decision set him on a lifetime path of caring for souls.

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The Human Side of Medicine
December 21, 2023
The Doctor, by by Sir Luke Fildes

Students explore person-centered care at the intersection of science and the humanities

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Arthur Fredrick Stelley Jr.
December 21, 2023
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Feeding Hearts and Stomachs
December 21, 2023
Blake Barrow

Blake Barrow, B.A. ’80, M.A. ’83, J.D. ’88, has been feeding hearts and stomachs at Hallelujah! BBQ in El Paso since doors opened in 2023.

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From Baylor’s Lariat to CBS Sports
December 21, 2023
 Shehan Jeyarajah, B.A. ’16s

In the competitive landscape of collegiate sports journalism, Baylor University proudly claims one of its own as a prominent figure on the national stage of CBS Sports’ college football coverage.

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Joyce Hornaday Packard
December 21, 2023
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Russell H. Dilday Jr.
December 21, 2023
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Don A. Buckalew
December 21, 2023
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