Multiple Baylor students earned Fulbright honors in a single academic year for the 15th consecutive year. 

Students explore informed global engagement, faith, discipline-specific learning and service to seek solutions to real-world challenges through missions.

For the first time in program history, two Baylor players were selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

Discovery of an ancient vase bearing one of the longest hieroglyphic texts uncovered in the Central America lowlands offers clues into the mysterious breakdown of Maya civilization, according to a Baylor scholar who led the excavation.

The expertise of Baylor faculty and representatives who are actively shaping and advancing their disciplines is sought after by their peers and media as well as by University students in academic settings.

Alumni follow different paths to chart innovative designs for golf, Formula One, residential and commercial projects.

For the fifth consecutive season, Baylor Acrobatics and Tumbling claimed the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association (NCATA) national title. 

In spring 1945, a group of Baylor students prayed for spiritual renewal for 90 straight days. Their prayers led to a movement that helped inspire ministries around the world, from the Journeyman mission program to the Passion Conferences.

Senior Biochemistry and Anthropology Major
Belton, Texas
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship recipient, 2018
Baylor2 Medical Track Program

Baylor’s recently launched Baylor Built program received remarkable support through a lead-off gift of $500,000 by Jeremy, BA ’97, and Kristy Fudge of Parker, Texas.

Baylor’s Center for Christian Music Studies in the School of Music has been awarded a four-year $1.2 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. as part of its Strengthening Congregational Ministries with Youth Initiative.

A $2 million gift made by Baylor parents from California will establish an endowed Chair in Global Leadership within Baylor’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work.

Last fall, Baylor announced the launch of Give Light — a $1.1 billion fundraising campaign to support Illuminate, the University’s strategic plan. Among the campaign’s capital priorities is a $50 million renovation/expansion of Memorial and Alexander halls, home to Baylor’s Honors Residential College.

Two decades after his time at Baylor, Doug Brandt, BSA ’97, makes his way back to Waco about once a year, usually taking in a football game. 

Kalani Brown scored six of her 17 points in a crucial 15-2 Baylor fourth-quarter run as the Lady Bears pulled away from Iowa State, 67-49, in the Big 12 Conference Tournament title game. 

Muffled music drifts under closed doors, mingling together down a long corridor of offices and rehearsal rooms in Baylor’s Glennis McCrary Music Building.

Accreditation Reaffirmed for Next Decade

For more than 100 years, graduates have carried the mission and practices of the Baylor School of Education (SOE) to Texas classrooms and beyond — as teachers, superintendents, psychologists, health education and sport management professionals, scholars and more.

City of Waco selected for a top University honor

Nancy W. Brickhouse, PhD, was named University Provost Feb. 27 to help lead Baylor toward the goal of becoming the preeminent Christian research university. 

Film director John Lee Hancock, BA ’79, JD ’82, and screenwriter/developer Derek Haas, BA ’91, MA ’95, returned to campus in late January to participate in a question-and-answer session for students, hosted by Baylor’s film and digital media department.

Dr. Vivienne Malone-Mayes, Baylor’s first African-American professor, was honored Feb. 26 in a well-attended ceremony in which a 50-pound, 2-foot bronze bust was unveiled near the mathematics department in the Sid Richardson Building. 

Members of the Baylor Family discuss the University's commitment to Transformational Undergraduate Education.

Two of the University's cherished student-led organizations achieve benchmark anniversaries.

A look at Illuminate plans and transformational education, plus the campaign for Baylor

Associate Professor of English
College of Arts and Sciences

Midland, Texas

Faculty-in-Residence, Senior Lecturer Chemistry and Biochemistry
College of Arts and Sciences

Junior Marketing Major, San Antonio

Students learn leadership and service skills for an increasingly global society through Baylor's study abroad programs.

Aligning personal and professional visions to prepare the next generation

Baylor University Student Foundation // est. 1969

Baylor University Chamber of Commerce // est. 1919

In November, a partnership between Baylor Law and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in McLennan County marked its 11th annual National Adoption Day celebration.

 Adventurous pluck was indicative of the life Mike Warner was about to live—a life defined by service.

Members of the Baylor Family discuss the University's commitment to an Unambiguously Christian Educational Environment.

Where mentoring relationships exist, breakthrough research follows.

Rankings released in November by The Princeton Review and featured in Entrepreneur magazine place Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business (HSB) entrepreneurship programs among the top 10 nationally for students who aspire to launch their own businesses. 

Art historian provides biblical context and insight for centuries-old masterpieces.

Baylor’s Office of External Affairs coordinates the University’s efforts undergirding positive social and economic change through partnerships with non-profit organizations, community development resources and other educational institutions. 

Philanthropy and the Public Good course guides students through a rigorous grant process and equips them for lives of discerning generosity.

In Baylor's Business Ethics Case Competition, students must navigate competing priorities to determine the most ethical path forward for a company.

Baylor accreditation reaffirmed, process establishes Quality Enhancement Plan

Tiffanie Blackmon-Jones, who earned three letters as a member of the Baylor women’s basketball team, repeatedly vowed she would never make education her career.

Collaborators from the Baylor School of Education and Waco ISD received the national Award for Excellence in Integrating Science and Mathematics at the School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA) convention in October.

The expertise of Baylor faculty and representatives who are actively shaping and advancing their disciplines is sought after by their peers and media as well as by University students in academic settings.

When California native Kelly Levesque played her final game as a member of Baylor’s softball team in May 2004, staying in Texas was nowhere on her life and career checklist.

Baylor is in the first year of its five-year, U.S. Department of Education-funded grant to implement the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program.

These are truly exciting times at Baylor University as we continue to grow as a place of transformational undergraduate and graduate education and accelerate our growth as a preeminent Christian research university.

The University’s research initiatives long have reflected the Baylor community—one that embraces scientific exploration and encourages enriching mentorships between students and faculty—and Baylor’s Illuminate academic strategic plan is the avenue to continue cultivating academic endeavors and authentic mentorships between students and faculty.

Hearts were heavy in the Ferrell Center the night of Dec. 2, 2017, when the University of Colorado Buffaloes stampeded to a straight-set victory over Baylor in the second round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

As more students answer a higher call to the nursing profession, the Dallas campus of Baylor’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON) needed significantly more space for students to strengthen their preparation for successful careers and for faculty to teach and conduct life-changing research.

Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, introduces Give Light, the campaign for Baylor. 

Materials science touches almost every aspect of modern daily life, from amazing advances in communication (computers, smart phones, televisions, etc.) to composite materials (aerospace and automotive improvements) to medical (compatibility of artificial implants) and more. 

Preparing champions for life is a mission call heard frequently throughout Baylor Athletics since Mack Rhoades became vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics in 2016. 

Baylor is ranked No. 78 among National Universities in the latest Best Colleges rankings released in September by U.S. News & World Report. 

BSM director Charles Ramsey knows investing in students through discipleship can change the course of a life, because it changes his.

Baylor enrolled its highest-achieving freshman class ever and advanced undergraduate retention and graduation rates to record levels, according to 12th class day statistics from the University’s Office of Institutional Research and Testing (IRT). 

From Shakespearean set design and graduate school at Yale, to making Shrek and developing castles for Disney, Doug Rogers, BFA '82 has proven the sky is his limit.

Recent headlines from around the university. 

The ever-evolving landscape of technology drives the data sciences field as represented by the work of five Baylor graduates, whose experiences range from cyber security to global communication solutions. 

On the evening of July 30, immigration attorney Anali Looper, BA ’07, JD ’14, drove a client to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Looper works for American Gateways, an Austin-headquartered firm and one of Texas’ largest immigration legal services providers.

Bob and Joyce Packard represent the Baylor experience for many generations of alumni. From Bob’s more than 50 years of teaching Packard Physics, where it is estimated he taught more than a quarter of all Baylor alumni, to Joyce’s service in many capacities, culminating in her time as dean of women, the Packards shaped significantly the journeys of many a Baylor student.

In fall 1909, Baylor alumni received an invitation from their alma mater. The graduates were asked to return to campus to “renew former associations and friendships, and catch the Baylor spirit again.” That tradition continues today.

With more than 17,000 students typically from all 50 states and 86 foreign countries, Baylor is more diverse than ever before. Minority enrollment in fall 2017 achieved a University-record at 35.3 percent, which was matched for fall 2018.

This spring, Baylor began sharing stories of students, faculty and staff who, through their actions and commitments, shine a light that inspires others and brings glory to God. Here are two among thousands of #BaylorLights. See more at baylor.edu/lights.