Baylor Alumni by the Numbers

Ties stay strong

Strong communication is key to any healthy family, which helps explain why 95 percent of alumni said they are proud to be Baylor graduates. Your pride in Baylor naturally makes us proud, too.

An independent survey commissioned by Baylor's Division of Marketing & Communications--part of an ongoing effort to evaluate and improve the University’s connection to its alumni--found 89% feel a special bond or connection to Baylor. Of those 60% say that connection is very strong, and 92% are interested in maintaining a connection with the University.

About 80 percent of Bears also said that Baylor does a good job keeping them informed and that they receive the right amount of information from the University.

The point is, however you want to stay in touch, there's likely an option for you to find your sweet spot in connecting with Baylor--hopefully not too little or not too much, but just right. Check out a few of the following ways to stay connected, whether via social media, print or in person. Or, partner with the folks in the Baylor Network to start an event or gathering where you live.

• Baylor Bear watch parties: During fall 2015, approximately 3,000 alumni attended one of the 295 official watch parties across 25 states. Plan a basketball watch party this spring.


• Baylor Nights at various ballparks: Bears enjoyed Baylor Night at the ballparks for the Frisco Roughriders, Round Rock Express, Astros and Texas Rangers. Watch your email for this year’s events or plan an outing in your area.


• Diadeloso: Celebrate the Day of the Bear beyond the campus with Diadeloso Texas at Fiesta Texas and a Diadeloso reception at the Alamo each year.


• Parents Network: Meet with families of current students through Parents Network events, including 85 Send-Off Parties (more than 4,000 Bears participated last year), 59 care packaging parties, 187 1stCall to Prayer gatherings across Texas and 11 states.


• Women's Network: This active network hosted 85 events in 2015 including benefit luncheons, Christmas parties, scholarship banquets, shopping events, and Mama Bear events such as Easter Egg Hunts, Cookies with Santa, and nursing home visits with members' preschool children. These kinds of events take place all over Texas and in Oklahoma, Colorado and Washington, DC.


• Sports Network: Tailgate events take place before every home football game and select away games [this year for SMU, Texas Tech (AT&T Stadium), Kansas, TCU and the Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando, FL]. Other Sports Network events include the bi-monthly "Lunch with a Legend" featuring a living legend from Baylor athletics and events for basketball, baseball and softball.


• Business Network: 2,374 people attended 58 Business Network events in 2015. Events included scholarship dinners, socials for young professionals, golf tournaments and sporting competitions. Each month business professionals gather for breakfasts and luncheons to hear prominent speakers such as a Baylor dean, regent or notable alum.

How to best show you're #BaylorProud on social media

You love Baylor. We know you do; why else would you be reading Baylor Magazine? You talk about Baylor happenings with your friends and family, and you post online for your followers to see your love. But, thanks to social media, there are even more ways you can tell the entire world about Baylor.

• Facebook: Statistics tell us that you are probably on Facebook, and if so, we trust that you've already "liked" Baylor University there. But that's just the beginning; there are many more ways you can show love for your alma mater via Facebook:
  • Sign up to get notifications whenever Baylor posts. (Go to the Baylor page and hover your cursor over the "Liked" button; you'll see an option for "Notifications." Click that and follow the steps from there.) Never miss out on news about your University!
  • Share posts that really resonate with you. It's the easiest and best thing you can do on Facebook to fling your green and gold.
  • Tag your friends in comments on the Baylor page to reminisce about your time here and maybe plan a group trip.
• Twitter: If you're an avid Twitter user, you should start by following @Baylor and @BaylorProud for coverage of everything happening on campus and within the Baylor family. From there, here's how to help out in the Twitterverse:
  • Sign up to get notified every time these accounts tweet. You can sign up on Twitter.com to receive tweets as text messages, or within the Twitter app for notifications on your smartphone.
  • When tweeting about Baylor, tag @Baylor so your friends can easily find the account. And if you have something you want to show us, tag @BaylorProud!
  • Use hashtags. They not only give people a sense of what Baylor is all about, but they give us tons to share! Our most commonly used hashtags are #Baylor, #SicEm, #BaylorHomecoming and #BaylorProud.
  • And of course, retweet, retweet, retweet!


• Instagram: More into photography than you are words? You must love Instagram; Baylor does, too! The No. 6 most influential university on Instagram is definitely worth a follow @bayloruniversity--but there's plenty more you can do to share the love on Instagram:
  • Turn on post notifications for Baylor. Just like with Facebook and Twitter, this ensures you won't miss a post.
  • Tag @bayloruniversity in your photos and captions, and add a location to your photo when you're on campus. All of this gives users an easy way to find out more about Baylor.
  • Use hashtags. Many of the same ones on Twitter are also popular on Instagram, and you can use #MyBaylor for anything you really want to show the university. You never know if we'll use your photo and make you "Baylor famous."