A student’s realization: ‘Baylor isn’t just a school; it’s a family’
Orientation is underway for the next class of Baylor freshmen. Class of 2017 (and beyond): We received this note from sophomore Anna Hughes as the spring semester was wrapping up, and it hits on what exactly it means to be a Baylor Bear. Freshmen, here’s what you have to look forward to as the newest …
Bloomberg Businessweek: Doyle Simons appointed president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser Company
June 16, 2013
Doyle Simons, BBA '86 and a member of Baylor's Hankamer School of Business Advisory Board, has been elected president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser, one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands.
Recent Baylor alum lands prestigious internship with Federal Accounting Standards Board
When the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) speaks, the nation’s financial sector takes notice. The FASB sets the standards that govern the practices of all private accounting organizations in the country. And now, they count a Baylor Bear as one of their own. Recent Baylor alum Kristan Hinn, BBA ’12, MA ’12, has become the …
Baylor engineering students’ creativity leads to devices for veterans and disabled
I love these stories of Baylor students putting what they learn in the classroom to work serving others… Over the past year, 19 Baylor engineering students worked with nursing and engineering students at the University of Detroit-Mercy to design, build and deliver devices that met specific needs of three disabled veterans; a fourth team worked …
Track. Track & Field Sends Nine To USA Championships
Nine members of Baylor's track and field team will compete this week at the USA Outdoor Championships, Thursday through Sunday, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
Acrobatics & Tumbling. Nine A&T Teammates Named Academic All-Big 12
Thirty-one student-athletes, including nine Baylor Acrobatics & Tumbling teammates, have been named to the 2013 Academic All-Big 12 At-Large Team, the Conference announced.
Football. Football Leads Big 12 In Academic Progress Rate
Baylor football was tied for first among Big 12 institutions with an Academic Progress Rate (APR) score of 962 through the 2011-12 academic season, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) announced.
Track. Men's 4x4 Relay Takes Sixth At NCAA Championships
To close out the NCAA Outdoor Championships, the Baylor men's 4x400-meter relay quartet finished sixth in a time of 3:04.84 to claim All-American honors in the event for the 24th time in the last 25 years on Saturday at Hayward Field.
Catholic News Agency: Defending life in politics part of New Evangelization, Cardinal Burke states
June 15, 2013
Francis Beckwith, Ph. D., professor of philosophy and church-state studies at Baylor, spoke on the development of the New Evangelization in a keynote lecture by Cardinal Raymond L. Burke.
Denton Record-Chronicle: Street Tacos
June 16, 2013
Baylor alumnus Conner Cupit, owner and CEO of Greenbriar Restaurant Holdings LLC, owns the new, increasingly popular restaurant Rusty Taco in Denton, Texas.
Deseret (UT) News: Father figure: Perceptions of God may stem from father-child relationships
June 15, 2013
Article about how people perceive God like the fatherly figures in their lives cites research by Baylor sociologists that found that people attach a personality to God that reflects "self-identified desirable human traits" as well as certain moral and social attitudes. Carson Mencken, Ph.D., professor of sociology in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences, is quoted in the article.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: From childhood tragedy, a business giant's love of art
June 16, 2013
Feature article about how a childhood tragedy coalesced with an adult passion for art and led to the collection of world-class art owned by distinguished Baylor alumnus Gerald Haddock, BBA/JD '71, president of Haddock Investments.
Baylor alum, former administrator honored with Texas Baptists’ Legacy Award
Since graduating from Baylor in 1950, Robert Feather has spent his entire adult life in Baptist circles — first as a pastor and then with Billy Graham’s World Evangelism and Christian Education Fund before returning to Baylor in 1980 as vice president for external affairs. After two decades at Baylor, he joined the leadership of …
A student’s realization: ‘Baylor isn’t just a school; it’s a family’
Orientation is underway for the next class of Baylor freshmen. Class of 2017 (and beyond): We received this note from sophomore Anna Hughes as the spring semester was wrapping up, and it hits on what exactly it means to be a Baylor Bear. Freshmen, here’s what you have to look forward to as the newest …
Baylor football pairs on-field success with Big 12-leading academic score
It’s been a good 12 months for head coach Art Briles’ Baylor football program: a third-straight bowl appearance (and a blowout victory there), a new stadium going up along the Brazos, one alum named NFL rookie of the year, another named to the College Football Hall of Fame. But why stop there? Most recently, it …
Young alum working to turn short film into feature length movie
From screenwriters Michael Brandt, BBA ’91, MA ’94, and Derek Haas, BA ’91, MA ’95,to directors Kevin Reynolds, BA ’74, JD ’76,and John Lee Hancock, BA ’79, JD ’82, Baylor is well represented throughout the film industry. Now, recent alum Ben Davis, BA ’11, is looking to add his name to the list. And in …
TODAY: Water Main Repairs Cause Temporary Water Outage at Hankamer/Cashion Buildings
WACO, Texas (June 13, 2013) - 12:00 p.m. UPDATE: Water is back on!
11:10 a.m.: City of Waco crews are currently replacing a water main valve on Dutton Avenue and have turned off the water supply to the Hankamer and Cashion buildings on the Baylor campus for the duration of the repair.
"Spiritual" Young People Are More Likely to Commit Crimes than "Religious" Ones, Baylor Study Finds
WACO, Texas (June 12, 2013) -- Young adults who deem themselves "spiritual but not religious" are more likely to commit property crimes -- and to a lesser extent, violent ones -- than those who identify themselves as either "religious and spiritual" or "religious but not spiritual," according to Baylor University researchers.
Acclaimed Flutist Jeanne Baxtresser Will Lecture at Glennis McCrary Music Building
WACO, Texas (June 12, 2013) - Former flute soloist for the New York Philharmonic Jeanne Baxtresser will lecture Wednesday, June 12, and Friday, June 14, in the Meadows Recital Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.
A Viewing of the Life of Paul Fontaine and Other Artists Will Be Featured at Martin Museum of Art
WACO, Texas (June 10, 2013) - If a picture's worth a thousand words, then Paul Fontaine's works can tell his life story. Baylor's Martin Museum of Art will be displaying its borrowed collection of the works of Fontaine in celebration of what would be his 100th birthday.
| Jun. 21 7:00-10:00pm | Baylor Alumni and Interns: Nationals Game Day |
| Jul. 17 12:00-1:30pm | Baylor Sports Network presents Baylor Football Coach Art Briles with the Touchdown Club of Houston |
| Jul. 23 7:00-9:00pm | Sports Network: Greater DFW Art Briles Kickoff Dinner - Addison |
| Aug. 8-9 | Willow Creek Leadership Summit |
| Aug. 31 6:30-9:30pm | Football vs. Wofford |
| Sep. 7 2:30-5:30pm | Football vs. Buffalo |
| Sep. 20-21 | Family Weekend |
| Jun. 19 7:00-8:00am | Bear 2 Bear Monthly Breakfast, Houston |
| Jun. 19 11:30am - 1:00pm | Baylor Alumni Network presents Judge Ken Starr, President of Baylor University |
| Jun. 20 5:30-7:00pm | Baylor Law School Alumni Reception held in conjunction with the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting |
| Jun. 21 7:00-10:00pm | Baylor Alumni and Interns: Nationals Game Day |
| Jun. 26 7:00-8:30am | Baylor Business Network of Waco presents Dean Terry Maness & SVP Ken Hall |
| Jun. 27 6:30-8:30pm | Baylor Young Professionals Network Event- Dallas |
| Jul. 13 5:30pm | Parents Network - Central Florida Area Summer Send-off Party |
| Aug. 31 6:30-9:30pm | Football vs. Wofford |
| Sep. 7 2:30-5:30pm | Football vs. Buffalo |
| Sep. 21 | Football vs. Louisiana-Monroe (PW) |
| Oct. 5 | Football vs. West Virginia |
| Oct. 19 | Football vs. Iowa State (HC) |
| Nov. 7 6:30-9:30pm | Football vs. Oklahoma |