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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.

Baseball. Five Baseball Players Chosen on 2013 MLB Draft's Final Day

Baylor junior right-handed pitcher Dillon Newman, senior third baseman Cal Towey, senior right-handed pitcher Max Garner, senior shortstop Jake Miller and senior left-handed pitcher Crayton Bare were selected on the final day of the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Saturday.

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.

Christian Post Entertainment: Holly Tucker hopes 'The Voice' will be Launchpad to country music stardom

June 14, 2013
Baylor student and "The Voice" contestant Holly Tucker looks back on her experiences with the show and coaches and looks toward developing her career as a country music artist.

The New York Times: Researchers find biological evidence of Gulf War Illness

June 14, 2013
New research has found that the symptoms experienced by many ailing Gulf War veterans, known collectively as Gulf War Illness, are fundamentally biological in nature. Lea Steele, Ph.D., Baylor University epidemiologist and former member of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, is quoted in the article.

The Tampa Tribune: Sports, hobbies can strengthen daddy-daughter ties

June 15, 2013
Mark T. Morman, Ph.D., professor of communication in the Baylor College of Arts & Sciences, co-authored a study which found participating in shared activities has the most impact on father-daughter relationships.

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 …

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 …

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.

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