Faculty & Staff News: Baylor Proud
Baylor professors of the year represent business, English and religion
Each year, Baylor honors three professors with major awards based on slightly varying criteria. The senior class annually votes to determine the Collins Outstanding Professor Award. For the seventh time in the last 10 years, the Collins Award winner is also a Baylor graduate; this year’s recipient is Tim Thomasson, BBA ’91, MBA ’92, a …
Baylor alum concludes nine seasons on ‘The Office’ with series finale tonight
Eight years ago this spring — while this fall’s incoming college freshmen were finishing up fourth grade — NBC debuted a new sitcom based on a British hit. Tonight, The Office signs off with its series finale, finishing its run as one of the signature comedies of the last decade. With it, we say goodbye …
Happy 10th anniversary, North Village! A look at what’s next for residence halls at Baylor
Ten years ago this week, Baylor broke ground on what would become the North Village Residential Community, the first new residential community at Baylor in nearly 40 years. Three years later, the university unveiled Brooks Village (which includes both Brooks Residential College and Brooks Flats). This fall, another new residential community, East Village, will open …
Men’s tennis reaches 12th straight Sweet 16 to headline spring sports’ success
The spring semester is rapidly drawing to a close, which means it’s postseason time for Baylor’s spring sports. After winning the Big 12 Conference regular season title (the program’s 11th in 14 years) and advancing to the finals of the Big 12 tournament, Baylor men’s tennis won its first- and second-round NCAA tournament matches over …
Baylor sophomore among the final 12 on NBC’s ‘The Voice’
Baylor sophomore Holly Tucker wasn’t content just making an appearance on The Voice, NBC’s singing competition; she came to win. So far, so good. Out of almost 75 performers who have appeared on the show this season, the 19-year-old native of Lorena (a Waco suburb) has made it into the final 12. All four judges …
Baylor names finalists for 2014 Cherry Award, the nation’s largest teaching award
More than two decades after its creation, Baylor University’s Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching remains the only national award (and the single largest monetary award) presented by a college or university to an individual for great teaching. Every two years, it brings one of the nation’s top college professors to teach at Baylor …
Baylor student appears on Jeopardy, gets Alex Trebek to do ‘sic ‘em’
As a freshman at Baylor two years ago, Taylor Roth started having some health issues. Eventually, she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and told she probably had less than a year to live. Thankfully, a later diagnosis found that she has decades, not months, to live. [Read Roth's story in depth: Waco Tribune-Herald …
Baylor Stadium celebrates milestones in advance of bringing football back to campus
How big a deal is Baylor Stadium for the university and the football program? A media tour of the construction site yesterday drew dozens of reporters and news crews from Waco and beyond who wanted to see how the Bears’ new home is progressing. [MEDIA REPORTS: Video and story from the Waco Tribune-Herald || WFAA …
Road trip takes Baylor seniors back to Independence, where it all began
Independence, Texas, symbolizes a lot of things to folks around Baylor. It was where the university began, back in 1845, and today is the place where many students begin their time as Bears, with a visit during Baylor Line Camp. So it’s fitting that many seniors choose to close their time at Baylor with a …
Engineering students build robots that ‘mind the gap’
The challenge: Build a robot that can traverse an 8-inch gap, but that at start and finish is no taller, wider or deeper than 12 inches. Last week, a group of Baylor students nearing completion of Engineering Design I (EGR 3380) put their semester projects to the test. Some of the robot vehicles flew; some …
National Women's Soccer League's inaugural rosters include Baylor senior
Brittney Griner and Brooklyn Pope aren't the only Lady Bears headed to pro sports. Former Baylor soccer standout Hanna Gilmore made it through tryouts to land a spot on the inaugural season roster of the Chicago Red Stars, part of the newly founded National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The eight-team league is organized by the U.S. Soccer …
New Pinterest board offers ideas for Baylor graduation day celebrations
It’s hard to believe that the calendar has already turned to May… Weren’t we just putting away Christmas decorations? But here we are; classes end Friday, finals start a week from today, and graduation is barely more than two weeks away. Are you ready? By now, seniors should probably have their caps and gowns lined …
Bloomberg BusinessWeek includes Baylor entrepreneurship program among nation's top 5
If you want to start your own business, there are few places in the country better to train than Baylor University. Bloomberg BusinessWeek earlier this month ranked Baylor's undergraduate entrepreneurship program No. 3 in the country and tops in the state of Texas, echoing the results of recent Princeton Review/Entrepreneurship Magazine listings which have included …
'Mama Griffin' speaking tour to raise funds for RG3 QB scholarship
We are blessed to call Robert Griffin III a Baylor Bear. It's hard to imagine anyone better representing all that Baylor stands for, both on and off the field, particularly on a national stage. As a young parent, I've wondered what RG3's parents did to raise such an outstanding young man. Now "Mama Griffin" is …
Memorial service on Baylor campus honors fallen heroes from West explosion
The 12 first responders who died battling the fire that led to last week’s explosion in West, Texas, were remembered during a memorial service in the Ferrell Center Thursday afternoon. Baylor University was honored to provide the site for the service, which was organized by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the Texas LODD Task …
President’s Scholarship Initiative meets $100 million goal — five months early!
Way to go, Baylor Nation: Your generosity has led toThe President’s Scholarship Initiativetopping its $100 million goal ahead of schedule! At this semester’s final Dr Pepper Hour Tuesday afternoon, Baylor President Ken Starr shared the good news with a Barfield Drawing Room crowd full of students, faculty and staff, alums and friends of the university …
Baylor equestrian moves forward with dedication of new Carlile Equestrian Building
Fresh off a national championship in 2012, the Baylor equestrian program today celebrates the completion of phase two construction at their home, the Willis Family Equestrian Center. The new Carlile Equestrian Building (to be dedicated in a ceremony this afternoon) provides the program with locker rooms, administrative offices, meeting space and a treatment and training …
Hearts of service: Three Baylor nursing students were among the first on the scene in West
Last Wednesday, two Baylor nursing students and one recent graduate were driving back from Waco to Dallas following ROTC when they decided to grab dinner at a popular I-35 stop just north of Waco. (You probably see where this is going already.) The trio -- seniors Ali Nordlander, of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Ashlyn McNeely, of …
Baylor community rallies for West, Texas, as Diadeloso becomes DiaDelWest
Few things could make me more proud than seeing how the Baylor community has sprung into action following the explosion last night in nearby West, Texas (about 20 miles north of Waco). Students organized a midnight prayer gathering in front of Waco Hall, drawing almost 100 people to pray for those affected. Overnight, the university …
President Starr welcomes Sen. George Mitchell to campus for ‘On Topic’ conversation
Twenty years ago, George Mitchell was the Senate’s Majority Leader, overseeing the passage of landmark legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and NAFTA. Fifteen years ago, he was in Northern Ireland, helping negotiate peace after decades of conflict. In the last decade, he has provided Major League Baseball with an independent investigation into …