Office of the President Ken Starr
“With its great tradition in the Christian world and its growing international reputation as a research university that continues to care deeply about undergraduate education, Baylor is poised to have an increasingly expanding global impact.”
President Starr in the News
President Starr In The News
4/30/2012
April 30, 2012
Baylor President Ken Starr is one of 28 college leaders who have pledged five percent of their personal earnings to fight poverty as charter members of the Presidents' Pledge Against Global Poverty.
Baylor President Ken Starr is one of 28 college leaders who have pledged five percent of their personal earnings to fight poverty as charter members of the Presidents' Pledge Against Global Poverty.
President Starr In The News
4/30/2012
April 28, 2012
Article about how some Waco-area students are learning to navigate the U.S. court system, make presidential decisions and run their own law firms, thanks to help from Baylor and a Web-based game called iCivics founded by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Quotes Baylor President Ken Starr and Brooke Blevins, Ph.D., assistant professor of social studies education and one of the Baylor professors researching iCivics as an effective learning tool, and mentions Baylor Law School's Law Rep program that brings law students into area classrooms to give civics lessons related to the different iCivics games. Subscription required.
Article about how some Waco-area students are learning to navigate the U.S. court system, make presidential decisions and run their own law firms, thanks to help from Baylor and a Web-based game called iCivics founded by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Quotes Baylor President Ken Starr and Brooke Blevins, Ph.D., assistant professor of social studies education and one of the Baylor professors researching iCivics as an effective learning tool, and mentions Baylor Law School's Law Rep program that brings law students into area classrooms to give civics lessons related to the different iCivics games. Subscription required.
President Starr In The News
4/2/2012
March 31, 2012
Column that details Baylor's overall athletic success over the past year, from football's 10-win season, RG3's Heisman win, deep runs of women's and men's basketball in the NCAA tournament, as well as traditional strengths in track, tennis, baseball and softball - and credits Baylor's administration for putting in place the right coaches, great facilities and resources for success.
Column that details Baylor's overall athletic success over the past year, from football's 10-win season, RG3's Heisman win, deep runs of women's and men's basketball in the NCAA tournament, as well as traditional strengths in track, tennis, baseball and softball - and credits Baylor's administration for putting in place the right coaches, great facilities and resources for success.
President Starr In The News
3/27/2012
March 26, 2012
Article celebrating the Lady Bears advance to the NCAA Final Four, and Baylor President Ken Starr's pleased reaction to the win and the university's recent athletic success.
Article celebrating the Lady Bears advance to the NCAA Final Four, and Baylor President Ken Starr's pleased reaction to the win and the university's recent athletic success.
President Starr In The News
3/19/2012
March 19, 2012
Column about how Baylor has arguably reached the athletic pinnacle of its 167-year history under the watch of President Ken Starr, who also played a "courageous" and "heroic" role in holding the Big 12 together while strengthening the conference.
Column about how Baylor has arguably reached the athletic pinnacle of its 167-year history under the watch of President Ken Starr, who also played a "courageous" and "heroic" role in holding the Big 12 together while strengthening the conference.
President Starr In The News
1/30/2012
Baylor University awarded its prestigious Founders Medallion Monday to John and Marie Chiles of Dallas for the "service and contributions that have been unusually significant to the life and future" of Baylor.
President Starr
President Starr
5/17/2012
WACO, Texas (May 17, 2012) - Baylor University announced today that the university has received a major gift from Sheila and Walter Umphrey, BBA '59, JD '65, of Beaumont, for Baylor Stadium, the university's new on-campus football stadium. This generous gift - which ranks among the top 10 capital gifts in university history and top five gifts in Baylor Athletics' history - will support construction of the Sheila and Walter Umphrey Bridge at Baylor Stadium that will be built over the Brazos River, connecting the new stadium with Baylor Law School and the Baylor campus.
President Starr
5/11/2012
WACO, Texas (May 11, 2012) - After nearly two years of planning that included the active participation of faculty, students, staff, alumni and a community of friends throughout the nation, Baylor University Regents today unanimously approved a new strategic vision named Pro Futuris that will guide the University's path over the next decade. The vision will go into effect on June 1, 2012.
President Starr
5/10/2012
Baylor University will confer degrees upon 2,130 graduates - one of the largest graduating classes in university history - during spring commencement exercises Friday and Saturday, May 11-12, on the Baylor campus.
President Starr
5/10/2012
WACO, Texas (May 10, 2012) - Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary will confer degrees upon 50 graduates and present special awards during the seminary's commencement ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday, May 11, at the First Baptist Church, Waco, 500 Webster Ave.
President Starr
5/9/2012
WACO, Texas (May 9, 2012) - Baylor University announced today that the university has received a major gift from John Eddie Williams Jr., BBA '76, JD '78, of Houston for Baylor Stadium. This generous gift, which ranks among the top five capital gifts in university history, will support construction of the university's new on-campus football stadium to be built alongside the Brazos River. With this naming rights gift, the field at Baylor Stadium will be named John Eddie Williams Field.
President Starr
4/30/2012
WACO, Texas (April 30, 2012) - A standing room-only crowd at Baylor University's Waco Hall enthusiastically greeted retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor - the nation's first female member of the U.S. Supreme Court - as she joined Baylor President Ken Starr for "On Topic," his series of conversations with high-profile leaders on contemporary issues facing the nation.