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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.

Baptist Press: Seminary luncheons draw alumni, guests

June 18, 2013
(Section 3 of story): Chuck Kelley, Baylor alumnus and president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, presented former seminary graduates with the Alumni Award. One of those honored was singer-songwriter Chris Machen, Baylor alumnus and worship pastor at Preston Ridge Baptist Church in Frisco, Texas.

KCEN-TV: Cowboys Hold Camp for West

June 17, 2013
VIDEO LINK: Baylor University alum and Dallas Cowboy Terrance Williams, the Dallas Cowboys, CenTex Pee Wee Football League and Baylor University teamed up for a one-day football camp at Baylor's Allison Indoor Football Practice Facility for youth affected by the explosion in West. The story also was carried by affiliates in Portland, Abilene, Corpus Christi, Odessa and Lubbock.

Los Angeles Sentinel: Fast-food proximity harmful to minority kids, says study

June 17, 2013
Brennan Davis, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor, is quoted about his co-authored study that found that minority children at lower-income urban schools are especially at risk for obesity when fast-food restaurants are located near their schools.

Northfield news: Northfield churches send youth, adults into the world during mission trip season

June 17, 2013
An article outlining the reasoning for and process of youth mission trips cites a 2011 Baylor study on the increase in participation in mission trips. The research was done by Dennis Horton, Ph.D., an associate professor of religion.

Baylor named among nation’s top 25 fashion design schools

When a fashion website recently put together its list of the top 75 fashion design schools in the U.S., it was no surprise to find New York City’sParsons the New School for Design at No. 1 on the list. But you might not have expected to find Baylor right there in the top 25, sitting …

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 …

Black-white Education Achievement Gap Is Worsened by Unresponsive State Policymakers, Baylor Study Shows

WACO, Texas (June 20, 2013) -- State policymakers' attention to teacher quality--an issue education research shows is essential to improving schooling outcomes for racial minority students--is highly responsive to low graduation rates among white students, but not to low graduation rates among black students, according to a Baylor University study.

Singing until Serene: Taizé Prayer Service Will be Held Thursday

WACO, Texas (June 19, 2013) - How do you pray? Openly through song and dance, or through private, silent prayer? The brothers in the Taizé monastery in southern France sing Scripture until "singing becomes serene," as they put it. The Office of Spiritual Life will host a Taizé Prayer Service in the Spiritual Life Center Chapel at 500 Speight Ave. from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thursday, June 20.

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.

On the Baylor Horizon May 6, 2013

Enjoy a pancake break! Good luck on your finals!

On the Baylor Horizon April 29, 2013

Attention Seniors! Ring Out rehearsals start today. Check out helpful tips to prepare you for finals.

On the Baylor Horizon April 22, 2013

Empower! Leadership Series is today! Check out ISSA's Holi event.

On the Baylor Horizon Diadeloso Special Edition April 17, 2013

Come out to Dia and enjoy all the fun activities!

May 2013 To-Do List

Review spring 2013 exam schedule. PLFSC Study Break with snacks! May6 & 7 from 2-3pm in the Study Commons! On-campus housing space still available! Sign up before all space is gone!

April 2013 To-Do List

Early registration began March 27. Register before April ends! The Summer and Fall 2013 Schedule of Classes is now available. CashCourse: Define your finances. Define your future.

March 2013 To-Do List

Early registration times are posted in BearWeb on March 6. Prepare now. The Summer and Fall 2013 Schedule of Classes is now available. After March 19, students who withdraw or drop a class are assigned a WF or DF.

February 2013 To-Do List

Note all dates for projects and exams in your planner. Request accommodationsfrom OALA. Start tutoring now by consulting the "Subjects Tutored List." After February 11, students who withdraw are assigned either a WP or a WF.

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