Faculty & Staff News: Baylor Proud
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 …
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 …
Baylor alum and author talks about changing her kids’ habits on Today Show
How do you get your kids to take responsibility for what needs to be done around the house, build an attitude of service, and erase entitlement in their lives? (That’s not just a rhetorical question; I’ve got two kids under four in my household, and would really like to know.) Generations of parents have been …
Baylor family’s gold crane part of stadium construction effort
Baylor Stadium is rising from the ground quickly; see for yourself via live webcams here, here and here. Passers-by on I-35 may have noticed a Baylor-gold crane in the midst of the construction. But the equipment’s Baylor pride doesn’t stop with its color; a closer look reveals Baylor logos on every side, and if you …
Largest gift in Baylor history to support new b-school building and Baylor Stadium
Baylor’s planned new business school building got an incredible boost Tuesday when the university announced a $35 million gift from Paul L. Foster, BBA ’79, that will support both the new facility and Baylor Stadium. The gift is the largest from a living alumnus in Baylor history. Foster’s deep Baptist roots brought him to Baylor …
East Village building names honor prominent Baylor engineer and doctor
After a long discussion process led by a committee of faculty, staff and students, the two main buildings that will make up East Village Residential Community now have names honoring two distinguished (but perhaps not well-known) Baylor alumni. The north building will be the Gordon Teal Residential College, named for the 1927 Baylor graduate who …
‘The Voice’ final 6 includes Baylor sophomore Holly Tucker
Only three weeks remain in this season of NBC’s The Voice, and Baylor sophomore Holly Tucker is still alive and kicking among the show’s final six contestants. Fan voting (no doubt helped along by you, Baylor Nation) has helped Tucker outlast 67 of the 73 artists who have performed on the show this spring. Tucker …
Baylor Instagram account among nation’s top 5 most-followed university accounts
In nine months, Baylor’s official Instagram account has grown from scratch to the No. 5 most-followed university Instagram account of any Division I-A school in the country. With almost 8,500 followers, Baylor trails only the official university accounts from Wisconsin, Michigan, Florida and Syracuse. (If you add in athletic accounts, Baylor comes in ninth overall …
Indy 500 winner part of Baylor alum’s driving team
Thousands cheered as Tony Kanaan claimed the checkered flag at the Indy 500 over Memorial Day weekend, but few were more excited than Baylor alum James “Sulli” Sullivan, BBA ’03. That’s because Kanaan was driving for Sullivan’s team, SH Racing, which partnered in sponsoring the winning Hydroxycut KV Racing Technology-SH Racing No. 11 Chevrolet. Sullivan …
Baylor track and field to get new home in 2015
When Baylor Stadium debuts in August 2014, the Hart-Patterson Track Complex will claim the honor of being Baylor’s oldest existing athletic facility. But it will hold that title for less than a year, as Regents this month approved a new track and field stadium to be built next door to Baylor football’s new home, with …
Fulbright honorees credit Baylor profs for fueling their successes
Four Baylor Bears were selected this spring to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship, bringing the total number of Baylor recipients since 2001 to 36. This year’s honorees are: Leigh Ann Ganzar, BS ’11 in biology and a master’s candidate in community health education, who was selected for the English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Brazil. Randall …
Baylor nursing, ROTC alum putting her training to work in Afghanistan
[On this Memorial Day, we remember all the men and women who have died while serving in our armed forces on behalf of our country. Below is the story of one Baylor Bear whose role is to rescue soldiers in danger of joining those ranks.] Lani Pineda, BSN ’05, juggled nursing classes and ROTC training …
Mayborn Museum Complex welcomes its 1 millionth visitor
Baylor’sMayborn Museum Complex opened in 2004, bringing together three previously separateentities– the Strecker Museum, Ollie Mae Moen Discovery Center, and the Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village — onto one site, just across University Parks Drive from the Wiethorn Visitors Center. On their own, the three attractions totalled about 50,000 visitors a year; it …
Legendary Baylor QB the 10th Bear elected to College Football Hall of Fame
He was Baylor’s original Heisman finalist and a groundbreaking passer in an era when most teams ran the ball. Now, legendary Baylor quarterback Don Trull has joined the ranks of college football’s immortals with his election into the College Football Hall of Fame earlier this month. Half a century after he starred at Baylor, Trull’s …
Join your fellow Bears for Diadeloso Texas at SeaWorld next month!
After graduating, most Bears will find that their work places don’t break for a day in the spring to celebrate Diadeloso. (If your office does, then by all means, let me know!) But summer is a time for vacation, so they probably won’t mind if you take a long weekend next month to head to …
Baylor couple’s pilot to air on HGTV this Thursday
From NBC’s The Voice (where sophomore Holly Tucker has reached the top 10) to Chicago Fire and its spinoff, Chicago PD (both helmed by Baylor alums Michael Brandt and Derek Haas), it’s been a good month for Bears on TV. Now, another Baylor couple is getting their shot. Chip (BBA ’98) and Joanna (BA ’01) …