Use the arrow buttons to advance through this timeline highlighting the first five years of Linda A. Livingston's tenure as President of Baylor University.

Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D. begins her tenure as Baylor University's 15th President.

Public Inauguration Ceremony held installing Dr. Livingstone as President.

Baylor's Board of Regents accepts the implementation of Illuminate, the University's Strategic Plan.

Baylor publicly launches the Give Light campaign, a $1.1 billion comprehensive campaign to undergird Illuminate and strengthen every aspect of campus life.

President Livingstone elected to the Board of Directors of the American Council on Education (ACE), the major coordinating body for the nation's colleges and universities.

Baylor's women's basketball team wins the NCAA national championship.

Baylor announces a $100 million gift, then anonymous, from Paul, B.B.A. '79, and Alejandra Foster of El Paso -- the largest current gift in University history. The gift launches the Foster Academic Challenge and planning for Foster Pavilion, the new home to Baylor men's and women's basketball.

Baylor breaks ground on the Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center at I-35 and University Parks Drive. The Hurds' gift was the first announced as part of the Give Light Campaign in November 2018.

Baylor's men's basketball team wins the NCAA national championship.

President Livingstone began serving as vice chair of the Big 12 Conference Board of Directors

President Livingstone selected to the NCAA's Constitution Committee to reshape the future of college athletics.

President Livingstone testifies before the U.S. Congress to discuss challenges facing intercollegiate athletics and implementation of Name, Image and Likeness guidelines.

The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education notifies Baylor that the University has achieved R1 status, elevating Baylor among the nation's top research institutions as a doctoral university with "very high research activity" and as a preeminent Christian research university.

Baylor's football team, having already won the Big 12 Championship, wins the Sugar Bowl to conclude the program's best season in history.

Baylor announces that gifts and pledges to the Give Light campaign have surpassed the initial goal of $1.1 billion, establishing the campaign as the largest and most successful fundraising effort in the University's 177-year history.