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WACO, Texas (September 18, 2020) – Baylor University will virtually welcome families from around the world to a Family Weekend Virtual Experience on Sept. 25-26, with live-streamed video events, a Family Weekend Spirit Box available for order for a limited time and other more. While safety precautions due to COVID-19 require some changes to the programming, Family Weekend will once again help families of Baylor students become better acquainted with the University and its beloved traditions.
As we finish up our fourth week of the fall semester, I’d like to thank you all – students, faculty and staff – for your diligence and perseverance as we launched into a time of many unknowns. Because of your hard work, I am excited to share three noteworthy updates.
As the first round of exams near, students are looking to hit the books. Lucky for our Bears, there is no shortage of beautiful — and, in this COVID-19 era, safe — study areas to choose from. Each indoor study area at Baylor requires masks and has social distancing measures in place, including lower capacity […]
Even as we began the Fall, we were looking ahead to the safest and most effective plan for our Spring semester. Our planning priority has been the safe completion of the Spring semester with campus-based instruction.
Celia Holmes and Connor Laktasic both recorded new personal bests to take home their respective individual titles and lead the Baylor cross country teams past ACU in a dual meet Friday night at the ACU Cross Country Course in Abilene, Texas.
WACO, Texas – One week ahead of its opening match, Baylor volleyball held its annual Green & Gold Scrimmage Friday at the Ferrell Center. Team Gold outlasted Team Green in three sets, 25-17, 25-23, 17-25.
The highly sought-after match-up between Baylor and Houston has been postponed, and will not be played on Sept. 19. This decision comes as a result of Baylor not meeting the Big 12 Conference COVID-19 game cancellation thresholds. Both Baylor and Houston have agreed to honor the future home and home schedule, as well as monitor dates for future scheduling opportunities.
April 2, 2020 Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., announced Thursday that Baylor will continue to utilize online instruction for upcoming Minimester (May 13-June 1), Summer I (June 2-July 7) and Summer II (July 9-Aug. 12) classes.
March 25, 2020 Baylor’s counseling center has adapted its treatments amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. With faculty and staff working from home, the counselors have begun counseling sessions via phone and WebEx, a platform for video conferences.
April 3, 2020 AUDIO: For last nine years, Baylor has been recognized as a “Great College to Work For” by the Chronicle of Higher Education. In this Baylor Connections, Cheryl Gochis, vice president of human resources and chief human resources officer, examines ways that Baylor supports faculty and staff year-round and specifically talks about the University’s response to help employees transition to remote work during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
A new school year and a new football season present a new opportunity to share what Baylor is all about. Baylor’s 2020 university commercial will debut this weekend on FOX during Baylor football’s season opener against Houston, but we’ve got a first look for the Baylor Family here: The 30-second spot captures campus life and […]
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Baylor Line, one of college football’s great student traditions. How did the Baylor Line move from the university’s school song to the tradition we all know today? That’s where Mike Plunk (BS ’71, DDS ’74), Kirk Newsom (BS ’72, JD ’75) and Bruce Finley (BA ’73, BBA ’74) […]
As the first round of exams near, students are looking to hit the books. Lucky for our Bears, there is no shortage of beautiful — and, in this COVID-19 era, safe — study areas to choose from. Each indoor study area at Baylor requires masks and has social distancing measures in place, including lower capacity […]
There’s no denying it — when it comes to college football, 2020 has already been a weird year. COVID-19 essentially wiped out most teams’ spring practices and summer workouts, and schools across the nation spent months debating whether football could even be played this fall. Baylor even had its first game postponed/canceled when an outbreak hit […]
WACO, Texas (September 18, 2020) – Baylor University will virtually welcome families from around the world to a Family Weekend Virtual Experience on Sept. 25-26, with live-streamed video events, a Family Weekend Spirit Box available for order for a limited time and other more. While safety precautions due to COVID-19 require some changes to the programming, Family Weekend will once again help families of Baylor students become better acquainted with the University and its beloved traditions.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 18, 2020) — On National Voter Registration Day, Baylor University’s W.R. Poage Legislative Library, the Institute for Oral History and the Women’s and Gender Studies program, in partnership with the Waco NAACP, will present a virtual panel on “19: 100 Years of Preserving Voters’ Rights” at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 22.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 17, 2020) – What takes place inside a person when they encounter beautiful pieces of art? While most people would acknowledge being moved by aesthetic and artistic beauty, the changes sparked by such an engagement seem beyond the realm of measurement. Two Baylor psychology and neuroscience researchers, however, are working to change that.
WACO, Texas (September 17, 2020) – Baylor University will launch the 50th anniversary season of the Baylor Line, one of the University’s most distinct traditions, with some unprecedented protocols and use of new bracelet technology in place to mitigate risks from COVID-19 to the campus and surrounding community.
