Voices: Faculty Share Their Views on Illuminate The Texas-Sized Hubris of Illuminate Baylor transformed my family. My father was the first Lyon to attend college, going to Baylor under the GI Bill. The degrees he received here allowed a career in public education that forever changed the arc of our family. In 1967, my mother […]
Nate Orf wasn’t supposed to be there on the Fourth of July at Miller Park in Milwaukee. He had been a walk-on baseball player at Baylor, where he suffered an elbow injury that forced him to change positions. He went undrafted in 2013 and signed with the Milwaukee Brewers minor league system on a meager
In the summer of 2016, Art Briles was officially let go by Baylor University amidst the now infamous sexual assault scandal. This firing came in the wake of the best recruiting class that Baylor University’s football team had ever seen, bringing in the 17th ranked recruiting class in the nation. The glory of that 2016
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Former Hall of Fame Award Recipients Join Forces to Help Mothers & Children in Guatemala In 2005, Dr. Jerry Haag was named the Young Alumnus of the year. Thirteen years later, Jimena Tejeda won the same award at the 2018 Hall of Fame dinner. By providence, Dr. Haag and his wife Christi were at
A Play by Play Guide, minus the Boring Stuff The Beginning College Football fans woke up clamoring on Saturday morning as the Baylor Bears squared off against the high-powered offense of the Texas Tech Red Raiders at At&t Stadium in Arlington. Both teams sitting at five wins, a victory would secure either squad’s ticket to
“Do not speak to me of martyrdom/of men who die to be remembered/on some parish day. I don’t believe in dying/though I too shall die/and violets like castanets/will echo me.” – Sonia Sanchez In the dark summer of 1950, the Russian-equipped North Korean army swept down from above the 38th parallel, pummeling its way south.
What started with a group of self-proclaimed gym rats plucked from the intramural office on Baylor’s campus has evolved into an NCAA-regulated organization. If you’ve never heard of Baylor’s Dream Team, you’re probably not in the minority, but this organization has been around since Coach Kim Mulkey’s very first season on campus. At its inception,
The Baylor Bears came stomping into Ames, Iowa on Saturday afternoon looking for a crucial road win against the top ranked Iowa State Cyclones. Matt Rhule’s squad fought valiantly, but ultimately the Bears came up short despite a fourth quarter comeback push. The fourteen-point loss puts them at 5-5 overall and 3-4 in Big 12
From a young age, his destiny has been in front of him: adventure and capturing it in a frame. [Read the rest of the eBook here] Oversized couches scatter the second floor of Castellaw Communication Center. In the spring and fall semesters, students set up shop here between their classes and a buzz fills the
Twenty years after he became Baylor’s only player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the famed linebacker reflects on how setbacks, faith and forgiveness lifted him. Born in 1958, Mike Singletary was the youngest of 10 children growing up in Houston. If not for an unhappy childhood, including watching his father
