You can’t say René Maciel, MS ’91, doesn’t have audacious goals. The president of Baptist University of the Américas (BUA) in San Antonio recently took on the role of president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas (Texas Baptists) and he defines success in that role as “bringing unity to Texas Baptist life.” The numbers […]

By Jennifer Thomson “Life changing” is a phrase I seldom use. Probably due to the infomercial feel of it. It sounds dramatic and cliché. Yet it’s the phrase I come up with when asked to describe my semester abroad. Last year, I was in a rut. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with

All of us have been praised for something great we’ve done in our careers with notes of thanks, certificates, recognition at a companywide meeting, perhaps even a year-end cash bonus. Dr. Diane Porter Patrick ‘66 got a school named after her. Diane Patrick Elementary opened this past fall in the Arlington (Texas) School District, and

The BAA asked this year’s Legacy Scholarship applicants to reflect on what it has meant to be part of a Baylor legacy family and to grow up surrounded by Baylor traditions.  This week, we introduce sophomore Morgan Mitford and freshman sister Madison Mitford from Grapevine, TX, who expect to graduate with degrees in Interior Design and Speech

(Update, Dec 3, 2015:  Rice University announced this week that it would also opt-out.)  Does the constitutional right to self-preservation override a university’s right to ban weapons on their campus in the name of public safety?  That’s the question facing Texas private universities as they consider whether to opt in to the new campus carry

Sports reporting is a place where you can increasingly find stories about people who have leaned on their faith and lost — and regained — it, says sports-feature producer Lisa Fenn, who shared the stage with ESPN NBA Report Chris Broussard at the Baylor Institute for Faith and Learning’s annual Symposium on Faith and Culture, which drew about

The BAA asked this year’s Legacy Scholarship applicants to reflect on what it has meant to be part of a Baylor legacy family and to grow up surrounded by Baylor traditions.  This week, we introduce Leah Dudley, a freshman from Temple, TX, who expects to graduate in May 2019 with a major in Communication Science and Disorders.

If form holds true, then the presence this Saturday of ESPN Game Day on campus and a big win on national television (ABC) over the University of Oklahoma will translate into more donations to the university as a whole. Athletics are “the window by which the world looks at your university,” said former Baylor football

As high-school seniors choose their colleges and college students consider graduate school, dozens of publications are releasing rankings – some on very specific topics and others focused on broader metrics. Increasingly, Student Debt metrics drive some of the rankings – and the decisions of many of those students. Two experts (including one from Baylor) say

For years, some of the most visible landmarks on the west side of Interstate 35 across from Baylor were the Clarion Hotel Waco and the University High School and Sul Ross Elementary School campuses.  But that was before they were torn down over the past few years to make room for redevelopment that is turning the area between South Fourth Street