By Jena Howie Joseph Kickasola, associate professor in Baylor’s department of communications, lives sixteen hundred miles from campus, but the students don’t mind. As the director of the Baylor Communications in New York program, he orchestrates a semester-long program that allows students to intern in the city while taking a full semester of coursework through […]

By Jena Howie A Waco resident and Baylor fan has found a way to hold on to special memories without cluttering your closet with mementos- especially T-shirts. We wear T-shirts all the time to show support for various activities and for some reason, we tend to hold onto our T-shirts for way too long. They

By Catherine West Senior Stefan Huber from Nederland has had a Baylor experience most high-school students only imagine. Not only is this health science studies major filling out medical school applications, but he is also preparing for the 2012 football season. Number 54 on the field, Huber plays center for the Baylor Bears. For the

New BAA board president seeks constructive dialogue By Daniel Houston Photo by Rod Aydelotte The Baylor Alumni Association recently spoke with Elizabeth Coker, 2012-13 president of the BAA Board of Directors and Texas 258th District Court judge. Coker ’89, JD ’92, talked about her Baylor education, law background, and priorities for the BAA in the

By Daniel Houston Baylor is offering a series of academic camps this summer for gifted and talented students to foster creativity and problem-solving, while encouraging them to eventually pursue a college education. Baylor’s University for Young People (UYP) features diverse academic programs — including book clubs, robotics projects, philosophy, painting and cooking classes, among others

By Daniel Houston The Texas Collection is in the final stages of an ambitious project to digitally archive more than one hundred years of Baylor history. The staff plans to launch a completed collection of digitized and fully searchable copies of the Lariat student newspaper, the Round Up student yearbook, and official university press releases

By Daniel Houston Although Baylor’s campus may appear quiet in the summer, its concert halls are ringing with the sonorous voices of the organ. Dr. Joyce Jones, Baylor’s professor of music and organist-in-residence for forty-three years, just completed teaching her final organ camps with the university before she retires in August. The camps — one

By: Katie Burns The feelings of apprehension and excitement are growing among Baylor seniors as graduation day approaches.  Some are sad to leave Baylor.  Some are nervous to face the real world.  Some are feeling the intense pressure that accompanies the job hunt. For Chelsi Patterson, a senior public relations major, graduation represents the start

By Lee James, Class of 1974 I was there. Every Saturday from September to December I was glued to my TV, mesmerized by the magic. And what a Cinderella season it was! Each week’s heroics were more exhilarating than the last. The Bears’ composure and persistence in the face of adversity called to my highest

By Katrina Cheesman There are few people that have a people-first, mission-driven entrepreneurial spirit, but somehow, the Stanley family got a double-dose of this passion. Steve Stanley, and his son Matt, are both Baylor graduates and founders of Sundance at Oakhills memory care facility in Tyler. The facility, founded in 2011, has been so successful