An early step on the path to Steven Currall’s new leadership role at Southern Methodist University was his participation in the Leakey Leadership Lab, an intensive weekend for seniors Baylor once held to foster leadership skills. “It was one of my first experiences as a student leader and I went initially as a participant and […]

Baylor Business School students enrolled in the Practicum in Portfolio Management course saw the fruits of their efforts to manage “real money” with the recent presentation of $180,000 to the Athletic Department for student-athlete scholarships. The “real money” comes from the Philip M. Dorr Alumni & Friends Endowed Investment Fund, which was started 15 years ago

When Sandy Spoonemore ’87 entered Baylor as a sophomore in the fall of 1984, she was Baylor’s first wheelchair-bound student.  And getting around wasn’t particularly easy in the days prior to the Americans with Disabilities Act, which wouldn’t be passed for another six years. So Spoonemore and a friend headed over that spring to the monthly

Judy Pace Christie ’78 is about to find out what Hollywood is going to do with one of her books. Christie’s book, “Wreath, a Girl,” has been optioned for film and television by veteran independent producer Lauren Taylor of Los Angeles, who recently sold the story of Texan Kathy Murphy and her Pulpwood Queens Book

These are not the best of times for the oil and gas business.  In September 2014, oil was priced in the $85 to $95 range; today the prices are in the $30s. But one thing that has remained constant for brothers-in-law Joseph DeWoody ’05, MBA ’06, and Ryan Haggerty ’06 and their Clear Fork Royalty

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