The Baylor Alumni Association (BAA) congratulates the Baylor football team on an outstanding 2010 season! After compiling a 7-5 record, including a great win on the road at Texas, the Bears are set to take on University of Illinois from the Big Ten Conference in the Texas Bowl at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 29, […]

Sadie Jo Black ’50, Dec. 5 at the age of 80. A longtime supporter of Baylor and the Baylor Alumni Association, she earned a master’s degree from Colorado State University and taught at Mexia High School before returning to Baylor, where she was an assistant professor of home economics for 35 years, retiring in 1992.

By Racquel Joseph Time-tested truth: no matter if there is class, work, or meeting that requires attention, walking past a group of adorable puppies is not an option. On November 11, many students dropped what they were doing to cuddle, chase, and play with puppies on Fountain Mall. Active Minds, one of the newest organizations

By Claire Moncla The year 1963 was one of change. The Beatles released their first album. France and Germany signed the Elysée Treaty. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. But perhaps the most momentous event of 1963 was the assassination of John F.

Lynnette Geary and the McCrary Carillon by Michael Martinez Practice makes perfect, but when you make a mistake on an instrument this size, everyone is going to know about it. Up in the Pat Neff tower sits the McClane Carillon: an ensemble of twenty-two ton bells operated by a carillon situated in the room below.

Meg Cullar When legendary Baylor history professor and Master Teacher Dr. James Vardaman ’51 retired from Baylor in 2000, he didn’t really quit teaching. Since then, he has just been lecturing to a different kind of student. But September 28 marked his second retirement—this time from his career as a stalwart of the Baylor Alumni

By Michael Martinez A new book by Baylor professor Susan Mullally, What I Keep: Photographs of the New Face of Homelessness and Poverty, takes a personal look at the possessions we hold dear and how those things impact our lives. Using the members of Waco’s Church Under the Bridge (CUB) as her subjects, Mullally asked

By Claire Moncla The Mayborn Museum Complex has had many traveling exhibits. “Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion” and the “National Geographic MAPS: Tools for Adventure” are just a few in the long list of exhibits that have visited the museum. But the Mayborn had yet to house an art exhibit until this fall. From

By Meg Cullar Members and friends of the Baylor Alumni Association (BAA) received a treat in their e-mail boxes Wednesday with the relaunch of the association’s electronic newsletter, Between the Lines (BTL). The newsletter has been on hiatus while undergoing a redesign. Loyal readers should be happy to find new and interesting stories in a

Senior music lecturer Dr. Bradley Bolen landed home in the United States on August 13. Readers who have followed Between the Lines know that Bolen spent his summer making a tour of the Middle East and blogging about people and experiences. Bolen served on faculty with American Voices’ YES Academies and spent about a month