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

If you think “nobody’s perfect,” then you haven’t met our Baylor Lady Bears, crowned last night as the 2012 NCAA National Women’s Basketball Champions. In addition to winning Baylor’s second national title in women’s basketball, the team posted a historic 40-0 record for the season. That’s never been done before in NCAA history by any

In 2009, the Baylor Alumni Association (BAA) launched a five-year plan, called United for Baylor, that established six primary goals for the alumni association. We invite you to learn more about the plan at United for Baylor. At roughly the mid-point in our five-year plan, our leadership is taking an opportunity to assess our progress

By: Katie Burns It started as a desire to help his congregation overcome consumerism in the Christmas season. Now it is a full-scale mission effort involving hundreds of churches. Chris Seay ‘93, pastor of Ecclesia Church in Houston, is helping to bring clean water to hundreds of communities worldwide. Seay first developed a passion for

It’s March, and that means one thing — it’s time for the Big 12 and NCAA basketball tournaments! Once again, the Baylor Bears will be right in the middle of the action. The games kick off tomorrow, with both the men’s and women’s teams playing in the Phillips 66 Big 12 tournaments in Kansas City,

By: Katie Burns For one Baylor graduate, years of hard work have finally paid off.  Playwright Larry Herold, class of ’78, launched the premiere of The Sports Page in Fort Worth at the Stage West Theater. The play is set in the 1960s, at the Dallas Cowboys training camp in Waxahachie, Texas. It follows a