The Baylor Alumni Association hosted the spring 2010 Ring Ceremony on Tuesday, May 4 at 5:30 p.m. in Waco Hall. Ring sales were at an all-time high this year with 475 students purchasing rings, and over 800 people in attendance at the ceremony. The BAA hosts the event twice each year since the university adopted […]
by Lauren Elder and Vanessa Mosharaf For seniors graduating in less than a month, life is more than a little crazy right now. Trying to juggle class, work, a degenerative disease—also known as senioritis—and the friends you may never see again in a month is tough. And on top of all that, trying to avoid
By Claire Moncla Fling your green and gold afar, or just come visit Baylor April 16-17 for the Baylor Alumni Association’s (BAA) Fling, a weekend exclusively for women that includes seminars, meals, and activities. This spring marks the twentieth chapter in Fling history—and it will certainly be a memorable one. “We have entertainment at every
By Claire Moncla Andrew Oerke values thinking outside the box. The man who is striving to make a difference in Haiti (his team is pictured at right) said poetry is an area where forward thinking is possible. “Poets don’t have to live in their paradigm,” he said. “The world’s become too prosy. There’s not enough
The Baylor family is mourning the loss of Master Teacher and longtime Baylor history professor Robert Reid, MA ’47,who died April 8 at the age of eighty-eight. Reid taught at Baylor for forty-five years, retiring from full-time teaching in 1992. He served as chair of the history department from 1977-92. He also was a longtime
To see more photos of the event, click Heritage 2010. By Lauren Elder, Claire Moncla, and Vanessa Mosharaf During Heritage Club 2010, the BAA asked participants the following question: What was your favorite Baylor experience? James W. Vardaman ’51: “The whole experience. I didn’t finish high school, and [at Baylor] I was able to appreciate
Ty Harrington never played baseball at Baylor. He never coached at Baylor – in fact he was never a student here at all. But every time he enters Bear Country, he comes home.
by Lauren Elder The Baylor men’s 2009-2010 basketball season began with an exhibition game in early November and will end (if all goes well) with a long run in March Madness and the NCAA Tournament. For many in the Baylor family, this was a season of excitement and anxious anticipation as Baylor played some thirty-one
Every year the Baylor chapter of Phi Beta Kappa presents the Albaugh Lecture, a lecture series generously endowed by Mrs. Oma Buchanan Albaugh in memory of her late husband, Roy B. Albaugh, a Waco business and civic leader from 1920 until his death in 1964. The purpose of the Albaugh Lecture is to bring a
Every year in March, students all across the nation are rewarded for their hard work with a week-long vacation. At Baylor, students receive the week of March 8 for Spring Break. Before packing up their cars and heading out of town, students were asked, “What are you doing for Spring Break?” Here’s what they said:
