Baylor Line

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:

On Tuesday, February 23, Waco received up to four inches of snow. At Baylor, students were released early and enjoyed the entire day building snowmen and dodging snowballs. For a complete look at the alumni association’s snow day pictures, please visit our Facebook page. If you have snow day pictures you would like to share

Helen Witten Cole ’47, passed away on Friday, February 12 at Providence Hospital in Waco. She was 84. A 20-year resident of Alexandria, La., she was a school teacher and a Red Cross safety instructor, and she taught Sunday school. After returning to Waco in 1977, she was an active member of Seventh and James

BAA Welcomes New Baylor President On Monday, February 15, in communications emailed to faculty, staff, students, and alumni, Baylor University announced that Kenneth W. Starr has been named the institution’s fourteenth president. He will be introduced to the Baylor family at a press conference at 3 p.m., Tuesday, February 16, in the Bill Daniel Student

Congratulations to Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints! The BAA is proud to have ties to this year’s Super Bowl winners—Amy Hightower Brees ’79 (Drew’s stepmom) is on the 2010 BAA Board of Directors. Best wishes to Drew, Amy, and the entire Brees family. Sic ‘Em Saints! Check out Drew Breese and the 2010

For biographical stories on each recipient, see the Baylor Line story Honoring Achievement. Click here to see photos from the 2010 banquet and reception. On Friday, January 15, 2010, at 7 p.m., the Baylor Alumni Association bestowed the Distinguished Alumni Award upon four Baylor graduates — Dr. James Kroll, Dr. Rebekah Ann Naylor, Bob R.

The Winter 2010 issue of the Baylor Line is now available on the Baylor Alumni Association (BAA) website. With a cover story, What Am I Doing Here?, by 2008 graduate and Peace Corps volunteer Claire St. Amant, the issue is full of great stories about alumni who are changing the world. Also included are profiles