By Claire Moncla My mother has a video of me at five years old telling her I wanted to be a writer. Fifteen years later, my goals haven’t changed much. And lately, I’ve had the privilege of getting valuable on-the-job training through working on the Phoenix, Baylor’s literary magazine, and the alumni association’s Baylor Line […]
by Judy Henderson Prather ’73, DMin ’02 BAA Communications Coordinator Make new friends, but keep the old; Those are silver, these are gold. –Joseph Parry I just returned from my fifth annual girlfriends’ reunion. Thanks to Janet–our organizer and the heart of our group–and thanks to the connecting power of e-mail, about a dozen women
By Todd Copeland Editor, The Baylor Line I have a confession to make. Before this spring, I had never been to Independence, the small town near Brenham where Baylor University began back in the 1840s and where the Baylor Alumni Association (BAA) was founded in 1859. Baylor alumni and current students make regular pilgrimages there,
By Lisa Asher The June issue of the Baylor Alumni Association’s e-mail newsletter was sent this week, which means that I spent a lot of my time over the last few days online. As editor of Between the Lines, I write the newsletter text, the Family Album section, and usually a story or two each
By Claire Moncla, Student Intern, Baylor Line My grandfather has terminal cancer and may not last through this week. Since my mother first called me to tell me the news of his worsening condition, I have been upset and angry as I think about the tragedy of an ending life: the mourning family, bereft spouse,
By Lisa Asher, Associate Editor, Baylor Line, and Editor, Between the Lines Baylor Line news editor Meg Cullar can sing the Baylor fight song without any advance notice–and she proved it last week by warbling it in my office, while a caller on the other end of my speaker phone took notes. Believe it or
By Meg Cullar, News Editor of the Baylor Line It’s May, and as if end-of-school rituals weren’t enough to keep a person busy, it’s a very hectic time in the production cycle of the Baylor Line. But it’s also the most fun time to be the news editor of the Line, my job for the
By Judy Henderson Prather ’73, DMin ’02 BAA Communications Coordinator On Saturday, we will present what is quite possibly my favorite of the alumni association’s awards–the Herbert H. Reynolds Retired Faculty-Administrators Award. Retired faculty members who are being honored include Drs. Robert Collmer (English), Elmer Duncan (Philosophy), Fred Gehlbach (Biology), and J. R. LeMaster (American
By Todd Copeland Editor, The Baylor Line This Saturday, May 2, the Baylor Alumni Association’s governing board will hold one of its quarterly meetings at the Hughes-Dillard Alumni Center. The May meeting is typically focused on finances; board members get an update on how the BAA staff expects to end the fiscal year (which concludes
By Lisa Asher Associate Editor, Baylor Line and Editor, Between the Lines The two assembled crowds really couldn’t have been more different. Members of one group wore skirts and suits; the other group’s attire consisted of shorts and T-shirts. The first crowd was very subdued, even reticent. Members of the other crowd were excited and
