It was a sunny afternoon in the canyons of Bluffton, Texas. A local rancher spotted an odd-looking fellow camped near the riverbed, napping in a cot, a necktie draped over his dusty clothing. The rancher approached the sleeping man, Baylor faculty member John K. Strecker, and asked with some reservation: “Are you the bug-hunter?” Unamused to
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In this June 1978 Classic article, Rebecca Dawson Canning reflects on
Dr. Beth Lanning grew up around horses and planned to spend her life caring for them as a veterinarian. Decades later, the Baylor public health professor is still working with horses — including one made of metal and motors. Baylor has become a leading research hub for equine-assisted services — a field focused on utilizing horses for
“For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This 1979 Classic article shares Katie Cook’s experience as a religion
Even as a doctoral student, Baylor associate biology professor Dr. Jason Pitts wrote off the danger of mosquitoes — just as most people do. Although for over a decade the Center for Disease Control has promoted the pest as the world’s deadliest animal due to its ability to transmit diseases, it’s more commonly associated with its short-lived, itchy bite than its
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For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This 1962 Classic article provides for readers an informative and insightful
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November, 1980 Classic article recounts the conception of Baylor’s mace
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This 1969 Classic article shares the powerful experience of Baylor graduates
For much of the year, the skies above Central Texas are busier than they appear. Birds migrating between North and South America pass through the region along the Central Flyway, making Waco and the surrounding communities a stopping point for hundreds of species. For those who know where to look, a walk through Central Texas
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1977 Classic article reflects on ways in which the
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This April 1983 Classic explores Baylor’s pioneering Center for Private Enterprise
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This May 1990 Classic piece profiles Dr. Phyllis Spear Karns, dean
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From the author: On August 31, 2026, three days after I submitted the essay below to The Baylor Line, Wendell Berry died. The news reached me that evening as something I had anticipated and yet was unprepared to receive. For a moment, it seemed as though some great light had gone out of the world,
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For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This June 1978 first-person Classic takes readers inside Bear Downs, Baylor’s
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This April 1983 piece goes inside Baylor’s counseling center, where a
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In this humor-filled April 1983 Classic, alum Andy ‘Ace’ Collins recounts
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This April 1992 Classic goes inside Baylor’s Office of Student Retention
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In this November 1982 Classic, we meet Rick Diamond, the soft-spoken
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This May 1990 Classic describes how Baylor math professor Max Shauck
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This Spring 2000 piece explores Baylor’s Institute for Learning in Retirement
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This June 1973 Classic describes how Baylor alum Maj. Charles G.
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This September 1977 Classic offers a first-person tour through Baylor’s Strecker
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This April 1974 Classic examines the delicate balance Baylor University struck
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1977 Classic captures the whirlwind of Baylor’s BSU Pre-School
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In this Spring 2004 Classic interview, Baylor grad Jess Cagle traces his
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This April, 1976 Classic dives into Baylor Theater’s touring production of
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This Classic is about the September 19, 1981 inauguration of Herbert Hal
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In this Classic article from May 1990, six Baylor students recount
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This June 1965 Classic article gives readers a look inside Baylor’s
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1985 Classic about Dr. Cornelia Marschall Smith — former
For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In this September 1977 Classic article, David McHam describes the Baylor
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This June 1977 Classic profiles the most nationally known football
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This April 1985 Classic, June Osborne travels across Ireland and
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1981 Classic, Baylor archaeologists unearth an ancient Christian
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This May-June 1970 Classic pulls back the curtain on Baylor’s scientific
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This September 1991 – October 1991 Classic wrestles the question,
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This March – June 2000 Classic follows Baylor journalism students
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This October 1973 Classic shows how small-town farm girl, Debbi
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1980 Classic looks at Baylor’s pioneering efforts to solve
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1979 Classic takes the reader down the winding
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This September 1976 Classic explores how a Baylor Law Review symposium
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In this November 1980 Classic, Kathy Hampton reflects on her
Friends, Freedom is one of those words that feels self-evident. It elicits certain thoughts, emotions, colors — a flag, maybe, or an open road. We think we know what it means to be free until we sit with it long enough. The newest issue of The Baylor Line Magazine made me sit with it. How
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The onset of hostilities in the skies over Baghdad on January 16 forced Baylor administrators, faculty, and students to evaluate their daily activities in a new light. Two weeks into the war, we asked several members of the campus community to consider the question, “What is the role of a university during a time of
Dr. Cory Smith has an ambitious dream — one of his primary goals is to develop a next-generation warfighter monitoring system to optimize performance and safety for military personnel operating in austere conditions. “My mission and passion are very much to develop the next-generation warfighter monitoring system,” Smith said. “I want to create the systems,
George’s tumultuous life is the stuff of legends, of Hollywood action movies, of dime store novels. He was a restless pioneer. A leader. A stone-cold killer. A mass of contradictions. It’s not a pretty story at times, certainly not by today’s standards, but few people in the American west lived a more eventful life than
In the 1920s, a sociology textbook landed Baylor University in the entire Baptist General Convention of Texas’ spotlight. In the 2000s, a small research center called the University’s academic freedom into question again. A century after its first evolution controversy, the nation’s largest Baptist university is still wrestling with the same question: What does a
When I was ten years old, my maternal grandmother, Velma Ray Kay Hugghins, was driving me to the store when she turned toward me with a seriousness I had never seen before. “In 2045,” she began, “there is a time capsule on Baylor’s campus that will be opened 100 years after it was sealed. I
It was the events of December 24, 1944, that Rufus Buin Spain, a then-21-year-old Army soldier from Pickens County, Alabama, recalled as most impressive from his time in World War II. That Christmas Eve, the Belgian vessel SS Leopoldville, hastily loaded with materials and reinforcements for the Battle of the Bulge, had been torpedoed by
Nick Bradford, who will graduate from Baylor with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 2027, was on active duty with the Army before enrolling at Baylor. Initially he didn’t plan to self-identify as a veteran, preferring instead to “keep my cards close to my chest,” but he’s grateful Veterans of Baylor (VoB) encouraged him
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This January-February 1991 Classic shares how the Baylor Riding Association gives
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November – December 1991 Classic explores how Baylor students navigating
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This February 1981 Classic profiles the new president of the
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This May – June 1965 Classic traces back the remarkable
With a last name like Sargent, a military career almost seemed inevitable for this Baylor alumnus. Since his freshman year, Philip Sargent has been preparing through Baylor’s ROTC program and an internship at the Pentagon for the moment he would begin active duty as a member of the U.S. Air Force. But years of preparation
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This March – April 1972 Classic follows ex-Lariat Editor Ella
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This March-April 1968 Classic features the farewell reflection of editor
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This March – April 1992 Classic reminisces about a Baylor
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This September – October 1972 Classic highlights how a generous
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This March-April 1968 Classic dives into the history of Baylor’s
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This January – February 1962 Classic highlights the research conducted
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1980 Classic highlights the struggles of Jay Jeffrey,
Annabeth Dusek was furloughed on October 1, 2025 — the day the government shut down. After about a month on the job she’d prayed for since high school, Dusek, a Baylor junior, thought she had finally mastered the rhythm of her office and adjusted to the fast-paced culture of life on Capitol Hill. It was
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1980 Classic, June Osborne reflects on her bird-watching
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This February 1986 Classic discovers Genealogy using public records and
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This February 1980 Classic talks about the journey it took
The awards have expanded. The venues have moved. But the purpose remains consistent: to recognize members of the Baylor Family whose leadership, service, scholarship, and public impact reflect distinction. 1965 Dr. Gordon Teal and Earl C. Hankamer, Sr., are recognized as the University’s first Outstanding Alumni. Ex-Students Association Executive Director Dr. George Stokes presented the
Baylor Law School alumnus and Dykema associate Matthew Maupin is an accomplished litigator. But, more than that, he is a hometown hero whose commitment to service extends far beyond the walls of the courtroom. Born and raised in Kerrville, Texas, Maupin spent his childhood outdoors along the banks of the Guadalupe River. Those days instilled
Emily and Brett Mills are just as comfortable leading a worship service for thousands on a Sunday morning as they are doing ministry in a strip club on a Saturday night. That is because they live their lives by the words “Jesus Said Love.” For the couple, this phrase reminds them of the importance of
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Tiffany Jones-Smith embodies the adage “triumph over tragedy.” She is no stranger to grief, having lost 15 members of her family to kidney disease and later discovering that she herself carried the same high-risk genetic marker. It would have been easy to surrender to this grief and let it consume her. Instead, Jones-Smith was motivated
During his 41 years at Baylor University, Maxey Parrish truly saw it all: sidelines, courtsides, Olympic games, board rooms, and classrooms. He taught across the world, earned countless awards, and even founded Baylor’s athletics website, embracing every opportunity that came his way. Yet beyond these achievements, Parrish’s greatest impact was made outside the classroom, where
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When Dr. T. Michael Parrish’s father was serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the pivotal attack on Pearl Harbor, he had no idea he was sailing less than a mile from Doris Miller, the very man his son would later dedicate much of his professional life to bringing into history’s light.
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Hon. Anh “Joseph” Cao is a boundary breaker whose life has been marked by defying expectations time and time again. He was the first Vietnamese American elected to the U.S. Congress, the only nonwhite House Republican of the 111th Congress, and the only House Republican to vote for an early House version of the health
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Dr. Elizabeth Palacios is no stranger to being first, and she has never hesitated to lead the way. A first-generation college student, one of the few Latina professors in Baylor’s School of Education during her 10-year tenure, and the first faculty member appointed special assistant to the president on diversity, Palacios has consistently broken barriers
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Skye Perryman is urgently working for justice and fighting for the future. The current president and CEO of Democracy Forward, Perryman’s work centers on confronting extremism, challenging anti-democratic movements, and building a vibrant democracy for all people. For her, the work isn’t political — it’s about serving people. Perryman grew up in Waco and studied
When Pastor Chris Seay was 16 years old, he destroyed two of his grandfather’s most prized possessions: his car and his house. After driving his grandfather’s brand-new Oldsmobile 98 straight through a wall, a shaken teenage Chris braced himself for the anger and disappointment he assumed would follow. Instead, his grandfather, a Baptist preacher, responded
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From an early age, Daniel Vestal was already responding to a clear call to ministry. At just 16 years old, he was licensed and ordained to preach, stepping into pulpits and leading revival meetings while still in high school. What began as a sense of calling quickly became a way of life. During those formative
Editor’s Note: As we gear up to celebrate 60 years of this tradition with you, let’s take a moment to remember some of the best of our previous Distinguished Alumni with Hall of Fame: Rewind. We hope you’ll enjoy reading about our outstanding alumni honorees from the past who shape the ranks of honorees of
“I’m telling you, that is one smart, hard-working, gracious, wonderful lady.” — John F. Baugh In times of darkness, Emily Tinsley’s commitment to bettering the Baylor Family shone through. “I think [she] wanted to see Baylor be … more transparent, more honorable, the ways that they believed it had been and could be,” said Robyn
Editor’s Note: As we gear up to celebrate 60 years of this tradition with you, let’s take a moment to remember some of the best of our previous Distinguished Alumni with Hall of Fame: Rewind. We hope you’ll enjoy reading about our outstanding alumni honorees from the past who shape the ranks of honorees of
Editor’s Note: As we gear up to celebrate 61 years of this tradition with you, let’s take a moment to remember some of the best of our previous Distinguished Alumni with Hall of Fame: Rewind. We hope you’ll enjoy reading about our outstanding alumni honorees from the past who shape the ranks of honorees of
Editor’s Note: As we gear up to celebrate 60 years of this tradition with you, let’s take a moment to remember some of the best of our previous Distinguished Alumni with Hall of Fame: Rewind. We hope you’ll enjoy reading about our outstanding alumni honorees from the past who shape the ranks of honorees of
Editor’s Note: As we gear up to celebrate 61 years of this tradition with you, let’s take a moment to remember some of the best of our previous Distinguished Alumni with Hall of Fame: Rewind. We hope you’ll enjoy reading about our outstanding alumni honorees from the past who shape the ranks of honorees of
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This January – February 1962 Classic highlights the research conducted
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1980 Classic highlights the creation of Baylor’s
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This April 1974 Classic reminisces on the work of the
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Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This December 1975 Classic takes us through the 18th-century Allbritton
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1980 Classic shares the changed perspective one student
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This February 1979 Classic highlights the worm-eating stunt that led
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Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November-December 1956, teaching is underpaid and underpopulated, members of
Friends, I cut my teeth as a young journalist the same way many Waco journalists do: reporting on whatever fell on my desk at the Waco Tribune-Herald. The beat was, at times, mundane. The hours were long. My car’s mileage was rising. And I often wondered what caused me to stray from my original bigwig
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Editor’s note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1985 Classic article closes out this issue
As any good clinical psychologist knows, the seeds of who a person will become are planted early on in life. Dr. Francesca Penner, an assistant professor in Baylor’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, is well known for her work with parents and children — mostly researching the connection between parental mental health and children’s socio-emotional development.
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Hosted by CEO Jonathon Platt, The Baylor Line’s flagship podcast The Green Room brings conversations by Baylor alumni, for Baylor alumni, about the Baylor Family. Converging at Baylor, interviewees bring stories from all walks of life and diverge on journeys of extraordinary heights (literally), on the big screen, and across the world. To hear full
Jonathon Platt: You’ve gone from earning your BBA and your MBA at Baylor in the early ‘90s to CFO roles at United Airlines, PayPal, and now, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer. That’s a journey that’s taken you from flight decks to Silicon Valley to the Walmart headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. When you think back to
If you live in Waco, you’ve likely seen Rod Aydelotte (’77) and his camera: maybe at the dedication of tiny homes for the homeless; or the reading of the Declaration of Independence at the courthouse; or any protest, parade, art festival, high school clothing drive, or amid the frenzy of a breaking news story or
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November-December 1962 Classic, shares the most memorable homecoming attended
“The building of a better environment will require in the long term a citizenry that is both deeply concerned and fully informed. Thus, I believe that our educational system at all levels has a critical role to play.” – President Richard M. Nixon At age 91, Dr. Owen Lind still vividly remembers the cacophony of
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Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This January-February 1970 Classic highlights the importance of Baylor Alumni
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This September–October 1972 Classic demonstrates the progress of the Bears’
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This March – April 1968 Classic article reflects on the
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This September – October 1969 Classic looks at the moon
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This Spring 1998 Classic explores the history of Waco Creek
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This Classic editorial from our January-February 1970 issue questions Baylor’s
While there may be no signs that a tepid U.S. economy is abating this fall, enrollment in law schools and other graduate programs across the country is booming. Graduate enrollment in the U.S. reached over 3.1 million students this past spring, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, surpassing pre-pandemic levels by 7.2 percent.
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1976 article takes a look at various alumni
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This February 1975 article chronicles the highs and lows of
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This Spring 2002 article features Q&As with seven notable Baylor
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1990 article chronicles the harrowing escape of two
Amjad Dabi was studying civil engineering in Damascus, Syria, when he met Dr. Bradley Bolen, who teaches piano at Baylor University, in the summer of 2010. As part of American Voices, a nonprofit cultural and diplomacy organization founded in 1993, Dr. Bolen spent six weeks in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon teaching piano to people who
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In this November-December 1991 Classic article, Baylor students uncover a
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This April 1985 Classic article that starts as a former
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November-December 1959 Classic article looks at the life
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This June 1986 Classic article is particularly relatable to
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1980 Classic article chronicles the ascent of
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In this Spring 2002 Classic article, readers share with
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. Although the title of this April 1976 Classic article
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. We’re celebrating Juneteenth with this Spring 1994 Classic article.
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In this Winter 1997 Classic article, Ray Hankamer Jr.
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. Need to read something funny today? Take a trip
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This September-October 1969 Classic article tells the story of
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Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. Instead of our usual long-form article, this Classic from
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This July 1988 Classic article takes a historical look
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In preparing this April 1983 Classic article to be republished,
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Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In this June 1973 Classic article, Baylor School of Nursing
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. Take a walk with Dr. Bruce Cresson in this
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This Classic article from November 1985 is the second
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This Classic article from November 1985 is the first of
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This June 1976 Classic article tells the history of Diadeloso,
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. As we move into April, I hope there’s a memory
Editor’s Note: As we gear up to celebrate 60 years of this tradition with you, let’s take a moment to remember some of the best of our previous alumni award winners with Hall of Fame: Rewind. We hope you’ll enjoy reading about our outstanding alumni honorees from the past who shape the ranks of honorees
Editor’s Note: As we gear up to celebrate 60 years of this tradition with you, let’s take a moment to remember some of the best of our previous alumni award winners with Hall of Fame: Rewind. We hope you’ll enjoy reading about our outstanding alumni honorees from the past who shape the ranks of honorees
Bringing together Waco’s poor and homeless and Baylor students, Church Under the Bridge provides a unique ministry.
Editor’s Note: As we gear up to celebrate 60 years of this tradition with you, let’s take a moment to remember some of the best of our previous alumni award winners with Hall of Fame: Rewind. We hope you’ll enjoy reading about our outstanding alumni honorees from the past who shape the ranks of honorees
Dr. Sarah Brosnan, a 1998 Baylor grad and 2009 Outstanding Young Alumna, made her big break studying fairness and equity in capuchin monkeys as a doctoral researcher.
Editor’s Note: As we gear up to celebrate 60 years of this tradition with you, let’s take a moment to remember some of the best of our previous Distinguished Alumni with Hall of Fame: Rewind. We hope you’ll enjoy reading about our outstanding alumni honorees from the past who shape the ranks of honorees of
On Friday, January 15, 2010, four remarkable Baylor graduates—Dr. James C. Kroll, Dr. Rebekah Ann Naylor, Bob R. Simpson, and Robert C. Zamora—will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Baylor Alumni Association during a black-tie banquet in the Cashion Academic Center on the Baylor campus.
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Computer literacy is something that President Herbert Reynolds takes very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that he made it one of Baylor’s major goals for the 1980s—for students and faculty alike.
Editor’s Note: As we gear up to celebrate 60 years of this tradition with you, let’s take a moment to remember some of the best of our previous Distinguished Alumni with Hall of Fame: Rewind. We hope you’ll enjoy reading about our outstanding alumni honorees from the past who shape the ranks of honorees of
Editor’s Note: As we gear up to celebrate 60 years of this tradition with you, let’s take a moment to remember some of the best of our previous Distinguished Alumni with Hall of Fame: Rewind. We hope you’ll enjoy reading about our outstanding alumni honorees from the past who shape the ranks of honorees of
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, we’re honoring
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. As much as I’ve loved celebrating Black History Month by
Seconds click by in the electric darkness behind the thick curtain of Waco Hall – not the Monday morning Waco Hall where freshmen write English themes during Forum or the Wednesday evening Waco Hall where students sing hymns during Serendipity, but the once-a-year setting of All University Sing, the Waco Hall not so very far from Broadway.
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. During Black History Month we’re honoring Robert Gilbert with a
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In light of Valentine’s Day, we’re celebrating Baylor power couple
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. From spring 2002, the Rev. Eric H. Hooker speaks about
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In this spring 2004 profile, we learn about North Texas weathercaster
In observance of this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we remember his life, legacy, and impact with a classic article from our May-June 1968 issue.
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This classic article from November 1976 connects Baylor’s Roxy Grove Theater
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Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. On today’s National Day of Mourning for Jimmy Carter, Hal Wingo’s
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This piece from our January-February 1962 edition chronicles the donation of
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. As the Bears play in the Texas Bowl today, we look
For the first time in two years, “The Baylor Line” is back with a brand new magazine. This issue, called The Big Picture, features some of our favorite stories of 2024. Much like our own lives, this magazine is riddled with new beginnings, a few endings, and all the little things that make up the middle — The Big Picture. We hope you’ll join us as we embark on a new journey, telling stories for every Baylor grad with coverage beyond campus.
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New buildings like the Baylor Science Building and Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation show the growth of campus. Renovations to existing buildings exude change in what was once a stability on campus. Even discussions about names of buildings and removing statues may come to mind. So what is the same? We can
Theirs was a love story for the ages with all the passion and intrigue of a Victorian-era romance — a courtship that included 573 love letters and a secret marriage at St. Marylebone Church in London on September 12, 1846, over her tyrannical father’s objections. He later disinherited her, and she never saw him again after she and her husband started a new life in Italy, where their son was born three years later. His given name was Robert Wiedeman Barrett Browning, but they called him Pen. Though inseparable during their lifetimes, the lovers are buried nearly a thousand miles apart: Elizabeth in the Protestant Cemetery in Florence and Robert in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey, London. Six years his senior, Elizabeth was just 55 when she died in her husband’s arms at their home in Florence of chronic lung disease. Father and son moved back to London where Browning established himself as a leading literary figure. He never married again, nor did he visit Florence after his wife’s death. Then in 1889 while visiting Pen at his home in Venice, Browning died of natural causes. He was 77 years old.
Described by her friends as “small, untidy, energetic, unselfish, tireless, and possessed of great originality,” Miss Scarborough was still nothing if not meticulous
Corbevax, a low-cost coronavirus vaccine created in Houston by two Baylor scientists, could be a better weapon against Covid-19 by reaching the unvaccinated in poorer countries.
Despite all obstacles, the war correspondent was devoted to getting the story and relentless in following it to the end.
Her untimely death meant the world might never truly know her. Until now…
The 2022 Young Alumna of the Year explains why she finds it so important to use her voice as a creator of justice and joy, compassion, and peace.
Friends, Fear. It’s something we all struggle with. Personally, my biggest fear is being “found out” as a “fraud,” even though such fear is not warranted or even logical. For instance, despite my qualifications, experience, and passion, I rarely feel qualified to write these opening Editor’s Notes. I fear someone, one day, will call me
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to like in BL Classics. In this installment, enjoy a trip back in time to
Baylor University’s Black Gospel Music Preservation Program has digitized more than 36,000 copies of classic black gospel songs, preserving them for future generations.
Spirit has been meeting soul in supernatural ways since 1988 at Baylor through the Heavenly Voices choir of gospel-singing students Sing out! Shout! Tell the world the good news! Lift every voice and sing! That’s been the goal of Baylor’s Heavenly Voices Gospel Choir from the group’s humble inception in 1988, and it will forever
Chet Edwards discusses his time in politics and the lessons he learned from a lifetime of legislating, leading, and living boldly for the right reasons Editor’s note: This interview was conducted for our December 2021 Living Legacy event. Chet graciously agreed to be our first guest in the hot seat, though, he did note that
Friends, Wow. What you hold in your hands now is truly going to be a treat. This issue defies categorization, description, even my wildest hopes of what it could become. Together the stories incased in these pages demonstrate just how truly awesome the Baylor Family is when everyone — and I mean everyone — is
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to like in BL Classics. In this installment, enjoy a trip back in time to
“Campbell was synonymous with football in Texas. He’ll be missed by many.” Dave Campbell was the Shakespeare of sportswriters, a wordsmith whose columns informed, entertained, and captivated his loyal readers for almost 70 years. During his legendary, 40-year career as the sports editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald and the founder of Texas Football magazine in
Since moving to Corpus Christi in 2020, Robert Morales and his wife have discovered that they love being on the water. The couple own a small pontoon, and when the weather is right, they’ll set sail in the bay near their home. “The cool thing is that when you’re out there, you get to see
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During Welcome Week at the start of her freshman year, Karen Jones remembers hearing a speaker talk to the eager new Baylor Bears about striving for balance. “They spoke about finding balance in your physical, spiritual, and mental self,” she says. “I have thought back on that many times over the years.” When she’s felt
J. Andrew Rice – the full moniker of the Baylor alum and Baylor Line supporter who goes by “J” – is a guy who appreciates the gifts of life. “Life is mysterious,” Rice says. “But you begin to know that there’s some order to the universe. It’s an adventure to find that out as you
Without our Torchbearer members, Baylor Line could not exist. They are a life blood to us all, rich in legacy, wisdom, support, and energy. Too often though, they are known in name-only by most of the Baylor Family. We’d like to introduce you to three Bears who were handed the torch and did something with
Tony Pederson has served Baylor Line tirelessly for decades in ways big and small, but now he’s in a totally new position. Here’s why he accepted the invitation. It is reasonable to ask why a professor from SMU is president of Baylor Line Foundation. The simple explanation is that it wasn’t planned this way. I
As this first-ever issue of Baylor Line Insider Exclusive reaches you, there will be a terrible thing happening. Most studies show that our New Year’s Resolutions will only survive the first month or so of the year. All that energy and excitement gained around these efforts at the end of 2021 and then they’re gone.
With so much happening in the Baylor Family, I thought I would take this opportunity to provide clarity on the most important ways you can play your role in making it even better. Because of you, we’re doing more than ever! It is exciting to see the Baylor Line team performing at such high levels
It is with great sadness we mourn the loss of a larger-than-life leader: Wayne Tucker (‘85), Baylor Line Foundation’s Incoming President and a friend to so, so, so very many across the Baylor Family and the globe. “Wayne was an important and valued member of Baylor Line Foundation’s family in so many ways,” said Allen
The Associate Professor of Ensembles and Director of the Golden Wave Band sat down for an interview about struggles, success, and how he has stuck to the things he loves. This interview has been edited for clarity and space. To hear the entire conversation, visit baylorline.com/isaiahinterview Jonathon Platt: Isaiah, could you tell us just a little
Her story would make an Alger hero look like a sissy Original Editor’s Note: One hears much about the fact that the younger generation has had it too easy and doesn’t know the meaning of work. Perhaps there are some students in this category, but we thought you should know about this 32-year-old housewife and mother
“At some point in their Baylor journeys, practically all of our students have taken a class in Tidwell, which houses some of our core disciplines, and we are grateful that this Baylor tradition will continue on for future generations because of their generosity.” These remarks, delivered by President Linda Livingstone at the re-dedication ceremony for
1. “KAYE!” Curtis watched as the fall happened in slow motion, her name erupting from his lips without even realizing it. No matter how fast he tried to move, he knew it was too late. Despite a running leap, Kaye hadn’t fully made it across a five-foot gorge. Before Curtis’s eyes, the woman he had
Editor’s note: In place of a traditional, first-person essay, we have included an “exit interview” of sorts with Laura Hilton Hallmon (‘96, JD ‘99), our out-going president of Baylor Line Foundation. Laura’s time as president began in June 2019, when the world was still “normal.” Since then, she has led us with grace, strength, and
Dear Friends: It’s on all of our minds: What will life look like when we finally (hopefully, soon) emerge from the Covid-19 crisis? How will things be different? How will they go back to how they used to be? Have you given much thought to considering how your life could not just be different, but
Editor’s Note: In 1962, famed theater professor Paul Baker gained the rights to production of Eugene O’Neill’s play Long Day’s Journey Into Night. However, an agreement was struck, first. An agreement that not a scene, not a character, not a word could be changed. Baker, other theater department faculty and staff, and Baylor theater students
Four Poems by John Westbrook IDENTIFICATION I am a lonely wanderer In a world of many people. I am an unseen blade of grass among the marshes; I am a flagship proud – without a flag. I am a bullet fired – without a target; I am a speck of dust upon a mountain. (But
SEAN Tell me about your progress. EDUARDO Well… we’re in 29 schools now and we have over 75,000 members– SEAN (ignoring EDUARDO and going For MARK) Iell me about the strategy you’re using. MARK Okay. For instance, we wanted Baylor in Texas but Baylor already had a social network on campus… That last sentence may
Make sure you check out the upstairs. There’s so much potential for that space.” These are some of the final words Craig Cunningham (‘08) said to me before I stepped into the role of editor-in-chief of Baylor Line Magazine. He gave no deeper explanation. Confused, I asked for the keys to this “upstairs” on my
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Hero, mentor, friend — Dr. Robert C. Cloud (MS ‘66, Ed.D. ‘69) was all three of these to me. His influence, teachings, kindness, and care substantially shaped my life and my professional career. I first met Dr. Cloud, or RCC as he often playfully referred to himself as to others, in 1989 when I enrolled in
“Her loving heart and wonderful sense of humor were truly a gift to us all.” This is how Laura Hallmon (’96, JD ’99), President of the Baylor Line Foundation, will remember Barbara “Babs” Baugh, who was called Home in the early hours of Sunday, June 14. “It is with a heavy heart that [we learned]
They were calling it “Baylor’s greatest victory of all time” as most of the record 81,000 watchers in the fabulous Sugar Bowl still stared in shocked disbelief at the stadium scoreboard which read: “Baylor 13, Tennessee 7.” “I’ll buy that,” said exultant Baylor Coach Sam Boyd. To see Baylor win the Southwest Conference title and
How a student editor challenged segregation on the front page of the Lariat Ella Wall Prichard’s voice has a high pitch. Her gait is the stride of a woman with a purpose. She is always smiling, always dressed elegantly, always ready to help. Meeting Prichard in passing, she may not strike you as someone whose
This article was published in the Winter 2011 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Lisa Asher. During a four -decade long career in New York, Martha Swope ‘51 captured moments of some of the century’s greatest performers and performances Martha Swope—you might not recognize the name, but you will almost certainly
This article was published in the Summer 2013 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Meg Cullar. Baylor graduates in Teach for America are on a mission – both in the classroom and on a bigger stage The sign behind Kelsey Riley’s desk reads, “BELIEVE.” And believe she does. The 2011 Baylor graduate
This article was published in the Summer 2013 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Lisa Asher. Sculptor Dan Brook’s work draws upon his Native American roots and his love for a medium that “lasts forever.” Dan Brook ’83 speaks in a halting style with a low, gravelly voice. He contemplates questions carefully
This article was published in the Summer 2012 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Katerina Cheesman. Baylor’s Heavenly Voices Gospel Choir has become a source of power to both Baylor students and the people they bless with their music. THE HEAVENLY VOICES GOSPEL Choir practice begins with the kind of announcements and chitchat
This article was published in the Summer 2011 issue of The Baylor Line and written by J.B. Smith. One hundred and seventy-five years ago, Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Leading the charge was Sam Houston – a complex, ambitious man who would go on to form strong bonds with Baylor University. On
This article was published in the Summer 2011 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Michael Parrish. On the 150thanniversary of the Civil War, the sacrifices made by Baylor Students, professors, and alumni during years of strife and bloodshed remain an important part of the university’s heritage. IN LATE 1860, Baylor University had
This article was published in the Summer 2009 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Lisa Asher. Wondering how transformative the experience of higher education can be? Just ask recent Baylor graduate Juan Yaquian. DURING ONE OF THE BUSIEST TIMES IN HIS LIFE—in the midst of finals, upcoming graduation, an impending summer internship
This article was published in the Summer 2008 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Meg Cullar. By putting the principle of shared governance into practice, a university’s administration and faculty can strengthen an institution ON MAY 6, BAYLOR UNIVERSITY’S FACULTY SENATE—a group of representatives elected by faculty members—voted to pass a resolution decrying
This article was published in the Spring 2015 issue of The Baylor Line and written by David Pickle. The new McLane Stadium is terrific for football and fans, but with the $290 million investment pay off for the University and Waco? THE QUESTON WAS ALWAYS THERE, even amid the euphoria that came with the
This article was published in the Spring 2015 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Robert C. Cloud and Richard Fossey. Student-loan default rates have gone up dramatically in recent years. Can the system be fixed to ensure program solvency and protect borrowers? The following story is an excerpt from Facing the Student-Debt Crisis:
“We wanted a dramatic visual identification that would help people understand the moment they arrived at Baylor University.” – Sherri Privitera and Jeff Spear AS THE SENIOR ARCHITECT and project manager for the design of McLane Stadium, Jeff Spear and Sherri Privitera worked closely with a collaborative and diverse team from Baylor University to
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This article was published in the Summer 2016 issue of The Baylor Line. To former players and students, legendary baseball coach Dutch Schroeder is a walking history book, mentor & friend There’s a simple reason that Rick Hawkins ’69, MBA ’70, who pitched only one year for the Baylor baseball team, decided with his wife
This article was published in the Winter 2012 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Meg Cullar. Robert Griffin III wins the Heisman – a first at Baylor Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III won the 2011 Heisman Trophy—given to the nation’s most outstanding collegiate football player—on December to in New York City. In his
This article was published in the Spring 2013 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Carol Christian. ROBERT PAINTER’s law career—and friendship with Mongolia’s president—have led him into the shadowy world of fossil smuggling. Four seconds after the bidding started on a seventy-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton smuggled out of Mongolia, Robert Painter, JD ’99, stood
This article was published in the Winter 2008 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Jerry Hill. Former University of Houston football coach Art Briles takes over While new Baylor football coach Art Briles is trying to put the recent history of Baylor football to rest, he’s embracing the tradition created by former
This article was published in the Winter 2010 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Claire St. Amant. Baylor grad discovers that joining the Peace Corps has meant more than just a move across the globe. I’M SITTING ON A BUS, WEARING A RAINCOAT. I got the unfortunate seat underneath the leaky emergency exit, and
This article was published in the Spring 2010 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Meg Cullar. Alumnus Marc Burckhardt has built a successful career speaking his mind through art MARC BURCKHARDT HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. He communicates through a personal language that only he can speak, but people seem to have no trouble
This article was published in the Spring 2010 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Todd Copeland. Baylor’s Dr. Kevin G. Pinney and Dr. Mary Lynn Trawick are striving to develop a new weapon against cancer. THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER is being waged on many fronts, with scientists and doctors working in labs
This article was published in the Spring 2011 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Lisa Asher. Haunted by a tragically violent past, Brooks Douglass is using the medium of film to share his story and reclaim his life. The audience sits in stunned silence as the credits begin to roll across the movie
This article was published in the Spring 2011 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Brice Cherry. Between them, Baylor’s last three baseball coaches have led the Bears in more than 2,400 games. But behind the box scores and season records lies an even more remarkable tale of leadership both on and beyond the
This article was published in the Spring 2010 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Lisa Asher. After moving to Haiti in December, Ben and Katie Wilhoit Kilpatrick found their lives and work radically changed by the catastrophic earthquake. “WE. ARE. ALIVE.” The simple posting on a blog web-site maintained by Katie Wilhoit Kilpatrick
This article was published in the Spring 2009 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Meg Cullar. How do administrators and faculty ensure that Baylor’s Christian commitment complements, rather than unsteadies, Baylor’s pursuit of academic excellence? LIKE MANY COLLEGE STUDENTS, DARIN DAVIS STRUGGLED with issues concerning the meaning of life—life in general, and his
This article was published in the Spring 2010 issue of The Baylor Line. Selected to become Baylor’s fourteenth president, Judge Ken Starr was introduced to the Baylor family in mid-February prior to taking office. AFTER ALMOST A YEAR, the search for Baylor’s next president is over. The process began in March 2009, when fourteen members
This article was published in the Spring 2010 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Todd Copeland. From teaching students about “Hitler and the Holocaust” to leading the Center for Jewish Studies, Dr. Marc Ellis plays a unique role in Baylor’s life. DR. MARC ELLIS, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR Jewish Studies at Baylor
This article was published in the Spring 2008 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Steve Blow. A unique Dallas ministry provides hope and love to those with mental illness “WOULD I BE WELCOME HERE?” the man asked. That simple question sent the Rev. Joel Pulis’s life in a whole new direction — a
This article was published in the Spring 2008 issue of The Baylor Line and written by Meg Cullar. The rising cost of a college education can appear daunting. But, university officials say, recent boosts in financial aid are helping students attain their dreams of a Baylor degree. The numbers don’t lie—college tuition nationwide is going
Today, you’ll find Interstate 35, the Texas Ranger Museum, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Baylor Law School, Baylor’s Mayborn Museum Complex, Grant Teaff Plaza, Baylor athletic complexes and stadiums, Lake Brazos Park, and the Waco Riverwalk. But for the most of the twentieth century, hundreds of mostly Hispanic workers made their homes here. Exactly zero square
