“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]
