Environmental Sustainability Certificate A new certificate at Baylor is helping students prepare for careers in environmental sustainability. Offered by the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, this new Certificate in Environmental Science Sustainability will focus on what can be done to care for the Earth and its limited resources. To complete the certificate, students must […]
A walk across Baylor’s 1,000-acre campus surely illuminates the care and artistic details put in at every step. It’s easy to notice the striking red brick and white cornices that make up the buildings’ Georgian-style architecture, Pat Neff Hall’s gleaming 23.5-karat gold cupola, and the many eye-catching statues and monuments that serve as iconic waypoints
Throughout her undergraduate years at Morehead State University, Dr. Lenore Wright repeatedly found herself asking one question: “Where are the women?” She was the only female philosophy major, had no female philosophy professors, and read works almost exclusively by male philosophers. “It was just me and the guys, all the time, in every class, and
Finding a campus job to help pay for your education is pretty common among Baylor students, but Neill Coker Morris had perhaps the most uncommon campus job of all — milking the cows on the university dairy farm! Morris’ story starts with Professor T.H. Claypool. Imagine running an entire university department on your own. Well,
There are over 300 churches in Waco, and according to University Baptist Church Waco Lead Pastor Andie Pellicer, women lead fewer than five of them. A recent vote passed at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting sets out to further restrict the roles women in Waco and beyond are allowed to hold in their churches.
Summer in Waco doesn’t mess around. From June through August, temperatures regularly push past 100 degrees Fahrenheit — but that’s never stopped locals from making the most of it. If you’re looking for the best things to do in Waco this summer, you’ve come to the right place. Whether you’re a student sticking around for
Brockmole Starts Tenure Dr. James R. Brockmole began his tenure as Dean of Baylor Univeristy’s College of Arts & Sciences on July 1st. He is the college’s 13th president since its creation in 1919 and succeeds Dr. Lee. C. Nordt, who will be taking over as the university’s interim provost on August 1st. “I am
When rising junior Natalie Weissinger was growing up, she often heard stories about her mother’s time studying abroad in Japan as a Baylor student. She marveled at the images these stories conjured in her mind — the historic sites, the amazing food. But more than anything, the older she got, the more Weissinger thought about
The landmark 1927 musical Show Boat, which was based on the novel by Edna Ferber, was groundbreaking for its time, tackling controversial social issues like racial prejudice, miscegenation (interracial marriage), the struggles of marginalized workers, and the societal limitations experienced by women. For nearly a century, large flat-bottomed showboats traveled the inland waterways of the
Samuel Palmer Brooks had a long and winding road to getting the education that would equip him to become Baylor’s seventh president — and because of that, he never took for granted the power of learning. Brooks was the oldest of eight children, and he first laid eyes on Baylor when his family attempted to
