In this episode of The Green Room, host Jonathon Platt is joined by three culinary entrepreneurs during the Waco Restaurant Week panel hosted by The Baylor Line. Jake Patterson turned an abandoned Sonic Drive-In into Yaki Texas Teriyaki – inspired by a mom-and-pop teriyaki truck behind his former job at a dealership in Portland. Danielle Young, […]
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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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
Homecoming This is our favorite time of year, too. 116 years (and counting) of welcoming home Baylor Alumni is finally upon us, and don’t worry, because we have a guide for the perfect homecoming week. Baylor enters the matchup after a 41-20 loss at No. 21 Cincinnati and a 42-36 loss at TCU. The homecoming
In this episode of The Green Room, host Jonathon Platt sits with Dr. Mary Landon Darden, president of Higher Education Innovation, LLC, and Dr. Ray Perryman, president and CEO at The Perryman Group. The group unpacks the focus of The Baylor Line’s article It’s a New World – skyrocketing graduate enrollment and what the future
“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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New Pediatric Residency Hannah Wheatley, PT, DPT (’24), is Baylor’s first pediatric physical therapy resident. Her background in dance, child ministry, and teaching inspired her to pursue a career serving children through movement. The new residency – a partnership between Baylor and Hope and Believe Pediatric Therapy – integrates faith, service, and hands-on clinical experience.
