Mack Rhoades steps down Mack Rhoades has stepped away from his position at Baylor, effective immediately. In a letter released Thursday, Rhoades expressed that, after nine years of serving as Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics, he wants to prioritize his faith and family with an “intentional focus.” Last week, Rhoades stepped down from his position […]
In this episode of The Green Room, host Jonathon Platt and Amira Lewally, supervising producer at A&E, look back on a decision that changed the trajectory of Lewally’s career. A simple creative spark led her to add a film and digital media minor to her college studies, to which she credits her success in
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Senior lecturer of piano Dr. Bradley Bolen admits he was hesitant when Dr. John Ferguson, founder and executive director of American Voices, called him in 2009 to do some teaching in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. “I didn’t think anyone in Iraq would care about the arts because they’d been through so much tragedy,” he said,
Mack Rhoades is taking a leave of absence Athletics Director Mack Rhoades, who has led Baylor athletics since 2016, has taken a leave of absence from his posts as athletic director and College Football Playoff chairman. His absence, reportedly for “personal reasons,” comes just days after reports of multiple University investigations into Rhoades. According to
In this episode of The Green Room, host Jonathon Platt and Jackie Baugh Moore, president of the Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation, explore the Baugh legacy: Eula Mae and John Baugh’s lives, the founding of Sysco, and looking at things through the lens of love. Moore reflects on a legacy defined by conviction and
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Baylor football’s annual whiteout game – this year against the Utah Utes – is coming up on November 15. Whether you’re cheering in the stands, tailgating with friends, or taking photos along the Brazos, your outfit should be stylish, spirited, comfortable enough to last all day, and on theme. Don’t be the one person who shows
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Oui Did It The No. 16 women’s basketball team had its season opener at Adidas Arena in Paris, where it held a 58-52 win over No.7 Duke. This is the Bears’ first neutral-site season opener since 2005 and their 17th game outside of the United States and first outside of North America, now holding a
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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