“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] […]
Three months ago (or, wait, was that just a few week?), Baylor made a decision that changed the academic lives of current seniors. Administrative leaders decided to postpone the May 2020 commencement. “With the CDC’s Sunday guidance that no mass gatherings with 50 people or more should be held in the United States for the
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“Well…now what?” In the midst of Baylor’s transition to online classes for the remainder of the semester, many students and alumni are asking this same question. Although what we are experiencing is all unprecedented, Baylor faculty are working diligently to answer that question. One example is Baylor’s journalism, public relations, and new media department, which
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We are now entering uncharted territory for Baylor. On March 11, 2020, Baylor University students, faculty, staff, and community at large, experienced the personal effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Spring Break for students has been extended through next week. The spring semester will resume on Monday, March 23; however, classes will be provided strictly
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Students from around the world will attend an international environmental science meeting over spring break, run “by students, for students” to present their research and collaborate. The 9th Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Young Environmental Scientists (YES) Meeting is being organized by three Baylor environmental science students: Oviedo, Florida Ph.D. student Bekah Burket,
Miriam Laeky, an Allen senior, used to not have an interest in politics, but after the presidential election in 2016, she knew she had to step up. So she decided to run for county commissioner. Her parents are both immigrants who came to America to escape their government and civil war between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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“Jakey? Jackie? What does this say?” Rosie asked. “Jakey? No, it’s Jackie,” Belinda said with a laugh. “Jackie!” Rosie called to the waiting customers between chuckles. Rosie Garcia and Belinda Olivares are two supervisors at the Starbucks in Moody Memorial Library. But they are known all around campus. Rosie and Belinda’s gentle smiles, familiar laughs,
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Guys talk about sports and girls talk about boys. Some things about college culture are the same wherever you go – even 7,000 miles away. “College students make some incredible cross-cultural missionaries. You could take a college student and drop them on a campus almost anywhere and the country’s culture might be different but it’s
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All University Sing is a Baylor tradition that alumni and students both are familiar with, but are the Sing productions today the same as they once were? Kristin Dreyer Anderson (‘92) was Sing Chair her junior year in 1991 when her organization, Pi Beta Phi, paired with Sigma Chi. Anderson expressed how Sing has become
You never know who your boss might be. Often times students think their future boss is off in another city — a distant stranger. But what if you have already met them? What if you see them every day? During a panel discussion, Baylor alumni discussed the full-time jobs they received based on connections made
