Oversized couches scatter the second floor of Castellaw Communications Center. In the spring and fall semesters, students set up shop here between their classes and a buzz hiis the hallways In the summer, though, the buzz disappears. The hallways are empty, the couches lonely. In early June, I sat on one of those couches waiting […]
May 24, 2016 That evening, they met behind Robinson Tower to avoid being seen. The group of men entered the back of the building and made their way up towards a conference room. This would be Art Briles’ last-ditch effort to explain his side of the story. A handful of Regents were present, with others
Today, you’ll find Interstate 35, the Texas Ranger Museum, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Baylor Law School, Baylor’s Mayborn Museum Complex, Grant Teaff Plaza, Baylor athletic complexes and stadiums, Lake Brazos Park, and the Waco Riverwalk. But for the most of the twentieth century, hundreds of mostly Hispanic workers made their homes here. Exactly zero square
As the 43rd governor of Texas, and the fourth Baylor graduate to serve in that state office, Mark White ushered in education reforms that still impact schools, including limits on elementary class size, the “no pass, no play” policy for high school athletes, and the first-ever statewide testing standards. For White, age 77, who died
There are a lot of things people might be surprised to learn about Jack Dillard. For one, he was an avid scuba diver. I never talked with him about it after he became unable to walk with ease, but I suspect that one of his great regrets later on was that he could no longer
Anyone looking for total objectivity here should probably read something else. I cannot reflect on the life of my sister Nancie Wingo ’54, who died last Christmas Eve morning, without thinking she may have been the best example Baylor ever produced in the matter ofloving, respecting and appreciating the people of a currently much maligned
BAYLOR JUSTIFIABLY TAKES PRIDE IN THE QUALITY OF ITS TEACHERS. So we built a list of 26 Baylor professors who have been granted Master Teacher status by the university, 23 professors who were chosen to win the Collins Award by the senior class, and nine winners of the Cornelia Marschall Smith Award. Individual departments and
It’s a key indicator for the NCAA basketball tournament selection when they’re picking – and seeding – teams for March Madness. And over the past five years, Baylor Basketball ranks in the Top 10 nationwide for average strength of schedule. The responsibility for building that schedule falls to assistant coach Sam Patterson ’08, MSED ’10,
