It is our great pleasure every year to honor Baylor alumni who have accomplished extraordinary achievements in their careers, in service, and in the unique way they have impacted the world. We call them the Hall of Fame Awards, and the Baylor Line Foundation has been giving out these awards for many decades. Today, we […]
Dear Baylor Family, For the last few months, our organization has been a little . . . quiet. Some of you may be wondering what we are up to, and what the future looks like for the Baylor Line Foundation. Those are good questions. I’m happy to share everything we have going on, but first
Less than two years ago, the Baylor Counseling Center (BUCC) had one staff person for every 1,775 students, which is at the national average for all colleges, according to the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors. Today, that ratio is roughly one for every 750 students, a figure that puts the school ahead
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The 1960s and early 1970s became a golden age of Baylor Journalism. For one span of time an assortment of students and faculty put the Baylor Journalism Department and student publications on the map. Looking back, what they accomplished seems unusual. At the time it seemed normal. The students were a wonderful group. They were
When Liberated hits movie screens this fall, audiences will witness Spring Break party scenes from South Padre to Panama City Beach and ending in Cancun. But this isn’t your conventional sex-fueled romp, designed to pack movie theaters with hormonal teenagers and young adults. Liberated attempts to answer questions about how our conception of gender fuels
BACK IN 1973, THE NOZE BROTHERHOOD welcomed Leon Jaworski into its membership when the new Watergate Special Prosecutor came to town to be the Homecoming grand marshal. As he rode down the streets of Waco to cheers from the crowd, the NoZe brotherhood marched behind him holding signs that urged alumni to “clap if he’s
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More than 7,200 bricks make up the Bear Walk that leads to McLane Stadium and one of those bricks is mine. My parents bought it for me more than a year before I would receive my acceptance letter from Baylor as a part of the class of 2020. They told me, whether I went to
We asked retiring faculty and senior staff members to reflect on their most enduring memory at Baylor. We received responses from 16 of them and are recognizing the rest with a reminder of how they served Baylor and its students. Cynthia Ann Burgess was Librarian/Curator for Armstrong Browning Library. My enduring memory of Baylor would
More than 180 Baylor undergrads and high-school seniors applied this year for Legacy Scholarships. After much deliberation, we decided to increase the amount of the scholarships to $2,000 each (from $1,000 in past years), which meant this year’s awards will have a bigger individual impact but fewer students would receive them. As in past years,
Over the past year, 784 Baylor students studied abroad for academic credit. That number does not include students on mission trips or students doing formal research, but it does include the roughly 524 students who are spending the summer on faculty-led programs. These students were appropriately matched to one of the nearly 100 study abroad
