Monday nights are the highlight of Blayke Drury’s week. “Singing is stressful,” says the junior Vocal Performance major who wants to be an opera singer. “But I get to come in here and not worry about singing but really focus on the kids and on how they are receiving this music.” “Here” is Oso Musical, […]
The Baylor Line Foundation invited the three candidates for the open Alumni-Elected Regent position to answer a series of questions about their backgrounds, the role of the Alumni-Elected Regent, and the challenges facing Baylor and what they bring to the table to help address those challenges. The process for the election of three Alumni-Elected Regents
KIM MULKEY has built a legacy at Baylor over the past 17 years. Two national championships. Seven consecutive Big 12 Regular Season Titles. 506 wins. Sixteen NCAA tournament appearances, Eight 30-win seasons. One of 14 finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The only person in history to have won an NCAA championship
In between customers and coffee brewing, Baylor student Kira snags an unused Starbucks pastry bag and writes an idea or two as she dreams of seeing one of her scripts produced on a professional stage. Six years and 1,869 miles later, Kira (Townsend) Rockwell ’14 now sits on the other side of the counter in
In a borrowed suit, oversized heels and a bright eyed, newly graduated determination, Whitney Reynolds ‘07 walked into NBC and “pitched her booty off” with hopes of fulfilling her lifelong dream. From a young age she wanted to be a host for her own talk show, but it took perseverance and years of growth to
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Do you remember political consultant James Carville’s famous line during the 1992 presidential campaign? “It’s the economy, stupid,” Carville supposedly observed. That eloquently simple remark became Bill Clinton’s distilled campaign message and helped propel him into the presidency. Something similar might be said about the student-loan crisis. “It’s the interest, stupid.” In fact, for many
In our last issue, we highlighted some of Baylor’s great teachers. We decided to follow that up with a look at some of Baylor’s Great Classes. We threw out a net to faculty and administrators, to students, and to our Facebook friends. We were looking for the classes that students fight to get into, the
As we talked about the Spring issue of this publication, we all agreed that a profile of Lady Bears basketball coach Kim Mulkey would make a great cover story. We scheduled this interview with Mulkey a week before she won her 500th game and seventh Big 12 championship on Senior Day at the Ferrell Center.
The new issue of the Baylor Line, which should hit your mailboxes soon, includes an edited story on a recent visit to campus by bestselling author Sarah Hepola. It was written and photographed by Baylor students. Here’s the full story: Stolen gulps of beer by the age of 6 launched The New York Times bestselling
Baylor announced April 18 that Linda A. Livingstone, the dean at the George Washington University School of Business, would become the university’s 15th president. Livingstone, who previously served as both a Baylor professor and associate dean of graduate programs at the Hankamer School of Business, will be the first female president in Baylor’s 172-year history
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