After finishing her career as a special education teacher, Michelle found herself an empty-nester at age 56, wondering what the next chapter of her life might entail. That is, until Linda Williamson Kirby (‘83), a former Zeta sorority sister and 35- year veteran flight attendant with Southwest Airlines, suggested she should apply. Michelle laughed off […]
Following graduation, the three of them cycled through a few startups, including a grocery delivery business, but none of them took off. That’s when they decided to stop relying on on others to code their ideas. They had studied finance and economics at Baylor, but now turned their focus on learning to code. That skill
I had heard of Dr. Joseph Armstrong and his wife Mary since childhood from my father, who had taken the famous ‘Browning Course’ from the colorful professor, who had made it his life’s work to collect everything important from the English Poet and playwright, and bring it to the small Baptist university in a small
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Fast Forward almost 65 years, and Henry was once again soaring through the skies. As part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Flight project in Wisconsin, Jame was selected to take a special flight in a Boeing Stearman biplane, the same aircraft used to train military aviators in the 1940s. James was one of eight senior
In the richest nation on earth, millions of people experience hunger every day, and it is the responsibility of all Christians to set aside any ideological divides and find a way to share the abundance. This is the central message of Jeremy K. Everett’s new book: I Was Hungry: Cultivating Common Ground to End an
Sherry Boyd Castello’s tenure as editor of The Baylor Line lasted from 1968 to 1990, though she remained for five more years as a senior writer and news editor. It was a remarkable time in the life of Baylor University, of America, of Castello herself. And during that time, The Line expertly, thoroughly and fairly
When Emily Chapman Richards (’07) arrived at Baylor University in the fall of 2004, she never anticipated how the Lord would use her time in Waco to prepare her for the role of executive director of Show Hope. Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, Emily grew up going to a Christian school, and knew she wanted a
On a fall Friday in 1963 I was walking on the Baylor campus toward the then-new science building, heading for my freshman chemistry class with Dr. McAtee. Suddenly physics professor Dr. Robert Packard burst from the building on a run. “Wow! Where are you going in such a hurry?” I asked. His shocking answer was
The Bears looked rusty in an eight-point win over the winless Rice Owls on Saturday. While Matt Rhule’s squad was certainly in command of the game throughout, fans could not help but notice the Bears’ inability to put points on the board against a much lesser opponent. Looking at the box score, nothing exactly jumps
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Big 12 Football is just around the corner, so let’s take a look at the big picture landscape ahead of conference play. Kansas (2-1) Starting off the rankings we have a familiar face at #10. To be fair, Kansas looks much better this year than in years past. A reinvigorated defense under Les Miles seems
