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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Shortly after Nancie Wingo ’54 passed away this past Christmas morning, we received notes from a few people who knew her, suggesting that we should publish her story in the next Baylor Line. To a person, they said there would be no better person to eulogize Nancie than her brother, Hal Wingo ’57, a former
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
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The Baylor Line Foundation will hold its 2017 annual meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, at the Waco Hilton. The meeting will include the election of directors and officers; a vote on changes to the BLF’s bylaws; updates on the organization’s activities over the past year and future initiatives; and a chance to
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