He surprised her with rose petals. Candles lit. Chairs arranged to watch the sunset.
Year: 2011
Adjusting to a new lifestyle and developing a daily routine can be challenging for incoming freshmen.
Busy college schedules mean that eating sometimes comes secondary to studying or other activities.
For those students who choose to enroll in summer classes or those that simply choose to remain in Waco for the summer, several overlooked activities can fill the void of free time.
Members of the Baylor community have been bursting the “Baylor Bubble” for the past 25 years during Steppin’ Out, a day of service in the Waco community that occurs once a semester.
Noisy neighbors, blaring televisions and the roommate’s barking dog are enough to make the ideal study environment hard to come by.
One of the ways Baylor meets the spiritual needs of students is by assigning chaplains, who are also George W. Truett Seminary students, to each residence hall.
As an increasing number of students enter college with their own computers, they have found a growing need for technology supplies.
In the fall of 1909, Baylor alumni received a surprising invitation from their alma mater. A postcard signed by three professors asked the graduates to return to campus to “renew former associations and friendships, and catch the Baylor spirit again.” With that postcard, Baylor Homecoming was born.
The John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship’s undergraduate program at Baylor was ranked second nationally by the Princeton Review in September 2010, moving up two spots from its 2009 fourth place ranking. The University of Houston’s undergraduate program was the only one to rank higher than Baylor’s.
From playing with orphans in Kenya, to viewing a cultural dance in Cairo, or walking along the Great Wall in China, learning a language can provide new opportunities and adventures.
Fort Faculty, the Bill Daniel Student Center, Fountain Mall, Baylor Sciences Building, Moody Memorial Library, and several other campus locations are under construction to increase green space, update furniture and finishes, and make space for expanded and new dining options.
Jay Goble has been named Baylor’s women’s golf head coach. Goble has spent the past three seasons as assistant coach at Florida. In each season there, the Gators reached postseason play and advanced further than the previous season. Goble will officially join Baylor athletics staff on July 1.
You’d be hard pressed to find a more heartbreaking end to a season than Baylor did in Monday night’s regional title game against Cal.
Baylor had opportunities to score and punch its ticket to an NCAA tournament super regional on Sunday night, but those chances went unrealized as the Bears fell to California, 8-0.
Freshman Dallas Escobedo threw a five-hit shutout, Mandy Urfer hit a two-run homer and top-seeded Arizona State beat Baylor 4-0 on Sunday to reach the finals of the Women’s College World Series.
Holly Holl lined a shot over the left-field fence with two outs in the 13th inning, lifting Baylor to a 1-0 victory over Big 12 rival Missouri on Saturday night in the Women’s College World Series.
Baylor starter Josh Turley had his fans’ hearts racing in the latter stages of the Bears’ 3-2 win over Rice on Saturday, but he escaped every jam to help his team move closer to a super regional berth.
Baylor baseball coach Steve Smith likened the Bears’ NCAA tournament-opening game against California on Friday to Thursday’s NBA Finals matchup between Dallas and Miami.
Harassing phone calls to a Central Texas police department have been blamed on an unknown person whose stunt tied up administrative lines but not 911 emergency service.
Kelsi Kettler hit a game-ending home run just inside the left-field foul pole in the eighth inning, and Baylor beat Big 12 rival Oklahoma State 1-0 on Thursday at the Women’s College World Series.
Baylor couldn’t beat UT starter Taylor Jungmann and lost, 6-1.
The Cowboys’ explosive 6th inning was too much for the Bears as they fell, 6-2.
Baylor baseball coach Steve Smith said he sent a text message to one of his players at 3 a.m. Saturday morning, unable to sleep after Friday’s heartbreaking, 5-4 loss to Oklahoma.
Baylor sophomore Josh Turley turned in a strong performance on the mound Friday night, but it was not enough following Oklahoma’s ninth-inning comeback as the Sooners topped the Bears, 5-4.
Behind another strong outing from junior pitcher Logan Verrett and a game-changing home run from sophomore Jake Miller, Baylor baseball opened its final regular season Big 12 series with a 4-2 win over No. 13 ranked Oklahoma Thursday night.
The CDC has issued an emergency preparedness and response plan for a zombie apocalypse.
Fresh off a Big 12 series win at Oklahoma State last weekend, Baylor returned home Tuesday night and blasted past Dallas Baptist, 7-1.
The Baylor Board of Regents met last week and made several developments toward Baylor’s future. At Friday’s meeting, the board approved next year’s $428.6 million operating budget, agreed to establish the Robbins Institute for Health Policy and Leadership in the Hankamer School of Business and welcomed new members as others finished their terms.
Baylor, along with two other schools, united the movement to rename the sport formerly known as competitive cheer. Acrobatics and tumbling is currently supported by six inaugural members in its bid for recognition by the NCAA as an emerging sport.
