Student government is loaning cap and gowns to students for free who want to attend graduation, but cannot afford them.
Author: Emily Cousins
Dr. Mia Moody-Ramirez, department chair of the journalism, public relations and new media department, recently published a white paper she coauthored titled “Covid-19, Free Speech, Hate Speech: Implications for Journalism Teaching” in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
New talking points about the Commission on Historic Campus Representatives were introduced to the Baylor tour guides last week during a staff meeting.
A new LGBTQ student organization has emerged on campus in the School of Social Work. The Queer Student Alliance will function as a support group and an advocacy group.
Many members of the Baylor Family were surprised to learn that same-sex spouses of Baylor employees cannot be added as a dependent on their healthcare plan.
Hoffman Estates, Ill., junior Zach Tufenkjian came out on top in the external vice president runoff. Tufenkjian edged out Hunter Walker by 237 votes.
The race for external vice president continues from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Tuesday as Hoffman Estates, Ill., junior Zach Tufenkjian and Austin sophomore Hunter Walker qualified for a runoff in last week’s election.
Waco is littered with local food with a variety of tastes. Just look at Union Hall.
Under Baylor University’s health care benefits policies, an employee’s spouse can be added as a dependent only if the spouse is of the opposite sex.
Shreveport, La., sophomore Veronica Penales said she never expected to be known at Baylor University as an activist for LGBTQ rights, but her coming out experience inevitably led her to ask more of the university.
Student government elections for internal and external vice president are coming up on April 8 and 9. It’s time to meet the candidates.
Thirty-three LGBTQ students at various Christian colleges across the United State, including two Baylor students, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education earlier this week for giving Title IX religious exemptions to taxpayer-funded, private religious colleges and universities.
Another week in the United States when mass shootings were in the headlines has come and gone. By now, the media has moved on to other subjects, and most of us probably haven’t lost much sleep over the prominence of gun violence.
Students often pursue two majors at Baylor that are related to be better prepared for their intended career. The double major life is also for students with unrelated interests, opening multiple career options.
With the release of the Commission on Historic Campus Representations report on Tuesday afternoon, members of the Baylor family have expressed mixed responses, particularly regarding the recommendations for Burleson Quadrangle.
A new set of statues will be erected on campus honoring the university’s first Black graduates. The commission also recommended keeping the Judge Baylor statue in place and moving the Rufus Burleson statue to a less prominent place on campus.
The Black Gospel Music Restoration Project began at Baylor well over a decade ago. Now, the project will have its own faculty chair, giving Baylor the funding and personnel to expand and continue the research and scholarship in Black worship, preaching and studies.
President Linda Livingstone moderated the discussion about the Commission on Historic Campus Representations in the final conversation of the three-part conversation series, Perspectives on Our History.
Baylor received 500 doses of the Janssen Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Tuesday morning. Students, faculty and staff on the Baylor waiting list were able to make an appointment this week.
A panel of historians discussed slavery in Texas and Baptist life in the second webinar in the three-part Baylor Conversation series, Perspectives on our History, Tuesday night.
There’s nothing wrong with waiting for marriage to have sexual relations and making that commitment with your partner. The problem comes when there are lies told about it that damage your view of physical intimacy and who God is.
The Board of Regents approved the construction of an Autism Clinic within the Department of Communication Science and Disorders in the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences.
The COVID-19 vaccine is limited to at risk groups, but appointments fill up quickly across Texas. What more Wacoans and Baylor students who are eligible do to acquire the vaccine quickly?
The Baylor Conversation Series: Perspectives on our History, Slavery in America, opened the first of three webinars leading to the release of the Commission on Historic Campus Representations’ report on Tuesday evening.
The Southern Baptist Convention rejected the frameworks Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality. Baptist leaders are continuing to discuss how racial tensions should be addressed in the church.
At a demonstration to show solidarity for minorities at the SUB Bowl on Saturday, nine students shared their experiences in front of around 50 people on a rainy afternoon. They told stories of discrimination and called the students and faculty in attendance to action.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended double masking to enhance mask performance. Baylor is not considering requiring double masking as this time.
The updated academic spring 2021 calendar changed Wellness Day and one of the study days before finals to instruction days to make up for class canceled from the winter storm.
The Student Senate did not pass the Student Senate Restructuring bill during the Senate meeting on Thursday, Feb. 23. The vote was 34 in favor and 14 against, but 36 votes in favor were needed to reach a three-fourths majority for the bill to pass.
The Baylor Board of Regents accepted the report of the Commission on Historic Campus Representations at its quarterly meeting on Friday, Feb. 19. The regents unanimously passed a resolution, charging the administration to take action.