By Greta Gould | ReporterNew leadership is on the horizon for Baylor’s Honors College. It recently appointed Dr. Douglas V. Henry as interim dean, and he will begin his work July 1. Henry is succeeding Dr. Thomas Hibbs, who is moving on to become the president of the University of Dallas. Hibbs, who is a University of Dallas alumnus, has been dean of the Honors College at Baylor University since 2003.”I’m honored to serve our accomplished faculty, staff, and students,” Henry said. “I count myself especially blessed to help our extraordinary students, drawn from all the academic disciplines and professions,…
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By Greta Gould | Reporter Baylor is home to hundreds of organizations which allow students to grow and learn by using their talents and interests. One of these organizations is the Baylor Angel Network (BAN). The organization is home to juniors and seniors who are selected to serve as analysts. They provide aid in the screening process of deciding which small businesses will be funded by the members of the angel network. According to the Baylor Business School website, “the Baylor Angel Network is an investor network providing early stage capital to strong entrepreneurial teams with developed products or services…
By Greta Gould | Reporter The ’90s brought about celebrities still popular today – those who have stood the test of time throughout the past 20 or so years. On the other hand, there are also celebrities who either crashed and burned after the ’90s or slowly faded away as time went on. Music The ’90s were home to boy bands, rock bands, girl groups and so many more influential artists who helped mold music into a more modern sound. Groups such as Nirvana, Goo Goo Dolls, Counting Crows, TLC, Radiohead, The Cranberries, Backstreet Boys, Destiny’s Child, Foo Fighters, Spice…
By Greta Gould | Reporter Learning from professionals who have accomplished great things in their post-graduation life is what inspired Madison, Ala, senior Yasanka Chalasani to create his podcast “Yash & Company”. Chalasani is a pre-med, Baylor Business Fellow majoring in finance. He is also one of six senior students in Baylor 2 Baylor Medical Track Program, which allows students to attend Baylor for four years and then move on to Baylor College of Medicine for another four years on provisional acceptance. Chalasani has served as vice president of Baylor Ambassadors, co-chaired the American Enterprise Institute’s Executive Council and is…
After a year and a half of researching and writing, seniors in the Honors Program and University Scholars majors are in the final stages of their senior theses
By Greta Gould | Reporter Baylor University’s Honors College is home to many challenging and unique programs, including the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core. BIC is a concentration where students are challenged by courses that stretch beyond the general requirements for most majors. The curriculum takes the place of general education credits and accompanies the student’s major credits. The goal of the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core is for students to play an active role in their own education. Students are able to read works of philosophers rather than reading about them in textbooks. “The BIC curriculum explores the interrelation of humanities, social sciences,…
By Greta Gould | Reporter Students at Baylor University are constantly applying to jobs and internships around the country, and many of these companies are starting to hire through digital interviews more often. The Hankamer School of Business helps prepare students for these interviews by hosting seminars and information sessions after hours and reviewing interview tactics in class.London, England senior Emily Buchen has already successfully completed digital interviews and has landed a job with Call Box in Dallas as a junior database engineer.“The company I had my first digital interview for came to Baylor and hosted an information session on…
A team of six Baylor students competed in the Deloitte Audit Innovation Campus Challenge and came out regional winners
By Greta Gould | Reporter From the first performance in 1953, students have gone above and beyond to showcase their organization in All-University Sing. Sing has become a tradition at Baylor University, going from “eight clubs singing three songs each” to over seventeen groups, the Student Activities website said. Students are given the opportunity to put on a 7-minute performance of singing and dancing in order to compete against other organizations. These performances are created and choreographed by Sing chairs who devote hours of their weeks to composing an act. Sing chairs are elected for each organization participating. These Sing…
By Greta Gould | ReporterThe Baylor University Hankamer School of Business welcomed professor Thomas Hazlett as a speaker for the Free Enterprise Forum 4 p.m. on Thursday in Paul L. Foster’s McClinton Auditorium. Hazlett spoke about ideas from his most recent book, Political Spectrum: The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology, from Herbert Hoover to the Smartphone. Dr. Daniel Bennett, the professor who introduced Hazlett, serves as a research professor in the Free Enterprise at the Baugh Center program at Baylor University.The forum is sponsored by the economics program at Baylor University, as well as the Free Enterprise at the Baugh…
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