Dr. Sarah-Jane “SJ” Murray is an associate professor of great texts and creative writing in Baylor’s Honors College. She is also an Emmy- nominated writer and producer, an award-winningdirector,amultilingual author, a speaker at two TED Talks and a decadeslong academic who began her lecturing career at just 21 years old.
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Women in Weightlifting is a chapter of Girl Gains — a national collegiate organization founded in 2020 at San Diego State University for all fitness levels.
Baylor’s chapter of Project Sunshine is a light within the medical field, with a mission to bring joy and play to pediatric patients.
I am a girl’s girl — and not because of the statistics I’m about to show you. My friend groups have always consisted of mainly women, and my best friends are smart, strong, beautiful women. I’m proud of that.
Bears Helping Hearts (BHH), a student organization at the Louise Herrington School of Nursing, is open to any nursing students interested in learning about congenital heart disease and defects.
This year, the organization plans to drop off 350 presents in late November or early December. Both toy donations and monetary donations from the Baylor community are accepted.
The Baylor Free Farmers Market will be making its return for the sixth year, taking place from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday on Fountain Mall.
On Oct. 28, the Student Financial Literacy program changed its name to Student Financial Wellness. The program announced the change on Instagram, stating in the caption that the change was made to reflect the scope of its mission at Baylor.
The priority application deadline for the Baylor McNair Scholars Program is Nov. 1. As a Federal TRIO Program, it is “designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds,” according to the U.S. Department of Education.
After a three-year hiatus, Phi Gamma Delta’s (FIJI) Fright Night will be back from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday through Friday on Fountain Mall. Admission is free for all students, and the evenings will include a photo booth, T-shirt sales, food trucks and movies.
The recently chartered Caribbean Student Association fosters an on-campus community for students who are associated with or interested in the Caribbean.
Baylor alumni Meredith and Sterling Shanks attended Baylor Homecoming in 2019 with two young girls they were fostering. At the time, the girls were only placed with the couple as an emergency placement, but it has since turned into a forever home.
This is an opportunity to observe those in your life who may be committing, perhaps on a smaller scale, similar actions, even if they aren’t cheating. Your significant other isn’t for gain; they’re for partnership.
With the mission of raising awareness and teaching students about the outdoors as a community, the student-led Mycology & Foraging Club (MFC) is currently in the process of being chartered at Baylor.
The Filipino Student Association (FSA) is hosting a tabling event throughout October to help fundraise for Threads of Hope. It is selling handmade bracelets and keychains — which are crafted by Filipino families based in Puerto Galera, Mindoro — from noon to 3 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday on Fountain Mall.
As midterm season continues, the Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE) will have extended hours Tuesday through Thursday. According to office manager Sharon Hand, the CASE will be open until 8 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. on these days.
The mission of MAPS is to provide its members with opportunities to explore, learn and appreciate the different backgrounds that shape patients and health care professionals.
The Amateur Radio Club returned this semester after being inactive for years. Now, the club is open to all interested students and is hosting meetings for members from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays in Rogers 312.
Hawaiian cuisine made its way to Waco this year with the debut of Hawaiian Bros in May and the grand reopening of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue in September.
The Blockchain Collaborative, a student organization, debuted this semester with a mission to help the next generation of innovators develop into both technical and fundamental leaders on emerging technology and information security.
Fifty students have shown interest in learning more about the giggles of the new Sketch and Stand-Up Comedy Club at Baylor. After being chartered in the spring, the student organization plans to begin its meetings in November.
Baylor’s chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA) will be hosting its annual national fall conference in person for the first time since the onset of COVID-19. It will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday in Cashion 506.
The Career Center will be hosting its biannual Career Day from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation.
If you’re jealous of someone or something, you aren’t a bad person; you’re average. In fact, it’s even been reported as a positive thing in certain situations.
Community leaders aren’t just Baylor’s fancy title for resident advisers. For almost a decade, CLs have been described as “much more than enforcing rules and doing routine room inspections,” according to a 2013 article from The Baylor Lariat.
The Consortium for the Awareness of Rare Disorders (CARDS), a pre-health student organization, has the goal of teaching its members about rare disorders they may encounter in patients during their undergraduate training and professional careers.
Developing campus-wide awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one of the major goals of the newly founded Bears Autism Spectrum Society (BASS).
From Sept. 1 to Sept. 3, Baylor held multiple services to celebrate the life of mascot Judge Joy Reynolds, who died on July 18.
The event mainly included tabling for multiple organizations. However, it also featured free food from Fuzzy’s Tacos and Helados La Azteca, as well as music, dancing and Lotería — a traditional Mexican game.
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced the outlines of his plan for student loan relief, delivering on a campaign promise “to cancel $10,000 of student debt for low- to middle-income borrowers.”