The Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative draws researchers and employees to a site that has been largely vacant for 27 years.
“The research that has been going on here and will go on here in the future has the potential to affect humankind,” Lori Fogleman, assistant vice president for media communications, said. “I hope that is not much of an exaggeration and I really don’t think it is. The future is just limitless here at the BRIC.”
As Baylor seniors prepare for the transition from college into the professional realm, they will also need to prepare for a transition in their email accounts.
In the past, university policy allowed Baylor graduates a non-specific grace period to continue using student emails. However, the costs of licensing every used email account, coupled with the decrease in available server space, prompted Baylor’s Information Technology Services Department to find an alternative best suited to alumni needs, said Becky King, associate vice president for information technology and deputy CIO.
Baylor volleyball hosts the 2013 Baylor Invitational Tournament this weekend at the Ferrell Center. Baylor faces off against Northwestern State and Appalachian State today and then takes on Colorado on Saturday.
Northwestern State heads into the Baylor Invitational with a record of 1-6, with its sole loss coming against Prairie View A&M. Freshman outside hitter Ashley Elrod leads the team with a .206 hitting percentage and totals of 57 kills and 48 digs through 22 sets. The Lady Demons have a combined hitting percentage of .104 and allow opponents to hit .232 on the season.
No. 7 Baylor soccer is ready to protect its home field by striving to get a pair of wins against two dynamic offenses beginning with Cal Poly at 7 p.m. today and finishing with McNeese State at 1 p.m. Sunday.
“I’m looking forward to this weekend,” Baylor co-head coach Marci Jobson said. “It’s going to be very good games. Cal Poly comes in undefeated with the nation’s leading goal scorer on their team so it’s going to be a very tough match and then Saturday we have to refocus on McNeese State.”
6:30 p.m. Sept. 26 University Baptist Church Formerly The David Crowder Band, The Digital Age will perform songs from its debut album, “Evening:Morning,” released on Aug. 13. Also featuring Bellarive. Tickets are $10 pre-show and $12 at the door.
7:30 p.m. Sept. 25-28, Oct. 2-5 2 p.m. Sept. 29, Oct. 6 Jones Theater The smash-hit Broadway musical comes to campus in the theater department’s rendition of a ditzy sorority girl turned Harvard grad. Contact 254-710-1865 theatreboxoffice@baylor.edu for ticket information.
Through Nov. 14 Martin Museum of Art Hooper-Shaefer Fine Arts Center “Ansel Adams: Distance and Detail” exhibition will display iconic black and white photography.
7:30 p.m. Monday, September 16, 2013 Jones Concert Hall McCrary Music Building Members of Baylor School of Music faculty will come together to perform timeless music from the Richard Rodgers songbook, including “My Favorite Things,” “My Funny Valentine” and “Falling in Love with Love.”
7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 14, 2013 Cameron Park Zoo Baylor student Holly Tucker, contestant on “The Voice,” will be performing with all proceeds benefiting Cameron Park Zoo. Tickets are $15 for adults.
At Waco Civic Theatre, the bigger the hair, the closer to God. Their newest production of “Beehive: The ’60s Musical” has big hair and classic songs.
This musical revue follows the changes of women’s music in the 1960s. The show’s narrator tells the story of her teenage years through flashbacks, some fantasied, using popular tunes during the time period.
Warner Bros. and “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling are going to try to catch lightning in a bottle again.
The Hollywood movie studio and best-selling writer have unveiled a new agreement to make movies based on Rowling’s work. While Harry Potter may be over, the witches and wizards that can be found in Potter’s Hogwarts textbook
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” along with the adventures of fictitious author Newt Scamander will live on.
Students are invited to see professors Dave Bridge and Curt Nichols, both assistant professors in the political science department, debate on the Second Amendment. The showoff will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in 101 Marrs McLean Science Building.
The Baylor Libraries will show ‘the documentary “Koran by Heart” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Kayser Auditorium as a part of the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys grant. The film will be followed by a question and answer discussion.
“The Women of the Bible” symposium will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday. The first session will be held at Armstrong Browning Library at 10:30 a.m., and the second session will be at 2:30 p.m. in the Armstrong Browning Treasury Room. The third presentation will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Kayser Auditorium. Registration for the symposium will close at the start of the final session. The event is free and open to the public. To register, call 254-710-7555. For more information, visit baylorisr.org.
These days, many people have a T-shirt from a missions trip or a Facebook photo holding an impoverished child.
Multiple Baylor departments and organizations have partnered to create the ReThink Missions Conference in an effort to discuss how to make missions more effective.
Student government voted unanimously to pass the Voter Registration Act in Baylor Student Senate Thursday night. The bill will encourage voter registration and student participation in elections.
Bushland senior Trenton Garza, a member of Student Senate, was the author of the bill.
It seems Baylor is in a place of being half in the technology world and half out, because many students bring the technology to class and some professors bring the dark of ages past.
Some professors do well with using technology in the classroom such as the projector, response cards and slideshow presentations.
“Street Sharks,” “Supersonic” and “Saved by the Bell” — they are still the primary sources that continue to replenish my fountain of youth.
No matter how old I get, Will’s shenanigans on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and the sheer pointlessness of games like Donkey Kong and the Super Mario Bros. continue to entertain and intrigue me.
I was pleasantly surprised today when I picked up the Baylor Lariat — as I always do — and saw an article over campus gaming culture. I found the article very insightful and a positive reflection of the gaming subculture that is apparent at Baylor, but I noticed there was an underlying cry of need.
Students can get to know their multicultural Greek sororities and fraternities at 6:30 p.m. today in the Barfield Drawing Room at the Bill Daniel Student Center. There will be free food, drinks and games.
The Date Doctor who inspired the movie “Hitch” will give a presentation about relationships and dating at 7 p.m. today in Waco Hall. The event is sponsored by Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma Phi Epsilon.
A group of Baylor women now have the skills and the knowledge to stay safe and fight back.
The Women’s Safety Workshop, held Wednesday in the Bill Daniel Student Center, taught safety measures ranging from how to hold their keys when walking toward their cars, to holding off an attacker in a series of defense moves.
After being recognized by the Sierra Club for its green efforts, Baylor Sustainability seems to be on a roll and defying environmental obstacles of all kinds, but the biggest challenge may be yet to come — the re-education of the Baylor community on sustainable living.
This semester brings new approaches to facilitating practical methods of fulfilling the mission of the Department of Sustainability. Smith Getterman, assistant director of sustainability and special projects, said the department’s approach to sustainable practices will appeal to any lifestyle.
A fresh set of classes and professors aren’t the only things that occupy the minds of sorority women at the beginning of the fall semester, sorority chapters across campus are steadily working toward formal recruitment in January.
The Panhellenic Council holds a “deferred” recruitment, meaning that freshman have a full semester to research organizations before formal recruitment. Deferred recruitment at Baylor is different, as most colleges host formal recruitment in the fall.
Fraternities on campus are already in the midst of Rush for the 2013-2014 school year as the groups broadcast their Greek letters through t-shirts and fliers.
College sophomores and upperclassmen can participate in the Interfraternity Council’s (IFC) Rush process during the fall semester. Fraternity Rush lasts two weeks at the beginning of both the fall and the spring semesters.
The Baylor Alumni Association board of directors is meeting Saturday to discuss future plans for the BAA now that Baylor has terminated its license to use the Baylor brand.
Collin Cox, BAA president, said an official statement regarding future plans of the organization will not be released until after the board meeting.
The madcap carnival on the Las Vegas Strip is getting another over-the-top addition: the world’s largest Ferris wheel.
The outer wheel of the 55-story High Roller ride is scheduled to be hoisted into place Tuesday.
The gargantuan project is now visible from all over the city, including the airport. Early next year, it will be outfitted with 1,500 LED lights, and start its slow spin.
It’s a fortress that scares other soccer teams and a barrier that gives the offense protection. Usually this type of protection would be the goalie, but with No. 7 Baylor it goes beyond that. It’s the combination of the defense and the goalie.
Baylor is first in the Big 12 in part because of the combination between the hard-nosed defense and the effective play of junior goalkeeper Michelle Kloss.
No. 24 TCU (1-1) at Texas Tech (2-0)
After being suspended for much of last season, senior TCU quarterback Casey Pachall broke his arm in last week’s game against Southeastern Louisiana. Backup sophomore quarterback Trevone Boykin was able to come in and lift TCU to the victory, throwing for 133 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 pass attempts.
