“It’s good to recognize that times have changed, and I am glad to see that it is playing a positive part in the lives of students. Baylor has become a role model of dealing with the past and having to deal with race relations — on how a Christian institution should lead the way and set an example for other universities to follow.”

The only way for us to contain the virus and end the pandemic is for everyone to get vaccinated.

As the newest chief of Baylor’s Police Department, John Kolinek said he aims to better diversify the department, promote engagement with students and build personal relationships between students and officers in order to foster trust.

With a record-breaking freshman enrollment this fall, Baylor has sought to find ways to open more space in the dorms and freshman classes by offering some freshman full tuition and housing to defer fall enrollment, tuition discount for freshman to begin early in the summer online, contract buyouts and a hotel stay for around 150 freshman.

This year we have seen students at Baylor effect change in so many inspiring ways, from huge groups of students protesting for racial justice to students fighting for LGBTQ equality on campus.

The Baylor community stands in a position of privilege, viewing the world as a series of choices and options at our disposal with little difference between what the outcomes might be. Not all people, families or communities exist in that privilege, and vaccinating ourselves, in turn, protects others as well.