My Sister, MySelf is a casual event where women can fellowship and talk about the issues women face in day-to-day life.
The meeting will be at 6 p.m. today in the Baines Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center.
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North Richland Hills senior Daniel Jones passed away this morning while competing in the Bearathon. Jones collapsed near the finish line and was treated on scene. Medical personnel transported him to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center where he died an hour later.
With the proliferation of e-readers and digital textbooks, the way we view books is changing.
Today, another type of book will appear on Baylor’s campus. Community members will have the opportunity to view a set of artist’s books crafted by a traveling husband-and-wife team.
Two recent graduates have carried their Baylor school spirit into a new business. Sic’em Delivery offers a service specially designed for the college lifestyle.
Sic’em Delivery takes orders for food or other goods from around the campus area and brings them to students’ front doors.
Alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago will celebrate Baylor pride and tradition with their graduating class at the upcoming Heritage Club event.
Heritage Club, a homecoming event sponsored by the Baylor Alumni Association, is in its 37th year.
To Julie LaStrape, March Madness is not a college basketball tournament. It’s a time of year that is so insanely busy, it can drive you mad.
LaStrape is one of the main organizers of the annual Global Business Forum, which brings speakers from areas such as academics, business and public policy to explore issues facing the world economy.
The bedtime saying “Don’t let the bedbugs bite” is more than a child’s tale. These creepy-crawlies are bed hogs too stubborn to leave without a fight or bite.
College campuses can be hosts to bedbugs, especially when students travel internationally, said Don Bagby, director of facilities management.
Baylor relocated two students to a hotel Tuesday for three nights after bedbugs were found in their South Russell Residence Hall room.
Four adjacent rooms were also inspected by Ecolab and no bedbugs were found.
Dr. Lori Baker, assistant professor of anthropology at Baylor, identifies remains of undocumented immigrants crossing the border and reunites them with their families as director of the Reuniting Families program.
The River of the Arms of God has never been tamed, said Dr. Kenna Archer.
In her speech Tuesday to an audience of more than 100 professors, students and Wacoans in Bennett Auditorium, Archer described Texas’ relationship to the Brazos River as a battle between man and nature, a battle that Texans have historically lost.
JRR Tolkien’s book, “The Hobbit,” will be the subject of a lecture by Dr. Michael Livingston on Friday.
The lecture, titled “Tolkien’s Creation by Edition: The Medieval Origins of The Hobbit,” will look at the effects of Tolkien’s academic work on his fantasy writing.
The lecture will take place at 3:30 p.m. in 200 Jones Library.
Beginning this fall, Baylor’s future quarterbacks will receive financial assistance thanks to an endowed scholarship in honor of Baylor alumnus and Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III.
Students packed the Barfield Drawing Room on Tuesday night to hear Kateriina Rosenblatt speak about her experiences with human trafficking.
“The message I want to bring today is this can happen to anybody,” Rosenblatt said. She gave the keynote lecture as a part of International Justice Mission’s Social Justice week.
As part of Women’s History Month, the office of Multicultural Affairs and the department of campus recreation will play host to a Zumba Bash.
The bash will be in the McLane Student Life Center. Door prizes and free snacks will be provided, and the student organization that brings the most members will win a free Zumba party.
Students are invited to join a conversation about Israel’s politics with a leading expert from Stanford University. The discussion is part of the Laura Blanche Jackson Endowed Memorial Lectureship in World Issues.
Africa’s growing economic opportunities will be the center of discussion this week at the Global Business Forum. The activities throughout the week will provide students the opportunity to get involved in the discussion about Africa with experts from various fields.
A Baylor graduate is opening a new student housing apartment community just off the south side of campus. When it opens during the fall of 2014, this complex will be near campus, with 718 beds and 257 apartment units.
Applications are now available to join student government elections. They can be found at www.Baylor.edu/sg and are due by 5 p.m. March 28. Applications are also available in the student government office in the first floor of the Student Union Building. Applications can be turned in to the student government office.
Murder, mystery, comedy: all the themes of the fast-paced mystery set in 1935 Britain comes to life in Jones Theatre beginning at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
Baylor’s theater department presents “The 39 Steps,” a multi-role murder mystery involving spies, romantic entanglements, murder, suspense and police.
It’s late, the rain is falling and the boss expects that report on his desk the next day.
But a growling stomach demands attention.
More than 600 Baylor University students signed a petition supporting proposed state legislation that would allow concealed gun carry on college campuses.
Leaders from the Baylor Young Conservatives of Texas student group on Thursday delivered the petition to the Waco office of state Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Grandbury, who authored Senate Bill 182. The bill would allow concealed handgun license holders to carry weapons on public college and university campuses.
After a restful spring break, students will come together with eyes closed and minds open for the sixth annual Blinded event and Justice Week.
Blinded, hosted by Baylor’s International Justice Mission and Student Government, will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, March 18, in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center.
He is an intense man with a dynamic speaking style, who makes big, dramatic gestures to underscore his points. In lecture halls, he jumps around the stage, electrifying his audience with the near-manic energy he brings to his passion for teaching. Lynn Tatum is a senior lecturer in the Honors College, teaching mostly religion classes — a subject which he has loved for decades. But religion isn’t the only subject that excites this impassioned professor.
The Washington D.C. Internship Program, which provides students the opportunity to work with congressmen and women, is setting the stage for Baylor’s new vision, Pro Futuris.
Every year, Baylor’s dept of political science offers the Washington, D.C. Internship program to 10-15 students. Students are selected to work with representatives and committees in Congress, departments in the executive branch and other associations.
He lives in Dallas now, but his legacy remains with Baylor.
Currently a successful lawyer in Dallas, 27-year-old Hunter Lewis liked Baylor so much he spent years here and remains involved as an alum.
Student government hosted two prominent Baylor figures during the weekly meeting Thursday.
Dr. Kenneth L. Hall, senior vice president for university development and strategic initiatives, spoke in depth about his life and his role at Baylor.
The Baylor chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas and students for concealed carry aren’t going down without a fight.
Cisco senior Zachary Maxwell, director of operations for the organization, started a petition as a way to show his support for Texas Sen. Brian Birdwell’s bill for on-campus concealed carry.
In honor of Women’s History Month, the of multicultural affairs department welcomes author and certified distance running coach Monisha Randolph.
Randolph will speak today about women’s health and unhealthy fashion trends in a workshop titled “Fit: The New Fabulous.” Those who attend the workshop can learn about realistic fitness goals and will also gain knowledge about online fitness sources. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be at 6 p.m. today in the Bobo Spiritual Life Center.
“Master Greek this summer!”
These bold words line the top of the flier for the classics department’s intensive program.
A group of 20 Baylor social work students took the trip to the legislature Tuesday in Austin as part of the annual Social Work Advocacy Day.
The goal was to lobby bills that advocate social work services and the profession itself.
