Baylor honored Dallas residents John and Marie Chiles with the 2011 Baylor Founders Medal for their generosity Monday. President Ken Starr spoke at the celebrations, which were held during Chapel sessions.
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The Baylor Admissions department recently posted a YouTube video which features two students reflecting on life as math majors as part of a new video series to present the majors offered at Baylor.
Cathedrals or government buildings could influence voting, a recent Baylor study showed.
The Roman Empire: the perfect storm?
Although names such as Martin Luther King Jr., Booker T. Washington and Rosa Parks are sometimes the most readily associated with major contributions to the advancement of African-Americans, there are people who have lived in the Waco area and made impacts as well.
The President’s Scholarship Initiative has reached $43 million and is on track to reach its goal of $100 million by May 2013, Ali Abercrombie, assistant vice president and campaign director, said.
A Baylor administrator announced plans are in the works to refurbish five of the university’s residence halls over a 15- to 20-year period at Thursday’s Student Senate meeting.
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will host its eighth annual Battle of the Burning Sands Step Show, a contest in which step teams compete to win cash prizes, on Saturday in Waco Hall.
More than 120 Baylor students have committed to pray for the nations of the world in 15-minute shifts to cover every minute of every day. The initiative is part of what the group hopes will become a campus prayer movement, lasting as long as there are participants.
Two Baylor students and a Baylor mom are fighting the freshman 15 with the founding of a new club, Bear Nutrition, to help students create a healthier environment.
Former Baylor and McLennan Community College lecturer Roger Wayne Rouland, 52, pleaded guilty on Thursday to possession of child pornography.
Students returning next year to University Parks apartments will have to adjust to some changes in policy after Baylor takes over the property in June.
Grief filled the air in chapel Monday morning as students joined in prayer over the loss of Winter Park, Fla. first-year Truett Seminary student Jake W. Gibbs.
Love is the word of the moment at the Armstrong Browning Library.
Billboards all around Waco display the connection between the city and university. These billboards, which read “Baylor – Waco Proud Partners,” signify Baylor’s commitment to be a positive presence in Waco. But they also describe the lives of students who were raised in Waco and choose to attend Baylor.
As spring classes get under way, glimpses of the summer can be seen on the horizon, and many students are making preparations for a summer internship.
Brittney Griner and Odyssey Sims will coach Chi-Omega’s “A” basketball team in its game Tuesday at the Student Life Center, after the sorority won their help in a competition. Chi-Omega will play Pi Beta Phi’s “B” team at 5 p.m.
They’re trained in combat, in discipline, in dress and … in talking to reporters?
A story that started with a Baylor student’s Facebook post has sparked discussion about how college students and professors are realizing the power of social media both in and out of the classroom.
Most of the green fences and construction barriers along Bagby and Third Street will remain up for the rest of this semester and through the summer until East Village, Baylor’s newest residential community, is finished.
For the first time, Baylor’s Acoustic Café will incorporate a new theme into its traditional showcase of students’ art and music tonight with “Bro Night at Acoustic Café” – featuring only male performers. The event will take place from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m in the Bill Daniel Student Center Den.
Baylor officials released on Dec. 12 the first public draft of the university’s next strategic plan, which will carry the university beyond the Baylor 2012 vision while reaffirming many of the expiring plan’s goals for university development.
For some, the start of the new year brought grief and sadness as they returned to Baylor from the holiday break — without three of their peers.
While some may associate the sport of wakeboarding with hot summer weather or weekend trips to the lake house, a handful of Baylor students make wakeboarding a fact of life despite the season, pursuing the sport throughout the year.
This year’s recipient of the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, Dr. Brian Coppola of the University of Michigan, will be joining the Baylor Chemistry and Biochemistry Department for the spring 2013 semester.
After years of being nestled in the corners of the Hankamer School of Business, The Wall Street Journal has left the building.
On Tuesday evening, the Hankamer School of Business hosted a private pre-screening of CBS’ show “Undercover Boss” in Waco Hall with The Dwyer Group CEO Dina Dwyer-Owens, who participated in the show. Other contributors from the show were also in attendance.
A student-run Christian organization, I Am Second, launched at Baylor Tuesday.
Chet Edwards’ career sounds like a distinguished game of muscial chairs, the former statesman going from one illustrious seat to another.
Students wishing to earn an additional major offered outside their degree program may benefit from a new policy that allows them to do just that without having to complete the core requirements for a second degree.