Akhil Reed Amar captivated several hundred people packed in Waco Hall Monday evening with the discussion of our constitutional
privileges through his recent
book, “America’s Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By.”
“The world we live in changed dramatically,” Amar said. “Because
we the people, 225 years ago today, began having this conversation
about how ordinary people lived their lives.”
Andie Day, a 2011 Baylor graduate,
has succeeded where many college students have failed: finding a job straight out of college.
Andie Day, a 2011 Baylor graduate, has succeeded where many college students have failed: finding a job straight out of college.
Just one year after graduating, Day works as a freelance costumer and has served on the sets of two cable television shows, as well as numerous independent films. Day said she advises students to use their time in college to gain on-site work experience.
“Intern as much as you can while you’re in school,” Day said. “I think you are best to get all that working-for-free stuff out of the way while you’re in school. You’re getting ahead of all of the kids who don’t think they have to work.”
Though turmoil erupted at several college campuses today following a string of bomb threats, Baylor University officials say Baylor’s campus is secure.
Lori Fogleman, director of media communications, said Friday that emergency protocols are being followed.
Following a year of triumph, Baylor has progressed to a new height this year — overall enrollment.
Baylor’s current enrollment, 15,364 students, is the highest in Baylor’s history.
Several new names were added to the roster of student government officials at Thursday’s Student Senate meeting.
It’s a match made in Campus Living and Learning heaven for two roommates who were elected to serve as president and vice president of the 2016 freshman class.
Lost on campus? There’s an app for that.
Cypress senior Kyle Martin, an electrical engineering major, developed an application called “Baylor Campus Navigator” to help guide people through campus. The application is free and available for iPhone users in Apple’s App Store.
While President Ken Starr and the Baylor Chamber of Commerce have been busy deciding how to improve Baylor’s academic programs, the student body officers have been busy lobbying for more funds to improve the quality of campus programs for students.
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Voting for the freshman student government elections will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
High temperatures caused chaos at Baylor’s first home football game as game-goers crowded concessions to get much-needed water. Temperatures reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the Sept. 2 game against Southern Methodist University.
Four Baylor Army ROTC cadets are readjusting to being home after spending the summer overseas as part of a military-education training program.
GEORGIA
She’s got the magic touch.
Lubbock native Kim Johnson has been Baylor’s main massage therapist in the Student Life Center since 1999, and has been licensed and certified since 1995.
With the exception of two temporary massage therapists who worked in the Student Life Center, Johnson has been at Baylor since massages became first available.
Students walking through the SUB’s Barfield Drawing Room today for their weekly Dr Pepper float will find the room full of booths representing Baylor study abroad opportunities.
There will be more than 80 programs featured in the 2012 Fall Study Abroad Fair sponsored by the Center for International Education. It will be held in conjunction with the Dr Pepper Hour from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Barfield Drawing Room.
Now, students don’t have to worry about being late on account of the Baylor University Shuttle system.
The university has implemented a new shuttle schedule that should eliminate many of their travel woes, including an after-hours route for students who stay on campus through the late evening to early morning hours. The red, blue, gold and downtown area shuttle routes have been modified and total service hours extended.
Baylor is getting greener all the time.
Sustainability coordinator Smith Getterman and the Baylor Sustainability Committee have seen to that.
Both Getterman and the sustainability committee will continue to work for improvement, although great strides have been made so far. The campus became Styrofoam-free at the beginning of the semester.
The Brothers Under Christ Island Party bill avoided a potential wipeout at Thursday’s meeting.
Ultimately the BYX bill was passed unanimously with the vote of the 27 senators present. Opposition to the bill came during its review by the finance committee. In a decision of two affirmative and three against, the committee did not want to recommend the bill for passage because of concerns about the amount of funds requested.
Gold medal. Gold star. Gold… water?
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship workshops are being held from 5 to 6 p.m. Sept. 25 and Oct. 16 in the C206 Baylor Sciences Building.
Students interested in applying for the Goldwater scholarship should attend, but attendance is not mandatory.
The 2012 fall semester has the largest international student population in Baylor’s history, according to the school’s Center for International Education.
Over the past few years, there has been an increase in Baylor’s appeal to students living in other parts of the world. More than 500 international students are attending Baylor this fall, and more than 300 of that number are returning students.
Aransas Pass senior Brook Bonorden, an anthropology major, contributed to a historic find in Huqoq, Israel, this past July: the discovery of a mosaic that illustrates the biblical story of Samson. Bonorden was part of an excavation team headed by the University of North Carolina that included students and professors from other colleges across the nation.
You don’t have to be a soldier to serve in Iraq.
Baylor alumni and students are attempting to make a difference in Iraq through a group called the Preemptive Love Coalition, an organization that works to provide lifesaving heart surgeries to Iraqi children.
Those attending tonight’s Student Senate meeting may want to bring their leis and cowboy hats.
At 5 p.m. in 203 Cashion Academic Center, the Baylor Student Senate will vote on two bills concerning funding for Pi Beta Phi’s All-University Howdy and Beta Upsilon Chi’s (BYX) Island Party.
The $100 million President’s Scholarship Initiative, which President Ken Starr announced Sept. 15, 2010, is nearing the end of its three-year collection period. It is set to end May 2013.
The initiative focuses on making a Baylor education more affordable to more students. So far, $52.5 million of the target $100 million has been raised.
A college education opens doors — in this case, doors to other countries.
Baylor offers study abroad and foreign exchange programs to challenge students to further their education both inside and out of the classroom.
Baylor Information Technology Services is alerting students about potential identity thieves and the importance of keeping email account information confidential.
Jon Allen, of information security at Baylor ITS said Baylor has had about five compromised email accounts since Aug. 1, and 13 since July 1.
This year’s freshman class may expect to have a difficult time deciding who to vote for on Sept. 12 at the freshman elections. About 40 candidates hope to fill the positions open to freshmen in Student Government. The candidates come from different backgrounds and majors, but each one possesses the desire to serve their classmates through Student Government.
The McLane Student Life Center is offering students a unique way to keep off those pesky pounds by putting one hand in front of the other. And at 52 feet high, this fitness solution is hard to miss.
Located in the atrium of the McLane Student Life Center (SLC), Baylor’s rock wall, known as the ROCK, is available to students of all experience levels.
The incoming freshman class is full of people who want to be heard.
The interest expressed in the thirteen senate seats and three class officer positions – president, vice president, and secretary/treasurer – available for the freshman class will likely produce a larger election than Student Government has seen in recent years.
