A new Student Government survey asks students to identify campus priorities, and the results are expected to shape the organization’s advocacy with university administrators.
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With burgers on the grill and students voting for their favorites, Kappa Alpha Theta’s annual CASA Cookout and Concert turned Fountain Mall into a competition Thursday.
Opened in 1994, the shop has become a local icon. Started by Jill Barrett over 30 years ago, Blake Batson and his wife Kimberley — both Baylor alumni — acquired the business in 2012. Since then, they have expanded the original store on 8th Street to four locations in McLennan County: one in the Bill Daniel Student Center, one on Franklin Ave and another in Woodway.
Baylor is addressing a growing need for math support with its new Math Mastery tutoring program, but inconsistent attendance could determine its future. The program helps pre-calculus and Calculus I students strengthen their skills with tutors, yet many students don’t know the resource exists.
College comes with plenty of expenses, but Baylor students do not have to figure out their finances alone. The Paul L. Foster Success Center offers free peer coaching to help students set financial goals, understand their spending habits and build healthy money-management skills.
Eleven students will work with Baylor Athletics to address attendance barriers and make game days more engaging for the student body.
On May 2, 2025, Version2.ai announced in a LinkedIn post that it had partnered with Baylor to develop and implement a Virtual Engagement Officer (VEO) called Faith. The artificial intelligence agent curates donor interactions and engages them with the university.
The Texas Collection houses historical documents, books and other materials that tell the story of Texas and its people. In 1923, Dr. Kenneth Hazen Aynesword and other Baylor graduates donated volumes on Texas history to the university. Now, The Texas Collection is one of the largest institutions in the world dedicated to historical documents related to Texas history.
In his life, Carlos Colón has been many things: a refugee, a musician, a Catholic, a Baptist and a Catholic again, to name a few. He has seen more hurt than most, but he’s passionately faithful. When he recounts some of his experiences, he’s drawn back to something his pastor showed him as a boy while growing up in El Salvador.
In college, students strive to build friendships that are as close as family. But at Baylor, family can be closer than you think. For three students, life changed overnight when they met on campus and discovered they were long-lost cousins after tracing their family lineage back to the Ghanaian Ewe tribe.
Baylor Buddies is a mentorship program that connects student volunteers with at-risk elementary, middle and high school students in the Waco community. The volunteers spend at least an hour a week with their buddy during the school day in a fun way, whether it be making crafts, playing games or simply talking.
From women’s heart health to puppy love, Alpha Phi’s Woofstock event featured fun activities for students and allowed members to share more about “the number one killer of women:” heart disease.
The fire directly damaged an apartment before emergency crews and Brooks Flats’ fire suppression system contained it. Fire suppression and smoke subsequently damaged other surrounding apartments. No injuries were reported.
The new fountains aim to provide runners and other students with reliable access to drinking water, but some senators questioned whether the nearly $38,000 price tag is the best use of student government funds.
The Barfield Drawing Room bustled with students Wednesday and Thursday as students gathered to connect through culture at LatinX Night and Asian Mosaic Night, respectively, which concluded the Mosaic Week hosted by the Multicultural Affairs Office.
To celebrate Memorial Dining Hall’s renovation, BaylorEats held the grand opening Thursday, welcoming students into an updated space that blends Baylor tradition with a more modern design.
In Baylor’s fight song, the lyric “We’ll fling our Green and Gold afar” is often associated with graduates as they embark on their next chapter. Through the Center for Global Engagement Ambassador Program, however, some students are already lighting a way for new generations to follow on campus.
Dr. Ashley K. Barrett from the communication department said that AI can be used in “a beneficial way and ethical way, or can be a tool that we use more in a non-virtuous way,” but that Baylor has the ability to “figure out what that means and how that manifests at a Christian-based university.”
As the church transitions, so too does the community around it. By summer 2028, Baylor will gain new off-campus housing for hundreds of students as Parallel and Deven Group lead a group of development companies on construction of the building.
The renovation will include an aesthetic touch-up to Morrison Hall and aims to increase the first floor’s classroom capacity and better accommodate the Baylor community with additional seating, improved floor planning and a new graduate common area.
Baylor students explored dozens of on-and off-campus employment opportunities at the Career Center’s part-time job fair, where employers recruited students looking to build their resumes and gain practical experience.
An independent investigation found credible allegations that Dr. David Pooler, a professor in Baylor’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, engaged in sexual misconduct and violated professional boundaries. The allegations involved survivors of adult clergy sexual abuse, the same population at the center of Pooler’s research and clinical work.
The Moody School of Education unveiled its new sign to commemorate the school’s renaming. The sign honors the Moody Foundation and its $30 million endowment.
Following the announcement that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico will visit Baylor’s campus, members of the Baylor community have begun discussing the event both on-campus and online.
Meet Baylor’s new dietitian and learn about Penland’s new dietitian corner, which will support students’ nutritional needs.
James Talarico will host a campaign event at 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Mark and Paula Hurd Center. Baylor extended invitations to Talarico, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, and Republican candidate Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general. Paxton’s campaign was unable to accommodate Baylor’s available dates.
As artificial intelligence rapidly changes, the business school’s classroom experience changes with it. The school emphasizes a foundation in ethics so that humans and machines can work hand in hand to accomplish great things.
A Baylor economics professor has been invited to return to Harvard for a second year as a visiting professor, continuing his work across economics, political science and artificial intelligence.
The Honors College and College of Arts and Sciences are collaborating to offer students a new major focused entirely on ethics, designed for high-achieving students interested in leadership, human flourishing and morality.
Beyond academics, Baylor’s mission of growth within a Christ-centered community comes to life as student organization leaders share their ‘why’ behind the communities they chose to join and lead.
