The Center for Global Engagement hosted its biannual Study Abroad Fair Tuesday, giving many students who are interested in spending a semester overseas their first look at the many international programs Baylor offers.
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Baylor has begun searching for a new vice provost for global engagement, as Dr. Jeff Hamilton will be stepping down from the position in August 2023.
Baylor’s Black Faculty & Staff Association (BFSA) will be starting the 2022-2023 academic year with its annual fall kickoff event on Sept. 15, welcoming its new cohort of the AIM Leadership Collective.
With flu season underway, Dr. Sharon Stern, medical director at the Baylor Health Center, shared what students, faculty and staff should know about this semester’s outbreak.
Baylor’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs joined forces Saturday to host their annual 5K memorial run in honor of 9/11.
The Consortium for the Awareness of Rare Disorders (CARDS), a pre-health student organization, has the goal of teaching its members about rare disorders they may encounter in patients during their undergraduate training and professional careers.
Dr. Sergiy Kudelia, associate professor of political science, gave his first lecture in the series “Understanding the Russian-Ukrainian War” on Thursday in Draper Academic Building.
Three federal judges revived the prospect of tuition refunds for Baylor students whose college experience turned virtual in spring 2020 after a previous court dismissed the class action lawsuit against the university. Following the spring semester, former student Allison King filed the lawsuit in June 2020, saying she didn’t get what she paid for.
Baylor Dining Services aims to provide food that is nutritious and satisfies people’s dietary restrictions.
Every summer, Baylor’s anthropology department takes students to field schools in foreign countries like Belize, Chile, Thailand and Italy for a hands-on learning experience.
Developing campus-wide awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one of the major goals of the newly founded Bears Autism Spectrum Society (BASS).
Originally from South Korea, Julie Helton graduated from Baylor in 1991 with an interior design degree. In 2015, she returned to Baylor’s campus, where she now serves as director of space planning and interior design.
Nutrition Outreach Waco, a student organization volunteering with Waco after-school programs, dedicates its services to children by creating lesson plans on nutrition habits and supplying healthy snacks to them for the week.
Museum visitors were able to step into the past and ground coffee beans and herbs, including lavender and mint, the way it was done at the end of the 19th century. In addition to hands-on activities, the village has a garden, which visitors can help tend to or plant seeds in.
The transition between summer and fall has kickstarted cricket season, with an overbearing amount of them showing up around campus and in houses.
Seeking community and spiritual life resources, a group of graduate students gathered around fajitas from Fuego at the first “The Table” luncheon, held Tuesday in the Bobo Spiritual Life Center.
In a recent episode of The Discovery Channel adventure documentary “Expedition Unknown,” Baylor Honors College students and faculty spearheaded the exploration of unsolved mysteries surrounding the archaeological past of San Giuliano.
From Sept. 1 to Sept. 3, Baylor held multiple services to celebrate the life of mascot Judge Joy Reynolds, who died on July 18.
Approximately 40 students will be spending Labor Day weekend moving from one hotel to another or searching for a place to stay after several construction delays on a Waco apartment complex.
Through acts of service and cultural sharing, the Indian Subcontinent Student Association (ISSA) strives to provide community for students of the Indian subcontinent.
Brooks Flats expanded its residence hall into a full-building Business & Innovation Living-Learning Center (B&I LLC) for the fall semester.
The Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC) is building a cybersecurity suite within its facilities, expecting completion by spring 2023.
Dr. Stephen Breck Reid, former professor at George W. Truett Theological Seminary, shared his intake on his new role as Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Belonging starting in August.
Multicultural Affairs closed out Mosaic Week with Mosaic Asian Night on Tuesday in the Barfield Drawing Room in the Bill Daniel Student Center. This was the last tabling event of the week, with different Asian student organizations showcasing their groups.
The BU Women’s Colloquium, an advocacy group founded by six female faculty, will mark its 10-year anniversary after being officially affiliated with Baylor since 2012.
The event mainly included tabling for multiple organizations. However, it also featured free food from Fuzzy’s Tacos and Helados La Azteca, as well as music, dancing and Lotería — a traditional Mexican game.
Following the Mosaic Mixer, the Department of Multicultural Affairs hosted the annual Black Student Welcome event on Thursday in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) granted $5 million to the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty (BCHP) to continue its Meals-to-You program and to permanently scale its impact outside of the states it serves, including Texas, New Mexico, Alaska and Utah.
The Department of Multicultural Affairs hosted its annual Mosaic Mixer on Wednesday in the Bill Daniel Student Center.
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced the outlines of his plan for student loan relief, delivering on a campaign promise “to cancel $10,000 of student debt for low- to middle-income borrowers.”
