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“The Women of the Bible” symposium will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday. The first session…
These days, many people have a T-shirt from a missions trip or a Facebook photo holding an impoverished child.
Multiple Baylor departments and organizations have partnered to create the ReThink Missions Conference in an effort to discuss how to make missions more effective.
Student government voted unanimously to pass the Voter Registration Act in Baylor Student Senate Thursday night. The bill will encourage voter registration and student participation in elections.
Bushland senior Trenton Garza, a member of Student Senate, was the author of the bill.
Students can get to know their multicultural Greek sororities and fraternities at 6:30 p.m. today in the Barfield Drawing Room…
The Date Doctor who inspired the movie “Hitch” will give a presentation about relationships and dating at 7 p.m. today…
A group of Baylor women now have the skills and the knowledge to stay safe and fight back.
The Women’s Safety Workshop, held Wednesday in the Bill Daniel Student Center, taught safety measures ranging from how to hold their keys when walking toward their cars, to holding off an attacker in a series of defense moves.
After being recognized by the Sierra Club for its green efforts, Baylor Sustainability seems to be on a roll and defying environmental obstacles of all kinds, but the biggest challenge may be yet to come — the re-education of the Baylor community on sustainable living.
This semester brings new approaches to facilitating practical methods of fulfilling the mission of the Department of Sustainability. Smith Getterman, assistant director of sustainability and special projects, said the department’s approach to sustainable practices will appeal to any lifestyle.
A fresh set of classes and professors aren’t the only things that occupy the minds of sorority women at the beginning of the fall semester, sorority chapters across campus are steadily working toward formal recruitment in January.
The Panhellenic Council holds a “deferred” recruitment, meaning that freshman have a full semester to research organizations before formal recruitment. Deferred recruitment at Baylor is different, as most colleges host formal recruitment in the fall.
Fraternities on campus are already in the midst of Rush for the 2013-2014 school year as the groups broadcast their Greek letters through t-shirts and fliers.
College sophomores and upperclassmen can participate in the Interfraternity Council’s (IFC) Rush process during the fall semester. Fraternity Rush lasts two weeks at the beginning of both the fall and the spring semesters.
The Baylor Alumni Association board of directors is meeting Saturday to discuss future plans for the BAA now that Baylor has terminated its license to use the Baylor brand.
Collin Cox, BAA president, said an official statement regarding future plans of the organization will not be released until after the board meeting.
The madcap carnival on the Las Vegas Strip is getting another over-the-top addition: the world’s largest Ferris wheel.
The outer wheel of the 55-story High Roller ride is scheduled to be hoisted into place Tuesday.
The gargantuan project is now visible from all over the city, including the airport. Early next year, it will be outfitted with 1,500 LED lights, and start its slow spin.
No. 24 TCU (1-1) at Texas Tech (2-0)
After being suspended for much of last season, senior TCU quarterback Casey Pachall broke his arm in last week’s game against Southeastern Louisiana. Backup sophomore quarterback Trevone Boykin was able to come in and lift TCU to the victory, throwing for 133 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 pass attempts.
Complete with cowboy boots and a mechanical bull, Howdy is ready to bring a fun evening for all Baylor students at 7 p.m. Friday in the Burleson Quadrangle.
Howdy is an all-university event co-sponsored by Pi Beta Phi and the Baylor Activities Council and offers all Baylor students a chance to enjoy a fun night of boot scootin’ and country tunes.
Welcome to i5, Baylor’s innovative program centered on a curriculum for technology ventures.
Faculty members in Hankamer School of Business, Rogers School of Engineering and Computer Science and Baylor School of Law have worked to create what they believe to be the one-of-a-kind program that equips students with the savvy to make career success possible.
Baylor’s Psychology and Neuroscience Clinic welcomed Dr. John Klocek this summer as its new full-time director.
Klocek now oversees Baylor’s clinical psychology doctoral program as well as the basic clinical services offered to the citizens of Waco.The Baylor Psychology Clinic showcases Baylor’s mission of producing servants and leaders.
Klocek said the clinic’s goal for the graduate program is to be able to equip students with the proper education and experience needed to effectively help those in need.
As temperatures drop, some students could see their asthma conditions worsen as allergens and viral infections heighten during this season, according to Dr. Sharon Stern, medical director at the Baylor Health Center.Though most asthma is diagnosed during childhood and adolescence, college students are still prone to the condition without having been diagnosed in childhood.
Baylor’s Association for Information Technology Professionals held it’s annual IS Career Development Dinner on Tuesday with guest speakers from Hewlett-Packard Company, or HP, an information technology corporation.
The dinner was held in the Hankamer School of Business and was an opportunity for Management Information System students to meet with industry professionals.
Students were welcomed with free Vitek’s Gut Packs and black MIS T-shirts, which they were told to wear on Wednesday.
The American Red Cross has allocated $295,000 to long-term relief in West, five months after a fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people. The Red Cross announced this gift on its website on Friday.
Those who work closely with recovery in West say the city is still in need, though opinions differ as to which areas of need are most pressing.
The money the Red Cross is giving comes from donors all over the country, said Bristel Bowen, regional director of communications for the Central Texas region of the American Red Cross.
Americans have a history of grieving and remembering in unity the lives lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the nation 12 years ago. Today, the Baylor community continues that tradition as the McLane Carillon bells ring out hymns of remembrance.
Carillon performer Lynnette Geary will hold a free recital at 5 p.m.
While the bells can be heard throughout campus, the public is invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets to gather in front of Pat Neff Hall.
President Ken Starr announced Tuesday evening the official termination of the Baylor Alumni Association’s license to use the Baylor name after the Transition Agreement vote on Saturday failed to reach the two-thirds yes vote majority.
The agreement, had it passed, would have merged the BAA with the university and allowed The Baylor Line, the official BAA magazine, to continue using the Baylor name.
The termination notice was sent to the BAA on May 31 and became effective on Sunday, according to a university wide email from Starr. The university is giving the BAA 90 days to phase out its use of the Baylor brand.
The declining importance of religious freedom and civic education in society is a reflection of the decline of society as a whole. This was the underlying message from Os Guinness, author and social critic, during his On Topic session with President Ken Starr Tuesday night.
Guinness has authored and edited more than 30 books, worked as a freelance reporter with the BBC and served as executive director of The Williamsburg Charter Foundation. This foundation’s focus is celebrating the First Amendment, a passion clearly shared by Guinness as displayed during his discussion with Starr.
President Barack Obama told a war-weary nation Tuesday night that diplomacy suddenly holds “the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons” in Syria without the use of force. But he also vowed the U.S. military will be ready to strike against President Bashar Assad if other measures fail.
For now, Obama said he had asked congressional leaders to postpone a vote on legislation he has been seeking to authorize the use of military force against Syria.
In a 16-minute speech, the president repeatedly offered reassurances that even the failure of diplomacy — in promised talks at the United Nations or elsewhere — would not plunge America into another war.
By Jordan Corona Reporter Baylor’s Texas Hunger Initiative and the Hankamer School of Business will help decide how the state…
Baylor’s Air Force and Army ROTC detachments and Veterans of Baylor will host the first Waco Wounded Veterans 5K Run at 8 a.m. on Saturday at the Lake Waco Dam.
The cost to register is $30 for civilians and $25 for students, veterans and active military. Online registration is open until midnight on Thursday. Day-of Registration will be available as well.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicole Powers, who began planning the race last April, said she had two goals in mind: to raise as much money to the Wounded Warrior Project as possible, and to start a tradition that will last years after she leaves Baylor.
President Ken Starr announced today the official termination of the Baylor Alumni Association’s license to use the Baylor name after the Transition Agreement vote on Saturday failed to reach the two-thirds ‘yes’ vote majority.
The agreement, had it passed, would have merged the BAA with the university and allowed The Baylor Line, the official BAA magazine, to continue using the Baylor name.The termination notice was sent to the BAA on May 31 and became effective on Sunday, according to a university-wide email from Starr. The university is giving the BAA 90 days to phase out of its use of the Baylor brand.
Nigerian graduate student Sunkanmi Agbomeji came to Baylor last year and was thrown into a culture that was completely new to him, but by the end of his first semester he started Global Business Connect (GBC).
Global Business Connect is a group started by a few friends who had a desire to see Baylor become more globally minded and a way to connect students to the world.
The Baylor Alumni Association remains an independent voice after members voted Saturday not to pass the Transition Agreement that would merge the BAA with the Baylor Alumni Network.
This will mean the termination of the BAA’s license to use the Baylor name, according to a letter sent by the university on May 31.
Tensions built up for months leading up to meeting as some alumni wished to remain an independent entity while others wished to dissolve and become a part of the university.
Alumni wishing to remain independent voted no to the agreement and those wishing to dissolve voted yes.
For the first time in Baylor’s history, university sustainability efforts have been recognized by the Sierra Club. Baylor was ranked 133 on the organization’s “Cool Schools 2013” list, which honored 162 four-year colleges and universities that offer exemplary environmental initiatives.
Schools featured on the list, which was released in August, were ranked based on the presence of campus sustainability resources.
Participating universities completed an extensive survey regarding student, staff and faculty access to green initiatives such as environmental organizations, campus-wide energy saving efforts and sustainability-oriented curriculums.
Baylor will kick out the old to make way for the less old.
Faculty and staff using Windows XP on their computers will soon have to change to a newer version of Windows.
Any computer still using the Windows XP operating system will be blocked from the Baylor network come April 1, according to the Baylor ITS web page. The campus-wide operating system block will take effect in preparation for Windows XP’s End of Life on that date. The Windows XP End of Life is when Microsoft will stop providing security updates that protect Windows XP computers from viruses, spyware and other malicious software. Each Microsoft product that is released has a lifecycle that ends with this step.
