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“Everyone needs writers; everyone needs people who can communicate clearly and effectively and efficiently,” Dye said. “There are seemingly endless career options for people who have writing degrees. I think that a PWR degree sets you up to really do just about anything, because you will write no matter what you do for a career.”

Baylor’s Free Farmers Market will be taking place from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday on Fountain Mall. This year, event organizers have added giveaways, a photo booth and more to encourage students to come out, get free food and aim to destigmatize food insecurity.

When he started his work in 2007, Peppe said he teamed up with then-assistant professor of anthropology, Dr. Kieran McNulty, to collaborate with one another on this project. Peppe said it was McNulty’s idea to collect a team of scholars across the sites in East Africa to create a massive cohort of researchers.

On April 17, 2013, the West Fertilizer Plant was holding 40 to 60 tons of ammonium nitrate and exploded with the force of 20,000 tons of TNT. The blast caused houses in the surrounding areas to be completely destroyed, along with a nursing home and a school.

Mascots Marigold and Bruiser, and Baylor’s song team competed in the College Classic Nationals competition April 6 to April 8 in Orlando, Flo. Baylor Mascots upheld their three year national champion position, and song leaders were runner-ups for both performances.

“No matter what stage of life you’re in, it’s really important to look to your right and left, instead of being tunnel-focused on your bigger goals,” Hallbauer said. “That’s what we want for people to take away from this group, is that they have an ability and an obligation as believers to serve and love the least of these.”

“We had 27 competitors this year, which was a nice increase from last year,” Tinker said. “The last years after COVID-19 have been a little difficult. That’s been a common element in a lot of student organizations that I’ve been a part of.”

Baylor Student Government announced the winners of the 2023-2024 student election Friday night. The results included The Woodlands junior Nick Madincea as Student Body President, Aurora, Colo., junior Lily Davis as External Vice President and Trophy Club junior McKenzie Arata as the new Internal Vice President.

This week we have the exclusive details on an active shooter hoax call and the alert that sent shock waves…

Tevis, who oversees faculty and student training on civil rights and Title IX policies as well as awareness and prevention, said she wanted to plan an activity that students could “take to remind themselves and remind others.” The name of the event, Strong Foundations, came from the concept that students are strong and have a strong support system, a belief displayed through the symbolism of the painted rocks.

Medical Director of Baylor Health Services Dr. Sharon Stern said the fungus is not something that would cause disease in healthy college students, and it is only seen in nursing home patients and in very sick hospitalized patients.

“Waco PD received an active threat call on the Baylor Campus just after 9:30 a.m.,” Cierra Shipley, Waco PD spokesperson, said via email. “Waco PD and Baylor PD responded, determining the call was a hoax and there was no active threat on campus.”

Livingstone sent an email to faculty, staff and students to share the initiative to consider the next chapter of Baylor. This effort, known as the Strategic Planning Group, is being co-chaired by Provost Nancy Brickhouse and Livingstone’s Chief of Staff Tiffany Hogue.

Baylor’s English department hosted a panel of three distinguished Baylor English alumni Thursday afternoon as part of its new “Life After College” series. Panelists spoke to students about how their English degree can lead to an abundance of career options.

“Around 9:45AM, Baylor Police responded to a call to Waco law enforcement alleging an active shooter at the ITS building on the Baylor campus,” the alert stated.

The event will consist of sports tournaments and more, that are available to any students that come with a team formed. Their overall goal is to raise $10,000 in support of their philanthropies; American Red Cross and CASA.

“I think what’s great about communication is what we’re constantly doing is putting ourselves in other people’s shoes,” Barrett said. “We’re taking that cognitive turn, trying to step into other people’s perspectives. I’m really passionate about that. I think it makes the world a better place.”

“Being named a Senior Scholar is going to allow me to do work that continues to have an impact, that can continue to contribute to professionals who are out there in the field trying to help college students succeed,” Sriram said. “It not only validates the work that I’ve been doing for college students’ success, but it allows me to continue that work at hopefully a higher level.”

Landin said anyone and everyone is welcomed to come and stop by and learn more about the countries, “knickknacks” will also be provided for attendees to take with them and a visual aid of things that come from each country.

“The key feature of this lecture was his firsthand experience interviewing so many people and knowing what makes a great hire and giving really concrete examples,” Taube said.

“One in 10 students are registered with OALA. Doing this event with the Student Government can help bring people together and move forward as a student body,” Colihan said. “I really feel like we can use this union to both of our advantages by furthering Student Government, while promoting accessibility for all.”

The Fudge Football Development Center, according to Howard, will be a facility primarily designed for the training and well-being of football athletes, specifically as it relates to nutrition, recovery and the cultivation of general life skills.

Chapman said although he sometimes would prefer not to think about school during the summer, it keeps him in the school mindset and allows for him to push his further along his degree plan. He said he is also able to take fun classes during the fall and spring to break up his full schedule workload.

“What we’ve been able to do is cut back on some of the electives and some of the requirements that at some points seem to overlap,” Reed said. “We would cut that out and let the opposite degree fill in. Say in music, most electives that would be in the MDiv are going to be music courses.”

Smith said if he were to describe his show to potential listeners, he would describe it as three minutes in which he wants to introduce them to something they may not know about — or, if they do, don’t know about deeply.

“It’s really like a big family when you start to get to know the athletes and all of the family members they have, and you just become a part of that group. They all really care about each other and they’re really supportive,” Hoeft said. “It’s a really nice environment to be in.”

“Baylor does a really good job of inviting seminaries that are really diverse in terms of theological dispositions,” Dean said. “In my conversations with the different representatives, realizing and getting to understand more of the heart behind each individual seminary. They all have, yes, one central mission, but also unique missions to their seminary, to their institutions.”

Baylor’s chapter of Kappa Phi Gamma, a South Asian interest sorority, hosted its first in-person CARE Week since the pandemic this week. The event, which stands for “Cancer Awareness, a Real Effort,” is dedicated to the sorority’s philanthropy of cancer awareness.

“I think by offering this course and making it permanent, Baylor is offering an important counterweight to the excessive focus that has existed for Russia for decades … at this institution,” Kudelia said. “The war is only a reminder of how significant this region is for the world, but Russia is not going to go away, and Ukraine is not going to go away. And the problem that we have in Russian and Ukrainian relationships are problems that will not be solved easily over the next couple of months or years.”

This year, the Baylor Graduate School and the Graduate Student Association partnered to host a week’s worth of events celebrating its students, as Baylor cements itself as a preeminent Christian R1 institution.