“As long as I can remember, I wanted to be a lawyer who helps kids, and Adoption Day made Baylor Law an easy choice for me,” Kitchenka said. “My favorite part is seeing the joy on the families’ faces when their adoptions are finalized. It’s such a meaningful and fun day for everyone involved.”

“Pay incentives can lead to jealousy among faculty members,” Cox said, observing that the system could unintentionally favor teachers with smaller or more advanced classes, sparking concerns about fairness.

“Every donation makes a difference and helps us provide essential items to those who rely on our store,” Baldwin said. “We want to make it as easy as possible for community members to give and deeply appreciate the generosity and support we receive.”

“The students, I think, are all rising stars,” Jiang said. “I’m always motivated by them — even undergraduate students. Usually, they have a lot of course work but they still are very interested in frontier research so they dedicate a lot of time and effort [to] that.”