Students submit course evaluations at the end of every semester, but faculty and administrators say the feedback is only one piece of a much larger system used to assess teaching. While some professors say evaluations lead to real course changes, others emphasize that responses are filtered for patterns — not isolated complaints.
The Rare Neurological Disorder Foundation will bring together researchers, clinicians and advocates Friday for its first Spring Assembly, featuring presentations from experts across several major medical institutions and highlighting student fellowship work in rare neurological disorders.
In the aftermath of national attention over Baylor hosting Turning Point USA on campus, statements made at the closed event have ignited controversy amongst students and faculty.
With nearly 120 years of combined experience in Penland Dining Hall, Elaine Battle, Linda Benson and Donna Majors have served thousands — maybe even millions — of meals to the Baylor community. But the three are known for far more than flipping omelets or making pizzas. Their careers are marked by countless relationships and acts of service that go beyond the women’s job descriptions.
Laura McNutt, assistant director of advising in Baylor’s College of Arts and Sciences, died April 17 at her home in Waco after a three-year battle with colon cancer. She was 38.
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Nicki Collen has retooled Baylor’s roster around star guard Taliah Scott after another 25-win season ended before the Bears could break through their March ceiling. Now the question is whether the new-look pieces can turn regular-season consistency into the deeper postseason run the team has been chasing.
Felecia Mulkey built acrobatics and tumbling from the ground up, then led Baylor to 11 straight national titles. But beyond the banners, “Coach Fee’s” legacy lives in the athletes she shapes, the culture she protects and the heart behind college athletics’ most dominant dynasty.
Freshman third baseman Kaygen Marshall, a Robinson native, is becoming a breakout star for Baylor softball. Marshall is proving that she didn’t need to go far to become a star.
While transferring from Old Dominion to Baylor, junior Connor Van Schalkwyk embraced some familiar faces in his transition to a new program.
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All Are Neighbors, held in the Cashion Academic Center, drew 270 ticketed attendees, totaling 352 people, including VIP guests and speakers, nearly filling all available seats. The event was created in response to TPUSA’s presence on campus, but speakers and organizers consistently emphasized that the gathering was not merely reactive. Instead, it functioned as a faith-centered call to action, rooted in Christian teaching and expressed through civic engagement.
Waco Adapt is creating a space where individuals can continue building strength after physical therapy ends, offering accessible fitness options for those transitioning out of rehabilitation.
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ARTS & LIFE
Live Nation has canceled the first month of the Post Malone and Jelly Roll “Big Stadium Tour,” including the May 19 show at McLane Stadium, the Baylor Lariat has learned.
If the majority of your principles as a voter align more closely with one side or the other, failing to vote with that party is not only throwing away one of our most important rights as Americans, but it is also helping the people you disagree with win.
As we near the end of the year and move out of or into a new place, I wanted to share a reminder that we don’t need to buy everything new. It’s okay to not have all the latest and greatest things. Keeping up with the Joneses is all fun and games until it runs you into the ground.
For some students, figuring it out later could mean taking an interesting class or switching their majors a few times. For others, it means risking financial aid, wasting time or choosing between passion and stability. These are not the same situation.
Nothing feels normal anymore. There is an underlying sexualization of everything, even though it is completely unnecessary. That’s the problem — people should be able to scroll through social media without suggestive content being forced on them.
Excuses like “this person did this” or “I should’ve been different because …” do not make the world better. Everyone wants to sit atop a pedestal, but wants to be placed there rather than working to earn it.
Before finals start, a good number of classes assign group projects that most students like me don’t enjoy. I can’t wait to be done with group projects. If I could remove one thing from my coursework, it would be this.
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