Baylor announced via email on Monday it will require all faculty, staff and student employees to be fully vaccinated by Jan. 18 — the first day of the spring semester — in compliance with the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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Solving world hunger is a complex issue because of its many causes, and it’s prevalent nearly everywhere — even in Baylor’s own backyard. Kayla Mize, Waco regional director for the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty (BCHP), said a 2019 census showed 15.7% of residents of McLennan County and 22.5% of children in McLennan County suffered from food insecurity.
Bitty and Beau’s Coffee co-founder Amy Wright said any business in America could benefit from hiring someone with a disability.
Baylor Model United Nations brought home eight position paper awards, breaking its previous team record.
All-University Thanksgiving will return to campus to host the Baylor family with a free Thanksgiving meal, a presidential pardoning of a live turkey and a community celebration of thanks on Thursday.
Baylor’s Department of Film and Digital Media will be launching its new Los Angeles summer program in 2023.
To finish off the fall semester, the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core hosts Sweet Thank-You — a casual social event full of food and fun awards to thank the professors for their hard work.
Erin Shank, who taught in the Baylor Law School for over 10 years and owns a bankruptcy law firm in Waco, announced her candidacy for the District 56 House seat in the Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday.
The annual event celebrated international students, Thanksgiving traditions and making connections with others.
Within Baylor’s goals, top-tier academics is one that has been made so that students can be successful after college. The Career Center dedicates itself to helping, training and guiding students to a professional environment during and after their undergraduate years.
The BIC Leadership Council seeks to foster community by creating opportunities for all those who participate in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core to engage with one another — from bringing in alumni to speak about their career field, to hosting coffee hours with professors, to putting together board game nights for students.
Delta-8 is temporarily legal in Texas after State District Court Judge Jan Soifer issued a temporary injunction against the state, saying the Texas Department of State Health Services did not adequately notify retailers that delta-8 would be illegal and therefore violated the state’s rule-making requirements.
Gift ideas for your loved ones this season.
International students celebrate the holidays in both similar and different ways, depending on the countries they are from. Many have their own traditions according to their culture.
From waking up at 3 a.m. to standing in lines for hours, shoppers across the nation spend Thanksgiving weekend in the stores striking up holiday deals.
Christmas on Fifth Street is back on campus after the event was livestreamed last year due to COVID-19. The event is scheduled for Dec. 2 and will feature live music, holiday-themed activities, local vendors and food trucks.
The student organization continues to serve children from lower-income families and spread the joy of Christmas.
Primarily a choose-and-cut farm, the Radde Tannebaum Farm aims to bring the family experience each holiday season.
Connections were made between Veterans of Baylor and students during Veterans Day celebrations.
Baylor alumna Dr. Linda Plank has been named dean of the Louise Herrington School of Nursing.
The Baylor Libraries encourages students, faculty and staff to join the unveiling of the new Black Gospel Archive and Listening Center at 10 a.m. Friday in the garden level of Moody Memorial Library.
From kid to college student, Houston junior Gray Campbell has had a passion for expressing thoughts and emotions through constructing music compositions and pursuing a degree in the area.
Shipley said that the ‘it’s not going to happen to me’ mentality is not good to have and that students need to be prepared for any situation.
November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. Dr. Dennis Myers — the Danny and Lenn Prince endowed professor for the residential care of older adults — and Anna junior Ansley Nevil speak about what Alzheimer’s disease is and how students can care for those enduring it, especially during COVID-19.
Hosted by Baylor VETS in celebration of Veterans Day, the first Battle of the Branches flag football tournament will take place on Nov. 11 at McLane Stadium.
Several Supreme Court justices — including Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Justice Brett Kavanaugh — expressed concerns over the enforcement methods of the law, which leaves enforcement entirely in the hands of private citizens. Kavanaugh said a “loophole” could lead the enforcement method of SB 8 to be used in laws targeting gun rights, freedom of speech or freedom of religion.
Applications for study abroad programs are currently open for the summer and fall terms of 2022. Study abroad director Bo White, Ed.D., suggested that students start preparing early in the year. In the long run, he said it is more beneficial for students to get on these tasks, given they will have more options and availability for their intended courses.
This year, there are no ‘brakes’ in the Basic Utility Vehicle at Baylor — a humanitarian engineering organization founded in August 2014. Made up of undergraduate engineering students, the club uses its classroom knowledge and technical skills to bring transportation assistance to communities and people in need.
Dr. Jenifer Johnson, director of recruitment and first-year experience; Dr. Suzanne Nesmith, associate dean of undergraduate education; and Austin sophomore Lana Brady discuss how the pandemic impacted the education field and why prospective students still want to be educators despite new challenges.
The Center for Global Engagement partnered with the Paul L. Foster Success Center and hosted an International Dr Pepper Hour on Tuesday in conjunction with the celebration of International Education Week on campus.
