At Christmas on Fifth, the live Nativity scene reminded students, faculty and families about the true meaning of the Christmas season.
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By Abbey Ferguson | LTVN Reporter It’s easy for students to feel disconnected from the holiday season when they are…
In collaboration with teams at NASA, Purdue University, the University of New Hampshire and Astroport, three Baylor professors are working to make space travel more affordable.
By Abbey Ferguson | LTVN Reporter Four students have been displaced since Tuesday night, after a flood threatened their living…
By Kaitlin Sides | LTVN Reporter One of Waco’s best barbecue spots was devastated by a fire. Now, the family-owned…
A part of the Experiential Learning Commons on the Garden Level of Moody Memorial Library, the Moody Makerspace is open to all Baylor students, faculty and staff, with no requirements for major or classification. It houses a variety of tools available for use in personal or academic projects, including a 3D printer, a laser cutter, a computer adapter, a sewing kit, woodworking tools and more.
Smith Getterman, director of sustainability and special projects, said Baylor’s policy of sustainability is in place to give the university guardrails for best practices while helping it maintain its Christian mission.
By Hannon Joseph | LTVN Reporter For many, it was just another Saturday, but for those on the streets of…
Professor of preaching Dr. Jared E. Alcántara has been named director of the Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching, which prepares students at Truett Theological Seminary and offers continuing education for other pastors and ministers. In this role, Alcántara will help put to use a $1.25 million grant Baylor received to assist with the Compelling Preaching Initiative.
The quiz went live last week and features questions that revolve around students’ interests, majors and locations on campus. It is intended to help them find a Chapel that is not only best suited for their spiritual journey and class schedule, but can also assist them in finding community.
The hands-on, interactive nature of labs may cause many to assume that blind or visually impaired students cannot participate. However, Dr. Bryan Shaw, a chemistry and biochemistry professor, is proving them wrong through his efforts to make labs accessible for all.
The countdown to break is in full swing, as professors assign their final class projects and students pack up their essentials to take home. For out-of-state students, however, it can feel impossible to channel the “home for the holidays” spirit from sometimes over 1,000 miles away.
Every year, the Baylor Student Foundation joins forces with student government and Baylor Dining to put on All-University Thanksgiving, providing the Baylor community with an opportunity to gather together for an early Thanksgiving dinner.
By Kaity Kempf | LTVN Managing Editor Among the over 100 cats that call Baylor home, there’s one feline who’s…
Students are running out of time to take advantage of the Student Health Advisory Council’s free mobile flu shot clinics, which are running until Nov. 15 in multiple locations on campus.
“We’re sort of drowned in this large space, which is a beautiful space, but it’s very overwhelming for people sometimes, especially prospective students,” Wolfe said. “But then you get to go in these columns before your tour … And now this building, as the face of Baylor, entertains you.”
“Allison was born in Temple on September 18, 1979, to Joe and Johnnie Dickson. She was diagnosed with Werdnig-Hoffman Muscular Dystrophy when she was 15 months old and was given only a year to live. Despite her physical limitations, she defied the odds and lived life fully and with purpose,” a Baylor Law statement said.
Riley said that while medications for ADHD do improve academic importance, in a society where academic performance is highly correlated with professional success and self-esteem, he chooses to see the strengths of those with ADHD.
Baylor Homecoming originated almost 114 years ago on Nov. 24, 1909. According to Elizabeth Rivera, university archivist of The Texas Collection, the tradition exists thanks to then-President Samuel Palmer Brooks, who created the nation’s oldest homecoming as a way to inspire the community and reunite alumni.
“We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t enjoy helping students,” Schuetz said. “You’re going to reach that point where you’re going to have something that you’re working on where you’re going to need our help, and we’re here. And we’re willing to help.”
“We are able to tell the truth about our history, where we come from, and where we might be going,” Garrett said. “And it feels to me like Professor Reddie coming this fall could be a really important piece of Baylor’s continuing to reckon with our slaveholding past with racism and with the idea of repair and how we might move forward together.”
Waco police arrested local attorney Pablo Martinez, Jr., Thursday night after he was accused of trying to run a group of Baylor students over with his truck when they would not let him enter their home or join their gathering. No students were injured.
“It’s going to be an incredibly fun event. It’ll be incredibly unique, and I also feel like it’s fantastic for students to attend and support the Ronald McDonald House Charities, just because it’s really important, at least to me, to keep those families together,” Hoyt said.
“Last week and the week before, there were eight [flu cases] … so it’s only a 2% positivity rate,” Dr. Sharon Stern, Health Services medical director, said. “We have a trickle of cases right now, we’re not overwhelmed with numbers of flu.”
By Kaitlin Sides | LTVN Reporter A special day dedicated to prayers for college students around the globe has been…
“One of the aspects that I think I’m personally most excited for is a trophy. So the winner of the game will be getting a trophy. And this is to be a traveling trophy that goes back and forth between the two institutions, whoever wins that year,” Davis said.
“Tenderness is not just something we embody for others; it is something that we embody for ourselves, especially as we attempt to live, thrive, and work for justice under the siege of terror,” Walker-Barnes said.
“I think that that’s really the idea is the hope is that this attention on the FAFSA field makes the FAFSA feel more like a partner and achieving your degree instead of a roadblock and achieving your degree, and that’s really what we’re trying to do,” Anderson said.
Death tolls continue to rise in Israel and Palestine after Hamas — the governing Palestinian body in the Gaza Strip — launched a surprise attack on Israel Saturday. In retaliation, Israel sent air strikes to the Gaza Strip Monday.
“Their faith and friendship is just as compelling and real and attractive as anyone else’s,” Dr. Erik Carter said. “The way we gather in communities separates people — because of fear, because of attitudes, because of whatever. So that is now the running theme through all of the research I do: It’s how do you get people to be in community with one another in our schools, in our workplaces, in our churches, on our college campuses?”