Even this year, there is much to be thankful for at Baylor
This year has unquestionably been a hard one for most everyone connected to Baylor. Yet, the Bible tells us to “give thanks in all circumstances” (1 Thessalonians 5:18) — so, by His grace, we choose...
View ArticleChristmas on 5th signals the start of #BaylorChristmas
When there are camels and kangaroos on campus, a Christmas tree lighting and concerts, you know it must be Christmas on 5th Street, the official kickoff to the Christmas season at Baylor. The...
View Article‘A Baylor Christmas’ brings holiday musical performance to the entire Baylor...
For nearly 50 years, the combined choirs and orchestra of Baylor’s School of Music have heralded the arrival of Christmas with joyful worship during Christmas on 5th Street. This hour-long program, “A...
View ArticlePaul Powell: Texas Baptist giant and Baylor legend
Three days after Christmas, Baylor lost one of its greats. Dr. Paul W. Powell, BA ’56, the Texas Baptist legend and former dean of Baylor’s Truett Seminary, passed away Dec. 28 at the age of 83. The...
View ArticleFive years after his death, friends and family are fulfilling a former Baylor...
Five years ago, the Baylor family mourned the loss of Dustin Chamberlain, a sophomore pre-med/biology major from Arkansas, who was killed in a home invasion over Christmas break in 2011. In the midst...
View ArticleBaylor to launch Beauchamp Addiction Recovery Center for students
Late last month, Baylor announced the establishment of the Beauchamp Addiction Recovery Center (BARC) on campus. The center will open this fall inside Baylor’s East Village Residential Community to...
View ArticleBaylor researchers helped discover this 12th-century synagogue in Galilee
Last summer, we shared with you the story of a historic (and cool) discovery: elaborate mosaics, more than 1,500 years old, that were uncovered in the ruins of an ancient synagogue in Israel’s Galilee...
View ArticleThe Gathering returns to Baylor’s McLane Stadium
Two years ago, more than 35,000 people filled Baylor’s McLane Stadium on a Sunday afternoon — not for a football game, but for the largest worship service in Waco history. On April 9 — Palm Sunday —...
View Article‘The Gathering’ again draws thousands to McLane Stadium for worship and prayer
From the beginning, McLane Stadium was built with more in mind than just football. Sunday night, the stadium was put to another use — as a common ground for thousands of Christians to worship Jesus,...
View ArticleBaylor’s Foster Campus certified LEED Gold for environmental friendliness
Heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the LORD your God, the earth with all that is in it. ~ Deuteronomy 10:14 Baylor’s mission statement heavily emphasizes a “Christian commitment within a...
View Article‘A Playground To Explore’: Baylor chemistry prof on how faith and science meet
There aren’t many universities where you can conduct world-class scientific research while publicly proclaiming God’s role in the subject you’re studying — but Baylor is one of those special places....
View ArticleHow Baylor’s football coach describes his job is one example of how things...
In a recent interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education, new Baylor President Linda Livingstone was asked how the university can ever move forward after what happened here. “The university is a...
View ArticleTruett prof to preach at second anniversary of Charleston shooting
On June 17, 2015, parishioners at Emanuel AME Church, an historic African-American church in Charleston, S.C., were visited by tragedy. Gathered for a weekly Bible study, a visitor opened fire on the...
View ArticleMeet Baylor’s nationally recognized expert on fighting hunger
Whether in the halls of Congress or the streets of Waco, Jeremy Everett, MDiv ’01, spends his days addressing a topic that has become a burning passion — fighting hunger. Everett is the founder and...
View ArticleBaylor students unite refugee and American families over dinners
This past summer, 12 Baylor pre-health students signed up for an internship at Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. It’s an area that has seen a spike in the refugee population, primarily from...
View ArticleNewest Baylor Religion Study results again draw national attention
Since 2005, Baylor’s Department of Sociology, along with the university’s Institute for Studies of Religion, has been conducting national surveys of American religious beliefs, values and behaviors....
View Article“God Is Good”: Remembering David Grotberg
On Oct. 6, 2016, the Baylor Family lost one of its own. David Grotberg, a sophomore Honors College student and member of the Golden Wave Marching Band, was riding his bike through Waco when he was...
View ArticleChristmas on 5th Street means the Christmas season has officially begun
The most wonderful time of the year officially began Thursday night with one of Baylor’s most loved traditions, Christmas on 5th Street. Baylor Student Activities and KOT truly outdid themselves this...
View ArticleBaylor physicists helping discover the building blocks of the universe
More than five years have passed since an international team of scientists — including several Baylor physicists — discovered what’s become known as the “God particle.” Today, scientists are working...
View ArticleHow Baylor’s Roxy Grove became one Canadian family’s ‘angel of mercy’
Just in time for Christmas, we have a beautiful, never-before-told story for you about a Baylor Bear of old who did exactly what Bears do: make the world around them shine just a little brighter. If...
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