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WACO, Texas (Aug. 23, 2018) – This week, Baylor University will host two Chapel Service speakers, Movie Mondays and lectures in environmental science and chemistry.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 10, 2018) — Baylor University is mourning the death of Stephen L. Williams, Ph.D., retired associate professor of museum studies, who died July 31 in Waco. He was 70.

Waco, Texas (Aug. 10, 2018) — Baylor University is mourning the passing of Charles E. Reeder of Waco, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, who died Aug. 8. He was 91.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 8, 2018) – Baylor University’s summer graduating class of 2018 will walk the stage at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Ferrell Center, S. University Parks Drive.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 1, 2018) — Eleven Baylor University faculty members have been selected to serve as 2018-19 Baylor Fellows for their excellence in teaching and desire to transform student thinking through innovation.

WACO, Texas (July 27, 2018) – Baylor University is mourning the passing of Murray Watson Jr., B.B.A. (Accounting/Economics) ’52, J.D. ’54, a longtime public servant and steadfast supporter of higher education at Baylor and in McLennan County, who died July 24 in Waco. He was 86.

WACO, Texas (July 26, 2018) – One hundred fifth- through ninth-graders will learn about civics and how to be engaged, active citizens during the annual Baylor University iEngage Summer Civics Institute July 30-Aug. 3 on the Baylor campus. The camp, in its sixth year, is hosted by Baylor School of Education through a grant from the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation.

WACO, Texas (July 25, 2018) – A federal grant of $91,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), plus matching support of $30,000 from Baylor University, will bring together Baylor scientists, science educators and local teachers in an effort to teach the next generation about water quality and reuse.

WACO, Texas (July 20, 2018) – During its regular July retreat meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents welcomed new Board members, heard an update from Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., on the Illuminate Academic Strategic Plan and other University initiatives and approved $1.24 million gift for renovations to the Umphrey Law Center and Charles and Sandra Wallace Courtyard. The Board also discussed higher education issues with state and national leaders and set tuition and fees for the 2019-2020 academic year.

WACO, Texas (July 19, 2018) – Baylor University’s School of Education will host 240 teachers for a three-day Summer Literacy Institute July 24-26 at the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation.

WACO, Texas (July 17, 2018) – The Math for Early Learners Academy (MELA), now in its third year sponsored by the Baylor University School of Education, is underway through July 27 at Baylor’s Mayborn Museum, and research is showing that the summer early-intervention program serving early childhood students in Waco ISD is showing positive results.

WACO, Texas (July 16, 2018) – Baylor University alumnus and composer Benjamin Harlan will return to campus this week to receive the Exemplary Service in Christian Music Award at the 17th annual Alleluia Conference.

DALLAS, Texas (July 12, 2018) – The Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON) hosted a dedication ceremony Tuesday of its new Divine Servant® statue given by Dallas Baptist University and dedicated in honor of LHSON Dean Shelley F. Conroy.
WACO, Texas (July 11, 2018) – Baylor University is mourning the recent deaths of three emeriti faculty members: Mary Alice Booras, M.A., associate professor emeritus of communication studies, who passed away July 4; Thomas Myers, Ph.D., professor emeritus of political science, who passed away on June 29; and Mary Elizabeth Tindle, M.S., associate professor emeritus of health, human performance and recreation, who passed away June 2.

WACO, Texas (July 11, 2018) – As communities prepare for the upcoming school year, senior pastors and leaders of all faiths, denominations and races from throughout Waco and Central Texas joined Baylor University President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., to pray for students, families, teachers and faculty during a Community Prayer Breakfast on the Baylor campus.

WACO, Texas (July 10, 2018) – Amy Armstrong, executive director of philanthropic operations at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, has been named associate vice president of alumni engagement at Baylor University, announced today by Dave Rosselli, vice president for advancement. Armstrong’s appointment is effective July 23.

WACO, Texas (July 10, 2018) – Baylor University’s Bill Daniel Student Center, known to generations of Baylor students as the SUB, will welcome new retail additions this fall that will be very familiar to the campus and Waco communities.
WACO, Texas (July 9, 2018) — Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences is launching two new programs — a Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) degree program that will begin in August 2018 and an entry-level degree program scheduled to start in January 2021.

WACO, Texas (July 2, 2018) – In observance of Independence Day, Baylor University administrative offices will be closed, no classes will be held and some Baylor facilities will be closed or have altered hours on Wednesday, July 4.

WACO, Texas (June 26, 2018) – Baylor University President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., will welcome senior pastors and leaders of all faiths, denominations and races throughout Waco and Central Texas for a Community Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday, July 11, on the Baylor campus. The event will bring together faith leaders to pray collectively for students, teachers, faculty and families as communities prepare for the upcoming school year.

WACO, Texas (June 25, 2018) – Baylor University today announced a $1.6 million gift from the Waco Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation that will create a permanent endowment for Camp Success, a free intensive summer language and literacy intervention program for children through the department of communication sciences and disorders (CSD) in Baylor’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences.

WACO, Texas (June 21, 2018) – Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum, in collaboration with Baylor Law, will host a civil damage mock trial as survivors of Titanic seek justice for this human tragedy. The trial begins Monday, June 25, and will continue through Friday, June 29, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day at the Mayborn Museum.

WACO, Texas (June 20, 2018) – Baylor University today announced that the philanthropic support of students, alumni, parents and friends during the recently completed fiscal year (June 1, 2017, to May 31, 2018) – which coincided with the first year in office of Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D. – exceeded $113 million.

WACO, Texas and LANHAM, MD (June 21, 2018) – 2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU), a global leader in digital education, and Baylor University announced an expansion of their partnership to deliver a new online master of science (MS) in communication sciences and disorders through the department of communication sciences and disorders in Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences at Baylor. The new degree program, Speech@Baylor, represents a new domestic graduate program for 2U and will launch in fall 2019, pending approvals from accreditation organizations.

WACO, Texas (June 12, 2018) – Award-winning author Donna M. Johnson will present the 2018 Werlin Lecture at 2 p.m. Friday, June 22, in room 101 of the Castellaw Communications Center at Baylor University. The Werlin Lecture is free and open to the public as part of the 2018 Press Women of Texas Conference.

WACO, Texas (June 6, 2018) – Baylor Law has announced the creation of The M. Stephen and Alyce A. Beard Chair in Business and Transactional Law that will be funded through a generous gift from M. Stephen (B.B.A. ’71, J.D. ’73) and Alyce A. Beard (B.A. ’70). Proceeds from the endowment will support this faculty position in perpetuity, allowing Baylor Law to enhance practical training and scholarship in this critical discipline.

WACO, Texas (June 5, 2018) – Baylor University today announced the establishment of The Floyd F. Davidson Endowed Memorial Chair in Biology, made possible through a gift of approximately $2.5 million from the estate of Lorene Taylor Davidson, who died in 2013 at the age of 100. Lorene and her husband, Floyd Davidson, Ph.D., were longtime Baylor supporters who blended giving to Baylor during their lifetimes with the inclusion of a gift to Baylor in their estate. Floyd Davidson died in 1990.

WACO, Texas (May 29, 2018) – Baylor University President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., has appointed Brett Dalton as Chief Business Officer, a new position at Baylor that will lead progressive systems of financial planning, reporting and control as the University moves forward under the Illuminate academic strategic plan. His appointment is effective July 1.

WACO, Texas (May 25, 2018) – In observance of Memorial Day, Baylor University administrative offices will be closed on Monday, May 28.

WACO, Texas (May 11, 2018) – At its regular spring meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents accepted the University moving forward with the implementation of Illuminate, Baylor’s Academic Strategic Plan, and took action to approve a $660.1 million operating budget for 2018-2019, five new academic degrees and new Board members.

WACO, Texas (May 4, 2018) – Baylor University announced it has received $371,627 from ExxonMobil and its employees through the ExxonMobil Foundation’s 2017 Educational Matching Gift Program.

WACO, Texas (May 4, 2018) — Baylor University’s spring graduating class of 2018 will enter their next phase of life as they walk the graduation stage during commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 11, and Saturday, May 12, at the Ferrell Center, 1900 S. University Parks Drive.

WACO, Texas (May 2, 2018) – Praying that students’ lights will shine bright as they embody the University’s enduring spirit of service, Baylor University commissioned 500-plus Baylor students who are headed out this summer as camp counselors during an inaugural ceremony May 1 in Barfield Drawing Room in the Bill Daniel Student Center.

WACO (May 1, 2018) — The 12 most effective preachers in the English-speaking world have been identified in a survey by the

WACO, Texas (April 30, 2018) – Baylor University is mourning the passing of William D. (Bill) Hillis, B.S. ’53, M.D., a medical physician and scientific researcher who served more than 30 years as a professor and administrator at Baylor. Hillis passed away April 26.

WACO, Texas (April 27, 2018) - This week, Baylor University will host a concert and an exciting service of prayer and worship.

WACO, Texas (April 20, 2018) – Baylor University’s School of Music will present the President’s Concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21, in Jones Concert Hall, Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. This year’s program is “America: Reflections of Diversity,” an evening of music by American composers or international composers who studied in the United States.

WACO, Texas (April 20, 2018) — This week at Baylor, distinguished musicians, scholars and departments will offer lectures, concerts and events for the community to attend as the spring semester comes to a close. The 18th annual Black Glasses Film Festival will take place this week-- exhibiting the best student work in filmmaking and screenwriting.

WACO, Texas (April 20, 2018) — The senior class selected Rebecca McCumbers Flavin, Ph.D., senior lecturer of political science at Baylor University, as this year’s Collins Outstanding Professor Award recipient.

WACO, Texas (April 19, 2018) – The Baylor University Police Department (BUPD) will collect old and expired prescription drugs as part of a countrywide take-back day Saturday, April 28, 2018. Although the official collection day is on Saturday, BUPD will begin accepting prescription drugs on Monday, April 23, 2018.

WACO, Texas (April 18, 2018) — Baylor University’s department of sociology will conclude the Baylor University Outstanding Sociology Opportunity (BU OSO) Speaker Series for spring 2018 with a talk from Markus Schafer, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology and faculty associate of the Institute of Life Course and Aging at the University of Toronto, at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, in Room 152 of Draper Academic Building, 1400 S. Seventh St.

WACO, Texas (April 18, 2018) – In celebration of the lives and work of poets Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Baylor University’s Armstrong Browning Library (ABL) will host its annual Browning Day event at 3 p.m. Friday, April 20, in the ABL, 710 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (April 16, 2018) – The 26th annual J. Harry and Anna Jeanes Academic Honors Week will be held April 16-20 to recognize and celebrate the rigorous undergraduate honors program at Baylor University. The week will consist of the Academic Honors Convocation, senior research presentations and a banquet for Honors Program and University Scholars Program seniors and their mentors.

WACO, Texas (April 13, 2019) – Since 1932, Baylor University students have celebrated a day off from classes to spend time with friends, listen to live music and enjoy the spring weather. This year, Baylor University will celebrate Dia Del Oso on Tuesday, April 17, with yoga, petting zoos, concerts and more.

WACO, Texas (April 13, 2018) – This week, Baylor University will host a variety of concerts, the annual “Browning Day” celebration and lectures in research, environmental science and music.

WACO, Texas (April 13, 2018) – Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion will host the lecture “Puritans, Baptists and the Powers of Darkness” from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, at Cox Lecture Hall, Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave. Philip Jenkins, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University, and Crawford Gribben, Ph.D., cultural and literary historian and Professor of Early Modern British History at Queen's University Belfast, will discuss the supernatural.

WACO, Texas (April 12, 2018) – The Baylor University Police Department is actively investigating an assault that occurred Thursday, April 12, 2018, on campus and are seeking assistance from the Baylor community.

WACO, Texas (April 11, 2018) — Baylor University’s department of statistical science will host the Tom Bratcher Memorial Lectures April 12-13 in Marrs McLean Science Building, 1214 S. Fourth St.

WACO, Texas (April 10, 2018) — Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary will launch an extension campus in August, seeking to reach students who cannot pursue in-residence education while addressing the evolving landscape of higher theological education.

WACO, Texas (April 9, 2017) – Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum Complex will host the Northern Triangle Art Exhibit by Borderland Collective from April 19 through Sept. 16. The Office of the Provost’s Social Innovation Collaboration Initiative (BAY-SIC) will host a conversation at 6 p.m. on opening night to discuss the event’s focus: The Central American refugee crisis.

WACO, Texas (April 5, 2018) — Baylor University will continue its tradition of serving the community through Steppin’ Out from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 7. More than 2,000 volunteers from approximately 86 student organizations and one community organization will serve at approximately 53 sites around the Greater Waco area.

WACO, Texas (April 5, 2018) — This week at Baylor University, renowned scholars, musicians and departments will offer lectures, concerts and events for the community to attend. The Baylor Fashion show also will take place this week, presenting the spring Senior Collections — the capstone work of senior design students.

WACO, Texas (April 4, 2018) – Baylor University’s Center for Christian Music Studies will host John D. Witvliet, Ph.D., director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and professor of worship, theology and congregational and ministry studies at Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary, for the Spring 2018 Northcutt Lecture Series.

WACO, Texas (April 3, 2018) – The Honorable Daniel Coats, the nation’s fifth Director of National Intelligence (DNI), encouraged Baylor University students to consider a career in public service during a stop at Baylor on March 28.

WACO, Texas (April 3, 2018) — Baylor University’s Institute for Faith and Learning will host James Davison Hunter, Ph.D., the Labrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture and Social Theory at the University of Virginia and executive director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture for the fifth annual Bill and Roberta Bailey Family Lecture in Christian Ethics.

WACO, Texas (April 3, 2018) – Baylor University will host a community reconciliation service and a carillon recital on Wednesday, April 4, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A special radio broadcast also will air on KWBU-FM to commemorate the late civil rights leader.

WACO, Texas (April 3, 2018) – Baylor University’s department of geosciences will host Daniel P. Schrag, Ph.D., Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology and director of Harvard University Center for the Environment, for the O.T. Hayward Distinguished Lecture Series. Schrag will present his lecture, “Energy, Climate and Innovation,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in Room D110 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave.

WACO, Texas (April 2, 2018) – Baylor University again has joined universities and communities around the country in April in a national effort to increase public awareness and prevention education about sexual violence during Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM).

WACO, Texas (March 29, 2018) — Baylor University will be closed from Friday, March 30, through Monday, April 2, in observance of the Easter holiday. Please note the following changes in hours of operation.

WACO, Texas (March 29, 2018) – This week, Baylor University will host several lectures about environmental health sciences, Christian ethics and space science. The campus-wide community service day, “Steppin’ Out,” also will take place.
WACO, Texas (March 29, 2018) - Just before 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Waco Police were searching for a suspect, who had fled from officers, at University Parks Apartments at University Parks Drive and LaSalle Avenue. Baylor University immediately sent a Baylor Alert via text and email and through social media to advise students and others on campus to stay indoors as the search for the suspect continued. The university kept the campus updated with additional Baylor Alerts until Waco Police apprehended the suspect just after 11 p.m. The campus returned to normal activities. No shots were fired. All students are safe and accounted for. The case is being investigated by Waco PD.

WACO, Texas (March 26, 2018) – Melissa Rogers, B.A. ’88, J.D., nonresident senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, will be the guest speaker at the Spring 2018 Hugh and Beverly Wamble Endowed Lecture of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University.

WACO, Texas (March 26, 2018) – Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion will host W. Bradford Wilcox, Ph.D., professor of sociology and director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, for a lecture at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Cox Lecture Hall, Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (March 23, 2018) – Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary will host Craig Blomberg, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary, for the W.C. Dobbs Lecture at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Paul W. Powell Chapel, 1100 S. Third St.

WACO, Texas (March 22, 2018) — This week at Baylor, renowned scholars, musicians and departments will offer lectures, concerts and events for the community to attend.

WACO, Texas (March 20, 2018) – The Keston Center for Religion, Politics and Society at Baylor University will welcome notable Russian historian Alyona Kojevnikov for its annual spring lecture, “HUSH! Religion and the Secular Media,” at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in Kayser Auditorium inside the Hankamer Academic Center.

WACO, Texas (March 19, 2018) – Baylor University will host the 24th annual Beall Poetry Festival on March 21-23, featuring a student literary contest, poetry readings and a panel discussion.

WACO, Texas (March 16, 2018) – This week, Baylor University will celebrate Women’s History Month with lectures and history walks. There will also be a variety of concerts, forums and the 16th annual Bearathon half-marathon and 5k.

WACO, Texas (March 14, 2018) – Baylor University leadership, including President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., and Board of Regents Chair Joel T. Allison, will discuss the state of the University with the Baylor Family across Texas and the nation as part of the ongoing Baylor Conversation Series.

WACO, Texas (March 12, 2018) – Baylor University has introduced a wait list for its incoming freshman class this fall based on strong demand among prospective students and the rate of deposits received at this stage of the admissions cycle.

WACO, Texas (March 12, 2018) – Ervin Davis, the former campus barber who cut the hair of thousands of Baylor University students, faculty and staff for more than 50 years, died Friday in Waco. He was 92.

WACO, Texas (Mar. 9, 2018) – Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business will host its 12th annual Global Business Forum, “The Automated World: Artificial Intelligence and Robots,” March 12-16, in the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, 1621 S. Third St.

WACO, Texas (March 9, 2018) — This week at Baylor, renowned scholars, musicians and departments will offer lectures, concerts and events for the community to attend including the week long Global Business Forum.

WACO, Texas (March 2, 2017) – Baylor University will not hold classes Monday, March 5, through Friday, March 9, for spring break. Some facilities will operate under varying schedules during the break.
WACO, Texas (March 2, 2018) – First responders with the Waco Fire Department and Baylor Department of Public Safety will participate in an exercise on campus at 10 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (March 5-7), to evaluate the various agencies’ response in the event of a fire at Waco Hall, Waco Hall East, and Roxy Grove Hall. Please be aware that Waco Fire Department emergency vehicles will be on site. Emergency officials from both Waco and Baylor will be in and around the buildings as they walk through a detailed response plan.

WACO, Texas (March 5, 2018) — Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) will host a presentation on “Hope and Change for Youth in Anacostia” from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at the Office of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP in Washington, D.C.

WACO, Texas (March 2, 2018) – This spring break, Baylor Missions is sending 14 teams of 244 Baylor students, faculty, staff and alumni to six countries, including Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti and Mexico. Domestically, two Texas-based teams will focus on Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Houston and the Gulf coast, a nursing team will volunteer in the colonias in McAllen and students will embark on a Civil Rights tour across the southeastern United States.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 28, 2018) — For the first time, Baylor University’s Black Student Union will host the 41st annual Big XII Conference on Black Student Government on March 1 to 3.

DALLAS (Feb. 27, 2018) — Baylor University faculty and staff joined colleagues at Baylor Scott and White Feb. 17 in Dallas to host the third annual Gil Taylor Behavioral Health Symposium, which focused on the impact of behavioral health issues that arise across generations.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 23, 2018) – Baylor University’s department of political science will present its annual Robert T. Miller Lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, in Bennett Auditorium. The guest lecturer, Tom Ginsburg, Ph.D., Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar and professor of political science at the University of Chicago Law School, will discuss democracy.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 23, 2018) — Baylor University’s department of journalism, public relations and new media will sponsor a preview screening of “The Lost Tapes: Malcom X” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, in Room 101 of the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation (Hankamer 101), 1621 S. Third St.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 23, 2018) – In celebration of Black History Month, Baylor will host a series of lectures, concerts and conferences as well as a documentary on Malcolm X and a celebration at the Mayborn Museum Complex.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 21, 2018) – Baylor University, in conjunction with the Baylor Line Foundation, has announced the slate of alumni-elected Regent candidates presented for election this spring.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 16, 2018) – Baylor’s School of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) celebrates ECS Week through Friday, Feb. 23.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 19, 2018) – Baylor University Libraries and The Texas Collection will host author and Baylor journalism professor Robert F. Darden for a lecture on his two-volume book on black gospel music, Nothing but Love in God’s Water, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, in the Guy B. Harrison Jr. Reading Room at The Texas Collection.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 16, 2018) – During its regular February meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents received a status update from Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., on the Academic Strategic Plan – called Illuminate – which will represent the second phase of the University’s Pro Futuris vision over the next five years.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 16, 2018) – Niko Pfund, president and global academic publisher at Oxford University Press (OUP), will visit Baylor University Feb. 19-20 as part of an effort with Baylor University Press to help develop the publishing capabilities of Baylor’s faculty and graduate students, as well as encourage Baylor students to pursue careers in the publishing industry.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 16, 2018) — This week at Baylor University, the campus and local community will have several opportunities to experience lectures, concerts and productions, including the Black Heritage Banquet featuring actress Kiami Davael.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 16, 2018) – When you first walk into Baylor University’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, all appears normal. Bright lights. Colorful flags. Students filling the lobby.
Then you turn the corner.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 16, 2018) – Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion will host the seminar, “Reimagining Global Christian History: Fresh Insights Symposium,” from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, at Cox Lecture Hall, Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave. The discussions will cover examples of emerging global Christian history, with a special focus on the medieval and early modern worlds.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2018) — Before his death in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remarked that while the nation had come “a long, long way” in its quest for racial justice, it still had a long, long way to go. As the nation prepares to commemorate the 50th anniversary of King’s death in spring 2018, Baylor University and the Austin Film Festival will co-sponsor a three-part series — “A Long, Long Way: Race and Film” — Feb 16-17 at Washington National Cathedral in Washington D.C.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 12, 2018) — The Baylor University Counseling Center will host its third annual Hope, Peace, Love event on Wednesday, Feb. 14, (Valentine’s Day) to raise awareness for mental health.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 9, 2018) – This week, Baylor University will host several concerts, movies, lectures and All-University Sing.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 9, 2018) – Teams of Baylor University students, faculty and staff will partner with various community groups and relief efforts over spring break March 4-9 in order to bring hope to communities that were impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Baylor Missions will work to identify needs, serve others and bring relief to the recently devastated and desolate areas in south Texas and along the Texas Gulf coast.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 8, 2018) — Baylor University recently was awarded a $1.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to fund a five-year project called Soundings. The project will allow Baylor to serve as an innovation hub for 15 Texas congregations as the university and congregational leaders together reflect deeply and theologically about the nature of vocation.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 8, 2018) – A team of assessors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) will be on campus Sunday, March 11, as the Baylor University Police Department (BUPD) seeks IACLEA accreditation—a highly prized recognition of campus public safety professional excellence.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2018) —Barbara Demick, New York bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, will speak at the Free Enterprise Forum at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, in Room 250 of Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business, 1621 S. Third St. Demick will talk about her book Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives of North Koreans.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2018) — Baylor University’s Department of Multicultural Affairs along with academic units across the University will host a multitude of events in honor of Black History Month.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2018) – Baylor University is mourning the passing of Professor Emeritus of History and Master Teacher James W. Vardaman, Ph.D., who died Jan. 31 in Waco. He was 89. A Service of Remembrance at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at Seventh & James Baptist Church, 602 James Ave. in Waco. A memorial gathering will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, in the President’s Suite at McLane Stadium, where friends and family are welcome to visit and remember Dr. Vardaman.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2018) – For many, reading the law seems more like a foreign language than fundamental American literature. Words like “arbitration,” “certiorari” and “subpoena” often stop individuals from learning about their basic rights as a citizen.