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.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2018) – The Pruit Memorial Symposium Committee and the Baylor University Libraries will present “She Sang Freedom,” a one-of-a-kind performance featuring artist and storyteller Dr. Tammy Kernodle at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, in Bennett Auditorium of the Draper Academic Building, 1420 S. Seventh St.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2018) – Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business will host its seventh annual New Venture Competition Feb. 23-24 at the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, 1621 S. Third St.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2018) – Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary will host Amos Yong, Ph.D., director of the Center for Missiological Research and professor of theology and mission at Fuller Theological Seminary, for the Willson-Addis Lecture at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, in Paul W. Powell Chapel, 1100 S. Third St.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 2, 2018) — This week at Baylor, students will have several opportunities to experience lectures, concerts and productions as the community enters the month of February.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 2, 2018) – Dan Schutte, one of the best-known and most influential composers of Catholic music for liturgy in the English-speaking world, will serve as the 2018 Hearn Innovators in Christian Music Series guest-in-residence. Schutte will perform at 6 p.m., Feb. 5 in Recital Hall II of Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 2, 2018) — The Baylor Lariat, Baylor’s award-winning campus newspaper, debuted its first broadcast newscast, focusing on Baylor related news and events, Friday, Jan. 26.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 2, 2018) — Mayborn Museum Complex will host a reception featuring a meet-and-greet and book signing with authors and select artists on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. in Mayborn Museum, 1300 S. University Parks Drive.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 1, 2018) – The American Heart Association has invited several national and local iconic landmarks to turn their facades red on Friday, Feb. 2, in support of the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day to elevate awareness of heart disease.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 30, 2018) – Baylor University’s McNair Scholars Program will host interest meetings at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, and Wednesday, Jan. 31, in the Baines Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center, 1311 S. Fifth St. Students interested in attending graduate school are welcome to RSVP and attend.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 30, 2018) — The Campus Diversity Committee and the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost will host the eighth annual Cultural Connection Celebration on Monday, Feb. 6. in the Meyer Conference Center (Room 250) of the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, 1621 S. Third Street. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will begin at 6 p.m.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 29, 2018) – Mayborn Museum Complex will collaborate with the Texas Historical Commission to provide conversations, music and a panel discussion on how the Chisholm Trail affected Texas and its history on Thursday, Feb. 1, in Mayborn Museum, 1300 S. University Parks Drive.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 26, 2018) – Baylor University will hold its first Green and Gold Weekend April 20-22, featuring events, concerts and opportunities for free fun for families.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 26, 2018) — Lt. Col. Matthew A. Levine, DVM, MPH, MS, U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, will speak on “Global Health Engagement: How and why the US military leverages its medical capabilities to promote stability and security” Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 4 p.m. in Room A.108 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 25, 2018) – Baylor University has named Neil K. Garg, Ph.D., professor of chemistry at UCLA, as the 2018 recipient of the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 25, 2018) – Cokeisha Bailey Robinson, M.Div., will be the first female preacher in the E.K. Bailey series history at the 13th annual E.K. Bailey Memorial Preaching Event at 11 a.m., Jan. 30, in the Paul Powell Chapel in Truett Seminary, 1100 S. Third St. Robinson also happens to be the daughter of E.K. Bailey, D.Min., after whom the event is named.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 26, 2018) – This week, Baylor University hosts some extraordinary guest speakers, a variety of concerts and other events.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 19, 2018) — This week at Baylor, students will have the opportunity to attend many lectures, concerts and conferences as the community continues into the new year.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 18, 2018) – Baylor University will welcome high-achieving prospective students to campus for Invitation to Excellence, a special weekend program that showcases several exceptional academic opportunities, including one of the newer opportunities, the Getterman Scholars Program, offered by Baylor.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2018) – Beginning in the fall of 2018, Baylor Law School will offer the first Executive LL.M. in Litigation Management in the nation. The master’s degree program was created to address a critical problem facing professionals in the legal field: how to strategically manage litigation to control the continued escalation of litigation costs.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2018) – Baylor University President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., has announced the members of the Baylor Provost Search Committee.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2018) – Richard Vedder, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University, director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, and an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, will speak at the Baugh Center’s Free Enterprise Forum on Jan. 18, in Foster Campus for Business and Innovation.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 16, 2018) – The Baylor University Libraries will celebrate the relighting of Moody Memorial Library’s exterior lights with a ceremony at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, inside Moody’s Allbritton Foyer. Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., will initiate the countdown that will culminate in the lighting of 92 newly installed LED lights on the upper level of the library. The new lights replace original fixtures that haven’t glowed for decades.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 15, 2018) – Baylor University will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, because of winter weather conditions. Baylor Law School and Baylor’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas also will be closed Tuesday.

No classes will be held and administrative offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 15
WACO, Texas (Jan. 12, 2018) – Baylor University will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 15. A list of closures, activities and celebrations can be found below.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 12, 2018) – More than 300 Baylor University students and community volunteers will gather on Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service to work at nine community garden sites across the city of Waco from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15. The service project is hosted by Baylor Campus Kitchen and Heart of Texas Urban Gardening Coalition.

WACO, Texas (Jan 12, 2018) – This week, Baylor University celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a variety of events, service opportunities and celebrations.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 10, 2018) — Children and families throughout Central Texas will have the opportunity to enjoy a new exhibit featuring Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™ at Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum Complex, 1300 S. University Parks Drive.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 2, 2018) – Kent Keeth, who directed The Texas Collection at Baylor University from 1973 until 2003, died last week in his Waco home. He was 79. Services are pending.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 19, 2017) – “A Baylor Christmas,” an hour-long program produced by KWTX Television from the performances of the Baylor University Symphony Orchestra and combined choirs of the Baylor School of Music, will air on Gray Television stations throughout Texas and 14 other states during the Christmas holidays.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 13, 2017) — Baylor University’s fall graduating class of 2017 will enter their next phase of life as they walk the graduation stage during the commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Ferrell Center, 1900 S. University Parks Drive.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 13, 2017) – Baylor University and Waco’s KWBU 103.3FM, Heart of Texas Public Radio, will debut a new weekly radio program, “Baylor Connections,” beginning in January.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 7, 2017) – Baylor University today announced a gift from David and Shirley Lake of Tyler to create the Lake Family Endowed Chair in Congregational and Community Health at the University. The gift will create a unique joint venture between the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work and George W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor by supporting the work of a distinguished faculty member who will develop and implement a strategic initiative related to congregational and community health and will teach in both academic units.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 7, 2017) — The Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University is hosting a new exhibit called The Age of Mechanical Reproduction at the Martin Museum:
18th and 19th Century Printmaking. The exhibit will run through Dec. 17 and showcases undergraduate student research into 18th- and 19th-century prints.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 8, 2017) – Baylor University will be closed for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays from Dec. 23 through Jan. 2, 2018. Some facilities will operate under varying schedules during the break. All university offices and facilities will be closed Dec. 25-29 and Jan. 1.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 1, 2017) – This week, Baylor University will host a variety of Christmas concerts and events, as well as a symposium and exhibition.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 28, 2017) – Baylor University will celebrate Christmas and the 2017 holiday season with several concerts, lectures, parties and all-university events.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 28, 2017) –The Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) will host Brent Landau, Th.D., lecturer in the department of religious studies at the University of Texas at Austin for a lecture at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, in Cox Lecture Hall, Armstrong Browning Library.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 27, 2017) — A Women’s World Day of Prayer Brunch will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, in the Great Hall of George W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 21, 2017) — This week at Baylor, students will have multiple opportunities to attend lectures, plays and events that will usher the community into the holiday season.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 20, 2017) – Baylor University is mourning the passing of Kate McLane Dimmitt, B.B.A. ’56, a longtime Baylor advocate and 2014 Baylor Legacy Award recipient who died Nov. 17 in Temple. She was 83. A celebration of Dimmitt’s life will take place at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, in the Creekside Center at Temple Bible Church, 3205 Oakview Drive in Temple.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 17, 2017) – This week, Baylor University will host an environmental event, a variety of concerts and a screening of a local Waco documentary.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 17, 2017) — Baylor University will be closed from Wednesday, Nov. 22, to Friday, Nov. 24, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Please note the following changes in hours of operation.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 14, 2017) – Do you know a high school student who is a budding – or maybe already successful – entrepreneur?

WACO, Texas (Nov. 16, 2017) — Specialists in the nonprofit field focused on innovative solution models through the lens of faith and hope for addressing the problems of hunger and poverty in communities during the annual Drumwright Family Lecture at Baylor University.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 10, 2017) – Baylor University’s renowned Armstrong Browning Library will host its annual Benefactors Day celebration at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, commemorating those who support ABL and continue to contribute to the world’s leading 19th century research center and home to works of art.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 10, 2017) — Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion will host a lecture featuring Richard Asante, Ph.D., at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in Cox Lecture Hall of Armstrong Browning Library.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 10, 2017) — Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum Complex has received a $10,000 community grant from The Allergan Foundation to support its participation in the Portal to the Public Network, which brings together scientists and public audiences to promote, appreciate and understand scientific research and its application.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 10, 2017) – George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University will present the T.B. Maston Lecture, “One Christian Ethic? Sabbath as the Diversity of Christian Vocation,” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Paul Powell Chapel of Truett Seminary, 1100 S. Third St.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 10, 2017) – Baylor University’s department of history will present the 40th annual Charles Edmondson Historical Lecture Series, featuring Ethan H. Shagan, Ph.D., professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley, on Nov. 13-14.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 10, 2017) — This week at Baylor, students will have a wide variety of events to choose from as they prepare for Thanksgiving Break.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 9, 2017) - Baylor University today announced a gift of $2.5 million from Lynda and Robert Copple of Frisco that will create the Lynda and Robert Copple Endowed Chair in Christian School Leadership within Baylor University’s School of Education. The gift will enable Baylor to attract a visionary Christian leader to lay the academic and intellectual foundations of the Center for Christian Education (CCE) and establish the Center as the preeminent provider of professional development for leaders of Christian schools and for Christian leaders in non-sectarian school settings.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 7, 2017) – More than 50 years ago, as the Civil Rights Movement unfolded across the United States of America, Baylor University also experienced the winds of change as it welcomed its first Black students. The Baylor Black Alumni Network will recognize Baylor University’s achievement toward social justice with the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the June 2, 1967, graduation of students – the Rev. Robert Gilbert and Ms. Barbara Ann Walker – at a Gala Scholarship Dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, in Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center, 1311 S. Fifth St.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 7, 2017) – Baylor University’s Honors College will host the eighth annual endowed Drumwright Family Lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, in Alexander Reading Room, Alexander Residence Hall, 1413 S. Seventh St.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 3, 2017) – This week, Baylor University will host several lectures on art and religion, along with a variety of concerts, movies and multicultural events.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 2, 2017) — Baylor's Institute for Faith and Learning will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Monday, Nov. 6, with a lecture by Mark Schwehn, Ph.D., one of the foremost voices in Christian higher education.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 2, 2017) — Every semester, the Baylor University community unites to serve the Waco community through Steppin’ Out, a day of service that strives to enhance student involvement locally. More than 1,700 volunteers from 70-plus student organizations will serve at 63 sites around the Greater Waco area from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 1, 2017) – The Baylor University Executive MBA program in Dallas has announced a new format that will allow high-achieving working professionals to attend class one weekend per month and earn an Executive MBA in just 21 months.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 31, 2017) – Baylor University’s departments of art and philosophy will present “Art & Ideas: Talking and Thinking about Art” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, in Hooper-Shaefer Fine Arts Center Auditorium, Room 149, 60 Baylor Ave.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 31, 2017) — Baylor University will host an exclusive screening of the award-winning Sundance documentary, “Look and See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry,” from 3:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2 at the Waco Hippodrome Theatre, located at 724 Austin Ave. The film follows Wendell Berry, who often has been called “a prophet for rural America,” due to his passionate voice for the communities that are frequently overlooked.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 30, 2017) – Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business will host the 2017 Dale P. Jones Business Ethics Forum in the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, 1621 S. Third St. The event begins Wednesday, Nov. 1, and continues through Friday, Nov. 10.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 27, 2017) – Before kickoff of Saturday’s Baylor-Texas football game, the traditional running of the Baylor Line will be particularly special as more than 800 women – who were freshmen at Baylor from 1970 to 1994 – will experience for the first time running onto the field as part of the Baylor Line.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 27, 2017) — This week at Baylor there are various opportunities to attend artistic performances and hear renowned lecturers as the community celebrates Halloween.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 27, 2017) – Baylor University will host the fall 2017 conference of the Big 12 Chief Academic Officers, who will be on campus Oct. 29-30 to discuss several topics related to the academic enterprise.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 26, 2017) — Mystery and mastery will merge at Baylor University as the School of Music presents its 27th Halloween concert, giving organ students the chance to display their talent with eerie music on Jones Concert Hall’s massive pipe organ.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 26, 2017) – The lights on Baylor University’s Pat Neff Hall tower and McLane Stadium, along with the I-35 bridges, will “Go Purple” at dusk on Friday, Oct. 27, as the University observes the 30th anniversary of Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM).

WACO, Texas (Oct. 24, 2017) – Baylor University will officially inaugurate Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., as the 15th president in Baylor’s 172-year history during a public installation ceremony at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Ferrell Center. The ceremony will highlight a week of events centered on the Baylor and Waco communities, including a traditional Dr Pepper Hour, a “Family Dinner” for students along Third Street near the president’s home and academic symposia on transformational research by leading University faculty.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 24, 2017) — Heidi G. Elmendorf, Ph.D., associate professor of biology at Georgetown University and finalist for Baylor University’s Robert Foster Cherry Award For Great Teaching, will present her public lecture at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30 in Kayser Auditorium of Hankamer Academic Center.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 24, 2017) — The Baylor University and Waco communities will have the opportunity to hear a free lecture by NASA Astronaut Col. Shane Kimbrough at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, in room B-110 of the Baylor Sciences Building. The lecture is co-sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences, the Office of the Vice Provost and Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics & Engineering Research.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 23, 2017) – Baylor University’s Police Department (BUPD) will be participating in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, presented by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). BUPD will have a DEA reception box from October 25-30 in the station’s lobby, 1521 S. 4th St.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 23, 2017) – Baylor University will host a series of academic lectures and film screenings sponsored by the Keston Center for Religion, Politics and Society, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Department of History, McBride Center for International Business, International Studies and Armstrong Browning Library that look back at the world-transforming events that took place 100 years ago during the Russian Revolution.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 20, 2017) – This week, Baylor University will host several lectures on religion, science and climate change along with a variety of concerts, movies and guest speakers.

Waco, Texas (Oct. 20, 2017) – Clinton O. Longenecker, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Leadership at the University of Toledo and finalist for the Robert Foster Cherry Award, will present his lecture "Career Success and Survival in the 21st Century: The Mandate for Life-long Learning." The public lecture will take place at 4:30 p.m., Oct. 23, in Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, Room 240, 1621 S. Third St.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 20, 2017) – During its annual Homecoming meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents heard updates from Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone on the University’s recent successful accreditation visit, academic strategic planning process and new organizational changes, and celebrated the recipients of the 2017 Baylor Meritorious Achievement Awards.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 20, 2017) — Renowned theologian Robert A. Kolb, Ph.D., will present three lectures with a theme of “What Did Martin Luther Change, and Why?” as George W. Truett Theological Seminary hosts the annual Leo and Gloriana Parchman Endowed Lecture series Oct. 24 and 25.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 19, 2017) – Baylor University and KCEN-TV Ch. 6 will team up to broadcast and live stream the 108th anniversary Baylor Homecoming Parade with live coverage from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, from Fifth Street on the Baylor campus.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 19, 2017) — The annual Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture Oct. 25-27 will commemorate the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the European Reformation, one of the most significant times in the history of Christianity.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 17, 2017) – Baylor University President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., often reminiscences about her father’s college degree opening the door of opportunity for his children. Now, thanks to United Way of Waco-McLennan County (UWWMC) and support from Baylor, young children and their families will be on that same educational path through the first “Born Learning Trail” dedicated in Livingstone’s honor at a Waco park.

Waco, Texas (Oct. 17, 2017) – Baylor University’s Institute for the Studies of Religion (ISR), Office of Spiritual Life and Great Texts in the Honors College will host the panel discussion “Theology and the Human Act of Making: Bonadventure, Mechanical Arts and the Fine Arts,” on Thursday.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 17, 2017) — The Baylor Family will unite Oct. 19-21 to celebrate the 108th anniversary of Baylor Homecoming, the oldest collegiate homecoming in the nation. Below is information about the main events and traditions.

Waco, Texas (Oct. 13, 2017) – Neil K. Garg, Ph.D., professor of chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and finalist for Baylor University's Robert Foster Cherry Award, will present his public lecture, "How Organic Chemistry Became One of UCLA's Most Popular Classes," at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, in the Baylor Sciences Building Room B.110, 101 Bagby Ave.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 13, 2017) — This week at Baylor there are numerous opportunities to attend interesting events as Baylor approaches Homecoming weekend.

Waco, Texas (Oct. 12, 2017) – Resume, check. Interview, check. Professional wardrobe, check. Thanks to Baylor University’s Career and Professional Development (CPD) and its partnership with a Waco department store, students from all majors were able to afford new professional outfits on a college budget.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 11, 2017) – The Institute for Family Business at Baylor University will honor the 2017 Texas Family Business of the Year Award winners with a banquet on Nov. 3 at Baylor University’s Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 11, 2017) – Baylor University will officially inaugurate Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., as the 15th president in Baylor’s 172-year history during a public installation ceremony at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Ferrell Center. Dr. Livingstone’s Inauguration will highlight a week of events, including a traditional Dr Pepper Hour, a “Family Dinner” for students along Third Street near the president’s home and academic symposia on transformational research by leading University faculty.

Waco, Texas (Oct.10, 2017) – Award-winning author Tony Castro, B.B.A.’70, will present his lecture, “The Religion of Sports: From Michelangelo to Derek Jeter,” at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at Kayser Auditorium in the Hankamer Academic Center on the Baylor University campus.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 10, 2017) — The Mayborn Museum Complex is celebrating the 20th annual Earth Science Week in collaboration with Baylor University’s department of geosciences, through Oct. 13, 2017. The museum is hosting daily activities where visitors have the opportunity to engage with Baylor geosciences professors while exploring resources and activities related to a specific focus within earth sciences.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 6, 2017) – This week, Baylor will host several lectures on religion, politics and the environment along with a variety of concerts, movies and guest speakers.

Waco, Texas (Oct. 6, 2017) – Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion will host a lecture featuring David Bebbington, Ph.D., from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Paul Powell Chapel of George W. Truett Theological Seminary.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 6, 2017) — The McGee Endowed Lecture Series at Baylor University is a three-part lecture series designed to initiate conversation about the relationship between Christianity and democracy and how Christians are to think about participating in political life. This year, it will be held in conjunction with Seventh and James Baptist Church’s Leuschner Lecture Series and the Honors Residential College’s Formation Series Lecture. Series Lecture. All three parts of the lecture series will feature Luke Bretherton, Ph.D., Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School and senior fellow of the Kenan Institute for Ethics.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 5, 2017) – With October being Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Baylor University will welcome IT security leaders from IBM, Verizon, ForcePoint and Splunk for a discussion about “The New Wild West: Cybersecurity in the Age of Pervasive Technology” as part of Baylor’s first Cyber Day on Friday, Oct. 6.

The Baylor University Police Department (BUPD) is hosting National Night Out, #BUNightOut, for the Baylor residential community at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, on Fountain Mall.