The Honorable but Imperfect Compromise: A History of Baylor’s Alumni-Elected Regents Process
In 2016, Baylor University and the Baylor Alumni Association reached an agreement of co-existence after years of arbitration. One of the agreement’s most consequential provisions expanded alumni influence in university governance by adding three alumni-elected members to the Board of Regents. “If it were not for that term, this lawsuit would not have been settled.
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The Honorable but Imperfect Compromise: A History of Baylor’s Alumni-Elected Regents Process
In 2016, Baylor University and the Baylor Alumni Association reached an agreement of co-existence after years of arbitration. One of
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Out of the roughly 6 million students worldwide studying abroad, the United States currently hosts more than 1 million. “And higher
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On visits to Chicago when she was growing up, Dr. Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley watched Jeopardy! with her grandmother. Even then, she
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Step Into ‘The Green Room’
It starts, as so many Baylor stories do, with a conversation. A late afternoon, maybe, sunlight sliding through Waco’s live oaks. Someone says, “Do you remember when…” and suddenly the years fold in on themselves — old friends, old memories, the good ol’ days. That’s the kind of space The Green Room delivers every week.
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The Noticer
Greg Davis (‘92) thinks there’s a meaningful moment of time between when you wake up and when you’re actually awake.
Owen Lind and the Birth of Environmental Studies at Baylor
“The building of a better environment will require in the long term a citizenry that is both deeply concerned and
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The Indomitable Nellie Buck
To say that Nellie and Miriam Buck were Baylor and Waco’s answer to Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan is to
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In his lifetime, Pompeo Coppini was recognized as a talented artist, both popular and successful,” according to Dr. Rick McCaslin,
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Will Canon: Film and Perseverance
Baylor University’s legacy of filmmakers, screenwriters, playwrights, and actors is uncommonly rich and varied – John Lee Hancock, Kevin Reynolds,
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Local Food Banks Work to Meet Holiday Needs
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