International students at the annual Celebration of First Year Excellence said the university’s resources have helped them transition into life at Baylor while chasing academic success.
The 2026 midterms — widely seen as the first referendum on the Trump administration — kicked off Tuesday as Texas opened early voting for its March 3 primary, the first contest in what is projected to be the most expensive midterm cycle in American history.
“For us in particular, this event is a really good community event,” Dr. Matt Quade, associate dean for values-based leadership and director of the Center for Christian Leadership and Ethics, said. “It allows us to gather together, not just with students, but faculty and staff, all gathering together. We can come together within the business school, just for an hour each semester, and spend some time together in prayer and worship.”
“I just want students to realize we’re all going through the same things, and you may not have figured out a way to navigate it just yet, but somebody next to you knows how to conquer it,” Sherwood, Ark., senior Mia Ellington-Williams said.
The message given was clear. Tenure does not take a single year, nor does it require a specific population. It takes consistent writing, strategic and effective planning and helpful collaboration. As stated, for faculty beginning their careers, the most important place to begin is simply to start writing.
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Hosted by the Baylor chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta and the Office of Pre-Health Studies, the event provided a bridge between undergraduate aspirations and professional reality. The symposium featured representatives from over 40 professional schools, ranging from medical and dental programs to veterinary and physical therapy schools. Vivan Huynh, AED vice president of scholarly events, said her own experience as a pre-health student motivated the event.
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Former Baylor assistant Matthew Driscoll led the Wildcats to victory after the school parted ways with former head coach Jerome Tang, another former Baylor assistant, on Sunday.
No. 7 Texas ended No. 19 Baylor men’s tennis’ three-match win streak against top-10 teams on Monday, sweeping the Bears in the ITA Indoor Championship semifinals in Dallas.
Fueled by a 26-point performance from Taliah Scott and a 29-point halftime cushion, the Bears responded in dominant fashion after Thursday’s setback to remain firmly in the tightening Big 12 race.
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Students had the opportunity to meet author and Baylor Professor Beth Allison Barr at Moody Library as she discussed her new book. LTVN’s Owen Carson has the details.
Current polls from The New York Times have Congressman Wesley Hunt as a favorite to win the primary, but he still has plenty of ground to cover against the other two candidates. As the election heats up, polls demonstrate that incumbent John Cornyn is falling to the back of the pack as the others move forward.
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Waco Symphony Orchestra is sweeping the curtains open for one last classical concert of the season that blends one of the most famous compositions in history, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, with other stellar works from both modern and classical pieces.
We all start the year with good intentions, but by mid-February, most of those resolutions are long forgotten. The real question isn’t whether you set goals, it’s whether you’ve built the habits that make them stick.
Walk through the SUB on any given Tuesday, and you’ll hear it: the low-hum anxiety of the junior slump mixed with the chime of AI-tutor notifications. We are the generation of the 49%. We’ve seen the headlines, and we know that half of the country thinks our degrees are about as useful as a VHS tape in a streaming world.
There is a first time for everything, and no one is perfect at a new thing right away, so you should not expect yourself or anyone else to get everything right immediately.
With Hollywood moving more and more into the streaming space, the doomsday clock for movie theaters is counting down.
While many young Christians try to find their path outside of their parents’ faith, they should turn to spiritual literature to give them some much desired guidance.
If we are not outraged enough about the Epstein files, it is not because the crimes were unclear. It is because outrage requires something of us. It requires attention, courage and to care more about exploited children than about the comfort of the powerful.
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