Universitas Baylor

Baylor University (BU) adalah universitas swasta Baptis di Waco, Texas. Didirikan sebagai badan hukum pada tahun 1845 oleh Kongres Republik Texas, merupakan universitas tertua yang terus beroperasi di Texas dan salah satu lembaga pendidikan pertama di sisi barat Sungai Mississippi di Amerika Serikat. Terletak di tepi Sungai Brazos di sebelah jalan raya I-35, antara Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex dan Austin, kampus universitas seluas 1.000 hektar merupakan kampus universitas Baptis terbesar di dunia. Tim olahraga Universitas Baylor, yang dikenal sebagai "Bears" ("Beruang"), berpartisipasi dalam 19 cabang olahraga antarsekolah. Universitas ini merupakan anggota dari Konferensi Big 12 di NCAA Divisi I.

Baylor University Universitas Baylor
Informasi
Moto	Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana. (bahasa Latin) "Untuk Gereja, Untuk Texas"
Jenis	Swasta
Didirikan	1845
Dana abadi	$1,23 milyar (2017)
Presiden	Linda Livingstone
Provos	Michael McLendon
Jumlah mahasiswa	16,787 (Fall 2015)
Sarjana	14,189 (Fall 2015)
Magister	2,598 (Fall 2015)
Lokasi	Waco , Texas , Amerika Serikat 31°32′55″N 97°07′00″W
Kampus	Urban ("College town") 1.000 ekar (4,0 km2)
Warna	Green and Gold Templat:College color boxes
Nama julukan	Bears & Lady Bears
Afiliasi	Baptist General Convention of Texas SACS NAICU ASAIHL SURA
Maskot	Judge Joy & Judge Lady (beruang hidup) Bruiser (berkostum)
Situs web	www.baylor.edu

Sejarah

Patung Hakim Baylor di depan Mall Pendiri (Founder's Mall) di pusat area kampus

Pada tahun 1841, 35 delegasi ke pertemuan Union Baptist Association mengambil suara untuk menjalankan usulan Rev. William Milton Tryon dan R.E.B. Baylor untuk mendirikan suatu universitas Baptis ddi Texas, yang saat itu adalah suatu republik independen. Baylor, seorang hakim distrik Texas dan pernah menjadi U.S. Congressman serta prajurit dari Alabama, namanya dipakai menjadi nama sekolah itu. Awalnya ada yang ingin menamakan universitas baru itu "San Jacinto" untuk memperingati kemenangan yang menjadikan Texas suatu negeri independen, tetapi sebelum pemungutan suara terakhir di Congress, para pembuat petisi mengusulkan universitas itu dinamai sebagai penghormatan kepada Hakim R. E. B. Baylor.

Hakim R. E. B. Baylor

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Burleson Quadrangle in the early 1900s

Presidents

Kenneth Winston Starr was President of Baylor from 2010 to 2016.

During its more than 160 years of history, Baylor has had 14 presidents, whose leadership has shaped the growth of the institution (Interim presidents are noted):

• 1846–1851 – Henry Lee Graves
• 1851–1861 – Rufus Columbus Burleson
• 1861–1863 – George Washington Baines
• 1864–1885 – William Carey Crane
• 1885–1886 – Reddin Andrews
• 1886–1897 – Rufus Columbus Burleson
• 1899–1902 – Oscar Henry Cooper
• 1902–1931 – Samuel Palmer Brooks
• 1932–1947 – Pat Morris Neff

• 1948–1961 – William R. White
• 1961–1981 – Abner Vernon McCall
• 1981–1995 – Herbert H. Reynolds
• 1995–2005 – Robert B. Sloan Jr.
• 2005–2006 – William D. Underwood, interim president
• 2006–2008 – John M. Lilley
• 2008–2010 – David E. Garland, interim president
• 2010–2016 – Ken Starr
• 2016–2017 – David E. Garland, interim president
• June 1, 2017–future – Linda Livingstone

(Note: While Rufus C. Burleson served as Baylor's President twice, he is counted only once in the presidential count. This makes Reddin Andrews the fifth president and Oscar Henry Cooper the sixth president. Additionally, interim presidents are not counted.)

Academics

Rankings

Baylor Law School on the Brazos River

USNWR graduate school rankings
Business	65
Education	89
Engineering	123
Law	51
Nursing: Doctorate	47
Nursing: Master's	56

USNWR departmental rankings
Biological Sciences	84
Chemistry	96
Clinical Psychology	62
Earth Sciences	106
English	116
Health Care Management	17
Mathematics	134
Nursing–Midwifery	10
Physical Therapy	8
Physics	123
Psychology	98
Social Work	53
Sociology	87
Speech–Language Pathology	69
Statistics	50

As reported in the 2017 "Best Colleges" rankings by U.S. News & World Report, Baylor is ranked tied for 71st in the national universities category with an acceptance rate of 40%. On the graduate level, the report also ranks the graduate level, ranks the law school tied for 56th best in the nation and the business school tied for 58th.

The Princeton Review named Baylor a "Best Western College" and ranks the university's marketing programs as No. 2 in the nation.

Baylor University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Graduate rankings

Several Baylor graduate programs, including its Law School, Hankamer School of Business and programs in the sciences and education are nationally ranked. According to the National Research Council (NRC), among those programs, Baylor's Graduate program in English was ranked first for Student Support and Outcomes by the National Research Council, and Baylor's Doctoral program in Sociology was ranked third nationally, based on criteria such as the percentage of students receiving full financial support, PhD completion percentage, median time to completion of degrees, and job placement rate.

Institutional organization

Pat Neff Hall houses the office of the university's president and others

The university is divided into twelve degree-granting academic units. Three of the units are designated as colleges, while seven others are designated as schools and one is a seminary. They are:

• College of Arts & Sciences
• Diana R. Garland School of Social Work
• George W. Truett Theological Seminary
• Graduate School
• Hankamer School of Business
• Honors College
• Law School
• Louise Herrington School of Nursing
• Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences
• School of Education
• School of Engineering & Computer Science
• School of Music

Student life

The entrance to Baylor's Student Union Building (SUB)

Student choirs and orchestras performing the 1812 Overture on Fountain Mall for the 2009 President's Concert.

More than 16,000 students study at Baylor University, representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia and approximately 89 foreign countries. The university clubs and organizations provide each student with an opportunity to become engaged with an organization that shares his or her interests. Baylor University has a total undergraduate enrollment of 13,859, with a gender distribution of 42 percent male students and 58 percent female students. At Baylor, 36 percent of students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 64 percent of students live off campus.

Clubs and organizations

Baylor University offers 260 clubs and organizations, 42 of which are national and local sororities and fraternities in which students can participate. Each club and organization falls into an array of categories to fit the needs and interests of all students: academic, Greek life, multicultural, religious, representative, service, special interest and spirit/sport.

Greek organizations

A number of students participate in Greek life at Baylor. Approximately 14 percent of undergraduate men are members of fraternities, and 21 percent of undergraduate women (highest female Greek rate in Texas) are members of a sorority. There are four councils at Baylor. Most of the university's fraternities began as local fraternities, before affiliating with their national organizations in the late 1970s. Unlike most universities, Baylor does not allow its Greek organizations to have officially sanctioned houses on campus.

Fraternities and sororities are active throughout the year with various service events, mixers, football tailgates, formals, out of town weekends and All-University Sing. Fraternities and sororities often collaborate in the fall to build parade floats for Baylor's Homecoming celebrations, one of the oldest in the nation. Baylor University possesses 12 Interfraternity Council (IFC) fraternities, eight National Panhellenic Conference sororities and seven National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) organizations:

Phi Kappa Chi and Chi Omega performing at Baylor University's 2011 All-University Sing

Fraternities	Nickname	Status
Alpha Tau Omega	ATO	Active
Beta Theta Pi	Beta	Active
Delta Tau Delta	Delt	Active
Kappa Alpha Order	KA, The Order	Active
Kappa Sigma	Ksig	Inactive
Phi Gamma Delta	Fiji	Active
Phi Iota Alpha	Phiota	Active
Pi Kappa Phi	Pi Kapp	Active
Sigma Phi Epsilon	SigEp	Active
Sigma Chi	Sigs	Active
Tau Kappa Epsilon	TKE	Active
Pi Kappa Alpha	Pike	Inactive
Sigma Nu	Sig Nu	Inactive
Lambda Chi Alpha	Lambda Chi	Inactive
Phi Delta Theta	Phi Delt	Inactive
Delta Upsilon	Ducks	Inactive
Sigma Tau Gamma	Sig Tau	Inactive
Sigma Alpha Epsilon	SAE	Inactive
Beta Upsilon Chi	BYX "Bucks"	Active

Sororities	Nickname	Local Founding Date	Status
Alpha Delta Pi	ADPi	1980	Active
Alpha Chi Omega	AXO, Alpha Chi	1985	Active
Chi Omega	Chi-O	1975	Active
Delta Delta Delta	Tri Delt	1977	Active
Kappa Alpha Theta	Theta	1976	Active
Kappa Kappa Gamma	Kappa	1977	Active
Pi Beta Phi	Pi Phi	1977	Active
Zeta Tau Alpha	Zeta	1977	Active
Kappa Delta	KD	1983	Inactive

Non-IFC fraternities, social clubs, & non-NPC sororities

Fraternities	Sororities
Kappa Omega Tau	Kappa Chi Alpha
Phi Kappa Chi	Sigma Phi Lambda

NPHC Fraternities and Sororities

Fraternities	Sororities
Alpha Phi Alpha	Alpha Kappa Alpha
Omega Psi Phi	Delta Sigma Theta
Kappa Alpha Psi
Phi Beta Sigma	Zeta Phi Beta

Student activities

The pool in the Student Life Center (SLC)

Intramural teams

Every semester, students participate in a multitude of sports varying in leagues, competitiveness and divisions. Students build teams within campus organizations, sororities/fraternities, residence halls and their groups of friends.

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
Co-Rec Doubles Tennis	5-on-5 Basketball
Co-Rec Kickball	Co-Rec Sand Volleyball
Co-Rec Ultimate Frisbee	Co-Rec Wallyball
Dodgeball	Golf Tournament
Flag Football	Racquetball
Indoor Volleyball	Soccer
Table Tennis	Softball and Baseball
Wallyball	Tennis

Golden Wave Band

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The 2012 Homecoming halftime performance by the Baylor University Golden Wave Band

The Baylor University Golden Wave Band (BUGWB) is the halftime entertainment for Baylor football. The 340-member band attends every home football game and sometimes travels to away games. The band's name dates back to 1928 when, while on tour in West Texas, observers noted that the band members' gold uniforms looked like a giant "golden wave" sweeping over the landscape.

Members of The NoZe Brotherhood in 2002

The Noble NoZe Brotherhood

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The Noble NoZe Brotherhood, an unofficial fraternal organization, was founded in 1924 to study the art of bridge construction in association with the BBA (Baylor Bridge Association). The NoZe Brotherhood provides the university with unusual public pranks and satirical writings in its newspaper, The Rope. Members hide their identities to keep their actions anonymous.

Military programs

Baylor University has a strong history of military service dating back to before the Civil War and currently offers both Army and Air Force ROTC for students. Baylor graduates have served in every major military engagement in Texas history. Formal Military instruction began on campus in 1888.

Baylor University's Air Force ROTC program celebrated 65 years in 2013.

Baylor has had several famous military graduates such as Andrew Jackson Lummus, Jr., who fought and died at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II and received the Medal of Honor for his service. John Riley Kane also received the Medal of Honor for his service after flying 43 combat missions for a total of 250 combat hours in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Kane's daring operations caused German intelligence reports to dub him "Killer Kane."

In July 1948, the Air Force and Baylor University partnered in the creation of Air Force ROTC Detachment 810 - one of the first detachments ever created. In 2008, Detachment 810 was awarded the Air Force ROTC Right Of Line Award as the No. 1 large detachment in the nation. The unit was additionally awarded the High Flight Award, recognizing it as one of the top four detachments in America. It has been named best in the AFROTC Southwest Region for 1996, 2003 and 2008.

Baylor runs several postgraduate and professional health sciences programs in partnership with the Army Medical Department headquartered in San Antonio. Programs offered include the Doctor of Physical Therapy, MHA and MHA/MBA (joint program).

Research and endowment

Baylor Sciences Building

In 2005, the university was invited to join the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) collaboration at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois. The project is one of the world's largest experimental physics collaborations. The following year, Carnegie Foundation upgraded the university's classification to "Research University" status with "High Research Activity."

The interior of the Baylor Sciences Building

In October 2009, a group of state, county and city governments and organizations and higher educational institutions in Central Texas announced the creation of the Central Texas Technology and Research Park, and the park's first project, the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC) to be housed in the former General Tire facility on South Loop Drive in Waco. Funding for the effort came from the state of Texas and Baylor University. Clifton Robinson (a member of Baylor's Board of Regents) donated the facility to the university to support the research collaborative.

Burleson Quadrangle

Several former and present members of faculty at Baylor are or were prominent proponents of intelligent design, most notably philosopher William Dembski, now at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Christian philosopher Francis Beckwith and electrical engineer Robert J. Marks II

The university's endowment passed $1 billion in 2007 and reached $1,055,478,000 on Dec. 31, 2007. Even with the economic crisis of 2008, Baylor spokesperson Lori Fogleman reported that Baylor's endowment grew 5.1 percent in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008; the National Association of College and University Business Officials estimated that during that same period, the median return for the top 25 percent of college endowments decreased by 2.2 percent. Fogleman cited the university's long-term investments and diversified holdings as the cause of the endowment's success. Despite a hired consulting firm's concerns that the troubled economy and disagreements within the Baylor community could hinder continued growth, the university's endowment exceeded $1.1 billion as of May 2013.

On March 4, 2010, "An anonymous longtime Baylor donor . . . set up an estate provision that will benefit the school to the tune of an estimated $200 million dollars. The gift will bolster Baylor's research on the issues of aging in multiple disciplines at the school." Citing the most recent data reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education, Baylor officials say the $200 million donation is the second-largest gift to a Texas college or university and ranks among the top 20 private gifts to higher education institutions in the country.

Athletics

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Men's Sports	Women's Sports
Baseball	Acrobatics & Tumbling
Basketball	Basketball
Cross Country	Cross Country
Football	Equestrian
Golf	Golf
Tennis	Tennis
Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor)	Softball
	Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor)
	Volleyball
	Soccer

Baylor student athletes participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Big 12 Conference. Baylor men's sports teams are named the Bears, and most women's teams are named the Lady Bears. In the 2011–2012 season, Baylor broke the NCAA record for most combined wins in the four major collegiate sports: baseball, football, and men's and women's basketball.

The university has won NCAA titles in 2004, 2005 and 2012. The men's tennis team defeated UCLA in the 2004 championship match to garner the Baylor's first title. One year later, the Baylor Lady Bears basketball team beat Michigan State in the championship game and was subsequently named as the only women's team to be nominated for a 2005 "Best Team" ESPY. In 2012, the Baylor Lady Bears basketball team beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the NCAA National Championship; the first college basketball team to ever finish with a perfect 40-0 record.

The Baylor men's basketball team advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA 'March Madness' Championship tournament in 2010 and 2012. Under the direction of head coach Scott Drew, Baylor achieved a record of 121-55 (.688) between the 2008–2012 seasons and reached post-season play in four of those years. Four former Baylor basketball players were drafted in the first or second round of the NBA draft in the 2011 and 2012 seasons:

• Ekpe Udoh (first round)
• Perry Jones III
• Quincy Acy (second round)
• Quincy Miller (second round)

Year of the Bear

The Year of the Bear is the name given to the 2011–2012 year in Baylor Athletics. During this year, the Baylor Bears football team defeated Big 12 rival Oklahoma (No. 5 AP) for the first time ever, as well as future bitter Big 12 rival TCU (No. 14 AP), ending the season at 10-3 ranked at No. 12 (No. 13 AP). Junior quarterback Robert Griffin III gained recognition throughout the year and was awarded both the 2011 Heisman Trophy and National Player of the Year honors.

Meanwhile, the men's basketball team started with 17 straight wins en route to a 30-8 season (the best in school history), a berth in the NCAA Elite Eight (its second in three seasons) and a No. 10 final ranking. The women's basketball team won the program's second national title, becoming the first basketball program – men's or women's – to finish 40-0. Center Brittney Griner was named the National Player of the Year, while Coach Kim Mulkey was awarded National Coach of the Year. The baseball team won 49 games (one shy of its all-time best), including a Big 12-record 18-game conference winning streak and school-record 24-game winning streak. Although ranked at No. 1 for two weeks (a program first), the baseball team finished in the NCAA Super Regionals and a No. 9 ranking.

Baylor's four major programs (football, men's and women's basketball, and baseball) finished with an NCAA record 129 wins during the year (and an overall record of 129-28 for a winning percentage of .822) and Baylor was the only school to have all four programs ranked at the end of their respective seasons. The football and (men's and women's) basketball programs also set NCAA records with a combined 80 wins between them, including a stretch from Nov. 1, 2011 to Jan. 16, 2012, when the three programs had 40 consecutive wins between them.

Outside of the four major programs, Baylor was one of only two schools that had all 19 of its sponsored sports advance to the post season.

McLane Stadium

Baylor University's McLane Stadium

Following the 'Year of the Bear,' it was announced in July 2012 that a new $260 million football stadium to be called "McLane Stadium" would be constructed on the university's campus. Opened in fall 2014, the stadium holds 45,000 spectators and is situated on 93 acres of land adjacent to the Brazos River. The stadium was planned by architecture firm Populous, known for its design of Yankee Stadium in New York and Houston's Minute Maid Park. A partnership between Austin Commercial-Flintco LLC oversaw the project as its contractor.

From 1936 to 1949, the Baylor Bears home football games were played at Waco/Municipal Stadium. In 1950, the team moved to the newly constructed Floyd Casey Stadium (originally named Baylor Stadium), located four miles from campus with a seating capacity of up to 50,000 spectators. The stadium has been renovated several times, most notably in 1998 and 2005.

Mascots

Baylor's mascot is the American black bear. The university has two live bears on campus named Joy and Lady, each bearing the title of Judge in honor of the first live mascot. The school's costumed mascot is named Bruiser.

Although Baylor began intercollegiate athletic competition in the 1890s, students did not elect the university's mascot until 1914. The other two dozen nominees included the bald eagle and the bookworm. Three years later, the 107th Engineers, a U.S. Army troop stationed in Waco, gave Baylor its first live bear. The 107th Engineers had found the bear while traveling by train to Waco. After the troop left, the Baylor University Chamber of Commerce began caring for the animal. The organization still cares for the university's live bears.

One of the most famous Baylor mascots was "Big Joe" or "College Joe" in the 1930s. The bear (originally named Buckshot) was the pet of local businessman Herbert E. Mayr and was known to perform circus tricks and drink from a bottle at Mayr's business. The bear was housed at The Cotton Palace Zoo after it became too large to keep as a pet and destroyed the backseat of Mayr's car. Due to the expense of food, Mayr transferred responsibility for the bear to Waco attorney Woodie Zachery. It was later adopted by W.W. Boyd and soon began its 11 years as Baylor's mascot "College Joe." Following its death, the bear was stuffed and given a special display at the university.

The university's costumed mascot, Bruiser, was introduced at the beginning of the 1981–1982 basketball season. The mascot appears at football and basketball events, along with university pep rallies and community events. Bruiser also travels with the basketball team to games for the Big 12 Basketball Tournament, NIT and NCAA Tournaments.

Traditions

Baylor has many traditions that have developed since the university was founded. Some take the form of annual celebrations, while others are symbolized in memorials. The Baylor Chamber of Commerce is the oldest student organization on the campus that is responsible for most of the school's traditions.

The Baylor Line on the field of a home football game

Baylor Line

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The Baylor Line is a tradition for new students that began in 1970. Freshmen embrace the spirit of Baylor by wearing special football jerseys and rushing the field before home football games. Each "Line Jersey" has a nickname chosen by the student and his or her intended year of graduation on the back. From its inception until 1994, only male students were allowed to run the Line. Before the football game on Saturday, October 28, 2017, alumnae who were not allowed to run in the Line were invited to join the Freshmen in the run.

Mass Meeting

The Thursday night of Homecoming Week, new Baylor students (Freshmen and Transfers) attend a mass meeting in Waco Hall where they learn about the Immortal Ten, the ten student athletes who died in a bus-train accident in Round Rock, Texas, on Jan. 22, 1927. After the Mass Meeting, the freshmen class build a bonfire on Fountain Mall which often includes burning vigils of the homecoming football opponent's mascot created by the various on campus houses.

Homecoming

The nation's first homecoming celebrations originated at Baylor in November 1909. Not long after, the idea was adopted by the University of Illinois in 1910, the University of Missouri in 1911, and at universities throughout the U.S. in the years that followed. The Baylor Homecoming event began as a way to reconnect alumni with current students but has now grown to include a football game, bonfire, concerts, speeches, receptions, class reunions, pep rallies, and the nation's oldest and longest collegiate parade.

Memorial lamp posts

During World War II, more than 4,000 Baylor men and women served in the U.S. Armed Forces, of whom more than 125 died during the war. In 1946, red granite lampposts were erected in honor of each of these fallen members of the military to stand as "a guard by day" and illuminate the paths of campus by night. Ever since, a lamppost has been added for each Baylor alumnus or student who has fallen in service to the country. The lamp posts are all of the same design and contain bronze plaques detailing the life and manner of death of the individual service member.

The Immortal Ten Memorial

Immortal Ten

On Jan. 22, 1927, a bus carrying the Baylor basketball team collided with the Sunshine Special train in Round Rock, Texas. Ten members of the traveling party were killed and many others were injured in the accident. The story of the Immortal Ten is told each year at Freshman Mass Meeting, where the names of the ten are called out. In 1996, the senior class provided initial funding to create an Immortal Ten statue on campus. Fundraising and planning for the statue continued over the ensuing years. Finally, on June 22, 2007, the statue sculpted by Bruce R. Greene was unveiled. The Immortal Ten memorial was officially dedicated during Homecoming on Nov. 2, 2007 in Traditions Square.

University Mace

During the War of 1812, Cyrus Baylor, brother of R.E.B. Baylor, was cited for his bravery with the presentation of a gold sword by President Jackson. In 1957, it was given to the university. In 1974, Baylor President Abner V. McCall suggested that the sword be used to form the focal point of a ceremonial "symbol of authority." A timber from one of Old Main's towers was used to construct a base and center pole. Walking canes of former Baylor President Rufus C. Burleson and Gen. Sam Houston, who had been baptized by Burleson and had been a supporter of the university, were linked to the sword to form the Mace. It is used at all university commencement exercises and at other special ceremonies.

Alma mater

Baylor's alma mater is "That Good Ol' Baylor Line." In 1906, a student penned humorous words to the tune of "In the Good Old Summer Time" and they became generally accepted among the student body as the school fight song. However, in 1931, Enid Eastland Markham, wife of music professor Robert Markham, felt the words were neither dignified enough nor representative of the total university, so she decided to write new lyrics, which were soon sanctioned as the official school song. The "Good Ol' Summer Time" tune was later arranged to fit Mrs. Markham's "Baylor Line" through the work of Jack Goode, Donald I. Moore and Charles F. Brown.

Notable alumni, faculty and staff

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Willie Nelson attended Baylor

With more than 120,000 living alumni, Baylor is represented by notable individuals in an array of public and professional spheres.

Graduates acclaimed for their work in the arts include Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky, GMA Dove Award-winning composer Bruce Greer, Grammy Award-winning Christian recording artist Phil Driscoll, Christian recording artist David Crowder, Grammy-winning Gaither Vocal Band tenor David Phelps, screenwriter and director John Lee Hancock (with works including The Blind Side, nominated for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Picture), screenwriter Derek Haas (with works including 3:10 to Yuma and Wanted, both nominated for multiple Academy Awards), Emmy Award-nominated director Kevin Reynolds, Emmy-winning actress Angela Kinsey (the character of Angela Martin in NBC's The Office), Emmy-nominated actress Allison Tolman, Tony Award-nominated actress Elizabeth A. Davis, actress Carole Cook (a protégé of Lucille Ball), stand-up comedian Jeff Dunham, up-and-coming actor Britain Simons, and The Silence of the Lambs writer Thomas Harris.

Also alumni of the university are Chip and Joanna Gaines, who graduated in 1998 and 2001 respectively. They are the stars of the HGTV show, Fixer Upper and are frequently involved in the Baylor community.

Alumni known for leadership in the private and public sectors include People Magazine co-founder Hal C. Wingo, The Weather Channel CFO Jerry Elliott, American Airlines CEO Thomas W. Horton, Western Refining CEO Paul Foster, Allbritton Communications Company (the parent company of Politico) founder Joe Allbritton, XTO Energy CEO Bob R. Simpson, chairman of the McLane Group and former owner of the Houston Astros Drayton McLane, Jr., chairman of the Martin Organization and former PayPal executive Rod D. Martin, Oracle Corporation CEO Mark Hurd, former chairman and CEO of Stanford Financial Group Allen Stanford, EXUSMED CEO and founder of Empowering Spirits Foundation A. Latham Staples, former mayor of San Antonio Phil Hardberger, former Governor of Texas Ann Richards, former Federal Bureau of Investigation director William S. Sessions, ninth president of Goucher College Judy Jolley Mohraz, and former US Ambassador to Sweden Lyndon Lowell Olson, Jr.

Professional athletes who graduated from the university include Cleveland Browns quarterback and 2011 Heisman Trophy-winner Robert Griffin III, Phoenix Mercury WNBA player Brittney Griner, four-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson, and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Ted Lyons.

Grammy–winning recording artist Willie Nelson, actor Austin Miller and Senator Rand Paul attended Baylor but did not receive degrees from the university. Former United States Vice President John Nance Garner (Franklin D. Roosevelt President) received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Baylor in 1936. Actor and comedian Bill Cosby received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from the university in 2003, which was rescinded in 2015.

For information on notable faculty, staff and other alumni, please see the List of Baylor University people.

• Notable people
• 
  Mark Hurd
  CEO of the Oracle Corporation and former CEO of Hewlett-Packard
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  David Crowder
  GMA Dove Award-winning Christian recording artist
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  Robert Griffin III
  Quarterback for the Cleveland Browns and winner of the 2011 Heisman Trophy
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  Jeff Dunham
  Stand-up comedian
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  Trey Wingo
  Co-host of ESPN's SportsCenter
• 
  Brittney Griner
  WNBA player for Phoenix Mercury, three-time All-American, 2012 AP Player of the Year
• 
  Robert Fulghum
  Philosopher and New York Times Bestselling author
• 
  Gary W. Keller
  Author and co-founder of Keller Williams Realty
• 
  Michael Johnson
  Sprinter, winner of four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships gold medals
• 
  Ann Richards
  Former Governor of Texas

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Kampus

• Campus
• 
  Pat Neff in the Spring, dinamai menurut mantan governor of Texas, anggota Texas Railroad Commission member, dan presiden Baylor
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  Bill Daniel Student Center from the side
• 
  Bill Daniel Student Center during Christmas
• 
  Tidwell Bible Building at Baylor University in Waco, Texas
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  Tidwell Bible Building
• Truett Seminary
  Truett Seminary
• 
  Mayborn Museum
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  Burleson Quadrangle
• Old Main and Pat Neff Hall
  Old Main and Pat Neff Hall
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  Pat Neff Hall looking west
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  Statue of Judge Baylor
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  Another view of Burleson Quadrangle
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  Baylor Science Building
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  McLane Stadium
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  McLane Stadium interior facing south

Pranala luar

• Situs web resmi
• Baylor Atletik website