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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 8m

Why apply early to Baylor? 🟩🟨

1⃣ Hear back (and earn scholarships) sooner!
2⃣ Automatic scholarship consideration.
3⃣ It's FREE to apply!

Learn more (and start your application): ⤵️

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Apply Early to Baylor — It’s Free and Full of Benefits

Thinking about Baylor? There’s no reason to wait and every reason to apply! Baylor’s application is FREE and easy to navigate. Get a big head start by submitting your application by November 1.

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 3h

STUDENTS: It's Free Farmers Market day!
🧄🥦🥕🍅🌽🧅

Today until 3 p.m., stop by Fountain Mall for free, locally sourced fruits & vegetables (and to learn more about how BU promotes food access and healthy living for students): bit.ly/42HAXIp

Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 18h

After eight years and almost 400 episodes, Baylor Connections has expanded — now offering both audio and video formats!

Check out the first three episodes now, on Baylor's YouTube or your favorite podcast app:

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Baylor Connections returns -- in a new video format

Baylor is filled with great stories to tell, and for the last eight years, Baylor Connections has been a key place where Bears share their stories in their own voices. After nearly 400 audio…

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 20h

You don't have to choose between Homecoming and Halloween. 🔥🐻🎃

This Oct. 31, enjoy a #BaylorHomecoming Fall Festival on campus (kids are welcomed in costume) -- and still make it to Bonfire on time.

Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 1d

Baylor's "Extend the Line" push aims to extend such opportunities by raising $250 million for student scholarships:

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Extend the Line

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 1d

"I feel very lucky with all the opportunities I've been able to take hold of here at Baylor... leadership, research experience, jobs on campus, mentorship roles." 💚💛

Scholarships made all that possible for Ava:
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"Baylor is a very special university." -- Ava Roat, Baylor University student

YouTube video by Baylor University

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 1d

For many Baylor students, summer means study abroad & mission trips, internships, and/or research opportunities. 🌞🌎🔬

Baylor senior Greatness Adewumi is one such example, having worked a competitive biomedical research fellowship last summer:

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Summer research opportunities fuel Baylor students' drive and passions

For many Baylor students, summer is a chance for special experiences -- whether through internships, study abroad or mission trips, or research opportunities. Baylor senior Greatness Adewumi is an…

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 2d

Like if you've been here. 💚
Share if you lived this. 💛

#SicEm

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 2d

When catastrophic flooding hit Central Texas this summer, Baylor volunteers jumped in to help. 💚💛

As cleanup transitioned to rebuilding, here's how Baylor's BearAid Disaster Relief partnered with Texas Baptists to help:

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Baylor Volunteers Join Texans on Mission for Texas Flood Relief

BearAid students, faculty and staff partner with Texas Baptists’ disaster relief ministry to aid rebuilding, cleanup in Kerrville, San Angelo

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 3d

The long partnership between Baylor and Texas Baptists goes back to the university’s very beginning.

175+ years later, that relationship and other Baptist partnerships continue to benefit BU students:

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Baylor’s Baptist partnerships create new opportunities for students and service

Last week, Baylor and Texas Baptists representatives came together for a ceremonial groundbreaking on a new Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) building that will be built at the corner of South Fourth…

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 3d

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
O give thanks to the God of gods,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
O give thanks to the Lord of lords,
for his steadfast love endures forever...
~ Psalm 136:1-3

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 4d

"Our water research at Baylor has international dimensions, but it’s also going on in our backyards in ways that matter to our family, friends & neighbors." 🌊

"It matters to rural, urban, poor, affluent -- it’s universal."

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Upstream

Baylor water researchers apply elite research focus to ensure clean water for communities in the future — close to home and around the world.

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 4d

Want to ensure you've got a prime view for the #BaylorHomecoming Parade?

Reserve your grandstand seat now:
✅ Best view of the parade
✅ No worries of finding a good spot
✅ All proceeds benefit scholarships

🎟️: bit.ly/3zvzuJQ

Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 4d

After losing 15 family members to kidney disease, Tiffany Jones-Smith (BA '95) turned her grief into action.

Today, she serves as president & CEO of the Texas Kidney Foundation and chair of the Texas Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force:

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Baylor alumna leads statewide efforts to improve kidney health

It’s one thing to find a career. It’s another to find a calling. When Tiffany Jones‑Smith (BA '95) graduated from Baylor, she couldn’t have known that her future would involve leading a statewide…

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 4d

After a year-long renovation, Allen & Dawson halls are back open this fall.

Here’s what they look like for today’s residents:

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Inside the new-look Allen & Dawson halls

About a decade ago, Baylor set out to complete major renovations of each of its legacy residence halls. Each would go offline for a year, during which time it would receive a head-to-toe update.…

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 5d

#SicEm, Dr. Benton (BS '15)! 🐻🏅

The Baylor professor (and alumna) has earned national honors for energizing students about engineering:

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Baylor Bioinformatics Professor Named 2025 KEEN Rising Star for Advancing Entrepreneurial Mindset in Engineering

Mary Lauren Benton, Ph.D., is one of only three faculty nationwide honored by the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network for inspiring innovation and real-world problem solving in engineering…

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 5d

Halfway through, Bears -- enjoy Fall Break! #SicEm 💚💛

Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 6d

#SicEm 🐻🔬✝️

Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 6d

Baylor's a great college to attend -- and a pretty great place to work, too. 💚💛

Already this year, BU has been named among:
🏅 Great Colleges to Work For
🏅 Forbes' Best Employers for Women
🏅 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces

#SicEm

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Baylor earns multiple national honors as an elite place to work

For well over a decade, Baylor has been a staple among the universities recognized as a “Great College to Work For” -- appearing on the elite annual list’s honor roll for 14 of the last 16 years. And…

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 6d

Don't miss Sawyer's final three home games.

🎟️: bit.ly/4q2cHKV

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 6d

"Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

Baylor's mission -- Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana, Pro Mundo -- is about shining the light of Christ: bit.ly/42vEjOw

Baylor’s Place in Christian Higher Education

October is designated as Christian Higher Education Month — a recognition begun in 2003 by a U.S. House of Representatives resolution. Sponsored by the Council for Christian Colleges and…

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 7d

"Vas a ver."
"¡Dale gas!"
"Familia."

In honor of #HispanicHeritageMonth, we asked Baylor students what phrase reminds them of growing up in a Hispanic home:

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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at Baylor

YouTube video by Baylor University

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 7d

The Baylor student experience is distinct in higher education. Dr. Sharra Hynes, VP for Student Life, explains -- on the latest Baylor Connections:

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Baylor Connections: 10 Ways Baylor Student Life is Different

YouTube video by Baylor University

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 7d

"Our students bring a deepness of character to their Baylor experience. They want to lead; they want to serve." 💚💛

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Baylor University @baylor.bsky.social · 7d

In the heart of campus, Rosenbalm Fountain is lit purple tonight for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. #DVAM 💜

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