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Baylor's Air Force ROTC detachment was created in July 1948 as one of the first detachments in the nation.
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Baylor University's Air Force ROTC program has been selected as the top ROTC program in the Southwest region and will compete against three other regional winners for the for the Right of Line award…
Future Women in Service is a student-founded, student-led organization that builds leadership skills and fosters community among women in ROTC at Baylor.
Already recognized as one of the nation's oldest Air Force ROTC units, Baylor University's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Detachment 810 is marking another milestone July 31.
Two alumni of Baylor University's Air Force ROTC program - both women - have been promoted to the rank of one-star general. Maria Cribbs and Jan D. Eakle, who have been selected for brigadier…
Aim High, Aim Air Force. No One Comes Close. Cross Into the Blue. These easily recognizable advertising slogans invite young people to consider the United States Air Force as a possible career path.…
Baylor alumni take their education to new heights with top careers in test-flight piloting and engineering in service to our country.
Adding another achievement to its long history as one of the nation's oldest Air Force ROTC units, Baylor University's Air Force Reserve Office Training Corps (ROTC) Detachment 810 has been named the…
Baylor University's Air Force ROTC program will commission its 1,000th officer at a special ceremony to be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, in the Baines-Fentress Room on the second floor of the…
The new aerospace studies minor prepares students for aviation careers
The Baylor campus looked more like the Air Force Academy last week, as the university's ROTC program hosted the regional Junior Air Force ROTC Summer Leadership Camp. Approximately 180 high school…
Baylor University's Air Force ROTC detachment will host an area conclave Friday through Sunday, Oct. 31-Nov. 2. ROTC cadets from 14 universities from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas are…
Baylor University's Air Force ROTC unit will commission 18 graduating students as second lieutenants in the United States Air Force at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 17, in Barfield Drawing Room at the Bill…
Baylor University Air Force ROTC will commission 11 graduating students as 2nd Lieutenants in the United States Air Force at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, in Barfield Drawing Room at the Bill Daniel…
Baylor University's Air Force ROTC cadets will hold a 24-hour flag vigil beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the flag pole in front of Pat Neff Hall. The vigil is held annually in conjunction…
Twenty-one years ago, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bowles, who served as commander of Baylor University ROTC from 2001 to August 2004, received his second lieutenant bars in Barfield Drawing Room on the Baylor…
Baylor graduate Brig. Gen. Jan "Denny" Eakle knows what it means to overcome adversity. Now serving as Vice Commander of Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, Eakle began her…
Baylor's AFROTC, Detachment 810 has been ranked as the No. 1 Medium Detachment in the country, outperforming 49 other detachments nationwide to claim the top honor.
Russ Gill, a Gulf War veteran and Baylor University alumnus, will speak to ROTC cadets about his experiences in Desert Storm at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in Bennett Auditorium.
Brig. Gen. (ret.) James U. Cross, who served as President Lyndon B. Johnson's personal pilot, and Chief Master Sgt. Robert Anderson, who represents the enlisted corps or the 147th Fighter Wing, will…
Baylor University's Air Force ROTC cadets will hold a 24-hour flag vigil beginning at noon Monday, Nov. 11, at the flag pole in front of Pat Neff Hall. The vigil is held annually in conjunction with…
Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bowles' life came full circle Monday, Sept. 6. Twenty-one years ago in Baylor's Barfield Drawing Room, Bowles was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force as a second lieutenant. On…
Baylor University's ROTC program has seen a number of its former cadets rise high in the ranks of the U.S. Air Force. One of those alumni, Deputy Assistant Air Force Secretary John Truesdell,…
With Baylor football playing in this year’s Armed Forces Bowl, this seemed as good a time as any to look back at BU’s long history of connections to the U.S. military via the BaylorProud…
In honor of Veterans Day on Saturday, Nov. 11, the Silver Wings Society at Baylor University will host a Veterans Day Ceremony at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, by the flagpole on the east side of Pat Neff…
WACO, Texas (Nov. 7, 2012) - Baylor University students, faculty and staff will gather to honor members of the military, past and present, during a Veterans Day recognition ceremony at 11:30 a.m.…
As the United States Air Force commemorates its 60th anniversary, Baylor University's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Detachment 810 will celebrate that proud tradition and its own…
Baylor University's Air Force ROTC detachment will commission two students as second lieutenants at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, in the Baines-Fentress room at the Bill Daniel Student Center.
Baylor University's ROTC Arnold Air Society remembered the only two university alumni to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor - John (Killer) Kane and Jack Lummus - at a Dec. 5 ceremony. Baylor…
Baylor University Air Force ROTC cadet Marc Bradle has had a long abiding love for the military and its trappings. As a child, the Fort Worth senior would dress up on Halloween as Lord Nelson or Capt…
WACO, Texas (Nov. 9, 2016) – Baylor University, Veteran Educational and Transitional Services (VETS), Air Force ROTC and Army ROTC will host a Veterans Day Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in…
Baylor University's Air Force ROTC detachment will hold a flag vigil on Thursday, Nov. 11, at the flag pole in front of Pat Neff Hall. Beginning at 6 a.m., teams of two cadets will guard the flag in…
Lt. Gen. Joseph H. Wehrle Jr., assistant vice chief of staff for the U.S. Air Force (essentially third in the Air Force chain of command), will serve as the keynote speaker at Baylor University's…
Baylor University's ROTC Corps of Cadets will sponsor a 24-hour flag vigil in honor of military prisoners of war (POWs) and those missing in action (MIA) beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at the…
Fueled by the post-war boom, 1947 was a busy year at Baylor -- and an important year in our nation’s history, as President Truman enacted legislation that created the United States Air Force as…
Baylor's ROTC programs train generations of Air Force and Army leaders.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 6, 2013) - Among the featured speakers at this year's Academic Surgical Congress in New Orleans is Tara Hutchison, a sophomore biology student and cadet in Baylor's Army ROTC…
Former Dallas Cowboy Chad Hennings will speak to Baylor University's Air Force ROTC students at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Bennett Auditorium on campus.
Baylor University's ROTC Corps of Cadets will sponsor a 24-hour flag vigil in honor of service men and women beginning at noon Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Baylor flag pole in front of Pat Neff Hall. The…
Brig. Gen. Maria C. Owens was suffering from jet lag, having just flown in from a two-week tour of European Command, including stops at Kosovo and Bosnia. But rather than going straight home for a…
This spring saw two major milestones on Baylor’s campus — both Baylor Air Force ROTC and the Baylor Religious Hour Choir celebrated their 75th anniversaries.
Baylor University's Air Force ROTC unit will commission 21 graduating students as second lieutenants in the United States Air Force at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 15, in Barfield Drawing Room at the Bill…
John C. Truesdell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Reserve Affairs, will speak to Baylor University's ROTC cadets at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, in Bennett Auditorium.
Baylor University's Air Force ROTC Detachment 810 will honor American military personnel who were held as prisoners of war and those still listed as missing in action with a flag vigil from 8 a.m. to…
Baylor's AFROTC turns 60, named top program in the southwest
Gulf War veteran Russ Gill spoke sobering words at a recent talk with Baylor ROTC cadets. A Baylor alumnus who now lives in Abilene, Gill described the missions he flew as an Air Force fighter pilot…
David Benson, Baylor AFROTC,
International Studies, '04
The Veteran Educational and Transitional Services (VETS) Center opened in fall 2012 with the mission to support the academic success of student veterans at Baylor, serve as a resource to veterans and…
United States Air Force Brigadier General and Baylor graduate James T. Turlington, a former Air Force doctor, recently spoke to more than 200 cadets at a Baylor Air Force ROTC leadership lab.
Veterans of Baylor (VoB) has been honored among the 1,600 Student Veterans of America (SVA) chapters as the 2024 SVA Chapter of the Year for its “remarkable contributions in enhancing their…
Alumni leaders leave their mark on U.S. endeavors in space.
Betty Moran Mullins, BBA '55, of Waco, died on July 5 at the age of 77. Betty was a Baylor Beauty and a member of DAP as an undergraduate. She continued to serve Baylor on the Fling Committee and…
Two Baylor ROTC cadets from the class of '75 ascend through the ranks to make their mark in the U.S. military.
The cardinal virtues during the election season, clinical hypnosis in reducing hot flashes, an increase in geomagnetic storms were some of the topics discussed by Baylor University researchers and…
WACO, Texas (June 3, 2015) – Baylor University graduate Maj. Christopher Scheibler, flight surgeon for the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, will fly at the Heart of Texas Airshow on June 6 and 7 at the…
Retired Brig. Gen. James Cross recently entertained Baylor ROTC cadets with tales of his experiences as President Lyndon B. Johnson's personal pilot and military aide. Cross, who had a distinguished…
Senior Entrepreneurship student is recognized as the 2022 Outstanding Student in Entrepreneurship.
By Jeff Brown, BA '00
After a devastating fertilizer plant explosion in nearby West, Texas, the entire Baylor family sprang into action.
Baylor University has announced an additional faculty-in-residence for fall 2010 who will further Baylor's commitment to integrating learning in and out of the classroom. Dr. Douglas W. Rogers,…
The renowned Air Force Band of the West will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 16, in the Jones Concert Hall at the Glennis McCrary Music Building on the Baylor University campus. Sponsored by Baylor…
The Baylor University Air Force ROTC will hold a 24-hour flag vigil honoring American prisoners of war and service men missing-in-action beginning at 4 p.m. today at the university flag pole adjacent…
Baylor University will celebrate its annual commencement with a weekend of events Friday, May 11, and Saturday, May 12. More than 1,700 students will participate in commencement exercises, which have…
More than 15,000 commissioned officers have joined service in 75 years of Baylor AFROTC.
Baylor nursing grads breeze through licensure exam
Recent graduates of Baylor's Louise Herrington School of Nursing have once again scored significantly higher than the national average on a…
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It’s become so commonplace that it must be a Baylor tradition – very cold weather to welcome students back to Waco for the spring semester! I’m a frequent checker of several apps on my iPhone, and…
Earlier this week the University launched A Season of Thanksgiving, a month-long initiative that invites the Baylor Family into an intentional time to give thanks for the blessings God has given us.…
WACO, Texas (Aug. 9, 2012) -- Baylor University College of Arts & Scienc es Dean Lee C. Nordt has announced a realignment of leadership structure and responsibilities. Effective Aug. 1, the 26…
The Baylor University Board of Regents today announced that the university has received a significant naming gift from Baylor alumni Jay and Jenny Reid Allison of Frisco, Texas, for the Jay and Jenny…
Baylor’s Air Force and Space Force Reserve Officer Training Corp (AFROTC), Detachment 810, has added another milestone to its distinguished history as one of the nation’s oldest AFROTC units.
The 2025 Baylor Alumni Awards honor individuals who embody the distinctive mission of the University and their remarkable achievements.
Laura LeFevre was promoted to captain in the U.S. Air Force on Memorial Day 2012, while deployed in Afghanistan.
"The oath I take is administered in front of the American flag, but of course, I had to…
Thousands of prospective students and the ir families are expected to visit and learn more about Baylor University on Saturday, Oct. 1, during the 2011 Fall Premiere hosted by Baylor Admission…
Mary Ann Elmore Anderson, BA ’50, artist, educator and Christian missionary, died peacefully in her sleep Feb. 12 in Bangkok, Thailand. She was 90. Mary Ann was born in Haynesville, La. A 1949 Baylor…
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The Dunn Center for Christian Music Studies (CCMS) has a new home on Baylor's campus. Following exciting expansions in the School of Music, Harris House will now operate as an additional hub for…
Paul Wayne Stripling, BA ’58, ThD, died March 4 in Mansfield, TX. He was born Jan. 21, 1936, in Herrin, IL, to Ben and Lucille Stripling. The family moved to East Texas in Paul’s childhood, and he…
Baylor University will hold "A Tribute to Fallen Heroes," an event to remember the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces who have given their lives in service to the country and to honor those who…
Fifty years ago, a deadly tornado ripped through downtown Waco, mobilizing the city and Baylor as hundreds rallied to lend aid
Funeral and memorial services have been set for John Alexander (Alex) James, the Baylor University junior who died Sept. 18 at a Waco hospital.
Honors College graduates Jeffrey Black, Olivia Gray, and Josiah Zeigler were recently named the 2024 recipients of the F. Ray Wilson Award for Best Thesis, a recognition that rewards excellence in…
Health Science Studies senior Thomas Statz is pursuing his calling at the intersection of the military and medicine by serving as an undergraduate researcher in the Human & Environmental Physiology…
Tomorrow is a big day on the Baylor campus as we dedicate and officially cut the ribbon for the new Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center, which serves as a beacon of light at the intersection of I-35…
Robert “Bob” Shelton, B.B.A. ’55, was born July 2, 1933, to Perry Wayne and Mary Morrow Shelton in Waco. He grew up attending La Vega ISD schools where his father was the superintendent. Robert was a…
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