The College of Arts & Sciences

The Baylor College of Arts & Sciences is the largest academic unit at Baylor: offering the university core curriculum for all undergraduates, a leader moving Baylor to recognition as an R1 institution through its nationally funded research grants and doctoral production, and integrating programming across the arts and humanities, as well as the social, physical and natural sciences.

Accelerate

The College of Arts and Sciences is driven by its mission: to nourish students' individual lives, fostering their development as imaginative, engaged leaders who will use their skills and character to address the needs and challenges of the larger world.

For this mission to succeed, A&S relies on the Baylor Family’s support of the Core Four — the foundational funding areas that strengthen this work: scholarships, faculty funding, flexible excellence resources and program resourcing.

Student Scholarships

Few gifts more directly impact the life of a Baylor University student than a scholarship. These gifts open doors for students and fuel the school’s growth, innovation and opportunities.

Faculty Funding

Giving to transformational research enables Baylor A&S to attract and retain outstanding faculty members. Endowment support for endowed chairs and professorships gives A&S dependable, enduring funding to grow its research capacity.

Dean’s Excellence Fund

The Dean’s Excellence Fund helps the College of Art & Sciences to anticipate and respond to the many needs that arise throughout an academic year. The fund’s flexible use format provides resources to quickly address emerging needs that are important to the success of A&S and its students.

Program Resourcing

Giving to support student success programs, hands-on learning experiences, student organizationsand study abroad programs, and professional development activities provides flexible resources tomeet needs as they arise.

Make a Gift Today

We thank you for your interest in the mission and vision of Baylor University and invite you to make a gift to support student scholarships, faculty research and needs and priorities within the College of Arts and Sciences today.

Connect with a Giving Officer

To explore opportunities to maximize the impact of your gift, contact Dusty Bedwell, Managing Director of Development for the College of Arts & Sciences.

Dusty Bedwell
Managing Director of Development, College of Arts & Sciences