Welcome to the Baylor University homecoming parade I’m Dr Linda Livingstone president of Baylor University and I’m so glad you’ve joined us for today’s homecoming festivities on the Baylor campus Baylor is home to the oldest Collegiate Homecoming in the nation every year since that first Baylor Homecoming in 1909 we welcome
Home our alumni students faculty staff parents and friends to reconnect and catch the Baylor Spirit again today’s parade broadcast is live from Fifth Street on the Baylor campus thanks to the generous support of the Sadi Joe Black Family Foundation enjoy the parade and as always sick and bears good morning everyone and welcome
To Fifth Street on the Baylor University campus for the 114th anniversary Baylor homecoming parade I’m Lori fogelman along with the voice of the Bears John Morris and also joined this year by kcen our great partner uh of course with Chris Radcliffe the week night uh anchor
For Channel 6 we’re so thrilled to have you with us Chris great to be working with both of you today we’re looking forward to an exciting day of course this time of year you never know what you’re going to get late October and here we are peeling the clothing off it
Feels like the Caribbean out here so we’ll see if everybody along the parade route uh brought an umbrella and maybe a fan I think you definitely need a fan we saw some of the video from past parades and and John we’ve been out here so many
Years doing the parade and and times uh we look like the Michelin men because we are just bundled up or at least I am uh but you you don’t need a you can uh go Sans the coat today so it’s a it’s muggy out here but we’re so thankful we’ve had
Rain but we don’t have rain during this homecoming parade and you know the great thing it doesn’t squash the enthusiasm of Baylor fans family there’s a great group here on Fifth Street and it’s fun we’ll show you some of those sites in the parade route that began in downtown
Waco there’s folks lined up the entire route so this is going to be fun it’s going to be really fun this morning yeah the parade stepped off this morning about 8:00 from uh fourth and uh from eighth in Austin they go down to Fourth Street go all the way down fourth they
Make a little bit of a turn uh they weren’t able to go all the way down Fifth Street now which goes straight into the Baylor campus uh but they got on Fourth Street the usual route made a right turn on the Frontage Road and then we’ll be turning down uh Fifth Street on
Campus here in just a little bit but we also do have another guest with us uh who’s joining us from kcen and that’s Mike Rogers he is our roving reporter along the parade route today and we’re really excited uh that Mike can bring us a little bit of a different perspective
Uh along the parade route uh last night we unfortunately weren’t able to have the bonfire and the pep rally because of the rain and the lightning in the area it truly was uh just some dangerous lightning and we needed to make sure everybody stayed safe but we had a
Wonderful new tradition that began and that was over at the Mark and Paula herd Welcome Center which is at the corner of University Parks and I35 it is a a front door uh to Baylor University a spectacular new facility and we had homecoming at the herd and John it was
So remarkable to see so many people of all ages enjoy that facility it was it was remarkable yeah and what a great building like you said a front door to the university so many people uh were there last night it’s like we’re coming for homecoming where we going to meet oh
Let’s meet at the herd Welcome Center so it’s perfect location and a perfect meeting spot for alums coming back for uh for current students you know to go to and for future students to come through when they come to visit Baylor campus absolutely and and you know what
It was it was nice to have that facility because because it was indoors and everybody could be indoors be last night yeah with plenty of room and and again all of the uh the special features there and all of the fun events that were scheduled the photo Ops and and uh it
Was just a it was a wonderful evening or afternoon and evening and that will become homecoming Central uh on our campus uh Chris we mentioned one of your colleagues Mike Rogers is on the Parade route and and I believe he’s ready to speak with us this morning yeah Mike are
You out there let’s let’s hear from you yeah guys there are hundreds of Baylor fans out here celebrating the Bears today of generations past and present hundreds of people lining the street as you can see as you can see we’ve even got some police es uh one second we have couple
Technical difficulties but we have hundreds of Bor Bears down here lining the street set up since earlier this morning and they are all set to take in this parade which is set to begin in just a couple of minutes guys all right thank you so much Mike appreciate that
Of course if you’re Mobile today you may be watching right now on kcn hello to all of our brz’s Valley viewers as well but many ways to watch this you can stream it on our YouTube page it’s on all of our social pages with Facebook I know Baylor’s sharing it as well so
Check us out on Twitter wherever you find us uh any streaming device and uh you can watch the parade today while you’re at mobile running your errands before the big football game starts yeah that’s I think one of the most amazing things now is it does not matter where
You are in the world pretty much you can watch this parade uh we do appreciate so much uh kcent TV and our uh great partners and and in broadcasting the parade but we also want to give a special thank you this morning to the uh sad Joe Black Family Foundation they uh
Have made uh this Foundation at STI Joe uh the late STI Joe Black a professor at Baylor Unity university has made this parade uh available to everyone uh she was a longtime faculty member in family and consumer Sciences uh she passed away in 2010 but her presence and her
Influence continued to be felt by the Baylor family uh she established and her family established numerous endowed student scholarships and academic funds there’s a garden endowment that enhances the beauty of Founders mall on campus and that extends to the support of the parade broadcast this morning to ensure
That everyone has the opportunity to enjoy the parade wherever they may be so this morning during this Baylor homecoming parade the 114th anniversary homecoming at Baylor we remember Professor sad Joe Black and we appreciate the generous support of the STI Joe Black Family Foundation what a legacy STI Joe Black
Has left behind and we are all benefiting from that so thank you very much to the S Joe Black Foundation I here the Golden Way band not far away right at the mouth of Fifth Street here so a Parade’s about to hit the heart of
Campus this will be fun it will be and I believe along this Parade route we will see around 13 floats if we understand about 12 balloons uh we it all just depends if you have’t you know those balloons are hard to to handle you have to have enough people around uh to hang
On to them but but here comes the parade down Fifth Street and and we are LED this morning by our US Air Force rooc Detachment 810 Color Guard perfect way to start the Baylor homecoming parade this morning from Fifth Street they have almost reached the fountain which is
Where we are sitting up on the stage on the North side and great to see the uh group out there with them as well followed closely by Baylor’s US Air Force rooc Detachment 810 so thank you for those leaders and Future Leaders with the Air Force Roc well you can’t have a Baylor homecoming parade without it being led by Baylor’s golden Wave band how about Dr o right there Dr o good to see you happy homecoming absolutely love the band uh at halftime their performances are just iconic and creative and fun and and uh
This is uh always a great way to have a parade when they come by you wish they could just make the circle and come back through it we love to hear from our b golden wave marching band Spirit squad’s flag leaders leading the band Micah Krauss a junior from
Kansas City Kansas blessed to serve as the captain of the Baylor flag Runners for their inaugural season as 18 te as well wal senior Forwood Tennessee she’s a foure Dance Ah that’ll wake you up that’ll get you in the Baylor Spirit Golden Way band approximately 300 members goes back over 110 years how about that so this is our 114th anniversary homecoming the Golden Way band goes back 110 years what I love about the golden weight band is is they
Come from academic disciplines across campus people who love to uh make music and and our spirit filled and we just uh we love the fact that that we’ve got such an outstanding band and we look forward to seeing them at halftime today at the game uh homecoming game Baylor in
Iowa State coming up today at 2:30 2:30 State there’s Abigail Walton that Chris mentioned a senior from Brentwood Tennessee chaplain of theong leader dance team and our spirit squads are uh leading the charge here what a great group 103 years of spirit celebrated this year for our spirit
Squads Baylor was founded in 1845 so you understand why you’re hearing 100s and and things like that you know we did see Bruiser in Miracle just a few minutes ago and Emily Stucky a senior from Houston Texas with Baylor allir cheer and there is President living Stone and
First gen Brad Livingstone we welcome the leadership of Baylor University here to the homecoming parade this morning Dr Livingstone the 15th President of Baylor [Applause] University making the walk up by the F so great to see them of course uh Mr Livingston is a three-year letter winner
Oklahoma State take a look at him to know that he played little basketball and same with Dr Livingstone as well fouryear letter winner for the Oklahoma State cowgirls as well played in the uh the the big eight conference back in the the day until they became a member of
The Big 12 Conference see provos Dr Nancy Brickhouse her husband Mark Brickhouse and there is uh Kevin Jackson vice president of student life Welcome Kevin we are rolling now down Fifth Street here on campus [Applause] great to have everyone down Fifth Street this morning the parade again kicked off at 8:00 downtown there is the Eternal Flame a tradition that honors the lives of the Baylor basketball players known as The Immortal 10 who were killed in a bus train accident on January 22nd 19 27
The Eternal yeah the Eternal Flame lit every every year at homecoming 100 years almost of that anniversary now that’s it’s incredible representing the senior class this year with the Eternal Flame is 2024 soon to be graduate Adriana Diaz and the junior class represented by Caitlyn Woodall and the representative from the
Sophomore class of 2026 is Vince banelli and representing the Freshman Class if you can believe it of 2027 will be the Centennial of that Immortal 10 is Miley nap thank you to all of them for being here today we just saw the co- interim Chief business officer Susan ANS and her
Husband Jeff and then the dean of the Han Cammer School of Business sand maunder and his family you know the hand Cammer School of Business kicked off its 100 years speak I think that’s just a theme today uh Han Cammer School of Business kicked off its centennial celebration last night they will
Celebrate for two years because they’ll celebrate their 100 years when they began as a business department back in 1923 and their first uh graduates in 1925 so that’s why you have a 2-year celebration and congratulations to our uh incredible hand Cammer School of Business you know the hand Cammer School
Of Business has grown to Encompass 25% of the student body here at Bor so tremendous growth there here’s our homecoming king and queen for 20 23 the king is Salvador madrano Our Queen this year is Olivia Stricker in the hor drawn carriage so congratulations to Salvador and Olivia the homecoming king and queen
We have the court as well waving to the crowd Micah Krauss and Lauren Freeman George schroer and Carolyn skull Kendall pedway and Campbell Fox and Nathan trong and Ellen Ferguson great to see all of them riding in the parade today all right and a reminder we have several floats
And balloons on the way here we’re excited about that that’s always a a thrilling part we know uh last night the uh winners of the float competition uh the the class A B and C and we look forward to seeing those winning floats and actually all of the floats uh here
On the parade this morning welcome our Baylor dance company with the performance doing what they do so well they travel to Collegiate competition in March performs at events throughout the wo Community you can follow along through their season on Instagram at bayor dance company perfectly in sync well done
Ladies looks great they’re just walking along waving everybody and they just burst right into perfectly synchronized dance it’s so impressive that’s a Sing Act on the middle of Fifth Street right there that’s [Applause] great you know at Baylor we are so in tuned with Health Professions and the
Helping profession so we welcome Red Cross at Baylor a service organization that believes that by providing Aid and communities of all kind it will create a welcoming and encouraging organization through service and collaboration all right take a look our first float of the day it’s Kappa Omega
T and the title of their float is bruisers gas and go resembles an old gas station six different pumps two cars exactly what a gas station used to look like remember those days I sure do service those days yeah the guy fing your car was wearing a
Tie now that’s going back K focused on using lots of colors mixed with white just like gas stations from the’ 60s and the70s the skirt models an old paper map that would have been found in every glove box in the country Maps paper maps and that one uh Chronicles travels in
The Big 12 Conference that’s great good luck there at kappo megat bruisers gas and go good one out of the gate that’s going to be a tough one to beat Lori but you’ll be got your list that’s right and right now we’re watching that maneuverability around Rosen bom
Fountain when they redid Fifth Street uh thanks to that generous gift from Dr rosenbom and his family they made sure that this area where you could get through was big enough just big enough for the floats to come through so uh Fifth Street on the Bor campus a very
Special place and wonderful to be able to watch a parade as the floats and other entries go around Rosen bom F the crout likes this one that is nice well done guys cap Omega T bruisers gas and go a lot of work went into that yep all
Right we welcome the city of Waco balloon and I see several people who are caring it this morning including some colleagues from Baylor’s office of external Affairs well done that flying W everybody knows all about that and we Welcome to our Hispanic Student Association here at Baylor established in 1987 an
Organization committed to fostering an enriching experience of Hispanic culture Heritage and traditions in the Baylor and Waco communities the Baylor fire department which just recently celebrated 150 years we did an entire special on it at kcen we thank them for their partnership they’ve grown so much because of course starting downtown and
Then as the city grew over the past Century and century and a half they’ve needed to expand and uh now there’s one near your neighborhood you know and and we feel very good about that too no kid we love our partners with uh with the Waco fire department which engine number is
This we know see engine one all right welcome engine one Baylor fire department from the the city of Waco fortunately Lori we learned that only 4% of the calls they go on are fires so many times it is just to make sure for health concerns or wow 4% 4% of
The calls they respond to are fire related yes now one of the trucks has the bear head with a helmet on on the back I’m not sure if this is the one or not we’ll see that is Waco fire engine number four that’s number four that’s number four that’s a great logo but
Today we have number one with us and we’re thrilled about that Baylor AMR rolling by we appreciate them very much we don’t need your services today Central Texas Helping Hands with us as well founded in 2017 by Stuart Castro and Patty rblo longtime service who supports uh adults and uh
With disabilities and seniors their sixth year in this Baylor homecoming progr grade and they’ve been working on preparing the we love the80s float for the past few months okay 80s were a special time so it’s fun to see our kids and grandkids mock the80s in a positive
Way where we can go back to uh curly High hair and uh you know very bright colored shirts and clothing and wide shoulder pads yes the music was great though you go to a wedding people are dancing in the 80s I’ll tell you that this is Congressman Pete Sessions
Coming our way way around the Rosen bomb Fountain Texas 17 welcome to Congressman Pete Sessions today we appreciate you being here part of Baylor homecoming 2023 now in his second term of course Bill Flores was a congressman for 10 years and now Pete Sessions is in that
Seat glad that he’s back from DC and here today to help us celebrate on a [Applause] Saturday quite a Ruckus float coming now that the student body seems to approve of well this is our class a grand champion as well and we want to welcome fi kakai and Pi beta fi sium
Sweets going back to a little bit of nostalgia here what does this remind you of which which board game that everybody is playing Candyland it’s Candyland it features iconic Waco landmarks and embodies the sweet Spirit of Baylor University W look at those trophies great the gingerbread man so it you know
Every structure is crafted from what uh you know other than your favorite treats as you look down the flo you’ll see things like uh the starting tree that honors the show hope organization a flowing Dr Pepper stream but of course and the new herd Welcome Center also and
It’s it’s also noteworthy uh their Declaration of faith on the float uh they have a display of a cross ele elevated above worldly Treasures such as the Big 12 Championship NCAA and Sugar Bowl trophies they are found near the back all in all this float is aimed to
Be a delectable celebration of school pride and joy nice the question bodess can we eat it or part of it yes are you edible looks great guys congratulations again this is our class a grand champion fi kakai and Pi beta by sium sweets wow well done what a great
Float you know and that’s another reason why I think everyone was glad to see the rain hold off after last night uh you know the the work that goes into these floats uh try to to keep them in a dry place they are usually pulled to mlan
Stadium and judged there and left out before they move into position and uh in downtown Waco they had to scramble a little bit but terrific to see that class a grand champion parking would be a challenge Lori I didn’t think about that yes they need to make it one night
They got to make it for the night rker Catholic High School here in Waco High School and Middle School represented welcome to rker it’s a good group yeah their cheerleaders love supporting and encouraging others at games and events and of course they have a strong B to with some of the
Cheerleaders participating in volunteering over at rer C But we’d love to have Community organizations you know nonprofits and schools and and uh so many people showing their school spirit and also their Bor Spirit by participating in today’s bayor homecoming parade you know you knew who it was because you saw you saw the the white
And the the blue of rker now we welcome we have clasped hands in service it’s another service sorority here around 20 members who create and strengthen the bond of Sisterhood by volunteering in the Waco Community they they are at places like friends for life toolshed uh the Waco Humane Society
Salvation Army and more that is clasped hands in [Applause] service this is Capa Capa and Ellen is a senior from Tyler Texas she’s from a long line of Baylor Bears including her grandparents parents sisters and several aunts and uncles Ellen is majoring in Psychology with a minor in educational
Psychology and has been on the dean list for five semesters a major accomplishment welcome today yeah uh that’s what we call a good old Baylor line so Ellen with all kinds of family members part of uh that’s right of the the the Baylor University experience Louise Harrington School of
Nursing represent in our homecoming parade today up in Dallas associate Deans are Debbie Shirley and Lisa Jones students from the uh School of Nursing glad to have them a part of our homecoming parade future Nurses Association also and you have a Baylor nursing school graduate well wellborn’s
Right over there proud graduate of the Baylor nursing school hey thank goodness for Central here because who would move the Bears otherwise right big Baylor semi of course the future Nurses Association a terrific degree into to get working on immediately in your professional life here is Cub Scout Pack
308 check them out online at Pac 308.com they welcome you to join them all right do we have another fraternity here Lori yeah we’ve got Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Zeta Alpha this is their gold run Rush float they want you to get excited for the green and gold rush as the uh Sigma
Alpha Epsilon and Zeta Alpha Bears strike it rich in the brazes river really who knew only with the water Zone it’s been a busy day out here so make sure to say hi to Bruiser in the mining cart on your way across the river and good luck to all of your golden
Endeavors we have an active waterfall on this float that’s incred incredible you see the uh feral Center yes got the columns from Independence we got is that the Alico building there in the midle maybe it’s Robinson Tower it’s possible yeah nice float this morning that’s Gold Rush Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Zeta T
Alpha Boy Scout Troop 4 97 that is Baylor own formed in January of 1988 as a Ministry of First Baptist Church of Waco Baylor assumed sponsorship of the troop in June of 1993 strong bond exists between the troop and Baylor University blessed to have benefits from the privilege the use
Of Eastland lakes and many other Baylor facilities so welcome to boy scout troop 497 gold spirit this morning we have a a bear walking down not it’s not indie and Bill or or lady uh but right in front of St Anthony’s Care Center locally owned and operated has been open for four years offering short-term rehab and long-term skilled care good to have St Anthony’s Care
Center in the parade this morning well John you’re familiar with the next group it’s the be pit leadership team as they get Rowdy rockus and supportive at Baylor basketball games they’re the leaders of the student section for both the Baylor men’s and women’s teams you can find them screaming and cheering for
All of our athletes at the Ferell Center and soon the Foster Pavilion are you guys ready to make your big move this year that’s going to be fun and a real responsibility for The Bear Pit and Baylor students because they’ve got great seats along one side and those
Seats need to be full every game so they absolutely do just like over at mlan Stadium you know those Prime seats right behind the visitors bench and uh we just look forward to the Foster Pavilion opening up but but we’ve got games in the feral center for the next couple of
Months then come January the 1 of the year the Bears both Bears men’s basketball and women’s basketball nationally ranked and and both uh opening up Foster Pavilion with Big 12 Conference play meanwhile state representative doc Anderson showing off his moves there in his right arm that’s
Not bad okay throwing some stuff out to the crowd there glad he’s here joining us today doc we appreciate your year of service thank you very much doc Anderson announced he won’t be rerunning but he’s going to fulfill that term and as John mentioned we thank him for all those
Years and representative Anderson followed by a Moment of magic at Baylor that’s a a university chapter of the national a moment of magic Foundation that is to improve the quality of life of medically vulnerable and underserved children by reminding them to be brave strong and fearless through fun and
Engaging social Wellness activities I think I saw uh Mrs uh incredible you did uh I did okay I thought so there was an incredible there first in line goes by first in line is our community of first generation students students are the first in their families to pursue higher
Education and look at these pretty bows in the hair from the Caesar Chavez Middle School cheerleaders yay thanks for being here today ladies looking great and Dean of the Diana R Garland School of Social Work John single ter as we pan over to him going by Rosen Bal Fountain this
Morning just a beautiful backdrop to our Parade route but like you said all the cars need to slow down to about 1 M hour to negotiate the turn yeah be very very careful nice to have Raising Canes as a great partner with Baylor and Baylor Athletics there’s that Raising
Canes group love the folks at raising canes uh and they’ve got their own balloon in the parade today well done see what they’re tossing out from those bags maybe some can’s coupons how about that that’s a sweet ride they were in this morning too how about her campus her campus is
The leading media platform dedicated to empowering college women around the globe founded by and for college women her campus is your ultimate destination for navigating the unique experiences that come with this transformative stage in life all right next another one of our floats this is Kappa Alpha Theta and Pi
Kappi Waco ain’t big enough for the two of us is their theme welcomes you to the wild west we hope you’ll feel immersed in Western Red Rock Beauty when you see our little wild west town both of Baylor’s uh baby bears Indie and Bell make an appearance as well all right
Indian Bell on this float oh I don’t think so okay Terry Morris asked if Indian Bell would be in the parade and uh said probably not no they’ve got game duties today that’s true they got to be ready for the game that’s right they’ve got to do pick them over there at the
Bill and Eva Williams bear habitat and lady came to visit didn’t she this week did she was there yesterday you can check that out on the bear habitat Instagram page exciting to have a lady who’s enjoying her retirement at her off-campus uh retirement facility she is doing great but wonderful to have our
Queen judge lady back on campus so we’re playing Iowa State for homecoming and they’ve got saigh the Cardinal uh locked up on this float that’s right saigh doesn’t have much of a chance here on Baylor homecoming let’s hope that bod’s true John let’s hope that bod’s well Kappa
Alpha Theta High capify Waco ain’t big enough for the two of us yeah creative float great job y’all good effort into that one yeah I I see that no longer are Indie and Belle referenced on that float as as a judge they’re sheriffs so Sheriff Indie and Sheriff Bell
Today Southern Career Institute learn it do it live it is there matto welcome to Southern Career Institute great location there you see the Rosen bomb Fountain behind that patf hall there’s a great look at the crowd that’s lined up here along Fifth Street on the bay campus we hope that uh tower
On patf Hall is uh burning green tonight yeah that would be good news all around football game against Iowa State 230 at mlan Stadium you know Baylor’s won four straight homecoming games and 11 of our last 12 not to jinx anything but that’s a good record 11 of the last 12 the
Truth John it’s just the facts the facts and I’m telling you they are getting a step closer each week to a bowl game so tonight’s win would go a long way in making that to come to fruition it’s a big game another look at some of the crowd along Fifth Street
Here a lot of rain and uh we’ve had to protect the the grass and turf as much as possible you know one thing that uh is nice about today is we had the parade started in a normal time right we’re not rushing because there’s not an 11:00
A.m. kickoff true and uh so everybody has time today to to enjoy uh you know a a football game go over to the herd Welcome Center because there are still homecoming at the herd uh activities today uh and we’ve got Mike Rogers down along the parade route uh
Mike where are you and what what do you have for us this morning yeah guys we are right here by the fountain I’m here with Michael now Michael are you a Baylor student uh I graduated in Baylor from to 2020 gotcha now coming back to witness this live homecoming parade of
2023 you know how’s it feel to be back taking this in as a alumide this time yeah it feels really good it’s feels fun to be here join with old friends and be able to see the associations the organizations that I was a part of and
Be able to come here and support it now what kind of organizations were those I was in a fraternity called fi kapakai is a local Christian organization eternity that’s fantastic and now all these floats I have been coming through any that have uh stood out to you to this
Point um the one the big candy float got to love it it’s really great got you and with all these home coming activities and festivities are going on today uh today and throughout the weekend kind of what else are you looking forward to uh I’m excited for the game this afternoon hopefully we’ll
Pull out a win and yeah excited to see all my friends fantastic well thank you so much Michael well guys some reaction from the sidelines here taking in the parade just like all of us and enjoying every single moment of it and we forgot to tell Mike he must mandatorily end
Every interview with a sick Bears so going forward that’s that’s our that’s our only request w m great job thank you for being along the parade route standing room only by the way on the south side of the fountain I love how they got everything set up and uh we’re
Having a lot of fun here today yeah I love a Baylor homecoming parade because everybody lines the route early and they are so deep and so enthusiastic and speaking of enthusiasm when you see those green and white strip shirts you know exactly who’s there it’s got to be
The Baylor student Foundation couple of uh bicycles for two there carrying the Big Bear balloon as well student foundations’s 20 23 homecoming Court nominees are will horn and Jensen younger Will’s a junior from Long View and a business fellow studying accounting Jensen a senior from Jefferson South Dakota studing studying
Communication disorders and Sciences and there’s that big Baylor balloon thanks to the Baylor student Foundation anybody else see a tandem bicycle and start thinking Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head that’s right no not today we’re going to keep the rain away today but it’s a beautiful site the bear floating
And then of course everybody riding and walking out there now this is the one that you always wonder how did they get that under I35 right it’s uh it’s uh a treat that they have uh perfected I think well by request we reconstructed I35 if you hadn’t noticed for the past
10 years that’s true well speaking of that that is one of the considerations that the I35 construction team had was to lift up I35 just a little bit more with those bridges so that the could come under so it was a wonderful partnership between the city Tech do and
Baylor University and and other partners Lori that is some Advanced homework on today’s broadcast I got to give that for four years with and we appreciated everything tex. did only four years really only four three and a half actually there’s will and Jensen the homecoming Court nominees for Baylor
Student Foundation goes back to 1969 passionately served Baylor in its Community by recruiting qualified students raising scholarship funds and building Goodwill among alumni and friends will good morning to you how you doing all right and good morning to our new Dean of the School of Engineering and computer science Daniel
Pack welcome Dr pack and also Tim Franklin who is a graduate 1998 graduate with his Bachelor of Science of mechanical engineering uh Tim is director of product planning at Nissan Motor Company so thrilled to have H Dr pack in Baylor alumnus mechanical engineering Tim Franklin with Nissan
Motor Company with us this morning you know Baylor students with so many different talents and skills how about the Baylor University theater student Society they just finished a successful run of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat they’re now in rehearsal for three sisters come out and see that running from November 7th
Through the 12th so it’s right around the corner as they put the final preparations on that performance and they actually performed some selections from uh Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat yesterday in the herd Welcome Center so it’s fun to have Baylor University theater there with
They are immensely talented Lauren me is their homecoming nominee and this is the school of education well represented future teachers walking by right now can I tell you my wife Terry and daughter Megan our uh School of Education grads here at Baylor awesome so that’s a great legacy there put those
Degrees to work didn’t they that’s great I think uh you know speaking of our our theme of 100 the Centennial for the school of education a couple of years ago so they too over 100 years and how appropriate that school of education be a school bus perfect yeah just
Amazing going back to the early 20s of the 20th century there cranking out teachers and getting them involved in the local community that’s great well who do we have here must be the nose Brotherhood in the homecoming parade yeah the nose Brotherhood we’ve seen left its mark across campus saw
That walking through this morning but what would our parade be without our nose Brotherhood uh be safe there guys be safe yes please do be very careful thank you they were founded in Brooks Hall in 19 18 the nose Brotherhood Society was originally formed as a joke regarding
Leonard cha a freshman with a large nose I did not know it actually went back to someone that yeah didn’t wear the glasses and nose he his legacy endured more than 100 years later yes yeah the nose Brothers history is dotted with hilarity Intrigue and trouble yeah
But they remain a beloved part of Baylor’s Student Life in all their Endeavors they hope to make Baylor a better place but to have fun while doing it and Incognito there’s the uh the Rope literally and tossing out the Rope copies of the rope from the nose Brotherhood wouldn’t be complete without
The nose Brothers in the parade nice touch with the uh the literal rope yeah in the parade this year there ccal publication and uh love that they’re followed by our friends at the Baylor Lariat the lariat newspaper official newspaper of Baylor University news for the students by the students yes and
That publication has endured so it’s really awesome that uh journalism runs th strong here uh on Baylor campus and that uh the students do work so hard on that newspaper thank you for being here today Baylor Lariat Well Done by Lariat and interesting how they have uh morphed
With media through the years now doing more broadcast radio television uh in addition to the printed Edition so really fun to see what they’re learning at the Bor larat yeah what the future holds of course with social media platforms and where uh we will continue to consume information uh as consumers
Since someone first painted on a wall in a cave all the way up to our iPhones today yes that’s right that is right hi to our friends at Baylor libraries which lead as an Innovative research library that underg good scholarship Fosters teaching and learning and builds communities have a brand new wrapped van
And uh you know we they have so many different special collections uh within the libraries but of course Moody and Jones and they are followed by undergraduate admissions at Baylor the official tour guides of camp giving tours to prospective students transfers and others seeking to explore campus and of course they have a
Wonderful new home inside the mark and paa herd Welcome Center again drop by when you can today before the football game and that was state representative Angelia or thank you for being here today uh pronounced Angela my apologies or is currently serving her first term as state representative for house
District 13 which includes bosy Falls Freestone Hill leyon Limestone and a portion of mclenon counties where a lot of students come to Baylor from these surrounding counties and we welcome Alpha Kai Omega and fi Gamma Delta with their float Bears on film a Hollywood themed Masterpiece that encapsulates the Glamour and Allure of
The Silver Screen right here in the Heart of Texas of course Baylor now with Rich film tradition and great screenwriting and of course wonderful Productions and movies that all the way from 310 to Yuma to other Productions that have have gone full mainstream absolutely many of them just
Look up the films of John Lee Hancock yes and uh how about dererk hos what he’s done out there yeah but this one so they’ve got the Hollywood sign on the Hollywood Hill this one if we can look at it says is the Bor sign on the hill love it and the Spilled
Popcorn yeah you have to have popcorn at Dr Pepper you walked down the red carpet towards the Sweet Shop concession stand and the Red Velvet Rope they did a great job on that float that looks great Rachel Suk is the homecoming Court nominee for Alpha Kai Omega yeah there she is
Okay and we’ve also got a second one here the West Chamber of Commerce being represented by their 91st annual Miss westfest and that’s Mercy Schmidt who is joining us today that would be West comma text yes right the comma the comma I love that and that’s the way to
Do it they don’t wait till the end they name a miss westfest right at the beginning of the festivities and they get right into it on a Friday night I I love that so uh you you have your duties all weekend long as Miss westfest Jason
Carter the new Dean of robins College of Health and Human Sciences at Baylor that is another sweet ride there you go Jason welcome to Baylor now I came to us from uh Montana and I’m sure he’s going you know what this isn’t really Montana like weather right
Now 70° 99% humidity if you were wondering we’ve got a front coming through we know the temperature will be very different come Monday but Welcome to our student Aviation organization seeks to grow in our learning of the aviation Community some things we do is tour the control Tower in Waco the
Headquarters of Airlines they tour the National Weather Service headquarters in Fort Worth and Mentor students from surrounding high schools that have Aviation programs and if you’re just joining us we’re about 45 minutes into this parade of our coverage we can tell you the parade began around 8:00 it took almost
30 minutes for the parade route to reach our destination here on campus so uh things moving along nicely and if you’re watching we’re about halfway through the floats and presenters in this parade so Brooks Residential College come by and then Valor School here in Waco great great to have representatives
From Valor in the Baylor homecoming parade also the pretty blue and white colors here joining the green gold today and with a a float as well they brought everybody up what a turnout yeah they’re a preek through 12 classical Christian School with 391 students and I think all 391 are
Here with us this morning enthusiastic handing out candy along the parade route great turnout Yep it’s the sigma Kai Spirit Bell Baylor fans know that in the 7 it was a fan favorite tradition for Sigma Kai to bring the Bell onto the field at home football games ring it every time Baylor scored great part of Baylor history right there the sigma Kai Spirit bell
Boy we are scoring scoring a bunch conly yeah let’s keep it up let’s do that today ring that Bell early and often Sigma maai nominee is there as well and then the float joint project of Sigma Kai and Kai Omega the title is win in wo look at
There celebrating the success you see of Baylor basketball the four national championships got a Heisman Trophy winner Pat nef Hall there yeah that’s beautiful attention to detail is really abound on this one yeah we are in M stadium is that Stadium that’s the Coliseum but that’s what they they spin
Iconic Baylor landmarks into the finest Roman architecture we all know and love so that’s pretty spectacular yeah done well mlan Coliseum to the Roman Twist on our own patn Hall this float shows us the historic beauty of both remarkable cities and inside their mock Coliseum there yeah you can see the green and
Gold yeah I like that yes they’ve striped the stadium well done Sigma and Kai Omega their float win in Waco is the theme and we saw Sigma Kai’s homecoming Court nominee Ryan ordini just a few moments ago again the enthusiasm of our crowd very deep along here on Fifth Street on the Baylor
University campus we’re so glad that you were able to join us this morning for the 114th anniversary Baylor homecoming parade coming to you live from Fifth Street on the Baylor campus thanks to the Saad Joe Black Family Foundation and our broadc Partners kcen TV channel 6
Yeah we do think this is a very important parade love covering it every year and partnering with you guys of course and you know this parade is always so much fun and then like you said many years you’ve had to run off for an 11:00 kickoff so we’ve got the
230 game this year and a winnable football game for Baylor that would just make for you know the icing uh on top the cherry on top of the Sunday here for Baylor this weekend that would be great winnable yes tough game though iow State’s really good so uh it’s going to
Be a tough game but uh coach Janda and the Bears are ready to go I think for this game well we’ve got Mike Rogers standing along the sidelines and let’s get things over to him along the parade route while we have a slight pause in the action and find out who he’s with
Mike yeah guys I’m here with Kieran and Hannah taking in the parade just like so many other Bears today now are you guys students here at Baylor I’m an alumni she’s a student alumni and a student now from what you’ve seen so far I mean the sororities all the uh all the um
Organizations teams going by you know kind of what stood out what have been some of your favorite floats you’ve seen I love the dance teams I love seeing them perform like different routines that they’ve learned for the past couple months and it’s impressive for them to
Do it for 3.1 miles really is what about yourself mine would be the Cub Scout float because I love seeing they they’ worked really hard to make it uh make it beautiful and they’re up super early so I always cheer for them they work really
Hard what do you guys think of all the youth organizations making their way through through on this you can see all the all the little guys making their way through and never able to cheer them on oh I wouldn’t have wanted to be up that
Early when I was that age so good for them absolutely they’ve worked hard I I respect that they’re up this early yeah more power to them and still plenty of more floats to come guys we’ll send it back to [Applause] you [Applause] synex Roof Systems represented in the
Parade great partners of ours at Baylor University Baylor Athletics B for property restoration the same and how about make a wish what a great great organization that is Kai Omega has joined hands with the make A- Wish Foundation since 2002 and they make dreams come true as the Theta Kappa
Chapter they’ve rallied together raising nearly $500,000 for the philanthropy wow it’s amazing it’s a cherished commitment and one that they hold close for years to come and I was working with my producer last night and he said Chris did you know that there was a unicycle
Academy at Baylor and in my best Johnny Carson I said I did not know that there but uh yes and here is the proof I mean look at the skill on display the unicycle Academy is here they have a president Paula laesa and the vice president Jack Wheeler appropriate name
There for unicyclist and then assistant Eric Johansson I’ll having a lot of fun on campus and of course if you see someone around uh no breaks on those forward forward backward left and right but you got to be in complete control and they are in complete control this
Morning unicycle Camp uh Academy at Baylor we’ve got uh another big float making its way on H Fifth Street around Rosen bomb Fountain this one from Kappa Kappa Gamma and alpat T Omega bruisers Bay is the theme for this one that looks nice it looks like we’ve headed to Nantucket or something it
Does well it is a Charming Seaside town where the the fish are good but the Bears are better well behaved Bears yes locals and tourist alike there you go gather at Indie and Bell’s bait shop to swap stories pick up bait before heading out in the sparkling Blue Waters
Great float from Kappa Kappa Gamma and Alpha T Omega that is a great float they’ve simulated a boat on there and uh for sale sign that you can make the property yours that is really neat and I love that the boat is a tribute to Baylor’s previous mascots the late dear
Judge joy and our our retired mascot lady oh that’s nice that is nice I think I saw the year on the boat 1845 is that the year Baylor was yes right commissioned or created yes chartered chartered thank you thank you Alpha fi Omega National co-ed service fraternity that engages Baylor
Students with the wo community Through service leadership and fellowship Liz Blanchard is a senior anthrop anthropology major representing Alpha Omega Liz is the president of the fraternity and is graduating in December after her graduation she plans to travel and go get her Masters in archaeology okay nice
Bit of a gap there as we wait the uh next entry into Baylor homecoming 2023 just a little reminder while we have a LOL here if you are have to get out on the go this morning and you need to be on the Run just uh take us with
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Weren’t uh we as children we were the remotes back in the the olden days but uh we’ve got the flow catching back up with us again believe this is Juliana Lewis Pi beta five chapter president homecoming Court nominee okay right let’s head back down to the parade route with Mike Rogers Mike
All right well all right we’ll get back to you Mike in just a few minutes but our parade catching back up with us again okay now we’ve got Mike Mike back to you yeah guys we’re here with Kelly sitting ringside here for the parade right now now Kelly what has been your
Favorite float so far um I would say so far my favorite float would have to be Sigma Kai’s float they did a really good job with their theme so yeah aot the FES you and some bringing out the creativity for some of these now what are you looking forward to most about this
Homecoming weekend um honestly just kind of hanging out with my friends um it’s really popular that we do the bonfire and everything and so yeah obvious it’s just overall just a lot of fun so is a bonfire like a Baylor tradition for homecoming yeah we do it every year um
Just a bunch of students gather around and they just kind of have a big event for Baylor and they just light the fire and then like all the sports and Athletics perform and everything so yeah it’s just a really fun time and finally you know the atmosphere everyone really
In a good mood today everyone got their Baylor Pride out today you know how’s it feel be it’s actually a lot of fun being here at Baylor we actually got up at like 6:00 in the morning to like get our seats and like see all the floats and
Everything so yeah I would say Spirits here are high and I think you can see it here with the atmosphere as well so great well thank you so much an early day for a lot of people here guys but the parade just getting underway and there’s still a lot more to enjoy
Guys Mike thank you very much uh if you heard that let’s go Baylor uh as they went by uh we had the Waco Southern Panthers cheer squad and they were just cheering up a storm for for uh Baylor University today we also saw the Baylor
Union board and uh we saw that uh that great uh Dr Pepper float balloon that went BYU as well and Juliana Lewis with f beta chapter president uh is the home was a homecoming Court nominee as well so we’re catching back up now as we see uh more cheerleaders and uh looks like
Another big float headed our way here about to make the turn toward the fountain well that’s Eagle Christian Academy represented in the Baylor homecoming parade we appreciate uh Eagle Christian Academy a private Christian School here in Waco their vision is to raise the next generation of leaders
Rooted in their identity in Christ to impact the world is it fun M shows how this is a a Bor event yes but it’s a Waco event also absolutely remember the parade starts in downtown Waco as it has traditionally way back when in 1909 it kicked off at 11th and Washington so
This morning fourth in Austin on the way to campus this morning they are followed by our friends with best buddies yes best buddies is a club here at B that establishes friendships with people in the Waco Community who have intellectual and developmental disabilities they are paired with biddy
And Bose Coffee coffee shop that has a goal of radical inclusivity and uh Acceptance in the workplace for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities we got another big uh homecoming float with us from Tri Delta and Delta do Delta Dreamland is the theme they’re living in a Delta Dreamland a
Bed that anyone would dream of sleeping on is stacked high with five mattresses I love it each a different color and design yeah a dragon that only you could dream of pulls a carriage and three sheep are just waiting for you to count them and have sweet dreams what a great
Float entry by Tri Delta and Delta Delta all right collaboration there’s our district attorney waving riding along with that float as well okay and Aloha to our Baylor Hawaii Club an organization focused on fostering a home away from home for Baylor students from Hawaii as well as celebrating and sharing Hawaiian
Culture and the Aloha spirit with the Baylor Community yes Laura you can relate to that can’t you yeah spent some time on the island sure did fun brother still lives on Maui and and uh love the opportunity to go back back and we’ve got a wonderful community of Baylor students from Hawaii how about the urban dance Society we’ve got a hipop dance organization at Baylor University that promotes community and inclusion no matter your skill level experience or lack thereof in my case you’re all welcome to come dance so have a good time and strike a pose today got another school organization with us
Today the Vanguard College Preparatory School celebrating its 50th year in education just added sixth grade from what I understand they are growing cheerleaders looking great today again that uh color of scheme of blue and white all invited to the green and gold parade today well you definitely stand out that is for sure
But again that’s what’s fun about this parade is as John was saying earlier it’s not just all about uh Baylor University uh Baylor welcomes our our community uh Waco is our neighbor and Baylor is a neighbor to Waco and we are great partners and we love to have all
The community members the schools and organizations in the Baylor homecoming parade today as you mentioned Lori many times that uh it’s not just on campus parade it starts off campus and travels this way so it really involves all of downtown the whole Community campus Realtors is a property
Management company located on 8th Street next door to Common Grounds Heritage crey you know what I’m talking about off campus housing in the Baylor bubble we appreciate campus Realtors got Asian Ministry inter Varsity with us an oncampus Ministry that desires to see asian-americans transformed as they explore what it means to follow Jesus
Together well another semi means another large float headed this way we’ve you said 13 of them today right we’ve seen about seven or eight of them and this uh this looks like another impressive Masterpiece oh wow look at this it’s sailor Bears summer home apparently all right Alpha and beta
Upsilon Kai it’s the Sailor bear summer home absolutely uh beta Upsilon Kai invites you to go along with the journey to sailor bear summer home inspired by Baylor’s retro sailor bear logo this float takes a look into the home away from Baylor where sailor Bear spends
Most days setting sail in the brazes sea illuminated by Pat nef inspired Lighthouse he often finds lots of Hidden Treasures like Dr Pepper barrels and football game highlights stowed away in a bottle yes if only we could dream that is nice man I’ll take some Dr Pepper
Barrels yeah exactly is that a good vintage yes yes so they are a uh saor bear then ends his days relaxing in his very own all Britain house which with his friendly neighbors of course president of Baylor Linda Livingstone and first jent Brad Livingstone who served dinner to the
Baylor campus the other night one night this week what about that believe wed Wednesday night I believe had dinner with the living stones again the the weather held for them and thousands of Baylor students on the front lawn of the livingstones home at Albritton house and
Uh all the food trucks uh the favorite food trucks from throughout Waco and and the local area serving free food to Baylor students that’s amazing this is student government carrying the bu balloon that is great welcome to student government and we appreciate them and their contributions to life on the Baylor campus
And good morning to more of our Student Government [Applause] Representatives I have a viewer question sent in wanting to know Lori we may or may not know the answer to this but where are these huge floats built when you think about the size of these and
The height there’s got to be some kind of Warehouse or open space where these can be put together yeah there are a lot of spaces all around the city of Waco most of them are pretty secret okay but uh but yes they’ve got to be in a place
Where they can uh where they can work where they can work safely where they can protect their uh their float that they’re constructing but that’s a great question um but the the best thing about them is you can see all the floats on Spade Avenue in front of Waco Hall
That’s where they will be where you can come by and take a look at them and see them up close because they’re pretty spectacular yeah then that’s neat you see them all at once and you can go by and kind of pick your favorite and look
At the attention to detail and we did just a few minutes ago we had Waco city council members with us this morning and I saw with a a great arm just slinging C uh candy to the crowd and that was our Waco mayor Dylan Meek with us this morning proud Baylor grad Dylan
Meek this Baylor student or Baptist student memory uh Ministries Baptist student Ministries is multiple different Ministries on the Baylor and BSM campus within the buo community and I think they are in football game mode already with their sick and bears they’re quite excited and ready I like the the uh the bubbles this
Morning couple more homecoming Court nominees come by all right there’s Judge Thomas West I was wondering when we were going to see him with the 19th District Court I had the pleasure of being called to his court uh this summer spent a day with him before being finally excused but it
Was good to see uh the judge yes you had us a little worried there Chris no call to court in the working fashion yes that’s right jury duty that’s right nice of saying that my wife was called last Monday she was very lucky home by 9:30 wow wow they said too
Many people here were sending half of you home and she was on that group so when she walked through the door I said whoa that was a fast case wo Park Rangers we appreciate them and the way they Patrol the brazes glad to report we uh got over a
Foot up on our Lake now Lake Waco just because of the rains the other night we’ll see if it holds of course but uh want plenty of rain but we don’t want it all at once cuz that leads to that flooding but that’s where these guys come in that’s right very important job
Especially when you have sailgating on the brazis river outside of mlan Stadium yes a fall Tradition now are these some [Laughter] Pirates it’s the Kappa Alpha or their theme is Marty Gro Marty gr themed float okay hello to capap Alpha that makes sense now with the purple and gold
Yeah who’s got the king cake who’s got it well they’re not a secret society but they are the Society of Automotive Engineers that’s right they spend over a year designing building bu and racing roads off of Baja Vehicles so let’s head along the Parade route and learn a
Little bit more from Mike Rogers who’s standing by the fourth member of our broadcast team Mike okay give us a few seconds this one oh oh my God been I’m Emily all right guys we are here at the parade now what are you guys names I’m heaven I’m Emily
Heaven and Emily now so far you know what has sh out about the parade what have you enjoyed so far I love seeing the floats from the sororities and fraternities I think they’re just so interesting and like I love how much work they put in and how all your work
Pays off and they’re just so like cool to see everybody’s ideas come to life I love how creative people can be I’ve s I’ve seen so many different themes I just like work together and it’s so beautiful I love it now uh are there any student organizations that you guys are
A part of that you know have been out here being represented today yes I’m a part of alpha Kai Omega soror I’ve seen their uh flow come through yeah I’m just here just here to have a good time but you know see Senior sisters out there
Going through the float I kind of little such of Pride out there when you see them yes I have um I’m very proud we worked really hard on that float love seeing it out there and see all work pay off your hard work paying off especially hard work pay off exactly now um
Anything else that you guys are looking forward to um throughout the weekend especially the game coming up yeah especially the football game hopefully we win so I’m really looking forward to that but I love seeing all the alumni come it’s so cool how you know they’ve
Been here for so long and this is my second year here and it’s cool seeing how many people’s like different Journeys all come back to Baylor and all just gets tied up yeah alumni um all the family come back and all of the um like everybody come together back again um
I’m excited for the game definitely excited um hope to see them win well appreciate it guys thank you guys so much Baylor Bears of past present and future here at the homecoming parade taking it all in certainly enjoy enjoying every minute guys all right thank you so much Mike by
The way our viewer who sent in the viewer question says thanks oh you answered that well about where these are built and uh stored and made and uh just don’t go thinking they’re going to sneak around and find out you know who has the best float ahead of time because you got
To watch the parade to find out our Harmony Science Academy come by cheerleaders and the tiger caral we have Baylor wake uh the wakeboarding Club wakeboarding team on Baylor’s campus wait a minute there’s a hobby I’ve never taken up the only way I could do that is if
I’m in a swimming pool in an anti-gravity situation but Baylor gymnastics a club sport part of the Texas gymnastics conference well that’s one thing they’ve got figured out here at Baylor they are so good and competitive with the tumbling and the gymnastics it is very impressive right in front of them the
Blake at Waco a senior living community and many of their residents there are Baylor alumni and retired professors my mother-in-law lives there as well aome good morning V fogelman [Applause] yay another homecoming Court nominee rolling by here on Fifth Street right by the Rosen bomb fountain PR has moved along in a very
Nice clip this morning right he yes we haven’t seen any problems we’ve got another big float coming down the road here but we’re getting toward the end of uh the floats as we’re looking through our packets here and our time allotted on kcen and we have a few minutes still
To share with you so we’ll check out these final remaining floats we’ve got T Kappa Epsilon the uh teak Speedway this morning rising majestically above the pristine asphalt track is the grand stand echoing with the Roars of many fans their impassion cheers painting the air with an invisible yet palpable energy so the
Track itself a testament to the unyielding Spirit of competition you see Legendary Racers telling Tales of incredible speed skill and audacity this morning so thanks to the teak [Applause] Speedway mayborn museum is a part of our parade at the bubbles there from the mayborn museum yeah we are members what
A what a wonderful facility what a blessing right there on University parkks [Applause] Drive more of the mayborn museum complex yeah we see a little uh uh Santa Claus and and Christmas holiday action from the museum but that’s the reason why they’re spreading holiday cheer right
Now they want to let everyone know about their Christmas lights in the village program coming up in December at the Museum you can experience an immersive nighttime walk through the historic village featuring thousands of Lights Santa Claus a petting zoo audio tours and a lot more it’s a great
Familyfriendly holiday tradition in the historic village at the mayborn Museum complex coming up in December excellent yeah see some Christmas lights there on the remaining tail end of their portion of the parade got some more Court nominees riding through either on a convertible or up on the top of a
Jeep got the latinx association for science and health coming by serving to mold successful students to go out into the professional health field and impact their Community Based on the resources provided to them through this [Applause] organization nice energy from Latin X Association for science and health
As we continue to look through our booklet of parade route Travelers uh looks like some people overslept today we’ve missed a few that didn’t make their call for the parade route but we hope everybody’s at the football game today and is ready for an exciting day
Hope the weather holds and it’s going to be a beautiful day for Baylor and cap this wonderful homecoming weekend with a big win would be huge yeah it it certainly would it would make for a very happy Baylor homecoming and we’re at that fun time where you two are the hardest working in
Show Business where you’re overlapping between football and basketball seasons and you know it is as we slide in and we’re changing our clocks I guess next weekend even though we thought maybe Congress would stop that we’re going to go off of daylight savings time and back to Standard Time thank you for that
Reminder next week public service announcement from Chris R want everybody to church on time well that’s that’s true it’s very important we’ve got our Baylor ice hockey team and the ice girls Baylor hockey’s third season back on the ice you could support the Bears November 10th and 11th when they take on the
University of North Texas awesome hockey team in the ice girl followed by another homecoming Court nominee mckin Madison Grace mcnees repres Ambassador right representing the Baylor ambassadors Madison is a senior religion major nominated for homecoming Court by the ambassadors a student advocacy group focusing on higher education funding we
Appreciate our Baylor ambassadors they do so much uh they are dedicated to communicating with government officials uh of the importance of programs such as the TEEG which is the tuition Equalization Grant uh the pel Grant and also research and development and whenever we have government officials or other official
Duties our bayor ambassadors are certainly there uh to be able to help and we we appreciate them Madison Grace mcse good to see her today thanks for being here well look at that happy 40th birthday Baylor ambassadors well thank you for letting us know that so so a happy
Anniversary to Baylor ambassadors in our parade this morning yeah Milestone great group of students do so much for the University and and uh really do makees such a difference in in being able to communicate with uh with government officials and such they benefit not only the the university but the entire
Community and then students as well uh affording an education here at Baylor University got our Girl Scouts of Central Texas with us connecting more than 12,500 Youth and nearly 10,000 adult members across 46 counties Girl Scouts is a community where everyone can contribute uniquely to our mission while embracing their own leadership
Experience and making the world a better place certainly do so every year with Girl Scout cookies I can say that oh I know it we get excited just a reminder we are taking you up to the top of the hour with our coverage of this Baylor parade football kicks off at 2:30 this
Afternoon John do you even have time to grab some lunch I’ll make time all right that’s that’s a spirit there’s a veteran answer for you ladies and gentlemen and we’ll be on the air at 12:30 with the Baylor alumni tailgate show today and uh appreciate again our partnership with
Kcent TV with that every bayor home game so come on by Baylor alumni tailgate and tailgate alley is going to be hopping today sure certainly is it’s going to be a lot of fun I know a lot of people have said I’m going to wait till it cools off
Before I tailgate well this this is it Now’s the Time because we’re going to go straight from today to probably freezing cold weather so you don’t know what November holds but it’ll be a good day out at tailgate alley yeah it sure will uh and also you know you talk about the
Partnership with Channel 6 and you’ve got Nicole Sheron who is new to the tailgate show today and a a terrific co-host along with the rest of the group Derek Smith and and SE and who am I missing Seth Russell and Elliot coffee yeah great group yeah it really is
That’s a good show if you want to learn about what’s coming up in the game and you know all the Side Stories and the information it is terrific we’re very proud of Nicole she got her masters from USC and you know has been there for some
Great football and now we were lucky to get her a Channel 6 yes Dr Pepper museum is represented in the parade that is very appropriate there’s that Dr Pepper trailer got to love that a thirst aid station working on the road thirst a that’s good the doctor will make a house call
With your favorite beverage our International stud students and Scholars association with us this morning carrying the flags that represent all of the students of where they’re from here at Baylor University if we look at the the diversity on the campus from our International students we appreciate you and the the the
Wonderful contributions that you have uh given to us here at Baylor University love having our International students and Scholars with us this morning isn’t that amazing to see all the different flags of all the different countries that are represented here on the Baylor campus yeah if you go into
The uh cash and hand Cammer academic center you see the uh uh Center for Global engagement and you see all of the flags that are are hanging from the ceiling it’s a it’s a striking thing to be able to see uh Baylor of course with students from all 50 states here in the
US but also more than 100 countries represented here at Baylor yeah traveling that distance to come get your education that is really great so young life represented in the homecoming parade Young Life a lot of folks do a lot of good work there bosville High School their mission statement is to introduce adolescence to Jesus Christ and help them walk in their FA Faith so we thank them for being here today and look at those hula hoop skills not too bad we’ got the Mobius mathematics society as well the Baylor’s uh Premier undergraduate math Society they uh offer
Many resources for success in math both at and Beyond Baylor they they uh bring students from all classifications together with some really excellent faculty mentors here at Baylor University don’t they say math is an international language anguage there no matter what language you speak the ma the math is uh is is the
Fact maybe that’s why I had trouble with it but you know they it’s a great opportunity to build professional connections and you learn more about the wider world of mathematics love it well let’s get together L Lori and let’s talk math let’s do that okay again our broadcast taking you
Right up to the top of the hour here thank you for being with us today on behalf of Channel 6 and Lori fogman and John Morris it’s been a delight to bring you this broadcast today of Baylor homecoming always one of the best parades in the country and one of the
Best homecomings by far except for these folks who have to work so hard on this float today well you know it’s Baylor crew so they got to get that workout in man that that is for sure so welcome to Baylor crew this morning you know they
Have a h wonderful uh I will call it a facility their workout facility is the brazis river perfect is it Lake brazas and not only our Baylor crew team but crew teams from throughout the country come every year around spring break and uh and you’ll see the crew teams just
Going up and down and it’s a it’s certainly a sight to see and they are followed by another one of our uh our class B winner floats is that what we have here it’s what the banner said in front of the float believe it’s Alpha Delta Pi the class B award float
Winner bruisers Bakery okay well congratulations to them and that’s a sure way to win over the crowd is by bringing treats and cakes and yes just keep coming right up here to the stage yes there it is Alpha Delta pi entry into the Baylor homecoming parade 2023 and a Class B Award winner behind them St Paul’s Episcopal Church with a good group that they got out today up and early on a Saturday cute cheerleaders got their pom poms ready to go we’ve got some bayor bear gear and also blue and white that seems to be the
Uh the choice of colors today for a lot of our organizations well you know what I think it is yes we’ve got a lot of respect for the green and gold so everybody else then affiliated with Waco says okay the Baylor’s got the green and gold we’ll we’ll take the blue and the
White or the Navy and the white and it looks good yeah it does and so so glad to have everybody with us here from St Paul’s downtown Waco from the school and and uh boy there’s a lot of enthusiasm among the little cheerleaders this that’s
Great all right and I think that we may have we have another yeah we have a class C winner here this is the Catholic Student Association the new ark of the covenant it’s a reference to the Old Testament to the Virgin Mary’s integral role in Salvation history the model of
The Ark of the Covenant contains the Ten Commandments on stone tablets the Old Law and word of God by bearing and nurturing Jesus the Fulfillment of the new law Mary is foreshadowed by the Ark of the Covenant you want to learn more about the Catholic Student Association you can
Stop by the St Peter Catholic Student Center for their homecoming tailgate next up is the Baylor driving club and they participate in drag racing in case you thought that they worked at the library they do autocross and track days as well all while being members that uh love to Filly bu fully build
Race cars so so check them out they Foster Community for all car and Motorsport enthusiasts everybody is welcome with a little rev rev and a zoom zoom well that is a sweet ride they have there a Shelby Shelby Mustang you know it used to be horses
That would signal the end of a parade for obvious reasons and uh now it may be the Baylor driving club that signals the end of our entrance here here’s a few more that are coming by but I think we have reached the end of our entrance in
The Baylor homecoming parade and you see some of the Baylor folks that were lined up along the sides of Fifth Street now filling in on Fifth Street and what a great event what a great parade again this year Chris we’re so glad that you and Mike Rogers could join join us uh
For the parade today I hope you enjoyed uh the the sights and the sounds of of a Baylor homecoming parade I don’t know that you do a lot of parades uh broadcasting on the uh on Channel 6 and we’re just glad to have you have uh join
Us today thank you it’s been a pleasure a lot of fun and uh you know I feel adopted by Baylor this is my 22nd football season now you know you start like like rings on a tree you start to count those so this is the 22nd football season of High School athletics with
Baylor Athletics so I joined you guys here in 2002 we’ve always had a partnership and kind of working together so to be able to do a Baylor homecoming parade is uh something off my bucket list it’s been a lot of fun and the floats were just great the weather was
Great today and I’m telling you I feel it in the air we need a great win today for Baylor football that’d be something yeah amen that hey John can you call that for us will that be okay I will do my part how about that that’ll be fun so remember the
Baylor alumni tailgate show will be on the air at 12:30 on kcen and that’ll be from uh adjacent to the Baylor Alumni network tent so that’s a great uh Gathering Spot over there in touchdown alley come over visit with us or or they’ve got free food there at the
Baylor Alumni network tent so go by there visit there just mention uh tell Paul Thorp and uh Doug F we sent you by but that’s at 12:30 and then it’s a 2:30 kickoff and the timing of this today works out really well doesn’t it I mean we mentioned several times how rushed it
Is and how early we have to start when it’s an 11: a.m. uh kickoff this works out just fine today yeah as as everybody leaves the parade route here and and walks through the Baylor campus if you’re heading to your tailgate uh heading over to the stadium remember to
Stop by the mark and paa herd Welcome Center because homecoming at the herd continues uh there’s a uh there’s a lot of great things uh to do there right now a lot of photo ops there’s a 360 camera um you can look at all of the uh the
Different areas within there uh like the the four columns and experience those columns and the the cool technology inside but also uh we have all of the the uh the championship trophies are there on display and you can take pictures with those the many National Championship uh trophies that Baylor uh
You know has brought home uh to Waco and to Central Texas and to the university so stop by and uh take in the new herd Welcome Center it is homecoming Central great place to stop go inside you know get something to uh you know a snack get
Some Pete’s coffee from The Varsity soda and coffee shop and and uh just enjoy homecoming before the game starts John and I remember that first national championship trophy with Matt canol and the Baylor basket the Bor tennis team and from there it has been nothing but
Going up the mountain I mean so many have been added yeah very cool and the bookstore has the new location there at the herd Welcome Center also yeah absolutely great location there the bookstore on campus or the one at the herd Tennis Center or at the herd Center
Yeah you know we have a herd Tennis Center excuse me uh named also after the late Mark herd and then the Paul the Mark and Paula herd welcome center but we hope you have enjoyed the Baylor homecoming parade today and we hope you have a wonderful rest of your day and is
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