Office of Engaged Learning
The Office of Engaged Learning is the central hub of programs in which faculty and staff help students maximize their undergraduate experience through learning beyond the classroom, linking transformational education to opportunities for application.
Facilitating dynamic opportunities for undergraduates in all disciplines to pursue faculty-guided research, equipping them to make new discoveries while strengthening critical, analytical, and writing abilities.
Enriching the intellectual, social, and moral lives of undergraduates by pairing academic learning with service to the community and pursuit of the public good.
Empowering students to discover and attain the life-altering opportunities beyond Baylor that equip them for global leadership in their chosen field.
Helping students gain professional experience that aligns with their academic pursuits, especially in research and public service.
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Read More NewsSummer of Discovery Poster Symposium 2026
More than 50 Baylor University undergraduate students presented research and internship projects at the 2026 Summer of Discovery Undergraduate Fellows Research Symposium, highlighting a summer of discovery, innovation, and community engagement through the Office of Engaged Learning's Summer Fellows Program.
This summer Turner McGuire participated in the Engaged Learning and Research in Argentine Healthcare program, part of the Baylor in Argentina Study Abroad, which was supported by the English Department, Honors College, and Center for Global Engagement and led by faculty director, Dr. Melisa Dracos, Associate Professor Linguistics.
Lochlan Walsh, a junior University Scholars major, spent the summer interning with the City of Waco's Department of Housing and Community Development.
Liam Liu, senior Biochemistry major and undergraduate research in the Solouki Lab, spent the summer as a B-TRUE Fellow studying the conformational changes that occurred to a small peptide under varying conditions. This important research may lead to multiple use drugs.
Scholar Profiles
B.S.Ed. ’22, secondary social studies; Waco (Germany)
B.A. ’18, language and linguistics; Waco (Colombia)
B.A. ’22, University Scholar; Woodway, Texas (Bulgaria)
.Mus. ’22, applied music, German; Belton, Texas (Germany)
B.A. ’22, philosophy, psychology; Dublin, California (Bulgaria)
B.A. ’22, religion; Honolulu (Timor-Leste)
B.A. ’22, University Scholar; The Woodlands, Texas (Taiwan)
B.A. ’20, M.A. ’22, Spanish; Conroe, Texas (Brazil)
B.B.A. ’22, Baylor Business Fellow; Pasadena, Texas (Montenegro)
M.A. ’22, Spanish; Plano, Texas (Brazil)
B.A. ’22, University Scholar; The Woodlands, Texas (Ukraine)
B.A. ’22, University Scholar, Russian, professional writing and rhetoric; Kandern, Germany (Azerbaijan)
B.S. ’22, statistics, sociology; Phoenix (Denmark)
M.A. ’19, psychology doctoral candidate; Phoenix (United Kingdom)
B.S. ’22, chemistry; Milton, Georgia; pursue Master of Science in chemistry at the University of Cambridge
Senior, biology; Fremont, California; pursue M.D./Ph.D. in stem cell biology
Senior, international studies, professional writing and rhetoric; Shreveport, Louisiana; pursue a joint Juris Doctor and Master of
Public Policy
B.S. ’22, biology; Sunnyvale, Texas; Swahili (Tanzania)
Senior, University Scholar; The Woodlands, Texas; Arabic (Oman, virtual program)
Senior, philosophy and international studies; Katy, Texas; Mandarin (Taiwan)
Junior, University Scholar; language and linguistics; League City, Texas; Japanese (Japan)