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Your Baylor Story Starts Here!

The Department of New Student Programs exists to welcome new Bears into the Baylor Family. Through programs like New Student Orientation, Baylor Line Camp, Welcome Week, and Welcome Weekend, we create shared experiences that inspire new students to connect and thrive.

We enrich the student experience by:

  • Fostering a sense of belonging for all new undergraduate students
  • Providing timely information that is essential for every new student's thriving
  • Developing student leaders who:
    • Model authenticity
    • Live with intention
    • Encourage healthy friendship
    • Nurture inclusive community

As a department within the Division of Student Life, we help students:

  • Discover calling
  • Develop wholeness
  • Build community
  • Cultivate global citizenship

Connect with us

Phone: 254-710-7240

Email: nsp@baylor.edu

In person: East Village Dining Commons
                     1706 S. 3rd Street Waco, TX 76798

New Student Programs

East Village Dining Commons
1706 S. 3rd Street
Waco, TX 76798

nsp@baylor.edu
(254) 710-7240
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