Madeline Whitmore
Graduate Assistant
Student Opportunity & Achievement Resources
Maddie Whitmore serves as the Graduate Assistant for The Store, Baylor's on-campus food pantry for students. She assists in managing the daily operations of The Store and volunteers, as well as planning and supporting The Store's largest on-campus event, the Baylor Free Farmers Market, to raise awareness of basic needs resources on campus. Currently a doctoral candidate in the Higher Education Studies & Leadership program, Maddie is passionate about issues of access, equity, and basic needs support in higher education. Her dissertation work centers on college and university food pantries as spaces of activism and care. Maddie grew up outside of Denver, Colorado before moving to Waco for graduate school in 2018. She holds a B.A. in Communications from Colorado Christian University and a M.S.Ed. in Higher Education and Student Affairs from Baylor University. She and her husband Ethan are enjoying life in Waco with their corgi, Hopkins, and rescue cat, Mr. Rogers.