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Jameson Chesser leaves the gridiron a champion

By Caleb Joshua Heffron · Wednesday, May 21, 2025

‘Champion’ is a word sports fans associate with trophies, cups and accolades. For senior running back Jameson Chesser, the word ‘champion’ is an identity or an image to be reflected.

Mechanical Engineering degree receives accreditation

By Julie Potter · Monday, Dec. 8, 2025

Taylor University’s bachelor of science in mechanical engineering has received accreditation.

TU Theatre keeps the show going

By Sadie Maples · Monday, Dec. 8, 2025

During Shrek the Musical’s Nov. 14 performance, one of the wall arches protruding from both sides of the stage fell off its track mid-performance.

Eric Richards implements new tankless water heaters

By Sadie Maples · Monday, Dec. 8, 2025

Taylor is saving energy, money and time by slowly replacing their traditional water heating system with a new innovation: tankless water heaters.

Helping Hands ministry displays servant’s heart

Monday, Dec. 8, 2025

Helping Hands continues to live up to its name this holiday season.

The Main Street Mile Initiative invites students into work

By Caleb Harder · Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025

The Main Street Mile Initiative’s Community Coordinator Program is hiring a graphic designer. The position includes creating professional and informative graphics for social media platforms that spread awareness of the Main Street Mile Initiative’s programs.

Financial Aid office offers Global Trip Grant

By Karlee Johnson · Monday, Nov. 17, 2025

This is the first year the Financial Aid office is offering the Global Trip Grant, a scholarship for students with high financial need who are pursuing an overseas practicum or internship.

WWI exhibit coming

By Sadie Maples · Monday, Nov. 17, 2025

At 4 a.m. on Nov. 3, an Upland home caught fire.

Taylor introduces plans for new residence hall

By Sadie Maples · Monday, Nov. 17, 2025

Taylor University plans to build a new dorm by Fall 2027, Julia Hurlow, dean of campus life, said. It will be built where the Ferdinand Freimuth Administration Building currently stands.

Whitney O'Brien comes to campus

By Caleb Harder · Friday, Nov. 14, 2025

Recruiter Whitney O’Brien stopped at Taylor to speak about the possibilities of Taylor students interning at Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian aid organization. O’Brien works at Samaritan’s Purse’s Campus Relations team, travelling to different universities and telling of the work the organization does.

Upland bridge construction continues

By Jane' Aubry Page · Monday, Nov. 10, 2025

Construction on the Upland bridge has progressed with pouring concrete, forming the deck and the reinforced approaches on Oct. 31.

Residence life team speaks on housing

By Kenna Hartian · Monday, Nov. 10, 2025

Taylor’s residence life program is one of the school’s characteristic features, Julia Hurlow, dean of campus life, said. The close-knit community is reminiscent of the early church.

Project leaders provide construction update

By Julie Potter · Monday, Nov. 10, 2025

Construction outside of the Larita Boren Campus Center continues with a projected completion date of June 2027. The goal is to create an expanded space for campus use.

Historian lectures on Founding Father’s Faith

By Caleb Harder · Monday, Nov. 3, 2025

Thomas Kidd, research professor of church history at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, spoke on the faith of Thomas Jefferson and his complex relationship to Scripture on Oct. 23 for Taylor’s Halbrook Lecture in the Recital Hall.

Exit Church hosts Fall Fest in new building

By Karlee Johnson · Monday, Nov. 3, 2025

Long tables lined with vegetable trays, pasta salad, pulled pork and chili. Another table filled with mountains of cookies and apple pie cupcakes. Little kids weaving through grown-ups’ legs. The sound of fiddles and banjos filling the large room. People laughing on the dance floor, boasting their best fall flannels.