The Echo met with Will Hagen, vice president for strategy and chief of staff, to communicate student feedback regarding the Master Plan.
The Kinesiology department at Taylor University has introduced a new course: Canoeing and the Art of Slowing, KIN 270.
A new ordinance doubling water rates in Upland will officially take effect in May’s bill for April’s water usage.
The Taylor Kinesiology department and Washington University (WashU) in St. Louis are currently articulating an arrangement to save two spots for Taylor students in each incoming class.
Andrea Masvero (’96) will be the executive director of 1846 Enterprises, where she will oversee the development and establishment of campus construction projects and the Main Street Mile Initiative.
The new master of arts in leadership program will continue the University’s efforts to expand its graduate opportunities, enrolling its first students in fall 2024.
Taylor University will confer five honorary doctorates this spring to individuals the administration has observed as faithful representatives of Christ in their respective fields.
The new master of arts in leadership program will continue the University’s efforts to expand its graduate opportunities, enrolling its first students in fall 2024.
Nine Taylor students traveled to Rome, Georgia, for a Winshape Foundation retreat, led by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE). This retreat took place from Thursday, April 4, to Sunday, April 7, and emphasized the importance of servant-leadership in the lives of believers.
Alongside TUGather, the annual Taylor traditions, Grandparents Day, is set to take place April 26 with the intention of bringing generations together, according to a brochure sent out to Taylor families. Grandparents will have the opportunity to visit campus and see their grandchildren in Upland.
Vandals have struck the halls of the Rupp Communication Arts building.During the night of March 29, one or multiple people entered the building, pulled a fire extinguisher from the wall and sprayed its contents through various sections of Rupp and parts of the Smith-Hermanson Music building.
At 3:08 p.m., the town of Upland went dark. Three minutes later, daylight returned.
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The Echo staff from Taylor University traveled to Indiana University in Bloomington for the annual ICPA Awards on Saturday, April 6. The Echo staff members won a total of four individual awards.
Smoke spread into Modelle Metcalf Visual Arts Center (Metcalf) on Thursday morning, triggering the fire alarms around 10:15 a.m. Students and faculty evacuated the building and waited for the fire department to check the vicinity.
The Halbrook Conversation took place at Ayres Hall on March 19, preceding upcoming presidential elections. Tom Jones, Halbrook Distinguished Chair of civic history and professor of history emeritus, presented the information.
People will no longer have to travel to Indianapolis or Fort Wayne for live entertainment — music is coming to Grant County at the Gas City Music Center this summer.
“Welcome to Upland” — the words that travelers and members of the Upland community will regularly pass by as a part of the downtown’s new, developing mural. The design will be located on the south-facing wall of Witters Bullpen. The mural is set to be revealed on May 3, accompanied by a celebration from 5 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at NearSpace Park — all are welcome to join in the festivities.
Students are turning into stars with Taylor University's new songwriting competition.
After a four-month search starting at the end of September last year, Matthew Renfrow has been hired as Dean of the School of Natural and Applied Sciences. Renfrow’s predecessor, Grace Miller, had stepped away from Taylor in August to pursue a new opportunity at a sustainable agriculture firm called ECHO, Provost Jewerl Maxwell said.
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