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.
For the first time in Taylor University’s history, the school has welcomed a new Ph.D. in Leadership program, launching in the fall of 2024.
The Taylor University student population is experiencing unprecedented growth with the largest incoming class in Taylor history recorded back in fall of 2023 with 564 students and 41 transfer students.
Multimedia journalism is one of the fastest-growing majors at Taylor University, revealed in a staff meeting late last semester.
The states’ primary elections and presidential campaigns are heavily underway, gearing toward the presidential election on Nov. 5. The current frontrunners are Donald Trump from the Republican party and President Joe Biden from the Democratic party.
Taylor released a master plan this semester for future construction plans. This plan includes details regarding the residential village, welcome center and possible construction locations across campus and into Upland. Ron Sutherland, special assistant to the president, spearheaded the project. ...
Bonnie J. Odle (’44) died Nov. 7, 2023 at the age of 101.
The 2022 Right-To-Know report was released as a 30-page document detailing the security and fire safety reports of Taylor University in recent years. In the document, a chart explains numerous drug and alcohol offenses.
The student discount rate at Taylor University has seen a slight drop compared to the steady increase from past years. The discount rate of an institution can be described as money not given to the student as a scholarship, but money taken away from the full cost of tuition, resulting in a discount for students.
Taylor’s incoming class of 2023 has a high school GPA higher than the university average. According to Education Next, this is consistent with recent trends of increasing student GPAs at universities and colleges around the country.The incoming class’s high school GPA average is 3.89, comparable to that of admitted students at Ivy League schools like Princeton University who, according to Be Varsity, has an average of 3.9.
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