By Marian Douglas | Echo When Marylou Habecker received an email from Taylor University announcing the recipient of an honorary degree, she had no idea that she was the one Taylor planned to honor. "I saw the subject and thought, 'How nice of you to let me know who is getting a degree,'" she said. ...
By Marian Douglas | Echo This semester only has 15 days left, and as students prepare for the summer, some plan to stay in Upland. According to Housing Director Lori Slater, 72 students will be living in Campbell throughout the summer. There will also be students living nearby, working on internships ...
By Marian Douglas | Echo A new logo has arrived on Upland's Main Street. Emblazoned on the building that separates Ivanhoe's and Dollarsmart, this sign heralds the coming of Upland's third coffee shop: Joe on the Go. This coffee shop will open its doors on May 8 for a soft opening. According to Scott ...
By Marian Douglas | Echo The Upland Lions Club-the name can be seen on flyers advertising pancake breakfasts on campus bulletin boards or across the front of cotton candy concession stands, like the one spotted at this year's Airband. Students can barely go a month in Upland without stumbling across ...
By Marian Douglas | Echo The town of Upland is changing the way it handles town management. "We kept the job title (of Town Manager) but changed the job description," Vice President of Upland's town council Chip Jaggers said. The role of Town Manager is explained in chapter five of Indiana's Code of ...
By Marian Douglas | Echo The Upland office of Star Financial Bank will be closing its doors for the final time on June 9th. This upcoming closing will affect many Taylor students. STAR Financial's branch on Upland's Main Street, along with its ATM in the Hodson Dining Commons, has made STAR a convenient ...
by Marian Douglas | Echo With fewer than three months left in the school year, Taylor University seniors are making plans for the future. The Calling and Career Office recommends that seniors begin searching for a job during the fall, but even soon-to-be graduates can procrastinate. For students who ...
Marian Douglas | Echo After over a century in the same building, Upland United Methodist Church (UMC) is moving to a new location, the site of the former Pierce-Governor factory which closed in 2011. In an Echo article from last April, project director Tammara Neel said Leland E. Boren donated the factory ...
by Marian Douglas | Local News Editor On Feb. 10, The River Community Church's worship center turned into a dance floor. Balloons and paper snowflakes hung from the ceiling. Music pulsed through the room. Most importantly, the room was filled with people enjoying the night. This was all part of Night ...
By Marian Douglas |Echo Five Grant County residents were arrested in connection to a methamphetamine lab discovered in a downtown Upland apartment. Grant County's Joint Effort Against Narcotics (J.E.A.N.) Team had been investigating a ring of methamphetamine distributors in Upland. Multiple agencies ...
Former first lady and ’68 Taylor alumnus Marylou Habecker visited Taylor campus last Wednesday, and she will be back on campus again for Commencement.
During her visit, Habecker shared what she called her refrigerator verse with senior Jessica Wise to help ease Wise’s nerves about her post-graduation plans: “But these things I plan won’t happen right away . . . Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day!” (Habakkuk 2:3, TLB)
(L to R) Richard Wright, Susan Boyle, and Cindy Wright stuff bags of cotton candy at Airband 2017 for the Upland Lions Club
Soon Upland Town Hall will have a new Town Manager, the first to fill this job in more than two years.
Forty Indiana-based businesses set up stalls at last year’s Experience Indiana job fair, many of whom will return for this year’s event.
The CCO reported one in three Taylor grads from 2014 remained in Indiana for at least nine months after graduation. This number has held steady for the past two years.
Pastor Rob Neel stands in front of Pierce-Governor’s safe room, UMC's future prayer room.
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