By Brecken Mumford | Contributor
At the December 2015 Taylor faculty meeting, faculty voted to extend Fall Break 2016 to include Monday.
Lorne Mook, associate professor of English and the then chair of the academic policy committee, shared the reasoning behind the addition.
"Two concerns motivated the expansion of the break: the fact that fall semesters tended to have more class days than spring semesters and the feeling that students and faculty alike would benefit from a little more time halfway through fall semester to rest and recharge," Mook said.
This extra day may provide students who live far from Taylor the opportunity to visit home--or even meet halfway.
Most students, including sophomore Carly Seitz, seem excited about this change.
"It'll be exciting to have an extra day to rest and catch up with family and friends back home," Seitz said.
