By Cassidy Grom | Contributor When everyone left Taylor last May, I stuck around. On the recommendations of locals, I went on several (cheap) mini-adventures around the county. Here are my top five activities that will make you feel like a Grant County local. Kammy's Kafe Minutes from Taylor: 17 Address: ...
I wholeheartedly agreed with most of Professor Richard Smith's article, which outlined a game plan to give theological grounding to our chapel program and education - except one thing. He suggested that chapel services should no longer be broadcast and stored online in order to focus "on the spiritual ...
By Cassidy Grom | Echo Taylor University awarded Os Guinness, a Christian author and social critic, an honorary doctorate on Wednesday, March 29. After he spoke in chapel, Guinness participated in a Q&A in Cornwall Auditorium. Below, are some of the audience members' questions and Guinness' answers. ...
By Cassidy Grom | Echo Taylor University will award Os Guinness, a Christian author and social critic, an honorary doctorate on Wednesday. During chapel, Guinness will address the Taylor community following a short ceremony. Guinness, who is a direct descendent from the Dublin brewer, Arthur Guinness, ...
By Cassidy Grom | Echo Yesterday, junior Hannah Johnson went downstairs around 3 p.m. to retrieve her clothes from the laundry room in English Hall. To her surprise, she was greeted by about an inch of standing water. A housekeeper, who wished not to be quoted by The Echo, pushed the water into a drain ...
By Cassidy Grom | Echo Patricio (Pato) Borja, 21, lives less than 100 yards from his dream. On school days, Pato pulls out of his driveway and sees Taylor University, the place he once called home-and keeps driving. Through a series of unlikely circumstances, Pato attended Taylor, his dream school, ...
By Cassidy Grom | Echo On a mid-November day in Upland it was 30 degrees Fahrenheit. That was enough for students to dust off winter jackets and start eyeing their wool socks. But freshman Madisyn Williams briskly walked to the cafeteria, her pale pink dress swishing near her bare knees. "It's kinda ...
By Cassidy Grom | Echo The Echo recently discovered that the annual operating certificates on four campus elevators were expired. No certificate was posted in the elevator in the Euler Atrium. An annual operating certificate proves that a elevator contractor has checked the elevator and ensured it is ...
The funeral service for Cindy McWhirt, Creative Dining Services employee, will be at 10 a.m. on November 10 at Taylor University's Rediger Chapel, according to a post on Jones-Smith funeral home's website. Jim Garringer, media relations director at Taylor, said the cause of death appears to have been ...
At 4:05 p.m. today, Vice President for Student Development Skip Trudeau announced to the Taylor community that Cindy McWhirt was found dead. McWhirt was a member of Taylor's dining staff. She often worked at the top of the DC, greeting students and scanning their ID cards as they went to meals. According ...
Guinness said he earned a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University and received four honorary degrees from other universities. (Photograph used with permission from IVP Books.)
Schwartz advocates for her students and helps them complete major requirements.
Leland Boren speaks about his wife's loving character. Photo by: Mindy Wildman
Renovations include painting, updating the bathroom, replacing the furniture and installing new carpet
Community member Patricia Riddle said Bell was sweet-mannered, popular and always polite.
Leland E. Boren, chief operating officer for the Pierce-Governor factory donated the building to the Upland United Methodist Church. The church hopes to move its services to the new space soon.
Taylor students compete remotely in a computer hacking competition.
IWU’s accelerated nursing program is geared toward students who have already completed their undergraduate work
Students in cut majors are having little difficulty registering for classes. Illustration by Matt Morse.
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