There seems to be a notion that one must choose between a career that capitalizes on their skill and experience or fulfills their passion. This is not Gregory MaGee’s reality.
Just as we embrace the slowness that winter brings each year, there are times in our lives where the right answer is found in rest. Hank Voss, assistant professor of Christian ministries, is celebrating eight years at Taylor University by taking a sabbatical.
The secret sauce behind Taylor University’s vibrant intramural sport culture? It’s not just contingent on player involvement.
Being part of a community as tightly-knit as Taylor University’s often brings together a network of people that have a lot in common with each other. Yet, even on a campus where people can have so many similarities, there is much diversity to be celebrated. Birrama Creative is a Taylor group with a vision to do just that.
There seems to be one question that believers and nonbelievers alike wrestle with throughout their walks of faith: what purpose does suffering serve? May Young, department chair and associate professor of biblical studies, has spent years exploring the answer.
You’ve likely heard whisperings — if not shouts — about it. The “town and gown” phenomenon often puts academic institutions up against their neighboring communities in a struggle to navigate such a delicate relationship. As a university with a gospel-centered mission, Taylor University’s leadership must decide how best to leverage their connection with and position in Upland and Grant County. This is where the local church comes in.
Last spring, incoming senior fraternal twins Danielle and Alethea Pritchard, left Taylor’s campus to embark on a trip of a lifetime — or in this case, the trips of two lifetimes.
Ron Sutherland, special assistant to the president, is officially ending his three-decade career at Taylor. After his retirement last year, the president asked him to stay another year to see through some of the construction projects he was instrumental in starting.
We don’t often dare to imagine that we’d end up working in the same place where we went to school — or even that our mentors could be our employers. For Philip Byers, this became a reality this year as he stepped into the role of Halbrook Chair of Civic Engagement Elect, positioned under his long-time teacher, mentor and friend, Tom Jones.
Involvement in intramural, club and just-for-fun sports plays a large role in making life at Taylor “life to the full.” Tennis Club is no exception.
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