While most of Taylor's student body left campus in the mass exodus around spring break, roughly 40 students remain in housing, according to Scott Barrett, director of residence life.Scattered in residence halls across campus, these students — primarily international students and missionary kids ...
Taylor University will return around $3.5 million to students after room and board adjustments for the spring semester, according to Stephen Olson, vice president of business and finance.After Taylor’s decision to shut down campus for the remainder of the semester, many community members had questions ...
This story has been revised 3/21/20 regarding a past Taylor closure due to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.Taylor University has canceled on-campus classes for the remainder of the spring semester as a precaution against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Interim President Paige Cunningham and Provost ...
For eight years, the Upland Lions Club have done its best to ensure that students in need at Eastbrook South Elementary School won't go hungry through their weekend meals program.Now, the Taylor community has an opportunity to help.On March 14, the Lions will be hosting their seventh annual fish ...
Residents of Gerig Hall were temporarily left without water on Feb. 25 after a malfunction in the building’s water softener system. In an email that afternoon, Director of Residence Life Scott Barrett instructed Gerig residents to avoid using the water until the situation was resolved. “Out of ...
Over J-term, Taylor brought on three part-time counselors to serve students in the Counseling Center, Jesse Brown, dean of students, told the Echo. Currently, four part-time counselors and four counseling interns are on staff.Students — both new and returning — are welcome at the center. New students ...
Two more part-time counselors resigned from Taylor's Counseling Center this week, Jesse Brown, dean of students, told The Echo on Dec. 4.However, the two counselors will remain in the center through the end of finals week to serve students, along with the other part-time counselor and the three ...
Students seeking help through Taylor’s counseling center may face longer than normal wait times for the rest of the semester, due to high numbers of students currently admitted to the program, the vice president for student development told The Echo. Students in need of counseling services should ...
“I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.” I never imagined that at 21 years old I could so deeply commiserate with J.R.R. Tolkien’s Bilbo Baggins, but I do truly feel tired. Between classes, work, residence hall events, small groups, clubs, campus events and ...
Over 500 Taylor community members packed the lower level of Rediger Chapel on Oct. 16 for a night of solidarity. Now in its eigh8th year, Stand Up for Your Sibling has long been a way for community members to come together and see the challenges others face by sharing their struggles through an anonymous ...
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