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The Echo: May 11, 2018, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Class Numbers – Timeline – New provost appointed for next year – Taylor mourns the loss of beloved student – Foellinger Foundation’s $2.6 million grant to fund Summer Clubhouse program – MAHE students graduate – Old student center gets new life as an art museum – A fond farewell to faculty – Thank you – Taylor’s equestrian team bonds and competes – Humans of Taylor U – Finals week encouragement from professors – Senior Share – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – History, humor and wit come to the stage – Students showcase their extensive musical skills – Silence …

The Presbyterian Enlightenment: The Confluence Of Evangelical And Enlightenment Thought In British America, Brandon S. Durbin

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

Eighteenth-Century British American Presbyterian ministers incorporated covenantal theology, ideas from the Scottish Enlightenment, and resistance theory in their sermons. The sermons of Presbyterian ministers strongly indicate the intermixing of enlightenment and evangelical ideas. Congregants heard and read these sermons, spreading these ideas to the average colonist. This combination helps explain why American Presbyterians were so apt to resist British rule during the American Revolution. Protestant covenantal theology, derived from Protestant reformers like John Calvin and John Knox, emphasized virtue and duty. This covenant affected both the people and their rulers. When rulers failed to uphold their covenant with God, the …

Touro Torah Volume 3 Issue 7, Lander College For Women

Yearbooks and Newsletters

Sivan Issue of Divrei Torah Newsletter.

Tapping The Voices Of Learners For Authentic Student Engagement, Bryan Bronn

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the problem of practice of the decline in student engagement from the perceptions of secondary school learners as they proceed throughout their educational experience. According to researchers, learners who are engaged—meaning those who are committed and connected in active relationships with teachers, other learners, the learning environment, learning interests and ideas, the curriculum, and learning goals, are more likely to enjoy and be in control of their own learning [student agency]. This study is significant because of its potential to provide new understandings of the problem of a decline in student engagement …

Christian Academics Need To Increase Their Publishing: A Study Of Cccu Teaching Faculty And Librarians, Craighton T. Hippenhammer, Garrett Trott

The Christian Librarian

This is the second of two articles that explains the results of an in-depth research study of teaching faculty and librarian scholarship within the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). The first article examined the nature and extent of that scholarship and this article examines its necessity.

Pierson, Bankston, And Lewis' "Exploring Parables In Luke: Integrated Skills For Esl/Efl Students Of Theology" (Book Review), Carl Olson

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

Boyd's "Imaginative Prayer: A Yearlong Guide For Your Child’S Spiritual Formation" (Book Review), Lindsay Van Sicklen

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

2018 Celebration Of Scholarship:, Taylor University

Celebration of Scholarship - All

Faculty and students are afforded the opportunity to develop substantial relationships centered on intellectual growth but which can readily and naturally expand to professional, personal, and spiritual mentoring - which is at the core of Taylor's Christian liberal arts education.

Presentations include: Faculty PechaKucha presentations; Student oral presentations; Poster presentations

The Echo: April 27, 2018, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Beloved professor remembered – Taylor offers hope for Humboldt – Kuzmich continues Halbrook Lectures – Taylor donors’ scholarship numbers sky rocket – Indiana’s got the bug – Seniors showcase portfolios – Correction – Baljinder Singh: From India to Indiana – Welcome Grandparents! – Spring Fashion Week – ‘Mary Poppins’ flies in with joy and magic – Artists compete using a myriad of their talents – The jazz ensemble and jazz combo present ‘Classic Jazz’ – Our View – What working for The Echo means – Building more than muscle – Letter to the Editor – Re: ‘Experiencing culture through performance’ …

The Echo: April 13, 2018, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Taylor alumna receives grant – The Echo staffers’ work recognized – Res Publica placement – Moving forward together – Bree’s Beat International News – FAFSA PSA – ‘Full Worm Moon’ rising – From the archives: Referenced recipes – Spring Break Missions Breakdown – Food Spotlight – Humans of TaylorU – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Music faculty bids farewell to Al Harrison – Taylor students continue on C.S. Lewis’ legacy – A&E Events – Why the words? The mysterious word panels revealed – Our View – Friday the 13th helps us re-examine superstitions – The complexity of objectivity …

The Echo: April 6, 2018, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

New bookstore in the works – Taylor students build satellites – Celebrating the similarities and differences – Indiana’s 200 year old law changes – Spring Break Missions – Tribalism in Jordan – Study, serve and stand firm like a sailor – Passion for pollination – Students benefit from long-distance running – Book club continues discussion beyond Women’s Week – foody fix – Sometimes, spring break leaves you broken – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Seniors celebrate their works of art – A&E Events – Making melodies for a lifetime through music – Mysteries and monsters uncovered in supernatural …

Influences Of Tenure Among Church Of God Of Prophecy Pastors, Florida District, Romeika Ferguson-Adderley

Doctor of Education (Ed.D)

The factors that influence pastoral tenure are varied and complex, especially as men and women serve congregations with growing diversities and needs. However, in the past 30 years, the research on pastoral tenure typically examined congregations that were Protestant in organizational belief and structure. Little research on pastoral tenure among Pentecostal churches could be found in the current body of literature. The purpose of this quantitative, non-experimental study was to investigate the factors that influence pastoral tenure within three regional/subcultural areas of the state of Florida for the Pentecostal denomination of the Church of God of Prophecy (COGOP). All lead …

An Examination Of Children’S Ministry Volunteer Development From Pastors And Laity In The Local Church, Kenneth Warren

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Developing children’s ministry volunteers in the local church is crucial to the sustenance of the body of Christ. Children’s ministry volunteers should be viewed as capable partners with both parents and church leaders in fulfilling the Great Commission. All volunteer ministries of the church matter, but those serving in children’s ministry have the unique opportunity to shape the lives of individuals who could serve the kingdom for a lifetime. Children’s ministry volunteer development is valuable because kingdom advancement hinges on lay ministry development as described in Ephesians 4:11–16. For this project, the researcher surveyed children’s ministry volunteers and pastors in …

The Echo: March 16, 2018, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Airband 2018

Airbands offer sneak peek – Seven facts about Airband history – Announcing masters of ceremonies – Correction – Humans of Taylor U – Show-stopping staff steal stage – Our View – Oxford comma: To be or not to be – Why have a Women’s Week? – ‘Be quick to listen, slow to speak’ – Constructing a better future – Letters-to-the-editor – From the birthplace of Christ to martyrs’ ground – All scrambled up – Airband 2018 – Sudoku – Echograms #TaylorU – Women’s basketball season closes – Weekly Preview – Baseball extends win streak to eight – Softball …

The Echo: March 9, 2018, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Excalibur dialogue continues – Excalibur board leads Q&A session – Upland makes it on TV – Cardiac Rehab in the KSAC – Bringing Relief journal to campus – Bree’s Beat International News – Girls in STEM – Hospitable home turned bed and breakfast – Creating change through community research – Hartford City: A hidden gem – Class gifts receive mixed reviews – Food Spotlight – Faith & film – Changing the atmosphere – Campus Store makes room for new apparel – Bi-Weekly Bachelor and Bachelorette – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Seniors show off their artistic skills – …

The Echo: February 23, 2018, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Final farewell to Billy Graham – Anonymous commentary – Works like a CHARM – The United States Medal Count – Anthropology lecture signals expansions – Bree’s Beat International News – Reviewing spiritual renewal – Going from clipboard to contributor – The equine therapist – Students silence the static – Fresh faces fight injustice – Food Spotlight – Yoga stretches students physically and spiritually – Nifty thrifting: A guide to clothes on a budget – Bi-Weekly Bachelor and Bachelorette – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Painting her way toward perfection – A&E Events – Tweens deal with eating disorders …

Flipped Classrooms In The Humanities: Findings From A Quasi-Experimental Study, Bryce F. Hantla

Christian Perspectives in Education

This quasi-experimental study explored the effects of flipping the classroom on perceptions of students in humanities settings. This control-matched study examined the effects of the flipped classroom on seven subscales from a satisfaction inventory. Out of 130 students, n = 62 (47.7%) completed the study. Flipped classes reported a more ideal classroom environment on Innovation and Individualization (p < .001). Additionally, flipping provides instructors more time to focus on deeper learning strategies than traditional courses.

The Echo: February 2, 2018, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

‘Power to the Polls’ draws crowds – dashi (deli)mma – Welcome, Grace Ju Miller – Excused absence – J-Term Study Abroad Trips – Father and son duo plant local church – Animal associations – Echoes from across the sea – Five little-known places you should visit in Grant County – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Laughing all the way from pirates to Penzance – ‘The Greatest Showman’ movie review – Time to take piano lessons! – Our View – State of the Union address unlikely to unify – Why we should cheer for the New England Patriots – …

Touro Torah Volume 3 Issue 5, Lander College For Women

Yearbooks and Newsletters

Adar אדר תשע“ח Issue of Divrei Torah Newsletter.

Taylor University Catalog 2018-2019, Taylor University

Undergraduate Catalogs

The 2018-2019 academic catalog of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Inquiry, Identity, And Integrity In A Biblical Studies Methods Course, Philip Teeuwsen, Abigail Deelstra, Jonathan Van Santen, David Grills

International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal

In this study, a university professor, a high school teacher, and two teacher-candidates engage in an inquiry into the identity and integrity of the religious studies teacher. Using Charteris’s (2014) ‘epistemological shudders’ as a framework, the authors explore the experience of learning to teach Bible in Christian schools by paying attention to the ways in which their experience with the unfamiliar intersected with their taken-for-granted beliefs and perspectives. The authors believe such reflections on experience are essential in particular to teachers of the Bible in Christian schools, but also, more generally, for ongoing lifelong teacher growth. This paper offers insights …

Calvin Theological Seminary Academic Catalog 2018-2019, Calvin Theological Seminary

Seminary Academic Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Keeping A Clean Heart (Chapter 7 Of For Today: A Prayer When Life Gets Messy), Patrick Allen

Faculty Publications - College of Education

Excerpt: "When I heard that some of the kids at school received an allowance, money their parents actually gave to them for no particular reason other than to do a few chores around the house, I could hardly believe it. It seemed too good to be true. I never received an allowance, and the idea of having some spending money of any kind was usually out of the question. Once in a while, my mother would give my brothers and me a quarter each to go to the municipal swimming pool if we hoed five rows of corn in the …

The Echo: December 1, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Tree lighting set for Sunday – Public professionals – Dressing for December – Purple poll – Another ship set to sail – Bree’s Beat international News – Students reflect on Puerto Rican crisis – The Branch: More than just coffee dates – No, there will not be a study guide for this – Dead before dead week – Party in Marion like its 1817 – President passes new purple palette – Sumo wrestling with Santa in Gerig – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Sing Noel Comes to Town – Shout to the Lord, all the earth – Film …

Same Titles, Different Formats: Does Print Or Electronic Get More Use?, Alex Rolfe, Merrill Johnson

The Christian Librarian

This article examines the use of both print and electronic monographs at George Fox University libraries over a period of thirty-three months for 8,500 titles that were held in both formats. Results indicate that print is more likely to be used than electronic. The implications of the findings, as well as related factors determining future decision making relative to format, are discussed.

The Echo: November 17, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Greek’s Pizzeria coming to town – Ethics team qualifies for national competition – The return of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes – Small Business Saturday – Some major changes – Trusting God at blank slates – Walking in a wooded wonderland – Rethinking the Thanksgiving table – Painting a different kind of picture – Brecken’s Breakdown – Everyone isn’t for everyone – Par-Tea – Biweekly Bachelor and Bachelorette – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – The beauty in ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ – Art students teach the next generation – ‘Nightcrawler’ sure to set your skin crawling – White Christmas …

The Echo: November 3, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

A great grant for Grant County – Business pitching like a boss – TU ranked No. 5 – Together, we thrive – Stand up for your sibling – This week in news – Corrections – Not every barn in Indiana is used for farming – More than just a phase – Brecken’s Breakdown – The first draft journey – The coffee drink debate – Just friendly competition – The bi-weekly bachelor and bachelorette – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Mastering film together – In their shoes – Farewell to Fall – When Skies are Grey: A Collection of …

Luther's Sutra: An Indian, Subaltern (Dalit) Perspective, Surekha Nelavala

Intersections

No abstract provided.

The Inauguration Of Paul Lowell Haines, Edd, Jd, Taylor University

Inauguration Programs

The program for the inauguration of Paul Lowell Haines, EdD, JD as the 31st President of Taylor University on October 20, 2017.

The Echo: October 20, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Welcome, Mr. President – Pass go – No game today – After school art program kicks off – Taking a knee – Taylor alumnus crowned Indiana’s top teacher – Uncovering Taylor’s own Indiana Jones – Custom costumes without the cost – Geocaching Definitions – Geocache me outside – The Bi-weekly Bachelor and Bachelorette – Brecken’s Breakdown – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Tweets – Heartland is for film lovers – We are women – Welcome back, Marion Philharmonic! – Muslim students on our doorstep – Pollard sets record in Trojans loss – Weekly Preview – Men’s soccer gives their seniors a …