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Student-Athlete Perceptions Of Institutional Advisement, Bailey Judd

Master of Arts in Higher Education (MAHE) Theses

As colleges and universities continue to enroll student-athletes, higher education professionals should emphasize their efforts to see students succeed in their athletics, as well as their academic work. The current study sought to unearth the student-athlete experience related to advisement using phenomenological design. Advisement is defined more holistically and includes institutional constituents offering support to student-athletes. The results suggest that student-athletes encounter significant challenges or difficulties as they attempt to balance their academic and athletic priorities. Student-athletes indicated several groups of individuals who were key supporters during their time spent in a collegiate sport. Implications from the study indicate a …

The Fort Wayne Vine, Fort Wayne Alumni Center Heritage Association

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The Winter 2016 edition of The Fort Wayne Alumnus, published by Taylor University Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The Power Of Encouragement: The Role Of Christian Academic Librarians In Supporting The Whole Student, Earleen J. Warner

Librarian Publications and Presentations

Christian librarians are exhorted to consider the role of providing encouragement, care, and emotional and spiritual support to college students. Caring for the whole student can have a positive impact on college student success and retention, as well as have a transformational effect on students’ spiritual lives. By treating college students as whole persons created in the image of God, Christian academic librarians can not only help these students succeed by meeting their academic needs, but also help students thrive by supporting them emotionally and spiritually.

Calvin Theological Seminary Academic Catalog 2016-2017, Calvin Theological Seminary

Seminary Academic Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Developing The Whole Student: Campus Ministry's Impact On Spiritual Development, Zachary D. Samples

Masters Theses

College students at both public and private institutions across the country are involved in campus ministry organizations; however, not much is known about how such involvement translates into the students' faith and spiritual development. This study aimed to gain a better understanding of how students are involved in campus ministry organizations, how faith and spiritual development is affected, and how students are generally impacted by campus ministry organization involvement. The researcher conducted six interviews with juniors and seniors involved in three different campus ministry organizations. Results showed that participants have grown in their faith and spirituality through membership in campus …

Effects Of Child-Parent Attachment And God Attachment On Depression In Adolescent Christians, Soloman Aifuwa

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This thesis contains a description of a study that examined the relationships between parent attachment, God attachment, and depression in adolescent Christians. It was predicted that secure parent and God attachment are related, and that they will have positive effects on depression and that God attachment will mediate the effects of parent attachments on depression. The study was a cross-sectional correlation study that employed 75 adolescents in youth ministries in North-east Jersey. Depression and attachment measures were administered and the results were analyzed using hierarchical and simultaneous multiple regression, and Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient. The study findings demonstrated that parent …

The Echo: December 11, 2015, Taylor University

2015-2016 (Volume 103)

Former professor sues Taylor – Goodbye, Holipalooza – Bank bandit caught – Snap to it – Top 5 Bizarre Headlines – Public outcry against police brutality – Facing the brace – The Taylors of Taylor – ‘Twas the night before finals week – Grandma Gracie – Sealing the deal – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Deck the box office – Christmas sensations – Holiday harmonies – Pathetic perseverance – Nothing so useless – Generally unengaged – The irony of silence – Season Schedule – Silent Night starting lineup

The Echo: December 4, 2015, Taylor University

2015-2016 (Volume 103)

New Year, New Chapel – Habeckers bring light to Upland – Taylor donates building to town – The small voices – Beyond six degrees – Turkey downs Russian jet – Taylor decks the halls – A MAHE perspective – Say “no” to lame leftovers – The bi-weekly bachelor and bachelorette – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – In the spirit – Pass the FrUiTCaKeS – Mockingjay’s final flight – General un-education – Consider Kobe – You can’t have it all – Trojans return to Nationals – Weekly Preview – Trojans fall to Pilots – Athlete of the Week

Teacher Preparedness For Spiritually Transformational Teaching: A Case Study In One Christian High School, Wendy Lewis

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This single instrumental case study examined a purposive sample of teachers from Live Oak Christian High School (a pseudonym) for indications that they were spiritually qualified, sufficiently trained, and intentionally committed to transformational Christian teaching. Spiritually qualified teachers would evidence an active Christian faith as demonstrated by a sound basic theology, verbalization of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and various spiritual practices. Teachers who were sufficiently trained would evidence personal knowledge, experience, education, or training related directly to Christian education. Teachers who were committed to transformational Christian teaching would evidence that intentionality in documents, surveys, classroom observations, and personal …

The Loop (Fall 2015), Taylor University

The Loop (2012-2017)

The late Fall 2015 edition of Taylor University’s The Loop.

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni, Parents And Friends (Summer 2015), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Summer 2015 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

An Analysis Of Students' Perception Of Biblical Community Within The Environment Of Digital Media: A Mixed Methods Study, Matthew Alan Vander Wiele

Faculty Dissertations

This study is an examination of teen perception regarding their understanding of biblical community within the environment of digital media. The study also examines the principles, essentials, or characteristics of biblical community regardless of environment.

The researcher surveyed a sample of teens that attend classical, open enrollment, and closed enrollment Christian schools of various denominations as well as no denomination. A survey presenting a list of the essential principles of biblical community, regardless of environment, including questions for each objective was sent to the sample. The respondents were asked to participate in a quantitative Lickert-scale survey. An expert panel was …

Can A Christian College Student Please God? Spiritual Growth And Its Relationship To Small Group Involvement, Accountability And Academic Progress, Ralph W. Jernigan

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

In order to please God, a Christian college student should be committed to spiritual growth, accountability, as well as doing one's best academically. This project will examine the association between these three areas. Academic success will be measured among College Learning Strategies students using their pre-class and post-class grade point averages. A pre- and post-class survey will be administered to students in order to measure spiritual growth. Spiritual growth will be compared to a student's involvement in some type of accountability. The finding of a correlation between spiritual growth and accountability and/or spiritual growth and academic achievement would lead to …

The Celtic Way: Order, Creativity, And The Holy Spirit In The Celtic Monastic Movement, Fiona Leitch

Senior Honors Theses

The Celtic monastic movement lasted hundreds of years and is responsible for much of the spread of Christianity to the West. Much of the movement’s success can be attributed to the Celtic Christians’ understanding of the importance of the role of creative culture and order as well as an openness and responsiveness to the leading of the Holy Spirit. It is these three things working in tandem that influenced the success of the Celtic monastic movement. Although the movement ended a thousand years ago, it can offer guidance and wisdom for carrying out ministry today. A case study of Cuirim …

The Inkwell, Armstrong State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

Self-Study Report For Continued Accreditation With The Higher Learning Commission, Luther Seminary

Accreditation Self Studies

No abstract provided.

Imagining Jesus In The Modern Age: Constantine Authors "Jesus Of New York"

Andrews Agenda: Campus News

Andrews University professor, Greg Constantine, talks about his book, "Jesus of New York". Constantine takes the stories of Jesus in the Bible and retells them in a new way, set in the modern age.

2015 Program For Celebrating Scholarship & Creativity Day, Katie M. Vogel

Celebrating Scholarship & Creativity Day (2011-2017)

No abstract provided.

Calvin Theological Seminary Academic Catalog 2015-2016, Calvin Theological Seminary

Seminary Academic Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Faith, Learning, And Success In Mennonite High Schools: What’S Working At Lancaster Mennonite High School?, Ginny Birky

Faculty Publications - College of Education

The story about Lancaster Mennonite High School (LMHS) was written based on the perceptions and representations of what the participants said related to what was working and why. Every effort was made to portray the perspectives of those interviewed to get an accurate picture of what LMHS was doing to help students be successful, engaged in school, and develop a faith.

Learning From Experience: A Critical, Collective Process Following International Short-Term Mission Travel, Nancy Vigander Winfrey

Educational Studies Dissertations

This qualitative dissertation seeks to explore the impact of short-term mission (STM) travel on American Christian volunteers, leveraging the small group structure already present in many churches. Using a participatory action research approach, small groups from two different Protestant churches engaged in cycles of dialogue, reflection and action. The group process was framed by Habermas’ concept of communicative space with emphasis on emotional knowing, cognitive reasoning, and creative expression. Data were collected from session recordings, written documents and process field notes. Content and process analyses were guided by transformative and situated learning theories. Findings were unique to each congregational group, …

Faith, Learning, And Success In Mennonite High Schools: What’S Working At Central Christian High School?, Ginny Birky

Faculty Publications - College of Education

The story about Central Christian High School was written based on the perceptions and representations of what the participants said related to what was working and why. Every effort was made to portray the perspectives of those interviewed to get an accurate picture of what Central Christian was doing to help students be successful, engaged in school, and develop a faith.

The Echo: October 24, 2014, Taylor University

2014-2015 (Volume 102)

Paving the way – A cultural experience – Top five news events of the week – Race for the fin-ish line – Sexuality as a whole – In The Loop – Republicans poised to take Senate – Scrambling for votes – At a standstill – Hall hoppers: Taylor’s nomads – Ventures into entrepreneurship – Bi-weekly bachelor and bachelorette – Senior Scramble – Burning Questions – Humans of Upland – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – The new Night Lights – Finding balance in chaos – Orchestrating dreams – Death with dignity – Ebola crisis: a world in need – …

The Echo: October 17, 2014, Taylor University

2014-2015 (Volume 102)

Homecoming Edition

Class of ’64 Leaves a Legacy: Alumni give largest 50th Reunion gift in Taylor history – Following a detour – Personal story, universal message – Eco(logical) – Imagining a better Taylor – Top five news events of the week – Faith beyond learning – Top five bizarre stories of the week – Saudi Arabia cuts oil prices – Under the Radar – Diplomatic darkness – Phu9bs meets Phubs – Bringing Taylor home – The Weekly Nugget – Humans of Upland – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – ‘Passion and Structure’ – Big Al and the Jungle Cats …

The Echo: October 3, 2014, Taylor University

2014-2015 (Volume 102)

Energy deficiency – Bike shops and taxis – Top five news events of the week – Budget reallocation leads to faculty, staff pay raise – A conflict back home – The Lilly effect – The moment they found out – The Weekly Nugget – Humans of Upland – Coolest tattoos on Campus – Surviving a LDR – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – S. Carey: from Bon Iver to Taylor – Academy Award-winning director to visit Fort Wayne – I love Wengatz – Home sweet homeschool: going public – Hipster Haranguing – Let your voice be heard! – Volleyball …

The Echo: September 26, 2014, Taylor University

2014-2015 (Volume 102)

‘Little moments from a larger story’ – A backstage pass – Top five news events of the week – Taylor is growing green – Indiana entrepreneurs – In The Loop – West Africa’s impending economic catastrophe – Top five most bizarre news headlines of the week – US, Iran seek common ground against ISIL – Under the Radar – A state of disarray – What is Parnassus? – There’s an app for that – Humans of Upland -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – The Leaders behind the music – Standing on equality’s front – Are we ISIL’s keepers? – Yik Yak …

The Echo: September 19, 2014, Taylor University

2014-2015 (Volume 102)

Sustaining a philosophy – Dances and more – Spiritual Renewal: Unexpected Learnings – Top five news events of the week – Good news! – Now in session – In The Loop – All eyes on Scotland – Senate passes ISIL bill – The Haak family – The Jumping Bean: brewing up new changes and old favorites – The Weekly Nugget – A hope worth waiting for – Humans of Upland – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – ‘Death, though shalt die’ – A musical journey through Europe – Third world culture: Catholic edition – Love for all children – …

The Echo: September 12, 2014, Taylor University

2014-2015 (Volume 102)

Under review – Eight perspectives on eight years – Larger screens and wearable tech – The breakup of Britain? – No safe haven – Under the Radar – America: the delusional battleship – Around The World – The transfers: who are they? – Burning Questions – Humans of Upland – Echograms #TaylorU – The Weekly Nugget -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – U2 has new songs to sing – Calling all actors – Bringing beauty to the community – Putting pen to paper – Reprimanding Ray – Stay safe – Let your voice be heard! – Volleyball spikes back – Cross …

Lindenwood Academia New Appointments, 2014-2015, Lindenwood University

New Faculty Booklets

No abstract provided.

Southeastern Alumni Magazine- Summer 2014, Southeastern University - Lakeland

Southeastern Alumni Magazine

Breaking New Ground
This issue of Southeastern looks at the exciting projects that some of our alumni are engaged in around the nation and the world. Their stories are inspiring and empowering to our community as they affirm the strategic mission and vision of our amazing school.