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The Echo: December 8, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Christmas Edition

Silent Night 2017 – Silence speaks louder than words – 2017-18 Men’s basketball roster – Baseline couches to national tradition – The Christmas light show road trip map – Driving through life – Taylor University Survival Guide – How to survive finals – IWU’s Passport to Culture sparks conversation – Corrections – Biweekly Bachelor an Bachelorette – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Creative notes of Christmas – Brazil comes to Taylor – The Great Taylor Christmas Tree Contest – Our View – Student news is an institutional watchdog – Students to #TakeAKnee – Chorale ministers to …

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 …

The Echo: November 10, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Taylor purchases a church for $1 – Thinking ahead, with your stomach – Circling like sharks – Townies and Trojans series: Hometown relations – Freedom fast to fight human trafficking – Bree’s Beat International News – Corrections – More than just CrossFit: A way to give life – Meet the Dominiques – Taylor University Survival Guide – New Column – Getting in the Sunday swing of things – Coming to your aid – Financial Terms to Know – Bi-weekly comic – Shop (up)lifting – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – The Beatles are back – The music of millennials …

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 …

Care Conference Program 2017, Scott Moeschberger

CARE Conference: Vulnerable Children and Viable Communities

Taylor University's CARE Conference 2017 program with schedule of events and guest and speaker biographies. Sponsored by the Orphans and Vulnerable Children program.

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 …

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.

Homecoming 2017 Booklet, Taylor University

Homecoming & Family Weekend

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Moments

Taylor Theatre Playbills

Taylor's first-ever dance production is review of our musical history. It includes numbers from past shows, such as Oklahoma!, current works that have come out of dance classes, and previews of upcoming performances, such as The Pirates of Penzance and Mary Poppins. Don't miss this incredible night of storytelling through dance!

Performed October 6-7, 2017 at the Mitchell Theatre.

The Echo: October 6, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Police apprehend robbery suspects – A return investment – Human rights wronged – Las Vegas Responses – Bree’s Beat International News – Missing wallet returned 20 years later – A heart for the Taylor students – A mile a minute – Something to write home about – Cooks outside the kitchen – The Bi-weekly Bachelor and Bachelorette – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Moments make history – A&E Alumni Spotlights – The magic and the miracle – Man behind the Happy Meal toys – Little pond to giant ocean – What are memories worth? – An ever-present issue …

The Loop (Fall 2017), Taylor University

The Loop (2012-2017)

The Fall 2017 edition of Taylor University’s The Loop.

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni, Parents And Friends (Fall 2017), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Fall 2017 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

The Echo: September 22, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Business is blooming – Accreditation evaluation – Heart and gospel soul – Partners in relief – Bree’s Beat International News – It’s all in the detail – This year’s missionaries in residence – Run! – Bilbo Baggins celebrates 111 years – C.S. Lewis Events – Sign up -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – The bi-weekly bachelor and bachelorette – From the cornfields to the big screen – Flocked to each other – The First Brush of Fall – Don’t forget about Dreamers – Put your money where your mouth is – Where is the milk – Neville heads to Tennessee – …

The Echo: September 15, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Aftershocks – TOPPIT closes doors – Abiding in unity – Pep times two – Hidden gems – Fabricated findings – A walk in the park – House hunting – Part-time passions -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Brecken’s Breakdowns – Investing in student creativity – Vagabon’s album “Infinite Worlds” – Ode to the Gardner – Looking back on 9/11, 16 years later – From one white male to another – Trojans come home – Weekly Preview – Volleyball is holding nothing back – Athlete of the Week

The Echo: September 1, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Bennett begins term – Dining services seek positive change – The Place to be – 150 years – New opportunities – The puzzle pieces of chapel – Chapel Events – Give ‘til it sweats – Brecken’s Breakdown – A Different Tune – Welcome Weekend luau – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Join Taylor’s 2017 music ensembles – The process of Clay and Kindred Spirits – Preparing tomorrow’s generation of truth-tellers – In defense of talking to each other: an introduction – Charlottesville: the end of white supremacy – New season, new attitude – Weekly Preview – Trojans take …

The Echo: August 25, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Freshman Edition

Community education opportunities – Renovations complete – Welcome Taylor University Class of 2021 – The heart of Upland – The Mediterranean marvel – Summer albums to elongate the season – Four “Dos and Don’ts” of the Dorm Room – Choosing a Church – Traditionally at Taylor – Welcome to the Taylor Experience – Men’s lacrosse has their leader – Trojans kick off season with positive attitude – Athlete of the Week

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni, Parents And Friends (Summer 2017), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Summer 2017 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

The Resolved And Unresolved Conjectures Of R.D. Carmichael, Brian D. Beasley

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2017

Even before heading to Princeton University to work on his doctoral degree, Robert Daniel Carmichael started influencing the path of number theory in the 20th century. From his study of Euler's totient function to his discovery of the first absolute pseudoprime, he set the stage for years of productive research. This talk will present a brief overview of Carmichael's life, including his breadth of mathematical interests and his service on behalf of the Mathematical Association of America. It will focus mainly on his two most famous conjectures- which one has been settled, and which one remains open to this day?

"Big Idea" Reflection Assignments For Learning And Valuing Mathematics, Jeremy Case, Mark Colgan

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2017

While participating in a Faculty Learning Community, we explored the "big questions" we wanted our students to take away from our mathematics courses. We called these questions the Big Ideas of the course and developed a Big Ideas Reflection Assignment, which we continue to assign at the end of each of our courses. Students are able to demonstrate understanding and application of their learning as well as their values and appreciation of mathematics. The assignment encourages students to move beyond a focus on technique and symbolic manipulations towards a broader and more holistic approach, including making connections between their learning …

Using Real-World Team Projects: A Pedagogical Framework, Mike Leih

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2017

The use of team projects in a program capstone course for computer science or information systems majors has been a popular method for reinforcing and assessing program learning objectives for students in their final semester. Using real-world group projects as a learning activity is an excellent pedagogical approach in helping students develop critical thinking, team work, real-world problem solving, and communication skills. However, real-world group projects also provide many challenges to both the instructor and students alike. Instructors or students must find real-world projects appropriate for the learning objectives in the course. Instructors must determine how to provide teams with …

Variations On The Calculus Sequence, Christopher Micklewright

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2017

Many institutions have embraced a standard format for the Calculus sequence, comprising three four-credit courses covering a fairly consistent set of topics. While there is much to recommend this approach, it still leaves some fantastic concepts rushed or untouched, and it can be argued that it demands too much of students with weaker backgrounds. As such, some schools have experimented with variations on the standard format. In this talk, I will present the model that my institution currently uses, exploring the strengths and weaknesses of our particular approach. I will also suggest ideas, developed in conversation with other ACMS members …

The Topology Of Harry Potter: Exploring Higher Dimensions In Young Adult Fantasy Literature, Sarah Klanderman, Alexa Schut, Dave Klanderman, William Boerman-Cornell

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2017

As one of the most beloved series in children’s literature today, the Harry Potter books excite students of all ages with the adventures of living in a magical world. Magical objects (e.g., bottom-less handbags, the Knight Bus, time turners, and moving portraits) can inspire generalizations to mathematical concepts that would be relevant in an undergraduate geometry or topology course. Intuitive explanations for some of the magical objects connect to abstract mathematical ideas. We
offer a typology with a total of five categories, including Three Dimensions in Two Dimensions, Higher Dimensions in Three Dimensions, Two and Three Dimensional Movement, Higher Dimensional …

Ten Mathematicians Who Recognized God's Hand In Their Work (Part 2), Dale Mcintyre

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2017

Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) once observed that "Whoever is moved by faith to assent to [the Christian religion], is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience." Evidently Hume's cynical pronouncement did not apply to Descartes, Newton, Riemann, and other profound thinkers who believed God had commissioned and equipped them to glorify Him in their pursuit of truth through mathematics - And based on their extraordinary achievements the principles of their understanding do not appear …

The Set Of Zero Divisors Of A Factor Ring, Jesús Jiménez

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2017

Let A be a ring and a an ideal of A. In this paper we show how to construct factor rings A/ a and a finite set of ideals a1, a2, ... , ak, of A/a, such that: each ideal aj is contained in the set of zero divisors of A/a, the factor ring A/a is a direct sum of these ideals, and each ideal aj is a ring with unity when endowed with addition and multiplication modulo a. Explicit examples are given when A is the ring of integers, Gaussian integers or the ring of polynomials over a field.

The Daily Question: Building Student Trust And Interest In Undergraduate Introductory Probability And Statistics Courses, Matthew A. Hawks

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2017

Introducing probability or statistics to disinterested undergraduate students is challenging. Adding faith in such a classroom at a secular institution only increases the complexity. We share an unobtrusive way to build trust with students, creating a medium to both naturally share your faith and have your students look forward to attending each class. The context is the United States Naval Academy, a four-year undergraduate institution with an emphasis on leader development. In addition to a calculus sequence, Humanities majors enroll in Probability with Naval Applications or Introductory Statistics. These sophomores or juniors are split between those who have no intention …

Finding Meaning In Calculus (And Life), Doug Phillippy

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2017

A 2015 publication of the Mathematical Association of America (Insights and Recommendations from the MAA National Study of College Calculus) noted that "students taking college calculus exhibited a reduction in positive attitude toward mathematics, which can affect their career aspira

Axioms: Mathematical And Spiritual: What Says The Parable?, Melvin Royer

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2017

Relational structure A is compact provided for any structure Jffi of the same signature, if every finite substructure of Jffi has a homomorphism to A then so does Jffi. The Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP) for A is the computational problem of determining whether finite structures have homomorphisms into A. We explore a connection between the hierarchy of logical axioms and the complexity hierarchy of CSPs: It appears that the complexity of CSP for A corresponds to the strength of the axiom "A is compact". At the top, the statement "K3 is compacts" is logically equivalent to the compactness theorem. Thus …

Cultivating Mathematical Affections Through Engagement In Service-Learning, Josh Wilkerson

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2017

Why should students value mathematics? While extensive research exists on developing the cognitive ability of students, very little research has examined how to cultivate the affections of students for mathematics. The phrase "mathematical affections" is a play on the affective domain of learning as well as on the general notion of care towards something. Mathematical affections are more than a respect for the utility of the subject; the term is much broader and includes aesthetic features as well as habits of mind and attitude. This paper will analyze the findings from a research project exploring the impact of service

Blended Courses Across The Curriculum: What Works And What Does Not, Ryan Botts, Lori Carter, Catherine Crockett

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2017

Recent hype around online and blended courses touts the benefits of immediate student feedback, flexible pace, adaptive learning, and better utility of classroom space. Here we aim to summarize the results of a 3-year pilot study using blended courses across the quantitative science curriculum (Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science), in both upper and lower division, major and GE courses. We present findings on student attitudes towards this format, most helpful course components, time on task, progress on learning outcomes and faculty perspectives. This summary can be used to inform best practices in hybrid design, implementation and faculty expectations in the …

A Pre-Calculus Controversy: Infinitesimals And Why They Matter, Karl-Dieter Crisman

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2017

In teaching calculus, it is not uncommon to mention the controversy over the role of infinitesimals with Newton's and Leibniz' calculus, including Berkeley's objections. In a history of mathematics course, it is a required topic! But rancor over infinitesimals and their role in mathematics predates calculus- so much so that a popular new book is dedicated to this topic. In this talk, I will discuss not just the relevant controversies between Cavalieri and the Je