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{{Short description|Private Christian university in Upland, Indiana, U.S.}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Taylor University
 | image                  = Taylor_University_Seal.png
 | image_size             = 150
 | caption                = Taylor University
 | motto                  = Lux et Fides<ref>{{cite web | title=About Us | publisher=Taylor University | access-date=2007-02-15 | url=http://www.taylor.edu/about/}}</ref>
 | mottoeng               = Light and Faith
 | established            = {{start date and age|1846}}
 | type                   = [[Private university]]
 | religious_affiliation  = Non-denominational [[Christianity|Christian]]
 | endowment              = $98.9 million (2020)<ref>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref>
 | city                   = [[Upland, Indiana]]
 | country                = U.S.
 | faculty                = 133
 | president              = [[D. Michael Lindsay]]<ref name=pres/>
 | students               = 2,221 (2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Taylor University |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=taylor+university&s=all&id=152530 |website=nces.ed.gov |access-date=2023-12-18}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 2,188
 | postgrad               = 33
 | campus                 = Small town, {{convert|952|acre}}<ref name="Today"/><ref name="Peterson's"/>
 | former_names           = Fort Wayne Female College (1846–1890)<br>Fort Wayne College (1850–1890)
 | free_label             = 
 | free                   = 
 | athletics_affiliations = [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] – [[Crossroads League|Crossroads]]
 | sports_nickname        = [[Taylor Trojans|Trojans]]
 | colors                 = Purple<br>{{color box|#522d72}} and gold
 | academic_affiliations  = [[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naicu.edu/member_center/members.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109231238/http://www.naicu.edu/member_center/members.asp|url-status=dead|title=NAICU - Membership|archivedate=November 9, 2015|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref><br />[[Council for Christian Colleges and Universities|CCCU]]<br />[[Christian College Consortium|CCC]]
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.taylor.edu/| taylor.edu}}
 | logo                   = Taylor univ full logo.png
| logo_size = 200
}}

'''Taylor University''' is a [[Private university|private]], [[Interdenominationalism|interdenominational]], [[evangelical Christian]] university in [[Upland, Indiana]]. Founded in 1846, it is one of the oldest evangelical Christian universities in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taylor University {{!}} Taylor University |url=https://www.taylor.edu/ |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=www.taylor.edu |language=en}}</ref>

The university is named after [[Missionary Bishop|Bishop]] [[William Taylor (missionary)|William Taylor]] (1821–1902). The university sits on an approximately {{convert|950|acre|km2}} [[campus]]<ref name=Today>{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.taylor.edu/about/profile/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514131207/http://www.taylor.edu/about/profile/|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 May 2011|work=Taylor University|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Peterson's">{{cite web|title=Taylor University|url=http://www.petersons.com/college-search/taylor-university-000_10000393.aspx|work=Peterson's|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>  on the south side of Upland. It also preserves a {{convert|680|acre|km2}} [[arboretum]] and an additional {{convert|668|acre|km2}} of undeveloped land northeast of campus which has {{convert|80|acre|m2}} more of arboretum space.

As of 2022, Taylor University has 1,798 undergraduate students, 33 graduate students, and 395 [[distance learning]] students.<ref name="2010 Enrollment">{{cite web |title=Profile & Rankings |url=https://www.taylor.edu/about/profile-rankings |access-date=2022-06-10 |publisher=Taylor University}}</ref> The student body hails from 38 states and 26 foreign countries, with 44 percent from Indiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taylor.edu/news/taylor-university-reports-fall-2013-enrollment-numbers |title=News Detail – Taylor University |publisher=Taylor.edu |date=2011-09-08 |access-date=2012-08-01 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Taylor is a member of [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] with 16 men's and women's sports teams. The university is [[educational accreditation|accredited]] by the [[Higher Learning Commission]] and is a member of the [[Council for Christian Colleges and Universities]] and the [[Christian College Consortium]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Accreditations and Memberships |url=https://www.taylor.edu/about/profile/accreditations-and-memberships/ |work=Taylor University |access-date=11 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111072431/https://www.taylor.edu/about/profile/accreditations-and-memberships/ |archive-date=11 November 2013 }}</ref>

In August 2021, [[D. Michael Lindsay]] was named as the current president.<ref name=pres>{{citation |title=President Profile |url=https://www.taylor.edu/about/president/index.shtml |access-date=10 September 2021 |work=www.taylor.edu |date=August 16, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
=== Founding ===
In 1846, Taylor University was originally established as '''Fort Wayne Female College'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.taylor.edu/about/heritage/ |title=Heritage - Taylor University |website=www.taylor.edu |access-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514131202/http://www.taylor.edu/about/heritage/ |archive-date=14 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]], [[Indiana]]. In the first full year of the school, about 100 women were enrolled, paying $22.50 per year.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Taylor University The First 150 Years|last=Ringenberg|first=William C.|publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company|year=1996|isbn=0-9621187-3-7|location=Grand Rapids, MI and Upland, IN|pages=16–17}}</ref> During this time, it was common for women to obtain an M.E.L. degree, the Mistress of English Literature.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Taylor University The First 150 Years|last=Ringenberg|first=William C.|publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company|year=1996|isbn=0-9621187-3-7|location=Grand Rapids, MI and Upland, IN|pages=41}}</ref> Fort Wayne Female College was founded by the [[Methodist Church]] as an all-female school.

In 1850, Fort Wayne Female College started admitting men [[coeducational]]ly and changed its name to '''Fort Wayne College'''.<ref name="Heritage">{{cite web|title=Our Story|url=https://www.taylor.edu/about/heritage/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514131202/http://www.taylor.edu/about/heritage/|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 May 2011|work=Taylor University|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>

In 1890, Fort Wayne College acquired the former facilities of nearby Fort Wayne Medical College that were vacated after Fort Wayne Medical College's merger with [[DePauw University|Indiana Asbury College]], another [[Methodist Church|Methodist]]-affiliated college. Upon completing this acquisition, Fort Wayne College changed its name to '''Taylor University''' in honor of [[Bishop]] [[William Taylor (bishop)|William Taylor]]. The original Taylor University campus was on College Street in [[Fort Wayne]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://contentdm.acpl.lib.in.us/digital/collection/coll6/id/3520/rec/19|title = Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal College, Fort Wayne IN: Front view, 1889. With three men standing at the bottom of the front steps}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archfw.org/fort-wayne-methodist-college/|title=Fort Wayne Methodist College|date=8 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fwsumc.org/welcome/church-history/|title=Church History – First Wayne Street United Methodist Church|date=6 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>At beginning Taylor University was called Fort Wayne Female College then Methodist Episcopal College and in 1885 map as Meth College before it moved to Upland. 
1885 Map: https://mdon.library.pfw.edu/digital/collection/cc_acfwhs/id/525</ref>

=== Move to Upland ===

In 1882, a guest-preaching engagement in the Upland Methodist Church afforded Fort Wayne College president Thaddeus Reade the chance to meet the minister of Upland Methodist Church, Rev. John C. White. Because the school was having financial difficulties at its location in Fort Wayne, White and Upland citizen J.W. Pittinger worked to bring the school to Upland.

In the spring of 1893, White negotiated an agreement between the trustees of the now-named Taylor University and the Upland Land Company. The university agreed to move to [[Upland, Indiana]], and the company agreed to provide Taylor with $10,000 in cash and {{convert|10|acre|m2}} of land. That summer, Taylor University relocated to Upland. White was able to find the resources to support Taylor University because of the recent discovery of large deposits of natural gas in the area.

In 1915, Taylor paid seven thousand dollars to purchase {{convert|70|acre|m2}} more from Charles H. and Bertha Snyder.<ref name="Taylor University 1996">{{cite book|last=Ringenberg|first=William C.|title=Taylor University: The First 150 Years|year=1996|publisher=Taylor University Press|location=Upland}}</ref>

Early in the 1920s, the university added another {{convert|80|acre|m2}} to its present location when the Lewis Jones farm was purchased.<ref name="Taylor University 1996" /> After 1922, Taylor University was no longer formally affiliated with Methodism.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pillars.taylor.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=history_books |title=A Brief History of Taylor University |first=William C. |last=Ringenberg |publisher=Heritage Books and Booklets |date=2008 |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref>

=== Summit Christian College and Fort Wayne ===
In 1992, ninety-nine years after moving to Upland, Taylor University acquired Summit Christian College located in the city of [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]]. The college was subsequently renamed Taylor 
University Fort Wayne. Summit Christian College was founded in 1904 as the Bible Training School of Fort Wayne, later becoming Fort Wayne Bible Institute, and eventually, in 1950, Fort Wayne Bible College. In 1989 the school was renamed Summit Christian College. Prior to acquisition by Taylor University, Summit Christian College was affiliated with the [[Missionary Church]].<ref name="Bethel">{{cite web|title=About Bethel|url=http://www.bethelcollege.edu/about/missionarychurch.html|work=Bethel College|access-date=11 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111074456/http://www.bethelcollege.edu/about/missionarychurch.html|archive-date=2013-11-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>

With the urban setting of the campus in Fort Wayne, the academic programs tended to be more vocational and its student body more [[Non-traditional students|non-traditional]]. Reflecting this, of TUFW's 1,040 member student body, approximately 224 students lived on campus with the rest commuting or taking courses online.<ref name="Facts">{{Cite web|url=http://fw.taylor.edu/about/facts.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915014442/http://fw.taylor.edu/about/facts.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Quick Facts – Taylor University Fort Wayne|archivedate=September 15, 2007|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref> Popular majors included Professional Writing, Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Education, English, and Business.

The Taylor University Fort Wayne Falcons participated in the [[United States Collegiate Athletic Association]].  The school offered basketball for men and women, soccer for men and women (2008–2009 was the first year for the women's program), and women's volleyball.

On October 13, 2008, the university announced plans to discontinue traditional undergraduate programs on the Fort Wayne Campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fw.taylor.edu/home/news/news_detail.shtml?inode=77392 |title=Fort Wayne Announces Discontinuation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530162135/http://fw.taylor.edu/home/news/news_detail.shtml?inode=77392 |archive-date=2010-05-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Programs that remained after the closure or were transitioned to the Upland campus included the MBA program, the online program, and the radio station, [[WBCL]].

===2006 Van accident===
{{main|Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope}}
[[File:Taylor University Prayer Chapel Exterior.JPG|thumb|right|The Memorial Prayer Chapel built in memory of those killed in the van accident was opened Spring 2006.]]

On April 26, 2006, Taylor received national attention when a university van was involved in a fatal accident outside [[Marion, Indiana]], while traveling between the Fort Wayne and Upland campuses. The accident happened when a northbound [[semi-trailer truck]] driver fell asleep at the wheel, crossed the median and struck the southbound passenger van on [[Interstate 69 in Indiana|I-69]]. Four students and one staff member were killed, and three staff members and one student were injured. The accident occurred two days before former university president [[Eugene Habecker]]'s [[inauguration]] ceremony. The truck driver was convicted of reckless, involuntary [[manslaughter]] and received a four-year [[prison sentence]].

The [[Grant County, Indiana|Grant County]] [[coroner]] and Taylor officials failed to positively identify all the victims. The incident made international headlines when there was a case of [[mistaken identity]] between two of the victims.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article670863.ece | work=The Times | location=London | title=A deadly car crash and tragic case of mistaken identity | first=James | last=Bone | date=2006-06-02 | access-date=2010-05-24}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Senior Laura Van Ryn, who died on the scene, was mistaken for surviving freshman Whitney Cerak.  A funeral was conducted with a closed casket for Whitney Cerak, and the mistake was not discovered until Cerak identified herself after waking up from a [[coma]] over a month later.

On May 23, 2009, Cerak graduated from Taylor, and the two families remain close.

On April 26, 2008, the second anniversary of the accident, the university dedicated the $2.4 million Memorial Prayer Chapel as a memorial to the victims: students Laurel Erb, Brad Larson, Betsy Smith and Laura Van Ryn, along with Taylor employee Monica Felver.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grieving With Hope|url=http://www.taylor.edu/give-to-taylor/memorial-prayer-chapel/accident.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111072359/http://www.taylor.edu/give-to-taylor/memorial-prayer-chapel/accident.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2013|work=Memorial Prayer Chapel|publisher=Taylor University|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> As a result of this incident, [[Government of Indiana|Indiana]] changed its procedure for identifying victims involved in accidents.

=== Vision 2016 ===
Upon inauguration President Eugene Habecker unveiled his Taylor University Vision 2016 plan for the university. The initiative involved the creation of several centers of excellence on campus. The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence was established and endowed. The center for Scripture engagement was partially endowed. And centers for Missions Computing, Ethics, C.S. Lewis and Faith, Film, and Media are in the process of being created. Programs were created in Ireland and Ecuador. The initiative involved the construction of several buildings around campus:

* 2008: The Prayer Chapel, built in memorial of the 2006 van crash was completed;
* 2008: Campbell Hall, an off campus university apartment complex completed;
* 2012: The Euler Science Complex, an addition to the Nussbaum science complex completed;
* 2012: Wolgemuth Hall an off campus university apartment complex completed;
* 2013: Breuinger Hall a residence hall connected to Gerig hall completed; and
* 2016: LaRita Boren Campus Center, a replacement for the old student union was completed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.taylor.edu/news/larita-boren-campus-center-dedication-highlights-heritage-weekend|title="LaRita Boren Campus Center Dedication Highlights Heritage Weekend"|date=27 April 2016 }}</ref>
* 2016: As well, as upgrades to athletic facilities, landscaping, and other buildings were also undertaken.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theechonews.com/article/2013/10/vision-2016-review|title='Vision 2016 in Review'|website='Vision 2016 in Review' - The Echo|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref>

=== Res Publica controversy ===
In 2018, several professors who believed their [[Christian fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] and [[Conservatism|conservative]] viewpoints were not well represented in the student newspaper published an anonymous underground newspaper called ''Excalibur''.<ref>Christen Gall: [https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/march/excalibur-conservative-underground-taylor-university.html Taylor University Still Shaken by Unsanctioned Conservative Newspaper] ''Christianity Today'', March 26, 2018.</ref><ref>Scott Jaschik: [https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/02/28/christian-university-debates-anonymous-conservative-underground-publication A Conservative Underground Surfaces at a Christian University] ''Inside Higher Ed,'' February 28, 2018.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/4954cd_99008044180e48f99951182277b648ba.pdf|title=Why go "underground"?|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref> The student newspaper responded by asserting that they had not refused to publish any submitted articles and that when the associated professors published a piece in the newspaper the prior year they received pushback from the student body.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theechonews.com/article/2018/03/address-unequal-media-representation|title=How to address unequal media representation|website=How to address unequal media representation - The Echo|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref> The university president Lowell Haines criticized the publications, citing the targeted distribution of the paper in rooms of minorities and supporters of [[social justice]], along with the unaccountability and inability to create and maintain dialogue with anonymous publications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/4954cd_f8a92b63b51a40fda5fc5d0037562bf3.pdf|title=Memo responding to Excalibur|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref> At this point the authors of the newspaper, Jim Spiegel, Gary Ross, Richard Smith, and Ben Wehling, came forward, apologized for any perceived slights due to distribution, and stated that their goal was to create dialogue about viewpoints they felt were under-represented<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-res-publica.org/single-post/2018/03/04/With-Love-to-Our-Critics|title=With Love to Our Critics|date=4 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/common/story.php?ID=3007|website=chronicle-tribune|title='Excalibur' writers reveal themselves}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Several open letters were published, with one addressing the newspapers arguments directly,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/4954cd_d7b9633ee2a1476c8513092693582a14.pdf|title=Taylor Grads - Open Letter to the TU Faculty Behind "Excalibur"|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref> and another criticizing what it saw as the president's harsh response.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://accounts.google.com/v3/signin/identifier?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1sHffEKHd_flV3M8yywXpErU569viPboTMIV2XWP7LL0%2Fedit&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1sHffEKHd_flV3M8yywXpErU569viPboTMIV2XWP7LL0%2Fedit&ifkv=AdF4I74Y1EyhH1oc-tcniZfTaDgPMUSuqm73SU-FXr05w2LbSWZ2ovMxJez8RCqswmxsFeL6rYIVEg&ltmpl=docs&osid=1&passive=1209600&service=wise&flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=ServiceLogin&dsh=S-1140689400%3A1722464731985176&ddm=0|title=Google Docs: Sign-in|website=accounts.google.com|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref>

=== 2019 Commencement controversy ===
On March 24, 2019, university president [[Lowell Haines|Paul Lowell Haines]] announced that [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Mike Pence]] would be delivering the commencement speech at the 2019 graduation ceremonies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theechonews.com/article/2019/04/pence-makes-taylor-history|title=Pence makes Taylor history|website=Pence makes Taylor history - The Echo|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref> Controversy was immediate, the faculty voting on a motion of dissent, with 61 against the Pence invitation, 41 in favor and 3 abstaining. Competing petitions were organized, calling for the invitation to be rescinded or supporting the invitation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theechonews.com/article/2019/04/commencement-stirs-controversy|title=Commencement stirs controversy|website=Commencement stirs controversy - The Echo|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref> Student and faculty organized protests to walk out before the commencement speech, or to sit silently during the speech.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theechonews.com/article/2019/05/preparing-for-pence|title=Preparing for Pence|website=Preparing for Pence - The Echo|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref> Students and faculty expressed several reasons for protesting: the lack of faculty and student input into the decision, concerns that Pence's invitation was an endorsement of specific political and religious views, Pence's affiliation with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]], and the belief that Pence did not represent the same Christian values the university endorsed. On May 18, 2019, dozens of students and several faculty members walked out of commencement ceremonies shortly before Pence delivered the commencement address. The majority of students and faculty remained seated. At the end of his speech, Pence received a standing ovation, during which the majority of students and faculty that remained stayed silent and seated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2019/05/18/mike-pence-taylor-university-vice-president-delivered-commencement-address-saturday/3682511002/|title=Mike Pence urges Taylor U. grads to 'stand up' for Christianity after dozens walk out on him|first=Alexandria|last=Burris|website=The Indianapolis Star|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref> Afterwards, students linked hands and sang the [[doxology]] in an attempt to show that even if they have different viewpoints, they can still respect and love each other.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://taylor.edu/news/pence-calls-tu-grads-to-serve-others-and-god|title=Pence calls TU grads to serve others and God|date=21 May 2019 }}</ref> On June 24, university president Haines resigned, effective August 15, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |first=Gillian |last=Edevane |title=Christian University President Who Invited Pence to Speak at Graduation Resigns from Post |url=https://www.newsweek.com/christian-university-president-who-invited-pence-speak-graduation-resigns-post-1445643 |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=June 24, 2019 |access-date=June 24, 2019}}</ref>

==Academics==
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There are 100 undergraduate programs, in 61 majors, with popular focuses including education, business, new media and exercise science.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.taylor.edu/admissions/undergraduate/degrees-and-majors.shtml?allMajors=yes | title = Tayor University Degrees and Majors}}</ref>

In 2003, Taylor began offering graduate-level programs again after having dropped such degrees nearly 60 years earlier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Graduate School Programs|url=http://www.taylor.edu/academics/graduate/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902050119/http://www.taylor.edu/academics/graduate/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 September 2006|work=Taylor University|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> Since then, the university has expanded its offerings to include a Master of Environmental Science, a [[Master of Business Administration]], a Master of Arts in Higher Education and Student Development (MAHE), and a Master of Arts in Ministry.

The concept of [[integration of faith and learning]], the idea that knowledge and faith meet their highest potential when coupled together, is a central educational theme at Taylor. The two distinct columns of the Rice Bell Tower on campus and the spotlights that shine up from each of them symbolize this theme to the campus community.<ref name="Today"/>

===Overseas campuses===
Besides offering a number of off-campus programs, Taylor hosts two of its own study abroad programs – in [[Ecuador]] and Ireland. The Ecuador program is run through the university's Spencer Centre for Global Engagement and is based in [[Cuenca, Ecuador|Cuenca]]. The semester-long, immersion program involves a three-prong partnership with Taylor University, the [[List of universities in Ecuador|Universidad del Azuay]], and the Arco Church of Cuenca.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.taylor.edu/academics/study-abroad/semester-studies/ecuador-semester-program/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927024323/http://www.taylor.edu/academics/study-abroad/semester-studies/ecuador-semester-program/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-27 |title=Ecuador Semester Program |publisher=Taylor.edu |access-date=2012-03-06 }}</ref>

The Irish Studies Program is based at Coolnagreina in seaside [[Greystones, Ireland|Greystones]]. Courses are taught by the university's own professors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.taylor.edu/academics/study-abroad/semester-studies/irish-studies-program.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927024344/http://www.taylor.edu/academics/study-abroad/semester-studies/irish-studies-program.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-27 |title=Irish Studies Program |publisher=Taylor.edu |access-date=2012-03-06 }}</ref>

===Accreditation and memberships===
Taylor University is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[Higher Learning Commission]]. Specific programs at the university are also accredited by the [[Council on Social Work Education]], and the [[National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education]]. Taylor's music program is accredited by the [[National Association of Schools of Music]] and programs in Computer Engineering and Engineering Physics are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of [[ABET, Inc.|ABET]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS |url=https://amspub.abet.org/aps/name-search?searchType=institution&keyword=taylor%20university |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=amspub.abet.org}}</ref>

==Campus life==

===Life Together Covenant===
Students, faculty and staff are required to sign the "Life Together Covenant" (LTC) upon joining the university.<ref name=ltc>{{cite web |url=http://www.taylor.edu/about/mission/life-together-covenant.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709040016/http://www.taylor.edu/about/mission/life-together-covenant.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-09 |title=Life Together Covenant – Taylor University |publisher=Taylor.edu |date=2006-10-13 |access-date=2012-03-06 }}</ref>  Community members pledge to adhere to certain standards of conduct and refrain from certain behaviors, including social dancing (excepting marriages taking place off of school property and choreographed or folk dance), premarital sex, homosexuality, smoking, and the consumption of alcohol, with the intention of strengthening the community as a whole. The LTC is viewed as not only a covenant, but as a binding contract as well. Penalties for not adhering to the LTC range from "citizenship probation" to expulsion from the university.  In 2013 the dancing rule was modified to allow officially sanctioned school dances.<ref name=ltc />

The Life Together Covenant covers activities and behaviors not only on the Taylor campus, but off-campus as well. The purpose is to strengthen the Christian community and to maintain a sense of maturity and accountability.

Chapel services are held three times a week, from 10:00 to 10:50&nbsp;a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Services generally follow a modern nontraditional Christian theme. Chapel attendance is encouraged but attendance is on the honor system. Chapel is always well attended.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chapel|url=http://www.taylor.edu/student-life/spiritual-life/campus-worship/chapel.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111072418/http://www.taylor.edu/student-life/spiritual-life/campus-worship/chapel.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2013|work=Taylor University|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>

===Multicultural development===

Multicultural students are supported by the Office of Intercultural Programs, and other faculty and staff through various student leadership groups, social clubs, and programs on campus. Programs include International Student Society, Multicultural Student Association, [[Mu Kappa]] International (founded at Taylor in 1985),<ref>{{cite web|title=Mu Kappa|url=http://www.mukappa.org/|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> Asian Society for Intercultural Awareness, Black Student Union, Middle Eastern Cultural Association, Voices of Praise Gospel Choir, and Latino Student Union. These groups and their subsequent events and programs play a role the university's goal of "...promoting diversity awareness, social justice, and globally minded Christianity throughout the campus".<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Taylor University|title=Student Life Handbook|url=http://www.taylor.edu/dotAsset/d501f4c5-8b08-4d69-9764-efbb56ac650a.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111070919/http://www.taylor.edu/dotAsset/d501f4c5-8b08-4d69-9764-efbb56ac650a.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-11-11}}</ref>

==Campus facilities==

===Academic facilities===
[[Image:Taylor Afternoon Winter Panorama.JPG|thumb|upright=2|View of campus from Wengatz Hall. Left to Right: Memorial Prayer Chapel, Zondervan Library, Nussbaum Science Center and Olson Hall.]]
In 1902, Sickler Hall, the oldest of three remaining original buildings on the campus, was built with a gift from the estate of Christopher Sickler, an early Taylor trustee. Originally, the building was a residence hall that provided free housing for the children of ministers and missionaries. Later, it served as a science hall and educational department center; more recently, it was the location of the communication arts department. Remodeled in 1995, Sickler Hall currently houses the William Taylor Foundation, professional writing department, and alumni and parent relations. A campus prayer chapel is located on the main floor and is open 24 hours a day for personal worship, meditation, and prayer.<ref name=Catalog>{{cite web|title=Academic Catalog 2013–2014 |url=http://www.taylor.edu/dotAsset/88d46460-fc5e-47d0-ad82-40f204f7eead.pdf |publisher=Taylor University |access-date=11 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111072448/http://www.taylor.edu/dotAsset/88d46460-fc5e-47d0-ad82-40f204f7eead.pdf |archive-date=11 November 2013 }}</ref>

In 1911, Helena Memorial Hall was built and is the second oldest building on campus. It serves as the university welcome center. The building was drastically remodeled in 1987 and houses Admissions and the Offices of the President and Provost. First a music building and then art and theatre building, this building is named for Mrs. Helena Gehman, an early benefactress to the university.<ref name="Catalog"/>

In 1986, Zondervan Library was opened and is a sprawling {{convert|61,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} complex at the center of campus. Named in honor of [[Zondervan|Peter J. "Pat" Zondervan]] and his wife, Mary, who contributed over $1 million to the project. Part of the complex is the Engstrom Galleria and Special Collections & University Archives which houses the British Author Collections. The collections consist of first editions, manuscripts, photographs, and other materials related to the lives and works of the five collected authors: [[C.S. Lewis]], [[George MacDonald]], [[Dorothy L. Sayers|Dorothy Sayers]], [[Charles Williams (British writer)|Charles Williams]], and [[Owen Barfield]].

[[Image:Taylor University, Upland, Indiana - Rice Bell Tower..jpg|thumb|150px|Rice Bell Tower]]
Sitting beside the library complex is the Rice Bell Tower. It is one of the distinctive architectural elements to the campus and stands at 71 feet, 10 inches in height. (The "bell" tower contains no bells, merely loudspeakers contained inside painted metal boxes.) It was dedicated in memory of Garnet I. Rice's husband, Raymond. The twin spires of the tower that meet at the apex of the structure symbolize the integration of faith and learning.

On the west side of campus is the Jim Wheeler Memorial Stadium with a seating capacity of 4,000. It has been the home of Trojan football since its completion in 1980. It was built with funds donated by 1954 alumnus John Wheeler in memory of his son, Jim Wheeler, an aspiring Christian recording artist who died of cancer shortly after his graduation from the university in 1979.<ref name="Catalog"/>

In 1958, the Taylor University Dome was designed by Orus Eash and built.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fashion victim|url=http://www.indianalandmarks.org/newsphotos/pages/newsfeatures.aspx?newsid=107|work=Indiana Landmarks|access-date=11 November 2013|date=1 May 2008}}</ref> It originally was the campus cafeteria, and later served as the student union. In June 2022, the building was demolished to make way for a new film and entrepreneurship building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taylor University Breaks Ground on Film, Media, Entrepreneurship Facility |url=https://www.taylor.edu/news/taylor-breaks-ground-on-film-media-entrepreneurship-facility |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=www.taylor.edu |date=September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Euler Science Complex - Taylor University - Oct 2012.jpg|thumb|Euler Science Complex and Nussbaum Science Center]]

In 2003, the Modelle Metcalf Visual Arts Center opened and includes 38,000 square feet of art studios, computer design labs, teaching auditoriums, and art galleries.<ref>{{Citation | title =Art in motion | pages =3 | magazine =Taylor Magazine | date =Spring 2003}}</ref>

In 2004, the Kesler Student Activity Center (KSAC, named after president emeritus [[Jay Kesler]]), was completed and features 88,000 square feet of athletic activities space, including an indoor track, multi-purpose courts used for intramural sports, an exercise room, an aerobics room, and multiple locker rooms.

In January 2011, the Eichling Aquatics Wing was completed and includes a [[Swimming pool|lap pool]] and several classrooms and offices.<ref>{{cite web|title=KSAC Fitness Center|url=http://www.taylor.edu/student-life/student-services/fitness-center.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111072512/http://www.taylor.edu/student-life/student-services/fitness-center.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2013|work=Taylor University|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>

In 2010, the university began a massive $41.1 million, {{convert|137,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} addition to its Nussbuam science education complex on the south-east side of campus. The building was completed in time for the 2012 fall semester and dedicated during Homecoming weekend.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121016/NEWS/121019689/ |title=Taylor U. to dedicate new $41 million science complex |publisher=Fort Wayne News-Sentinel |date=16 October 2012 |access-date=25 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194637/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20121016%2FNEWS%2F121019689%2F |archive-date=29 October 2013 }}</ref> Named the Euler Science Complex, the center featured two [[wind turbine]]s; and still features a [[heliostat]], [[green roof]]ing, [[geothermal heating|geothermal heating and cooling]], and [[solar panels|solar paneling]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sustaining the Legacy of Discovery at Taylor University|url=http://www.taylor.edu/euler/|work=Taylor University|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> With an emphasis on sustainable energy, the university hopes not only to save energy and costs, but also to use these features as a teaching tool. The university has received a Gold [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] [[Green Building Certification Institute|certification]] for the new complex.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianaeconomicdigest.net/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=135&ArticleID=67089 |title=Taylor University dedicates $41.7 million Euler Science Complex |publisher=Indiana Economic Digest |date=20 October 2012 |access-date=25 October 2012}}</ref>

===Residence halls===
[[Image:Wengatz and Olson Hall.JPG|thumb|Olson Hall (left) and Wengatz Hall (right)]]
[[File:Swallow Robin Hall.JPG|thumb|Swallow Robin Hall]]
Bergwall Hall, 1989, was occupied and named for Evan Bergwall Sr., president of Taylor University (1951–1959) during the fall semester of 1989 and currently houses 195 students—women on the third and fourth floors and men on the first and second floors. Each floor has a lounge and study facilities and communal bathrooms.<ref name="Catalog"/>

Breuninger Hall was opened to students in 2013 and is the newest residence hall. Located on the south side of campus, it houses 150 students across one floor of men and two floors of women.
[[File:English Hall Taylor Univ.jpg|thumb|English Hall]]
English Hall, 1975, opened on the far south end of campus, is a women's residence hall housing 224 students. It is named for Mary Tower English, the spouse of one of Taylor's most distinguished graduates. English Hall provides private living room areas as rooms are arranged around a suite that is shared by 8–12 women. It is of a unique compartmental [[brutalism]] architecture.<ref name="Catalog"/>

Olson Hall was constructed in the 1960s and named in honor of long-time and distinguished history professor Grace D. Olson. It is the largest residence hall (in terms of housing) on the campus with 300 beds. The hall underwent major renovations between 2006 and 2008. The hall is arranged along a typical corridor with a shared common bath.

Mirrored by Olson is Wengatz Hall, 1965, named for alumnus John C. Wengatz, a pioneer missionary to Africa. It houses 266 men.<ref>{{cite web|title=Housing|url=http://www.taylor.edu/student-life/life-at-taylor/housing/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111070949/http://www.taylor.edu/student-life/life-at-taylor/housing/|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2013|work=Taylor University|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>

Samuel Morris Hall, 1990, was completed, and colloquially referred to as “Sammy,” and named in honor of late 19th century African student [[Samuel Kaboo Morris|Samuel Morris]] and is the university's most modern large-scale residence hall and its largest in terms of square feet. It sits on the northeast corner of campus and houses 309 men. It is the third building named after Morris, the second being demolished in the mid-1990s.<ref name="Catalog"/> The building has four floors, each with its own unique culture and traditions: Foundation, Sammy II, The Brotherhood, and Penthouse.

Swallow Robin Hall, 1917, is the oldest residence hall and third oldest building on campus<ref>Note:Concrete engraving on building has 1916 in Roman numerals</ref> by [[Samuel Plato]].<ref>{{Cite news
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</ref> and then remodeled and restored in the fall of 1990. Silas C. Swallow and his wife (maiden name Robin) financed a major portion of the original construction cost for the building and asked that it be named in honor of their mothers. The hall was designed by [[Samuel Plato]], a notable architect of the early 20th century.<ref>[http://17.taylor.edu/upland/magazine/article.asp?volume=96&number=4&page=Features3 The Taylor Magazine – Finding Plato]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Most recently, the university added two new off-campus housing apartment halls on the north side of campus:

* Campell Hall, 2008, at {{convert|19,167|sqft|m2|adj=on}} was constructed in 2008 and opening that fall, is named in honor of Walt and Mary Campbell. It is located on the northwest edge of campus and consists of fifteen apartments housing 60 upper-level students in an apartment-style setting. 
* Wolgemuth Hall, 2011, the larger, opened in fall of 2011 and incorporates the architectural style of Samuel Plato. At {{convert|35,970|sqft|m2}} it has room for 92 upper-level students and is named after Sam and Grace Wolgemuth.<ref>{{cite web|title=University Apartments|url=http://www.taylor.edu/student-life/life-at-taylor/housing/university-apartments.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111072434/http://www.taylor.edu/student-life/life-at-taylor/housing/university-apartments.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2013|work=Taylor University|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>

Haakonsen Hall, 1975, was constructed as the student health center. The building is named after medical care provider Lily Haakonsen who was employed by the university. In 2006 it was renovated and re-purposed as housing. Since then, it has served a variety of purposes and is currently home to Taylor University Media Services.<ref name="Catalog" />

==Athletics==
{{main|Taylor Trojans}}

The Taylor athletic teams are called the Trojans. The university is a member of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA), primarily competing in the [[Crossroads League]] (formerly known as the Mid-Central College Conference (MCCC) until after the 2011–12 school year) since the 1994–95 academic year. The Trojans previously competed in the [[Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference|Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference]] (ICAC; now currently known as the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) since the 1998–99 school year) of the [[NCAA Division III]] ranks from 1987–88 to 1990–91.

Taylor competes in 16 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, track & field and volleyball; and co-ed sports include competitive cheer. Former sports included men's and women's tennis.

===Football===
The Taylor football program competes in the Mideast League of the [[Mid-States Football Association]]. The Trojans football team ended the 2009 season ranked #19 in the NAIA coaches poll. After their first winning season since 2015, the Trojans football team finished the 2024 season ranked #22 in the NAIA coaches poll. The Trojans went 9–2, their second most wins in a season in program history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naia.org/sports/fball/2024-25/Releases/11_National |title=2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Final Rating (November 17) }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111509aad.html |title=2009 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll – final regular season – NAIA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219090426/http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111509aad.html |archive-date=2009-12-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Volleyball===
The Taylor women's volleyball 2009 season ended in a single elimination game as part of the top 12 teams in the NAIA playoffs with the team ranked #11 in the NAIA.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.taylor.edu/athletics/game_recap.shtml?inode=140139 |title=Trojans' Season Ends at NAIA Championship |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524195901/https://www.webcitation.org/5mT7fgUzT?url=http://www.taylor.edu/athletics/game_recap.shtml%3Finode=140139 |archive-date=2024-05-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://naia.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/ChampionshipBracket.html |title=Women's Volleyball 2009 Bracket Schedule |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107063405/http://naia.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/ChampionshipBracket.html |archive-date=2010-01-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taylor.edu/dotAsset/140194.pdf |title=Women's Volleyball 2009 Bracket |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528060151/http://www.taylor.edu/dotAsset/140194.pdf |archive-date=2010-05-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taylor.edu/athletics/volleyball/naia-championship-central-09.shtml |title=Taylor University Women's Volleyball 2009 Playoffs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527190556/http://www.taylor.edu/athletics/volleyball/naia-championship-central-09.shtml |archive-date=2010-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Cross Country ===
The Taylor men's cross country team has qualified for NAIA nationals 32 times. They ran to a runner-up finish in 2019 and went on to win nationals in 2020 giving Taylor its first NAIA national championship in any sport.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cross country wins nationals |url=https://www.theechonews.com/article/2021/04/cross-country-wins-nationals |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=The Echo}}</ref> The program has also won 22 Conference Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taylor University Men's Cross Country 2021 Quick Facts |url=https://www.taylortrojans.com/d/2021-22/MenCross/TUXC_Quick_Facts_Men_2021_Oct_23.pdf |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=www.taylortrojans.com/}}</ref>

The Taylor women's cross country team has qualified for NAIA nationals 15 times. They ran to a third-place finish in both 2018 and 2020. In 2022 the Trojans ran to an undefeated season and won NAIA nationals scoring only 50 points after being led by fourth-place finisher Abbey Brennan and having all five scoring runners finish in the top 20.<ref>{{Cite web |date=Nov 18, 2022 |title=TU Women Cap Perfect Season with Taylor's Second-Ever National Championship |url=https://www.taylortrojans.com/article/womens-cross-country/tu-women-cap-perfect-season-with-taylors-second-ever-national-championship |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Taylor University Athletics |archive-date=2023-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105192518/https://www.taylortrojans.com/article/womens-cross-country/tu-women-cap-perfect-season-with-taylors-second-ever-national-championship |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=Nov 18, 2022 |title=Taylor (Ind.) Women Captured First Red Banner at 2022 NAIA Cross Country Championship |url=https://www.naia.org/sports/wxc/2022-23/Releases/Championship |website=NAIA}}</ref> The program also has 12 conference championships including ten in a row from 2013 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taylor University Women's Cross Country 2022 Quick Facts |url=https://www.taylortrojans.com/d/2022-23/WomenCross/WXC_QuickFacts_Nov22.pdf |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.taylortrojans.com/}}</ref>

Both teams are currently coached by Taylor alumni and Taylor professor of education Quinn White. Coach White won the USTFCCCA NAIA Men's National Coach of the year award in 2021 and proceeded to win the women's award in 2022. Coach White has also been named Crossroads League coach of the year ten times as well as being named the USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region coach of the year multiple times.<ref>{{Cite web |date=Nov 23, 2022 |title=TU'S WHITE HONORED AS USTFCCCA NATIONAL WOMEN'S COACH OF THE YEAR |url=https://www.crossroadsleague.com/article/5191 |website=Crossroads League |access-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105192525/https://www.crossroadsleague.com/article/5191 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.taylortrojans.com/sport/womens-cross-country/2022-23/coach|title=2022 WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY COACHES|accessdate=July 31, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105192539/https://www.taylortrojans.com/sport/womens-cross-country/2022-23/coach|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Basketball===

====Silent Night====
Every year the Friday before final exams, Taylor University has the Silent Night Men's Basketball game. In it, students remain quiet until the tenth point is scored and then erupt in cheering.<ref name="rivals"/> In the late moments of the game, "[[Silent Night]]" is sung.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brennan|first=Eamonn|title=Prepare to love Taylor University|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/19780/prepare-to-love-taylor-university|work=ESPN|date=13 December 2010|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> A former assistant coach came up with the idea in the late 80s and it was a packed event by the mid-to-late 1990s.<ref name=rivals>{{cite web|last=Eisenberg|first=Jeff|title=Never heard of Taylor University's Silent Night? You're missing out.|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Never-heard-of-Taylor-University-s-Silent-Night-?urn=ncaab-295229|work=Yahoo!|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> Afterward, students can go to the President's campus-wide party involving live Christmas music, making and eating Christmas cookies, and making gingerbread houses.<ref name="Experience">[http://192.195.234.6/experience/blogs/entry_details.shtml?inode=82325&identifier=76465 Taylor University – Entry Details] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20110704023948/http://192.195.234.6/experience/blogs/entry_details.shtml?inode=82325&identifier=76465 |date=2011-07-04 }}. 192.195.234.6 (2008-11-17). Retrieved on 2011-06-15.</ref> The 2010 game was more formally named the 27th Annual Ivanhoe Classic and resulted in a 112–67 win over [[Ohio State University, Marion Campus|Ohio State-Marion]].<ref name="2010 Silent">{{cite web|title=Trojans Claim Ivanhoe Classic Championship |url=http://athletics.taylor.edu/news/2011/3/29/MBK_0329113028.aspx?path=mbasketball |work=Taylor Trojans |access-date=11 November 2013 |date=11 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111071008/http://athletics.taylor.edu/news/2011/3/29/MBK_0329113028.aspx?path=mbasketball |archive-date=11 November 2013 }}</ref> This was the most scored by the Taylor men's basketball team since the 1993–94 squad scored 139 points in a victory over [[Robert Morris University (Illinois)]].<ref name="2010 Silent"/> This allowed Taylor students to quiet down and erupt in celebration again after the 100th point.<ref name="rivals"/> Casey Coons scored the tenth point in the 2009 Silent Night, the 2010 Silent Night, and 2011 silent night on free throws.<ref name="2010 Silent"/><ref name="CBS Silent Night">{{cite web|title=Taylor U's Silent Night tradition remains awesome |url=http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/26283066/33780114 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304192444/http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/26283066/33780114 |archive-date=2012-03-04 }}</ref><ref name="2009 Silent">{{cite web|title=Silence Short-Lived, Trojans Win 81–52 |url=http://athletics.taylor.edu/news/2012/1/23/MBK_0123122022.aspx?path=mbasketball |work=Taylor Trojans |access-date=11 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111070956/http://athletics.taylor.edu/news/2012/1/23/MBK_0123122022.aspx?path=mbasketball |archive-date=11 November 2013 }}</ref> Casey Coons received the NAIA Mid-Central College Conference Division II Player of the Week award for the week of the 2010 game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-centralconf.org/pow.php |title=MCC Players of the Week – 2010–11 |publisher=Webcitation.org |access-date=2012-03-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708204934/http://www.mid-centralconf.org/pow.php |archive-date=July 8, 2010 }}</ref> Coach Paul Patterson coached without shoes for the 2009, 2010, and 2011 games to raise money for [[Samaritan's Feet]] (400 pairs of shoes were raised at the 2009 event for the Dominican Republic and 170 pairs of shoes were raised for Guatemala at the 2010 event).<ref name="CBS Silent Night"/><ref name="2009 Silent"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Silent Night Includes Barefoot Event |url=http://athletics.taylor.edu/news/2011/3/16/MBK_0316112235.aspx |work=Taylor Trojans |access-date=11 November 2013 |date=8 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111072448/http://athletics.taylor.edu/news/2011/3/16/MBK_0316112235.aspx |archive-date=11 November 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=May|first=Hillary|title=Taylor Adds To Silent Night Game Tradition|newspaper=The Echo|date=10 Dec 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Silent Night Video Grabs National Attention |url=http://athletics.taylor.edu/news/2011/3/16/MBK_0316112633.aspx?path=mbasketball |work=Taylor Trojans |access-date=11 November 2013 |date=14 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111072506/http://athletics.taylor.edu/news/2011/3/16/MBK_0316112633.aspx?path=mbasketball |archive-date=11 November 2013 }}</ref> [[Sports Illustrated]] paid tribute to the Silent Night Event in its December 27, 2010, issue.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1180119/1/index.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103180604/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1180119/1/index.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 3, 2012 | work=CNN | title=Most Popular | date=2010-12-27}}</ref> The 2011 game received significant media attention as well.<ref name="CBS Silent Night"/><ref>{{cite web|title=ESPN Host Tabs Silent Night as Best College Hoops Tradition |url=http://athletics.taylor.edu/news/2011/12/11/MBK_silent-night-national.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111072359/http://athletics.taylor.edu/news/2011/12/11/MBK_silent-night-national.aspx |archive-date=2013-11-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/extramustard/hotclicks/12/12/lauren-budd-tim-tebow-leads-another-broncos-comeback/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107090946/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/extramustard/hotclicks/12/12/lauren-budd-tim-tebow-leads-another-broncos-comeback/index.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 7, 2012 | title=The Sweet Sound Of Silence | work=CNN | date=2011-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/seth_davis/12/12/Cincinnati.Xavier/1.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714015538/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/seth_davis/12/12/Cincinnati.Xavier/1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 14, 2012 | title=Hoop Thoughts | work=CNN | date=2011-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/index/_/id/7349073|title=Taylor University celebrates 'Silent Night' on court - Page 2 - ESPN|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Silent Night in NCAA Power Rankings|date=22 December 2011|url=http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7354340/titus-top-12-ncaa-power-rankings}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Taylor University's 'Silent Night' is still as wild and fun as ever – Yahoo Sports|url=http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Taylor-University-8217-s-8216-Silent-Night-8?urn=ncaab-wp6809}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=justinbieber|author=Justin Bieber|number=146168217293955073|date=12 December 2011|title=just got sent this. very cool.}}</ref>
The 2014 Silent Night game was a 91–59 victory over Kentucky Christian and was covered by ESPN.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Strong|first1=Sam|title=Taylor's Silent Night tradition continues|date=7 December 2014|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/101271/taylors-silent-night-tradition-continues|access-date=7 December 2014}}</ref>

==Media==
Taylor university operates a radio station, WTUR, with student-led talk shows, student-selected music, and chapel services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wtur.taylormediacomm.com/|title=WTUR {{!}} Taylor University|access-date=19 May 2019}}</ref>
Taylor University currently has entered into a partnership with and simulcasts WBCL on 87.9, the frequency WTUR used to broadcast on.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wbcl.org|title=EFCA {{!}} Taylor University|access-date=2 December 2018}}</ref> Currently WTUR is solely broadcast online. Taylor also hosts a student newspaper, ''The Echo'', which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012–13. The paper is both print and online.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Echo |url=https://www.theechonews.com// |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=The Echo}}</ref> The ''Ilium'', Taylor's annual yearbook, is a 200+ page print publication put together by students.

== Notable alumni and faculty ==
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*[[Thomas Atcitty]], third president of the [[Navajo Nation]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=University|first=Taylor|date=1986|title=Taylor Magazine|url=https://pillars.taylor.edu/tu_magazines/63|journal=Pillars at Taylor University|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Andrew Belle]], singer/songwriter
*[[Joseph Brain (academic)|Joseph Brain]], [[Physiology|physiologist]] and [[environmental health]] researcher at [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]]
*[[Jason Burkey]], actor
*[[Frank G. Carver]], one of the translators of the [[New American Standard Bible]]
*[[Charles W. Clark]], baritone singer
*[[Ralph Edward Dodge]], [[Bishop]] of [[The Methodist Church (USA)|The Methodist Church]]
*[[Ted Engstrom]], former president of [[World Vision International]]
*[[Stevimir Ercegovac]], Olympic [[shot put]]ter
*[[Rick Florian]], recording artist
*Dan Gordon, president of [[Gordon Food Service]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Garringer|first=Jim|title=Homecoming Begins Friday, Featured Highlights Include Wolgemuth Dedication, Awards, Reunions|url=http://www.taylor.edu/news/news-detail.shtml?id=ed12368f-e170-40ea-8bab-5c534126c70a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111072510/http://www.taylor.edu/news/news-detail.shtml?id=ed12368f-e170-40ea-8bab-5c534126c70a|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2013|work=Taylor University|access-date=11 November 2013|date=11 October 2011}}</ref> 
*[[John Groce]], head coach of the [[Akron Zips men's basketball]] team
*[[Adolf Guttmacher]], rabbi
*[[Eugene Habecker]], president emeritus of Taylor University, former president of the [[American Bible Society]]
*[[Lowell Haines]], lawyer, president emeritus of Taylor University
*[[Chris Holtmann]], head coach of the [[DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball]] team
*[[Julienne Johnson]], artist
*[[Stephen L. Johnson (politician, born 1951)|Stephen L. Johnson]], former administrator of the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Kingdom Service|url=http://www.taylor.edu/euler/programs/service.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111070857/http://www.taylor.edu/euler/programs/service.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2013|work=Taylor University|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> 
*[[Jay Kesler]], president emeritus of Taylor University and former president of [[Youth for Christ]]
*[[Derek Kolstad]], screenwriter
* [[D. Stephen Long]], Methodist theologian and professor of ethics at [[Southern Methodist University]]
* [[Phil Madeira]], award-winning songwriter and recording artist, and member of [[Emmylou Harris]]' band<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,461911,00.html |title=Artist Direct |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019092236/http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,461911,00.html |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Rolland D. McCune]], theologian and professor of [[Systematic Theology]] at [[Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary]]
*[[Jeff Meyer (basketball)|Jeff Meyer]], former college coach
*[[Geoff Moore]], [[contemporary Christian]] music artist, songwriter
*[[Samuel Kaboo Morris|Samuel Morris]], Prince Kaboo of [[Western Africa]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.taylor.edu/samuel-morris|title=Samuel Morris Story {{!}} Taylor University|website=www.taylor.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-12-03}}</ref>
*[[David Nixon (director)|David Nixon]], film director and producer
*[[Harold Ockenga]], pastor, educator, and founding president of the [[National Association of Evangelicals]]<ref name=Lindsell>{{cite book |last=Lindsell |first=Harold |title=Park Street Prophet: A Life of Harold John Ockenga |publisher=Van Kampen Press |year=1951 |url=https://archive.org/details/parkstreetprophe0000haro/page/n7/mode/2up |access-date=8 September 2025}}</ref>{{rp|p=22}}
*[[Don Odle]], coach
*[[Paris Reidhead]], a Christian missionary, teacher, writer, and advocate of economic development in impoverished nations<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parisreidheadbibleteachingministries.org/Marjorie_Reidhead.html|title=Marjorie Reidhead|website=www.parisreidheadbibleteachingministries.org|access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref>
*[[Charles Wesley Shilling]], leader in the field of [[Diving medicine|undersea]] and [[hyperbaric medicine]], research and education<ref name="Pressure86">{{cite journal |title=Dr. Shilling steps down as UMS leader after 13 years |journal=Pressure, Newsletter of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society |volume=15 |issue=2 |year=1992 |pages=1, 6–8 |issn=0889-0242 }}</ref>
*[[Joel Sonnenberg]], Christian motivational speaker
* [[John McKendree Springer]] &nbsp; Founder of the African Missionary movement in Africa<ref>{{cite book |last=Hayes |first=Mollin |title=Africa Missionaries : an honor roll of the missionaries of the Methodist Church in [Africa] |volume=  |year=1945 |page=8 |authorlink= |publisher=Board of Missions and Church Extension, the Methodist Church |location=New York, NY |isbn= |url=https://archive.org/details/africamissionari00unse |ref=honor}}</ref>
*[[William Vennard]], vocal teacher and opera singer
*[[Tim Walberg]],  US Representative for [[Michigan]]'s 7th congressional district
*[[Jackie Walorski]], US Representative for Indiana's 2nd district (2013–2022), former Republican Indiana State Representative for District 21<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2012-09-16/news/33885763_1_indiana-s-2nd-congressional-district-candidates-stress-jackie-walorski|title=Candidates stress their roots: Jackie Walorski|work=schurz-southbendtribune|access-date=2018-12-03|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Robert Wolgemuth]], author, former chairman of the [[Evangelical Christian Publishers Association]]
{{end div col}}

==List of university presidents==
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*Thaddeus Reade, 1891–1902
*Charles W. Winchester, 1904–1907
*Monroe Vayhinger, 1908–1921
*James M. Taylor, 1921–1922
*John H. Paul, 1922–1931
*Robert L. Stewart, 1931–1945
*Clyde W. Meredith, 1945–1951
*Evan H. Bergwall, 1951–1959
*B. Joseph Martin, 1960–1965
*Milo A. Rediger, 1965–1975; 1979–1981
*Robert C. Baptista, 1975–1979
*Gregg O. Lehman, 1981–1985
*[[Jay Kesler]], 1985–2000
*David Gyertson, 2000–2005
*[[Eugene Habecker]], 2005–2016
*[[Lowell Haines]], 2016–2019
*Paige Comstock Cunningham, 2019–2021
*[[D. Michael Lindsay]], 2021–present

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Taylor Winter Panorama 1.JPG|View of the prayer chapel and Zondervan Library from Wengatz during sunrise
Image:Taylor Winter Panorama 2.JPG|View of Nussbaum from Wengatz during sunrise
Image:Taylor University Prayer Chapel Alter.JPG|The Taylor University Memorial Prayer Chapel
Image:Taylor University Prayer Chapel Interior Center.JPG
Image:Taylor University Prayer Room.JPG
Image:Zondervan Library.JPG|[[Zondervan]] Library
</gallery>

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