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No full text“Exchange students Ana Armijos (on the right) and Jessica Sangurima (on the left) from Ecuador capturing their experience and the beauty of Taylor Lake on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023.”https://pillars.taylor.edu/quintu23-technology/1002/thumbnail.jp
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No full text“Smiley face light up LED sign in the photographers room in Second West Olson room 219. Smiley faces are reminders to smile throughout the whole day. A great motivation when waking up to a smiling face.”https://pillars.taylor.edu/quintu23-technology/1009/thumbnail.jp
Protecting Youth from Mexican Drug Cartel Recruitment: The Prospects of Educational Interventions
Get PDFThis investigation considers the impact of Mexico’s War on Drugs since 2006 and the influence of widespread cartel networks on the youth population. As both victims and perpetrators of drug-related crime, the young individuals of Mexico are the center of this research. The goal of this investigation was to determine how education in Mexico’s grade schools could be leveraged to protect its youth from drug-related violence and cartel recruitment. Therefore, the study examines both the challenges suffered by the education system due to the Drug War and the prospects for educational interventions to strengthen and protect youth over and against the drug cartels. The findings determine that the complexity of drug-related crime in Mexico and its effect on youth must be matched by diverse educational interventions. More than simply working to keep students enrolled in school, educators and policy-makers must also work to fortify youth’s social and psychological resources
The Dome: A Celebration and Commemoration
No full textThis documentary was created by a team of students in Prof. Steve Bailey\u27s class, Producing for Clients. The group worked in collaboration with Prof. Ashley Chu, University Archivist, to conduct research for the film. The final eight-minute product celebrates and commemorates the history of the Dome from its founding as a student dining hall, through its years as a student union, and concludes with its service as a place of student residence during COVID and its decommissioning service in June 2022.https://pillars.taylor.edu/campus-dedications/1053/thumbnail.jp
Career Related Stress and Faculty Work–Life Balance
Get PDFCollege faculty have a range of demands on their time in both their personal and professional lives. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the effects of career related stress on faculty members’ satisfaction with the balance between their personal and professional lives. This study focused on faculty at a small, faith-based, liberal arts institution in the Midwest. Data from the 2013–2014, 2016–2017, and 2019–2020 HERI Faculty Surveys were analyzed to determine if any of four independent variables—colleagues, students, research or publishing demands, or teaching load—significantly predicted the dependent variable, work–life balance. Gender was the only control variable used in this study in order to determine if the experience of male and female faculty differ in relation to career related stress and work–life balance. Results indicated that there is a significant difference in the experience of male and female faculty. For two of the three survey years, female faculty experienced higher career related stress related to working with students than male faculty. Additionally, teaching load was found to be a more significant predictor of lower work–life balance satisfaction for male faculty in two of the survey years. While no independent variable was a consistent predictor across all three survey years, the differences in experience between male and female faculty is significant and worth further exploration
Aerobic Exercise and Academic Performance: The Effects of Long Distance Running on GPA and Academic Procrastination
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to study the relationship between aerobic activity and academic performance. Researchers wanted to understand how much aerobic activity was needed in order to see the most, if any, benefit to academic performance measured by an increase in grade point average (GPA) and a decrease in academic procrastination. The study will be conducted at Taylor University with 100 consenting sophomore participant students that will be participating in a running fitness course. The participants will be randomly assigned between the two groups, one group that will be running five times a week Monday through Friday and another group that will be running three times a week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The result will show that there will be at least a small significant increase in GPA in the participants that will run fives times a week when compared to the participants that will run three times a week. However, results will find that there will be a significant decrease in academic procrastination in those students who will run five times a week when compared to those who only will only run three times a week
Dr. Julia Hurlow, Associate Vice President for Student Development and Director of Residence Life
No full textIlium 2023
Get PDFThe 2023 yearbook of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.https://pillars.taylor.edu/yearbooks/1115/thumbnail.jp