Kittie Smith

Katherine Maria Smith, known as “Kittie”, lost her arms to abuse at the age of 9.https://pillars.taylor.edu/taylor175wingtraditions/1005/thumbnail.jp

The Taylor Towel

At both the beginning and end of a student’s time at Taylor, they receive what is known as a “Taylor Towel.”https://pillars.taylor.edu/taylor175wingtraditions/1009/thumbnail.jp

Christmas with Jay

On December 13, 1987, the Echo advertised the first ever “Jay Kesler Christmas Special” beginning a tradition that continues today.https://pillars.taylor.edu/taylor175wingtraditions/1007/thumbnail.jp

Melon and Gourd

A prime example of Taylor’s thriving dorm culture is the annual Melon and Gourd tradition.https://pillars.taylor.edu/taylor175wingtraditions/1006/thumbnail.jp

The First Football Team

Taylor University joined the world of intercollegiate football in the fall of 1948.https://pillars.taylor.edu/taylor175wingtraditions/1013/thumbnail.jp

Global Borders and Borderlands History Symposium Program 2019

Borders and borderlands have the unique power to simultaneously unite and divide the people living in and around them. Scholars studying all parts of the world recognize the importance of borders and borderlands not only in the geopolitical sense, but also as they impact economics, diplomacy, culture, society, and human identity. The presenters at this symposium study the role of borders—and the complex borderlands they create—in shaping global historical narratives, with an aim toward the multidisciplinary integration of themes like gender, race, ethnicity, indigeneity, violence, environment, and material culture

Current Dorm/Wing Traditions

A small gallery of the 2021 dormitory and wing traditions at Taylor University. It served as the main document accompanying the gallery.https://pillars.taylor.edu/taylor175wingtraditions/1000/thumbnail.jp

Thaddeus C. Reade

When the Board of Trustees considered closing the campus, Reade personally took on the coast of maintaining the school.https://pillars.taylor.edu/taylor175wingtraditions/1004/thumbnail.jp

Taylathon

The annual Taylathon bike race can find its origins in a freshman induction race in 1958 and an inter-class competition starting in 1959.https://pillars.taylor.edu/taylor175wingtraditions/1010/thumbnail.jp

The Ivanhoe’s Classic

In 1984, popular local restaurant, Ivanhoe’s, began sponsoring the annual Ivanhoe’s Classic basketball tournament.https://pillars.taylor.edu/taylor175wingtraditions/1008/thumbnail.jp