Dear Taylor Community,

I am pleased to welcome you to this year’s virtual Celebration of Scholarship! Given the events of the last year, we are excited that we are able to host this event in our virtual space on Pillars as it allows all of those connected with Taylor all over the world to be a part of the work being done by our faculty and students.

Our Celebration of Scholarship features research done over the summer with our Faculty Mentored Undergraduate Scholarship (FMUS) program, and during the academic year with the Women’s Giving Circle. Students are also presenting the work they’ve done in class or for capstone projects, demonstrating their ever-deepening engagement with problems of significance to them and society at large. Through these research opportunities, faculty and students develop faith-based, intellectually substantial relationships with one another and their peers, a natural expansion on the professional, personal, and spiritual mentoring that is at the core of Taylor’s Christian liberal arts education.

I hope you enjoy the panels, oral presentations, and poster presentations from this year’s Celebration of Scholarship. They represent some of the best collaborative efforts from our faculty and students.

Best Regards,

Dr. Michael Hammond

Provost and Executive Vice President