2022 - The Patriot Talon

UT Tyler to Receive Endowment from UT System for Tuition Assistance

March 11, 2022 The Patriot Talon

By SOPHIA GUILD/Newsletter Editor The UT System Board of Regents approved a $300 million endowment to help students at UT System schools pay for college. The endowment will allow all seven UT System schools, including [Read More…]

Students Encouraged to Take National Survey of Student Engagement

March 7, 2022 The Patriot Talon

By LIZBETH ROMO/Staff Writer Katherine Jennings, SGA President, is encouraging students to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). The survey is designed to “inform UT Tyler leadership for future planning.” NSSE had 601 [Read More…]

UT Tyler Opens HEERF III Grant for COVID-19 Assistance

March 2, 2022 Brynna Williamson

By BRYNNA WILLIAMSON/Managing Editor Through March 6, UT Tyler is accepting a third round of Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) grant application so that students who have been financially affected by “the disruption of [Read More…]

Baptist Student Ministry to Spend Spring Break Evangelizing at South Padre Island

March 1, 2022 Danny Mogle

By MACY WEATHERFORD/Talon Contributor UT Tyler’s Baptist Student Ministry is passionate about students sharing the gospel. Many college students tend to party and get drunk during spring break. But not the students taking part in [Read More…]

UT Tyler Team Wins Sports Medicine Quiz Competition

March 1, 2022 Danny Mogle

SUBMISSION A team representing UT Tyler health and kinesiology beat 20 other schools in a quiz competition at a state conference. Timothy Avrerill, Corb Cannefax and Levi Bell won the Student Bowl at the Texas [Read More…]

Pokémon Legends: Arceus is the Most Freeing Pokémon Game So Far

March 1, 2022 Noah Tew

By EMILY BUSH/Staff Writer During my time playing it, both in constructing this review and in my personal time, Pokemon Legends: Arceus has blown me away. With such a new engine and mechanics, it feels [Read More…]

PHOTO ESSAY: Harvey Lake is a Picturesque Retreat in the Heart of Campus

March 1, 2022 Danny Mogle

Potography by SARAH DAY/Talon Contributor Harvey Lake sits in the heart of UT Tyler and is home to fish, turtles and birds. Many find the picturesque lake to be a calming setting. Talon contributor Sarah [Read More…]

A Flurry of Confusion: Crossing Old Omen

February 25, 2022 Noah Tew

By NOAH TEW/Editor-in-Chief On a typical afternoon, it is not surprising to hear the sounds of horns at the crosswalk by Liberty Landing, an apartment complex at the University of Texas at Tyler. Hundreds of [Read More…]

BULLETIN BOARD Feb. 25-March 2: Here’s What is Happening Around Campus

February 24, 2022 Danny Mogle

By SOPHIA GUILD/Newsletter editor Here are some events taking place at UT Tyler from Feb. 25 to March 2. Looking into becoming a Physician Assistant? The Physician Assistant Virtual Panel is Feb. 25 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 [Read More…]

To Be, or Not To Be (Online): That is the Question

February 22, 2022 Brynna Williamson

By BRYNNA WILLIAMSON and MELODY WILSON In the first week of the Spring 2022 semester, President Kirk Calhoun sent out an important email that said that due to the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in East [Read More…]