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Some businesses Offer UT Tyler Students Discounts

March 18, 2022 Danny Mogle

By MAKAYLA ATTAWAY/Talon Contributor The university is partnering with businesses in Tyler, Palestine, Longview and Houston to provide students discounts. In the Tyler area, businesses that offer discounts include East Texas Nutrition, Hollytree Dental and [Read More…]

OUCH! Higher Gas Prices Leave Students Feeling Empty at the Pumps

March 18, 2022 Danny Mogle

By HEATHER SCULLAWL/Talon Contributor Higher gas prices are leaving some UT Tyler students frustrated and concerned. Juanita Cardenas, a freshman, lives in Jacksonville and drives about 30 miles each way to and from college. She [Read More…]

UT Tyler SGA Sets Elections

March 16, 2022 The Patriot Talon

By LIZBETH ROMO/Staff Writer The Student Government Association aims to serve as a forum for student opinion at the University of Texas at Tyler by communicating to the university the needs of the majority of students. [Read More…]

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Creative Writing Club Debuts at UT Tyler

March 16, 2022 The Patriot Talon

By LIZBETH ROMO/Staff Writer The Creative Writing club wrote itself in UT Tyler history by becoming an official organization. President, Autumn VanBuskirk, said that, “The Creative Writing Club aims to provide a space for the UT [Read More…]

Tyler Public Library to Hold Book Sale March 19

March 15, 2022 Danny Mogle

Talon Staff Tyler Public Library, 201 S. College Ave., will hold a book sale 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 19, the city of Tyler announced. Prices will be: Hardback Books: $1 Paperback Books: 50 [Read More…]

Honors Program Volunteering to Renovate a House for PATH

March 12, 2022 Brynna Williamson

By BRYNNA WILLIAMSON/Managing Editor Every man is an island. But no man should be. The UT Tyler Honors Program, headed by Dr. Paul Streufert and Laura Grace Dykes, plans to combat what can be a very [Read More…]

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…]