Madison Lamontagne is a junior biology major who proudly wears the #10 jersey at the libero position for the Toccoa Falls College volleyball team. A native of Kathleen, GA, Lamontagne was introduced to the sport while in the sixth grade.

September is Suicide Awareness Month, but the numbers are hardly decreasing. Maybe you have lost someone to suicide, nearly lost yourself to suicide or have never been impacted by the crisis. No one should feel like their life doesn’t matter or that ending it is the best option. No matter your experience with suicide, you can help prevent it.

Toccoa Falls College requires that each student complete four Service and Outreach opportunities. If you’re looking for a way to be involved in the community and earn SAO hours, check out the local animal shelter: Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter. The animal shelter is in need of volunteers, and it is a great way for students to benefit the community while receiving SAO credit. 

In today’s society, the topic of mental health appears to have a negative connotation. The issue seems to get kicked under the rug until it is pushed onto the surface.

Anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses are no match for God. Keep reading to learn how one TFC student invites God into their battles with mental illness and be reminded of the role He plays for each of His children as Healer.

I have Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy. I have scoliosis which has been surgically corrected. I have had my hamstrings and tendons lengthened. My ankles have been repositioned. I am able to walk with a walker. I use a power wheel. That’s what I say when someone asks, “what happened?”

Keep reading to learn more about how cerebral palsy affects, but does not fully define, the life of a TFC student.

I wish I could make sense of mental illness. Of General Anxiety Disorder, of recurring Major Depressive Disorder, of Dermatillomania, of Dysphoric Emotional Dysregulation Disorder, of all the things that make up the inner anxious working of my mind.

Keep reading to learn more about a student’s experience with the above mental illnesses. Her journey may even speak hope and healing into your own.

Grief. It’s not a pretty word, which is good considering the concept is so far from beautiful.

Keep reading to learn more about one student’s experience with grief. It may relate to your journey and/or help you to be there for others who have a similar experience.

Let’s be honest – every single one of us has picked a scab or a hangnail at some point in our lives. It’s not unusual to be curious and pick at something on your skin. But have you ever had a moment where you stopped and realized that you had been picking at your skin or nails for an extended period of time without even knowing it?

Keep reading to learn more about dermatillomania, a soul-sucking skin picking disorder, and how it affects the life of at least one TFC student.

Anxiety and depression. Isn’t it funny how two words that shouldn’t fit are so constantly intertwined? I mean, you think about the two of them like they are completely different concepts.

Keep reading to learn more about one student’s personal experience with anxiety and depression. It may even resonate with your journey!

Thomas F. Todd grew up in southwest Atlanta and attended Toccoa Falls Institute for one year in 1948. In his book, “The Adventures of Tom and Jim,” he highlights his time at TFC, long before it was a college. Check out this short story from the book mentioned above.

This semester, they brought the classic tale of hardship, romance and family that is Little Women to the TFC stage, or close enough. The event debuted at the Venue at the Star Theatre in downtown Toccoa … Anna Grace Tully and Faith Higgins directed the play.

Toccoa Falls College’s grounds maintenance crew has planted fresh saplings near the main creek on campus after students objected to the removal and trimming of trees outside their dorms. According to Associate Vice President of Operations Merlin Schenck, approximately 250 to 300 trees were planted in early March.

Sophomores Cyrus Harrison and Gavin Maxwell have been selected to serve Forrest Hall as Resident Assistants for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year. Harrison and Maxwell will be serving the guys of 2A and 2B, respectively.

If you have been a student at Toccoa Falls College in the last two years, you are probably aware of the study abroad program. Typically, students are offered the opportunity to participate in a study abroad trip to gain both college credit and an experience you can only get as a student while traveling to a different country. 

Keep reading to learn more about the future of the study abroad program at TFC!

This season, Coach Josh Taylor debuts as the new head coach of the baseball program. He is hopeful about the development of the team and the program’s future growth.

Keep reading to learn more about how Coach Taylor hopes to develop the team, including insight from the players themselves!

Lily Cranford, The Talon’s resident comic artist, created the following strip to bring some comedic relief to the often uncomfortable situation that is “ring by spring” and the role that TFC’s infamous bells play in the narrative.

“My time at TFC is hard to put into words. … It has been a time of learning about myself, others, and the innumerable ways that God shows His love to us… in times of great joy and sorrow,” Toccoa Falls College student Abigail Haydel said.

In the final event of the Forrest Olympics, halls 2A and 1B competed in a game of “Forrest Feud” for the grand prize, the bust of Richard A. Forrest.

Keep reading to learn more about this year’s finale and Forrest Olympics winner!

Toccoa Falls College Residence Life has announced the 2022-2023 team!

Alexis Lackey and Grace Greenfield will be first-year co-RAs on LeTourneau Hall’s second floor. They are most excited about the opportunity to build community with and among their freshman girls.

Week Two of the Forrest Olympics saw increased competition among the halls. Following “Flap Jack Stack Attack,” the “Ping Pong/2K/Smash” event consisted of three individual tournaments: ping pong, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and 2K.

Keep reading to learn more about the current placements of the Forrest men in their annual Olympic Games!