Almost any college student will admit that the most stressful week of the semester is finals week. All the cramming and studying brings unwanted emotions and makes for a stressful end to the semester.

This summer, a group of TFC students and professors will travel to Europe for two weeks to complete a study abroad program. The trip will begin May 22 and conclude June 5. Students will visit landmark destinations in England, France, and Italy, including popular cities like London, Paris, Florence, Rome, and the Alps.

Wesley Greenfield and Tiffany Franklin are future and current Toccoa Falls College students who live with autism. The Talon got to speak with Greenfield and Franklin about their opinions on common stereotypes and individual, everyday experiences an autistic mind.

Awajok Adoung, Jayce Kimsey, and Tate Wiggins are among many of the young men who have been selected to serve Toccoa Falls College (TFC) as resident assistants (RAs) for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year. Adoung will be serving in Forrest 2B, Kimsey will be in the Terraces, and Wiggins will be in Forrest 3B.

Toccoa Falls College Men's Basketball players discuss mental health in the sports industry, misconceptions, and what people can do to support them.

In early April, Katie Skeen was announced as Toccoa Falls College’s new Head Coach for women’s volleyball. Skeen is the current Resident Director of Fant and LeTourneau halls, which house primarily freshman and sophomore women on lower campus.

Emma Hale is a senior at Toccoa Falls College majoring in Ministry Leadership with a minor in Theology. Hale was raised near the Pennsylvania-Maryland state border in Lineboro, Md., as one of four children, including her two younger sisters and late older brother. She was raised in a Christian & Missionary Alliance church which introduced her to TFC, though she never expected to attend the institution.

The 2023-2024 Senate has been decided, and there are four new student leaders! Arianna Coy and Chloe McClain will be stepping into roles as Diversity Committee and Campus Improvement and chairs, respectively.

The Toccoa Falls College Theatrical Society will be performing “Clue” for the student body and the community of Toccoa April 28-30 in the Grace Alford Performing Arts Center. This semester’s play is directed by Nicole Ragsdale and Charise Franklin.

Downtown Toccoa has all you need for a wonderful, fun-filled weekend that is less than five minutes from Toccoa Falls College!

Jasmine Martz and Hannah McLaughlin have been selected to serve Toccoa Falls College (TFC) as some of many resident assistants (RAs) for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year. Martz will be serving on Fant 2, while McLaughlin will be serving in Cora Houston Terrace.

Are you looking for a home church or wanting a new experience in another church? Toccoa/Stephens County has plenty of churches to visit or call home. Within just minutes of Toccoa Falls College, there are plenty of churches that will welcome you will open arms! Here are five nearby churches if you’re looking to get involved during your time at TFC.

TFC’s Men’s and Women’s basketball teams broke records during the 2022-2023 season and had the opportunity to play at the NCCAA DII National Championship last month!

Professor Nancy Hyndman’s Knitting and Crocheting Barnabas Group is meeting needs in the city of Toccoa for yet another year. This year, the B-group is donating blankets to the Power House for Kids and hats to the Toccoa Cancer Center.

Professor Nicole Brown joined TFC’s Counseling Psychology department in the fall of 2022. Her husband, Jordan Brown, has been the Director of Spiritual Formation at TFC since 2020. Professor Brown teaches Counseling Skills, Introduction to Counseling, General Psychology, Christ-Centered Counseling, Psychology of Addictions, and Psychology of Motivation.

For the third year in a row, the TFC Gaming Club hosted an all-campus egg hunt to kick off Easter weekend, this time with a twist. The hunt took place across campus Tuesday, April 4, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. as students scurried to earn prizes for finding eggs and the Easter bunny.

My path to Toccoa Falls College and Alternative Baseball began on November 27, 1995: the day in which I, Taylor Clark Duncan, was born to my parents at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga., at around 4 o’clock in the afternoon. It seemed I was born in normal shape at a healthy weight of 8 pounds and was brought home to Hiram, Georgia, despite doctors’ predictions of physical problems upon birth.

Isaac Robinson graduated from Toccoa Falls College in May 2022 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Today, he is touring the country and taking home victories in the professional disc golf industry.

The ballots were cast, and the new SGA President and Vice President are upcoming seniors Natalie Johnson and Lauryn Juarez! The new President is Natalie Johnson, a 20-year-old Interpersonal Communications major with a minor in Cross-Cultural Studies. Lauryn Juarez is working alongside Johnson as her Vice President. Juarez is a 19-year-old Ministry Leadership major with a minor in Bible and Theology.

In early February 2023, the Thumbs Up Mission organization served its 1000th family struggling with cancer. The family, along with many other families, were offered an all-expense-paid retreat to Great Wolf’s Lodge in LaGrange, Ga., from Saturday, Feb. 4, at 12 p.m. to Monday, Feb. 6.