The planned construction of a Muslim community center in New York City, two blocks from ground zero, snowballed into a national controversy over the summer and cost lives overseas on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. In Tennessee, the Muslim community of Murfreesboro found itself at odds with political radicals motivated to vandalize an Islamic-center site. […]
For a divorced, single mother with three children and a part-time job at night in the hospital, bills are high and money is low. This scenario is only a glimpse into one life stuck in the cycle of poverty. Each year, the Social Work Department puts on a Poverty Simulation. This year the event took place on Sept. 14. […]
When Jesus empowered his disciples with the Holy Spirit, he commanded they take the Gospel to Jerusalem, but also to the ends of the Earth. Global Opportunities Week, held Sept. 13 – 17, gives students the “opportunity to obey the commandment of going,” said Bruce Ashburn, senior Christian studies major. […]
Upon arriving at Union University, it does not take long to realize the 2012 vision for transforming the campus has implemented significant changes. The school now boasts five new buildings, additional parking spaces and updates to older facilities. […]
The newly dedicated Providence Hall has relocated Union’s School of Pharmacy, and the pharmacy’s previous location is being used to honor a former president, Dr. Warren F. Jones, 1945–1962. Under his leadership, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools granted the university accreditation. […]
Graduating with a degree from Union University is now more prestigious than ever after U.S. News and World Report ranked Union No. 15 this year among universities in the South. This ranking is Union’s highest ever and is the 14th straight year the annual publication has ranked Union among the best in the South. […]
As students settle into the routine of classes this fall, several administrators at Union are functioning in new roles created by a restructuring announced this summer in a press release. […]
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