Four million impoverished people joined the ranks of the nation’s poor between 2008 and 2009, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released 2009’s “Current Population Report” in September. One in seven Americans are now listed at or below poverty income — a total of 43.6 million. […]
Donors, faculty, students and friends of Union University made their way to the Carl Perkins Civic Center, Oct. 19, for the 13th annual Scholarship Banquet to hear an address by former first lady Laura Bush infused with passion for education. […]
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital is partnering with Union’s School of Pharmacy to develop the Pharmacy Education Center, to be located in the lower level of the hospital. The space will house 12 student workstations and a conference room to be used with the previously established learning program.
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Dr. Christopher Manner, associate professor of business, was recently recognized for his research on the adaptation model as it relates to contraceptives and migration in Malaysia. His research, which began in the early 1990s, will be published in the “Journal of Population and Social Studies.” […]
Union students received numerous e-mails in the past few months about the Office of Financial Aid’s new Direct Deposit System. Paper checks will no longer be given for workship hours or refunds after the fall 2010 semester, and money will be deposited directly into each individual’s checking or savings account. […]
Sixty-five percent of adults who identify themselves as readers of the Bible have never read the entire New Testament, a recent Gallup poll found. The statistic is not surprising to Dr. George Guthrie, Benjamin W. Perry professor of Bible. […]
Union sorority Zeta Tau Alpha hosted a weeklong event known as “Pink Week,” Oct. 4-8, to help promote breast cancer awareness. October is known nationally as Breast Cancer Awareness month, and the Centers for Disease Control says one out of eight women will develop breast cancer. […]
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