America is seeing the beginning of a monumental time-test over the direction of the country that will roll through the November election and into 2012, said Rich Lowry, editor of the “National Review,” during a press conference Sept. 29 before the Union Forum. […]
President Barack Obama presented his new infrastructure plan Sept. 8 in hopes of an economic boost to a crowd at Cuyohoga Community College in a suburb of Cleveland after John Boehner, R–Ohio, presented the Republican Party’s priorities. […]
Early in the morning on March 25, the unthinkable happened: A Hospital Wing medical transport helicopter crashed en route to its base in Brownsville, Tenn., killing its pilot and two flight nurses. Misty Brogdon was one of those nurses killed in the crash. Brogdon’s friends and family members founded the Misty Brogdon Memorial Scholarship to honor her. […]
This year, Union’s Department of Chemistry was one of approximately 30 SMACS chapters in the nation to receive an Outstanding Award. The award marks the 12th consecutive year Union’s chapter has received an outstanding ranking. Throughout the summer, six chemistry students clocked 40 hour works weeks and checked projects on nights and weekends. […]
“Speechless” is a word rarely, if ever, used to describe someone involved in a field like broadcast journalism. Steve Beverly, associate professor of communication arts, said this unusual moment came when he was announced as the Tennessee Communication Association’s “Outstanding Communication Educator of the Year.” […]
Kevin Ezell, pastor of Highview Baptist Church of Louisville, Ky., and Union alumnus, was elected president of the North American Mission Board on Sept. 14. Dr. David S. Dockery, university president, initially recommended Ezell for the position. […]
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. […]
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