March 21 was Social Work Awareness Day. There were tables set up in the SUB to help better inform students of the work that social workers do and to help students understand the hardships that […]
Union University’s social work department is providing an opportunity to raise awareness for mental illness by hosting the annual “Stomp Out Stigma” 5K glow run and one-mile walk on Thursday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m. […]
5:00 a.m., January 2016 My eyes opened as the soft blue hue found its way into the window. Birds were greeting the yet unseen sun rays moving silently towards our part of the world. I […]
“We will not forget our loved ones.” The room was hushed, but following this statement by Union University professor Dr. Theresa Blakley, a steady applause rippled throughout the room along with resounding echoes affirming, “That’s […]
To persistently live right within the tension of being in the world but not of it is exactly the call of Christians, but it is a call far easier said than done. In a culture […]
The Mentor U program serves one of Jackson’s most impressionable demographics—sixth grade students. The program is the brainchild of Mary Anne Poe, associate dean of social work and director for the Center for Just and […]
“This is not an event about feel-good, ineffective ‘slacktivisim,’” said Sarah Troxel, sophomore intercultural studies and applied linguistics double major and Union’s International Justice Mission president. “It’s about raising awareness and doing concrete action.” Members […]
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