Sports
Hudson promoted to Lady Bulldogs assistant coach
Kayla Hudson, former graduate assistant and player for the Lady Bulldogs basketball team, has been named an assistant coach for the Lady Bulldogs. […]
students
Features
Semester-long ministry begins with leader prep
Life Groups are part of a ministry the Office of Spiritual Life began at Union more than a decade ago. The goal is to create a sense of belonging and community for students in their first semester.
Life Group leaders seek to encourage new students by providing uplifting friendships in the first few weeks of college. […]
News
Free January campus housing offered next year
Housing for January term in 2013 will be free to students, Dr. David Dockery, university president, told the student senate April 11. […]
Arts & Entertainment
‘The Saga of Pecos Bill’ expects to ‘round up’ crowd
The Union University Players will bring an American legend to life in the upcoming children’s play “The Saga of Pecos Bill (or How Cowboying Really Got Started).”
The legend of the first cowboy, “The Saga,” follows Pecos Bill from his early childhood when he was raised by coyotes through his exploits as he lassos a tornado, digs the Grand Canyon, creates the Great Salt Lake and falls in love with the catfish-riding Slue-Foot Sue. […]
Perspectives
PERSPECTIVE: Intentional witness, understanding overcomes marginalization
If you rip a sheet of lined paper out of a spiral-bound notebook, you will notice a broad middle section of the paper separated by two vertical red lines from the margins on either side. If you were to take all the people in the world and put them onto this sheet of paper, some would fall into this middle section but many more would be squeezed into the margins, tightly packed and clinging precariously to the jagged edges of the page. […]
Sports
Fan remembers Summitt’s coaching
The inevitable news came April 18 that Pat Summitt is stepping down as the Tennessee women’s basketball coach because of early-onset dementia. Her impact on the game resonates with fans around the nation, and her decision to step down saddens even the casual fan. […]
News
University president attends senate; speaks on increasing campus budget
The future plan for Union called “Illuminating Minds: Union 2015” consists of seven priori- ties that include a continued commitment to Union’s mission and core values, strengthening and expanding academic and co-curricular programs, expanding and renovating its physical plant and developing vision for regional, national and global engagement. […]