Union University
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Union University is a private, evangelical Christian, liberal arts
university located in Jackson, Tennessee
, with additional campuses in Germantown, Tennessee
, and Hendersonville, Tennessee
. The university is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention
and relates to the Southern Baptist Convention
.
Union is one of the top tier institutions in the South, listed for each of the past eleven years by U.S. News and World Report, and is notable for having trained a United States Supreme Court justice, and in the sports world as the place where Bear Bryant
began his football coaching career.
In 2008, U.S. News ranked Union in the top 10 in five subcategories and 20th of 574 in the "Southern Universities-Master's: Top Schools" category. It has been recognized by Peterson's Competitive College Guide, the Time/Princeton Review, and Templeton's Colleges that Encourage Character Development. Union is a recipient of the President's Higher Education Community Service Award and has been listed as one of America's Top 100 College Buys.
Union University is the heir of some of the oldest universities in the country The school is a union of several different schools: West Tennessee College formerly known as Jackson Male Academy, Union University of Murfreesboro, Southwestern Baptist University, and Hall-Moody Junior College of Martin, Tennessee.
Union University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
(SACS). Union University is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
(CCCU).
Union University has ranked as one of the South’s top tier universities for the 11th straight year by U.S.News & World Report.
Union also ranked in 16 subcategories:
Union is also recognized in:
Indians.
In 1907, Dr. T. T. Eaton, a trustee of Southwestern Baptist University, left his 6,000 volume library to the college. Eaton was a former professor of Union University at Murfreesboro, where his father, Dr. Joseph H. Eaton, was a former president.
Southwestern soon changed its name to Union University in honor of the Eatons and others from Union at Murfreesboro who had impacted Southwestern as faculty, administrators, trustees, and contributors.
In 1925 the Tennessee Baptist Convention secured a charter that vested the rights, authority, and property of Union University in the Tennessee Convention. This charter included the election of the University’s trustees. Two years later, the Convention consolidated Hall-Moody Junior College at Martin (1900–1927) with Union University.
In 1948 the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
granted Union University accreditation.
In 1962 Union developed a nursing program with the assistance of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital at the request of local physicians.
In 1975 Union moved from downtown Jackson, Tennessee
, to a new campus located near the Highway 45-Bypass in north Jackson.
From the early 1950s to the early 1970s, Union operated an Extension Center in the Memphis area. From 1987-95, Union offered the degree-completion program leading to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN track) in Memphis. At that time there were over 300 graduates of this program.
David S. Dockery was elected as the fifteenth president of Union University in December 1995. Dockery brought a desire to take Union to a regional and national prominence in Christian higher education. Thus far he has realized:
On February 5, 2008, at 7:02 p.m.the university was struck by an EF4 tornado
, with winds between 166–200 miles per hour. The tornado destroyed eighteen dormitory
buildings and caused over $40 million dollars worth of damage to the campus, which suffered a direct hit rendering almost 80% unlivable. None of the approximately 1,800 students on campus at the time were killed. David Dockery, the president of the University, said:
51 students were taken to Jackson-Madison General Hospital. While most students were released after being treated, nine were kept overnight. Some students were trapped for hours while emergency crews worked to rescue them. A total of 31 buildings received damage of varying degrees. The devastation captured nationwide attention and was featured by CNN
, Fox News, the New York Times and numerous regional news outlets. Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff
, FEMA Director, R. David Paulison
and Governor Phil Bredesen
all visited the campus after the disaster.
The Commercial Appeal
reported that due to extensive damage, the campus would not reopen until February 18. Lambuth University
, a rival area university, reportedly offered to open its dormitories to displaced Union students. The congregation of Englewood Baptist Church, which owns the Old English Inn in Jackson, voted unanimously to open the Inn to Union students. The church's move will accommodate almost three hundred students until December 2008. The University also expected that around 200 students would be housed in the private homes of Union faculty, staff and friends.
It was the second time in just over 5 years that the campus was hit by a tornado. On the evening of November 10, 2002, during the Veterans Day Weekend tornado outbreak, the school was struck by an F1 tornado
, with winds of approximately 100 miles per hour, which did approximately 2 million dollars worth of damage to the school. There were no serious injuries. Union president David Dockery stated that the February 5, 2008 tornado was about fifteen times as bad at the 2002 tornado. The damage caused by the February 5th tornado was estimated at $40 million.
, (suburb
an Memphis
) offering graduate degrees in business, education, Christian studies & nursing.
The degrees in education include the M.Ed., M.A.Ed., Ed.S., and Ed.D.
.
s teams that participate in the NAIA
's TranSouth Athletic Conference
. Its men's sports are soccer, cross country
, basketball
, baseball
, and golf
. Its women's sports are soccer, volleyball
, cross country, basketball, softball
, and cheerleading
.
The women's basketball team won national championships during the 1998, 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010 seasons.
The men's soccer team won an NCCAA National Championship in 2003.
Each of these groups is relatively large in size relative to the size of the institution and consistently contributes to philanthropies, both regionally and globally. The number of members in the social fraternities can range between 50 to 80 members per chapter.
The fraternities and sororities are an active presence on campus through philanthropy, intramural sports and Greek Olympics.
, former Secretary of State Colin Powell
, former Russian president and Nobel Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev
, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
, former Senator Bob Dole
, presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani
, former British Prime Minister John Major
, Tony Blair, and Winston S. Churchill, Grandson of the former British Prime Minister.
, William Kristol
, Michael Medved
, Robert Novak
, Stephen Carter
, Morton Kondracke, Clarence Page
, Juan Williams
, and Margaret Carlson
.
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
university located in Jackson, Tennessee
Jackson, Tennessee
Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area...
, with additional campuses in Germantown, Tennessee
Germantown, Tennessee
Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee. The population was 38,844 at the 2010 census.Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, bordering it to the east. Germantown's economy is dominated by the retail and commercial service sectors; there is no heavy industry in Germantown...
, and Hendersonville, Tennessee
Hendersonville, Tennessee
Hendersonville is a city in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States, on Old Hickory Lake. The population was 51,372 at the 2010 census. Hendersonville is part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located 18 miles northeast of downtown Nashville. The city was settled around 1784 by...
. The university is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention
Tennessee Baptist Convention
The Tennessee Baptist Convention is the Tennessee statewide organization of churches associated with the Southern Baptist Convention. It maintains offices in Brentwood, Tennessee. Members include 68 Baptist associations and about 3,200 churches....
and relates to the Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
.
Union is one of the top tier institutions in the South, listed for each of the past eleven years by U.S. News and World Report, and is notable for having trained a United States Supreme Court justice, and in the sports world as the place where Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant
Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head coach, he amassed six national championships and thirteen conference championships...
began his football coaching career.
In 2008, U.S. News ranked Union in the top 10 in five subcategories and 20th of 574 in the "Southern Universities-Master's: Top Schools" category. It has been recognized by Peterson's Competitive College Guide, the Time/Princeton Review, and Templeton's Colleges that Encourage Character Development. Union is a recipient of the President's Higher Education Community Service Award and has been listed as one of America's Top 100 College Buys.
Union University is the heir of some of the oldest universities in the country The school is a union of several different schools: West Tennessee College formerly known as Jackson Male Academy, Union University of Murfreesboro, Southwestern Baptist University, and Hall-Moody Junior College of Martin, Tennessee.
Union University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...
(SACS). Union University is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities is an organization designed to help primarily Protestant and evangelical Christian institutions of higher education cooperate and communicate with one another...
(CCCU).
Rankings
Union also ranked in 16 subcategories:
- 3rd in “faculty resources” category (includes classes with fewer than 20 students, faculty salary and the proportion of professors with the highest degree in the field).
- 4th in the “percent of classes with fewer than 20 students” category - 73%.
- 4th (tied) for SAT/ACT score category.
- 5th (tied) for the “student/faculty ratio” category (ratio of 12/1), placing Union in the top 18 southern universities in this category.
- 7th (tied) in “selectivity rank,” which includes test scores and class rank for incoming students.
- 9th (tied) for “freshmen in top 25 percent of high school class"; 66 percent of freshmen meet that description.
Union is also recognized in:
- Peterson's Guide to Competitive Colleges;
- The Templeton Foundation Guide for Colleges That Encourage Chartacter Development;
- America's Best College Buys and
- America's Best College Scholarships.
Early History
Jackson Male Academy was founded in 1823 just after West Tennessee was opened for settlement. Only five years earlier in 1818 was the land purchased from the ChickasawChickasaw
The Chickasaw are Native American people originally from the region that would become the Southeastern United States...
Indians.
In 1907, Dr. T. T. Eaton, a trustee of Southwestern Baptist University, left his 6,000 volume library to the college. Eaton was a former professor of Union University at Murfreesboro, where his father, Dr. Joseph H. Eaton, was a former president.
Southwestern soon changed its name to Union University in honor of the Eatons and others from Union at Murfreesboro who had impacted Southwestern as faculty, administrators, trustees, and contributors.
In 1925 the Tennessee Baptist Convention secured a charter that vested the rights, authority, and property of Union University in the Tennessee Convention. This charter included the election of the University’s trustees. Two years later, the Convention consolidated Hall-Moody Junior College at Martin (1900–1927) with Union University.
In 1948 the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...
granted Union University accreditation.
In 1962 Union developed a nursing program with the assistance of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital at the request of local physicians.
In 1975 Union moved from downtown Jackson, Tennessee
Jackson, Tennessee
Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area...
, to a new campus located near the Highway 45-Bypass in north Jackson.
The Craig and Barefoot Administrations
During President Robert Craig (1967–85) and President Hyran Barefoot's (1987–1996) administrations:- enrollment increased from fewer than 1,000 students to more than 2,000;
- the Penick Academic Complex was enlarged several times;
- additional housing units were erected;
- and the Blasingame Academic Complex (1986) and the Hyran E. Barefoot Student Union Building (1994) were constructed.
From the early 1950s to the early 1970s, Union operated an Extension Center in the Memphis area. From 1987-95, Union offered the degree-completion program leading to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN track) in Memphis. At that time there were over 300 graduates of this program.
David S. Dockery's Administration
- headcount increase from 2200 (in 1996) to more than 3500 (in 2004);
- increased giving to Union, including ten of the largest commitments in Union history;
- construction of two residence halls, Miller Tower, Jennings Hall, Hammons Hall, Fesmire Field House and the new White Hall science building;
- successful completion of the $60 million comprehensive “Building a Future” campaign (1998–2005) (now at $69 million);
- renewed commitment to scholarship and research among Union faculty-part of Union's new Center for Faculty Development;
- new undergraduate majors in political science, physics, theology, digital media studies, church history, ethics, sports management, sports medicine, engineering; and graduate programs in education (M.Ed., Ed.S., and Ed.D.), nursing (MSN with tracks in education, administration, and nurse anesthesia), and intercultural studies (MAIS);
- SACSSACSSACS may refer to:* St Andrew's Cathedral School, an Anglican school in Sydney, Australia* The South African College Schools, a school in Cape Town, South Africa...
Level V accreditation was achieved; - added programs in undergraduate research;
- Addition of LIFE group programs, student retention programs, student mission involvement, giftedness assessment program for freshman students;
- the establishment of an extension campus in Germantown, TN, which now has almost 700 students;
- the establishment of the Carl F.H. Henry Center for Christian Leadership;
- the establishment of the Charles ColsonCharles ColsonCharles Wendell "Chuck" Colson is a Christian leader, cultural commentator, and former Special Counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973....
Chair for Faith and Culture; - the establishment of the annual Scholarship Banquet (1997–2004);
- achieving top tier recognition in U.S. News and World Report and other important listings.
- Implemented the $110 million "Union 2010" plan that includes the future addition of new tennis courts, new intramural fields, and an amphitheatre, which has already included the completion of a second soccer field,the Fesmire Fieldhouse, and the state-of-the-art science building, White Hall.
- a Doctor of Pharmacy program.
The Storm - February 5, 2008
Enhanced Fujita Scale
The Enhanced Fujita Scale rates the strength of tornadoes in the United States based on the damage they cause.Implemented in place of the Fujita scale introduced in 1971 by Ted Fujita, it began operational use on February 1, 2007. The scale has the same basic design as the original Fujita scale:...
, with winds between 166–200 miles per hour. The tornado destroyed eighteen dormitory
Dormitory
A dormitory, often shortened to dorm, in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students...
buildings and caused over $40 million dollars worth of damage to the campus, which suffered a direct hit rendering almost 80% unlivable. None of the approximately 1,800 students on campus at the time were killed. David Dockery, the president of the University, said:
I'm convinced-nobody will ever convince me otherwise-that God's angels were unleashed to come as minstering spirits to protect those students in the most precarious of situations.
51 students were taken to Jackson-Madison General Hospital. While most students were released after being treated, nine were kept overnight. Some students were trapped for hours while emergency crews worked to rescue them. A total of 31 buildings received damage of varying degrees. The devastation captured nationwide attention and was featured by CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, Fox News, the New York Times and numerous regional news outlets. Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff was the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush and co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act. He previously served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, as a federal prosecutor, and as assistant U.S. Attorney...
, FEMA Director, R. David Paulison
R. David Paulison
Robert David Paulison is a former fire chief who served as the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency . Paulison was appointed by President George W. Bush on September 12, 2005 to replace the embattled Michael D. Brown, who resigned amid controversy over his handling of disaster...
and Governor Phil Bredesen
Phil Bredesen
Philip Norman "Phil" Bredesen Jr. was the 48th Governor of Tennessee, serving from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected Governor in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006. He previously served as the fourth mayor of Nashville and Davidson County from 1991 to...
all visited the campus after the disaster.
The Commercial Appeal
The Commercial Appeal
The Commercial Appeal is the predominant daily newspaper of Memphis, Tennessee, and its surrounding metropolitan area. It is owned by The E. W. Scripps Company, a major North American media company. Scripps also owned the former afternoon paper, the Memphis Press-Scimitar, which it folded in...
reported that due to extensive damage, the campus would not reopen until February 18. Lambuth University
Lambuth University
Lambuth University was a liberal arts university located in Jackson, Tennessee. It was supported by the Memphis Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Lambuth's athletic teams participated in the NAIA's TranSouth and Mid-South Conferences...
, a rival area university, reportedly offered to open its dormitories to displaced Union students. The congregation of Englewood Baptist Church, which owns the Old English Inn in Jackson, voted unanimously to open the Inn to Union students. The church's move will accommodate almost three hundred students until December 2008. The University also expected that around 200 students would be housed in the private homes of Union faculty, staff and friends.
It was the second time in just over 5 years that the campus was hit by a tornado. On the evening of November 10, 2002, during the Veterans Day Weekend tornado outbreak, the school was struck by an F1 tornado
Fujita scale
The Fujita scale , or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation...
, with winds of approximately 100 miles per hour, which did approximately 2 million dollars worth of damage to the school. There were no serious injuries. Union president David Dockery stated that the February 5, 2008 tornado was about fifteen times as bad at the 2002 tornado. The damage caused by the February 5th tornado was estimated at $40 million.
Presidents
| President | Tenure | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Joseph H. Eaton | 1848–1859 | Union University (Murfreesboro Murfreesboro, Tennessee Murfreesboro is a city in and the county seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 108,755 according to the United States Census Bureau's 2010 U.S. Census, up from 68,816 residents certified during the 2000 census. The center of population of Tennessee is located in... ) |
| 2 | James Madison Pendleton | – | Union University (Murfreesboro Murfreesboro, Tennessee Murfreesboro is a city in and the county seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 108,755 according to the United States Census Bureau's 2010 U.S. Census, up from 68,816 residents certified during the 2000 census. The center of population of Tennessee is located in... ) |
| 3 | Charles Manley | – | Union University (Murfreesboro Murfreesboro, Tennessee Murfreesboro is a city in and the county seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 108,755 according to the United States Census Bureau's 2010 U.S. Census, up from 68,816 residents certified during the 2000 census. The center of population of Tennessee is located in... ) |
| 4 | John W. Conger | 1907–1909 | Union University (Jackson Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... ) |
| 5 | Isaac B. Tigrett | 1909–1911 | Union University (Jackson Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... ) |
| 6 | Robert A. Kimbrough | 1911–1913 | Union University (Jackson Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... ) |
| 7 | Richard M. Inlow | June 1913–December 1913 | Union University (Jackson Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... ) |
| 8 | Albert T. Barrett | 1913–1915 | Union University (Jackson Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... ) |
| 9 | George M. Savage | 1915–1918 | Union University (Jackson Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... ) |
| 10 | Henry Eugene Watters | 1918–1931 | Union University (Jackson Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... ) |
| 11 | John Jeter Hurt | 1931–1945 | Union University (Jackson Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... ) |
| 12 | Warren F. Jones | 1945–1963 | Union University (Jackson Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... ) |
| 13 | Francis E. Wright | 1963–1967 | Union University (Jackson Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... ) |
| 14 | Robert E. Craig | 1967–1986 | Union University (Jackson Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... ) |
| 15 | Hyran E. Barefoot | 1986–1996 | Union University (Jackson Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... ) |
| 16 | David S. Dockery | 1996–present | Union University (Jackson Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area... ) |
Jackson facilities
The campus is 290 acres (1.2 km²) and includes a 2,200-seat gymnasium, dormitories for men and women including a married housing complex, separate lodges for the fraternities and sororities, academic halls, an administration center, baseball and softball parks, two soccer fields, an indoor swimming pool, and wellness center.Germantown facilities
Union also has a 35 acres (141,640.1 m²) campus in Germantown, TennesseeGermantown, Tennessee
Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee. The population was 38,844 at the 2010 census.Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, bordering it to the east. Germantown's economy is dominated by the retail and commercial service sectors; there is no heavy industry in Germantown...
, (suburb
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
an Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
) offering graduate degrees in business, education, Christian studies & nursing.
The degrees in education include the M.Ed., M.A.Ed., Ed.S., and Ed.D.
Hendersonville facilities
Union's newest location is in Hendersonville, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville, TN. This campus offers graduate degrees in education and Christian studies.Olford Ministries International
In early 2007, it was announced that Olford Ministries would be merged into Union University. Olford is an institution that focuses on pastors' training and theological courses. The Olford campus is a 25 acres (101,171.5 m²), wooded retreat setting in Memphis, TennesseeMemphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
.
Housing
In Jackson, Union has apartment-style living. Each student has a separate private bedroom that shares a common living space with three roommates. All apartments feature a high-speed Internet connection, as well as kitchen unit. Some apartments feature private phone lines or a washer and dryer. All private living spaces have a window and the common areas have cable TV access. There is no student housing at the Germantown campus. Temporary off campus housing was at The Jett (the former Old English Inn) for the majority of the spring 2008 semester.Sports
The school sponsors intercollegiate sportSport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
s teams that participate in the NAIA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
's TranSouth Athletic Conference
TranSouth Athletic Conference
The TranSouth Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference for smaller colleges and universities located in the Southern United States...
. Its men's sports are soccer, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, and golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
. Its women's sports are soccer, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, cross country, basketball, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, and cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
.
The women's basketball team won national championships during the 1998, 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010 seasons.
The men's soccer team won an NCCAA National Championship in 2003.
Greek system
There are six social fraternities on campus, two music fraternities and numerous academic fraternities.Each of these groups is relatively large in size relative to the size of the institution and consistently contributes to philanthropies, both regionally and globally. The number of members in the social fraternities can range between 50 to 80 members per chapter.
The fraternities and sororities are an active presence on campus through philanthropy, intramural sports and Greek Olympics.
Fraternities
The fraternities represented on campus are:| Fraternity | Chapter | Chartered locally |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Tau Omega Alpha Tau Omega Alpha Tau Omega is a secret American leadership and social fraternity.The Fraternity has more than 250 active and inactive chapters, more than 200,000 initiates, and over 7,000 active undergraduate members. The 200,000th member was initiated in early 2009... |
Tennessee Beta Tau | February 28, 1894 |
| Lambda Chi Alpha Lambda Chi Alpha Lambda Chi Alpha is one of the largest men's secret general fraternities in North America, having initiated more than 280,000 members and held chapters at more than 300 universities. It is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and was founded by Warren A. Cole, while he was a... |
Lambda-Zeta Zeta | December 5, 1964 |
| Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the only one founded in the Antebellum South... |
Tennessee Eta | July 4, 1857 |
Sororities
The sororities represented on campus are:| Sorority | Chapter | Chartered locally |
|---|---|---|
| Chi Omega Chi Omega Chi Omega is a women's fraternity and the largest member of the National Panhellenic Conference. Chi Omega has 174 active collegiate chapters and over 230 alumnae chapters. Chi Omega's national headquarters is located in Memphis, Tennessee.... |
Upsilon | 1904 |
| Kappa Delta Kappa Delta Kappa Delta was the first sorority founded at the State Female Normal School , in Farmville, Virginia. It is one of the "Farmville Four" sororities founded at the university... |
Zeta Beta | February 10, 1990 |
| Zeta Tau Alpha Zeta Tau Alpha Zeta Tau Alpha is a women's fraternity, founded October 15, 1898 at the State Female Normal School in Farmville, Virginia. The Executive office is located in Indianapolis, Indiana... |
Beta Omega | December 11, 1935 |
Academic
The academic fraternities are:| Fraternity | Discipline |
|---|---|
| Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity... |
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Publications
- The Cardinal and Cream is the campus newspaper
- The Torch is the English Department's award winning literary and arts publication
Annual Scholarship Banquet
Union's Scholarship Banquet has brought prominent national and international figures to Union including: former president George H.W. Bush, former Secretary of State Condoleezza RiceCondoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
, former Secretary of State Colin Powell
Colin Powell
Colin Luther Powell is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African American to serve in that position. During his military...
, former Russian president and Nobel Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
, former Senator Bob Dole
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...
, presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001....
, former British Prime Minister John Major
John Major
Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...
, Tony Blair, and Winston S. Churchill, Grandson of the former British Prime Minister.
The Union Forum
Union's Forum is an annual speaker series that has brought several national figures to Union, including Peggy WehmeyerPeggy Wehmeyer
Peggy Wehmeyer is an American journalist serving for seven years as the religion correspondent on ABC, and is the host and editor of World Vision Report....
, William Kristol
William Kristol
William Kristol is an American neoconservative political analyst and commentator. He is the founder and editor of the political magazine The Weekly Standard and a regular commentator on the Fox News Channel....
, Michael Medved
Michael Medved
Michael Medved is an American radio host, author, political commentator and film critic. His Seattle, Washington-based nationally syndicated talk show, The Michael Medved Show, airs throughout the U.S...
, Robert Novak
Robert Novak
Robert David Sanders "Bob" Novak was an American syndicated columnist, journalist, television personality, author, and conservative political commentator. After working for two newspapers before serving for the U.S. Army in the Korean War, he became a reporter for the Associated Press and then for...
, Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter may refer to:*Stephen L. Carter , American law professor and writer*Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes , UK Government Communications, Technology and Broadcasting minister...
, Morton Kondracke, Clarence Page
Clarence Page
Clarence Page is an American journalist, syndicated columnist, and senior member of The Chicago Tribune editorial board.-Early years:...
, Juan Williams
Juan Williams
Juan Williams is an American journalist and political analyst for Fox News Channel, he was born in Panama on April 10, 1954. He also writes for several newspapers including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal and has been published in magazines such as The Atlantic...
, and Margaret Carlson
Margaret Carlson
Margaret Carlson is an American journalist and a columnist for Bloomberg News.-Biography:She is best known for being the first female columnist at TIME magazine. Carlson joined Time in January 1988 from The New Republic, where she was managing editor; in 1994, she became the first female columnist...
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Alumni
- Dr. Bob AgeeBob AgeeBob R. Agee was the thirteenth President of Oklahoma Baptist University from 1982 to 1998. He also served as the Executive Director for the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities from 1997 to 2007.-Biography:...
, Executive Director for the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities, and President Emeritus, Oklahoma Baptist UniversityOklahoma Baptist UniversityOklahoma Baptist University is a co-educational Christian liberal arts university located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and owned by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma. Established in 1910, OBU is ranked No.2 among baccalaureate colleges in the western region in the 2010 U.S...
. - Milton Brown (politician)Milton Brown (politician)Milton Brown was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.-Biography:He was born in Lebanon, Ohio, but later moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Brown studied law and was admitted to the Tennessee bar and began his practice in Paris, Tennessee, but later from Paris south to Jackson, Tennessee...
(W) - U.S. Representative and co-founder of Southwestern University (now Union University) and Lambuth UniversityLambuth UniversityLambuth University was a liberal arts university located in Jackson, Tennessee. It was supported by the Memphis Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Lambuth's athletic teams participated in the NAIA's TranSouth and Mid-South Conferences...
both located in Jackson, Tennessee. - John Dancy - Former NBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
Correspondent. - Dr. Monroe E. DoddMonroe E. DoddMonroe Elmon Dodd, Sr. was an American Southern Baptist clergyman who was a pioneer radio preacher, the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Shreveport, Louisiana, the founder of the former Dodd College for Girls, and served as the Southern Baptist Convention President from 1934-1935...
-- Pastor of First Baptist Church of Shreveport, LouisianaShreveport, LouisianaShreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
, 1912–1950; founder of Dodd College for Girls; and radio minister. - Dr. Joshua F. Drake - Musicologist and hymnist at Grove City CollegeGrove City CollegeGrove City College is a Christian liberal arts college in Grove City, Pennsylvania, about north of Pittsburgh. According to the College Bulletin, its stated three-fold mission is to provide an excellent education at an affordable price in a thoroughly Christian environment...
in Grove City, PennsylvaniaGrove City, PennsylvaniaGrove City is a borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, approximately north of Pittsburgh. It is the home of Grove City College, a private conservative Christian liberal arts college; General Electric; Instron; USIS; George G. Howe Co.; and a number of small businesses. It is also the home to...
. - Dr. Steve GainesSteve Gaines (pastor)Dr. John Steven "Steve" Gaines is an American Southern Baptist pastor. He is currently serving at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova , one of the largest congregations in the Southern Baptist Convention. On Sunday, July 10, 2005 the Pastor Search Committee of Bellevue Baptist Church presented Dr...
- Pastor of Bellevue Baptist ChurchBellevue Baptist ChurchBellevue Baptist Church is a large Southern Baptist megachurch in the Cordova area of Memphis, Tennessee, United States.-History:Bellevue Baptist was founded in 1903 by Central Baptist Church as a mission church on the outskirts of Memphis...
in Memphis, TennesseeMemphis, TennesseeMemphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
. - Pauline LaFon GorePauline LaFon GorePauline LaFon Gore was the mother of former United States Vice President Al Gore and the wife of former US Senator Al Gore, Sr.. She is credited with playing a significant role in both of their careers with Al Gore saying "there will never be a better campaigner than Pauline LaFon Gore"...
- mother of United States Vice President Albert Gore, attended Union and was awarded an honorary degree. - Dr. George H. GuthrieGeorge H. GuthrieDr. George Howard Guthrie is the Benjamin W. Perry Professor of Bible at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Guthrie holds a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies and is considered to be one of the premier authorities in the United States on the Book of Hebrews in the New Testament....
- Benjamin W. Perry Professor of Bible and chair of the School of Christian Studies, Union University; one of the English Standard VersionEnglish Standard VersionThe English Standard Version is an English translation of the Christian Bible. It is a revision of the 1971 edition of the Revised Standard Version...
(ESV) Bible Translation Review Scholars. An expert in Greek ExegesisExegesisExegesis is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text. Traditionally the term was used primarily for exegesis of the Bible; however, in contemporary usage it has broadened to mean a critical explanation of any text, and the term "Biblical exegesis" is used...
and writer known for his analysis and expertise on the Epistle to the HebrewsEpistle to the HebrewsThe Epistle to the Hebrews is one of the books in the New Testament. Its author is not known.The primary purpose of the Letter to the Hebrews is to exhort Christians to persevere in the face of persecution. The central thought of the entire Epistle is the doctrine of the Person of Christ and his...
. - Eli Shelby HammondEli Shelby HammondEli Shelby Hammond was a United States federal judge.Born in Brandon, Mississippi, Hammond graduated from Union University in Tennessee in 1857, and from Lebanon Law School in 1858. He was in private practice in Ripley, Mississippi from 1859 to 1860, and in Memphis, Tennessee from 1860 to 1861...
- federal judge - John L. HeadJohn L. Head-References:...
(attended)- basketball coach - John W. HollandJohn W. HollandJohn Warthen Holland was an American lawyer and judge.Holland was born in 1883 in Jackson, Tennessee. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Union University in 1904 and his LL.B...
- federal judge - Howell Edmunds JacksonHowell Edmunds JacksonHowell Edmunds Jackson was an American jurist and politician. He served on the United States Supreme Court, in the U.S. Senate, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the Tennessee House of Representatives. He authored notable opinions on the Interstate Commerce Act and the...
- United States Supreme Court Justice - William Hicks JacksonWilliam Hicks JacksonWilliam Hicks "Red" Jackson was a cotton planter, horse breeder, and general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
- Confederate general, brother of Justice Howell Edmonds Jackson - J. Thomas McAfeeJ. Thomas McAfeeJ. Thomas McAfee is chairman and president of Hallmark Systems, Inc., a company specializing in treating adolescents with behavioral problems. He received his undergraduate degree in management and marketing from Union University and an MBA in finance from Mercer University...
- president of Hallmark Systems, Inc. in Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. - Charles N. MillicanCharles N. MillicanCharles Norman Millican, Ph.D. was an American professor and academic administrator, who was the founding President of the University of Central Florida, then named Florida Technological University....
- founding President for the University of Central FloridaUniversity of Central FloridaThe University of Central Florida, commonly referred to as UCF, is a metropolitan public research university located in Orlando, Florida, United States...
. - Gaylon MooreGaylon MooreGaylon Moore is an American professional basketball player, who most recently played for the Plymouth Raiders in the British Basketball League....
- professional basketball player - Jimmy Moore (baseball)Jimmy Moore (baseball)James William Moore was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics . Listed at 6' 0.5", 187 lb., Moore batted and threw right handed...
- Major League baseball player - W. Winfred MooreW. Winfred MooreWilliam Winfred Moore , the retired pastor of the First Baptist Church of Amarillo, Texas. was president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and, a prominent figure in the Southern Baptist Convention during the second half of the 20th century.-Family and education:Moore was born to the late...
-- Pastor of First Baptist Church of AmarilloAmarillo, TexasAmarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...
, TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
(1959–1989); professor at Baylor UniversityBaylor UniversityBaylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:... - Tom J. MurrayTom J. MurrayThomas Jefferson Murray , usually known as Tom J. Murray, was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1943 to 1966.-Early life:...
(D) - U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1943 to 1966 - David Alexander NunnDavid Alexander NunnDavid Alexander Nunn was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee's 8th congressional district.-Biography:...
- U.S. Representative and Tennessee Secretary of State - Luis Ortiz (baseball)Luis Ortiz (baseball)Luis Alberto Ortiz Galarza is a former third baseman/designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers . He also played one season in Japan for the Yakult Swallows...
- Major League baseball player - Josephine OwinoJosephine OwinoJosephine Owino is a Kenyan professional basketball player in the WNBA, formerly playing for the Washington Mystics....
- basketball player for the Washington MysticsWashington MysticsThe Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'... - Joseph B. PalmerJoseph B. PalmerJoseph Benjamin Palmer was an American lawyer, legislator, and soldier. He served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War, during which he was wounded four times. After the conflict he resumed his law practice in Tennessee.-Early life and career:Joseph B. Palmer was born in 1825 in...
- Confederate general and lawyer - Herron C. PearsonHerron C. PearsonHerron Carney Pearson was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.-Biography:Born in Taylor, Texas, Pearson moved to Jackson, Tennessee, in 1891.He attended the public and high schools....
(D) - U.S. Representative from Tennessee - Jeanette Brooks PriebeJeanette Brooks PriebeJeanette Brooks Priebe was the Tennessee-born Director of the in Kentucky when she instituted the first affirmative action hiring program for the Louisville metro area public service personnel...
- Director of the Louisville Civil Service Board in KentuckyKentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth... - Chris RiceChris RiceChris Rice is an American songwriter who works in the contemporary Christian music, contemporary folk, and adult contemporary genres with a style similar to David Wilcox and James Taylor. He became a recording artist as well in 1996 after signing a contract with Michael W...
- Christian recording artist - Scratch TrackScratch TrackScratch Track is best described as an Acoustic Hip-Hop Soul band that formed in Tennessee in 2000. The group is composed of Vocalist/Beatboxer DJ Lee and Guitarist Jason Hamlin. Scratch Track is currently based out of Kansas City, MO...
- Indie Acoustic Hip-hop Band - Dr. L. Thomas Strong IIIL. Thomas Strong IIIDr. L. Thomas Strong III is the Dean of Leavell College at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and teaches New Testament and Greek in Leavell College...
- Dean of Leavell College and Professor of New Testament and Greek in Leavell College at the New Orleans Baptist Theological SeminaryNew Orleans Baptist Theological SeminaryThe New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary is a private, non-profit institution of higher learning affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, located in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the first institution created as a direct act of the Southern Baptist Convention. Missions...
. - John May TaylorJohn May TaylorJohn May Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.-Career:Born in Lexington, Tennessee, Taylor attended the Male Academy in Lexington and the Union University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee...
(D) - U.S. Representative from Tennessee. - Joshua Trent - Associate Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Fellow at the C. S. LewisC. S. LewisClive Staples Lewis , commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as "Jack", was a novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist from Belfast, Ireland...
Institute, and 2006 Lincoln Fellow of the Claremont Institute. - Dr. William E. TrouttWilliam E. TrouttWilliam E. "Bill" Troutt has served as the 19th president of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee since 1999. From 1982 to 1999, he served as the President of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.-Biography:...
- President, Rhodes CollegeRhodes CollegeRhodes College is a private, predominantly undergraduate, liberal arts college located in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Originally founded by freemasons in 1848, Rhodes became affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in 1855. Rhodes enrolls approximately 1,700 students pursuing bachelor's and master's... - Dr. Timothy TuckerTimothy TuckerDr. Timothy Tucker is a pharmacist in Huntingdon, Tennessee, and former president of the American Pharmacists Association. He is a Former Speaker of the American Pharmacists Association House of Delegates and has testified before the United States House of Representatives Government Reform...
- Former President of the American Pharmacists AssociationAmerican Pharmacists AssociationThe American Pharmacists Association , founded in 1852, is the first-established professional society of pharmacists within the United States....
(APhA). Former president of the Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA), president of the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy, and Speaker of the House for TPA for more than 10 years. Winner of the Lambda Chi AlphaLambda Chi AlphaLambda Chi Alpha is one of the largest men's secret general fraternities in North America, having initiated more than 280,000 members and held chapters at more than 300 universities. It is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and was founded by Warren A. Cole, while he was a...
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Faculty and administration
- Benjamin Lee ArnoldBenjamin Lee ArnoldBenjamin Lee Arnold was an American academic and the second president of Oregon State University.Benjamin Lee Arnold grew up in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He received his B.S. from Randolph Macon College and taught in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia...
- later became president of Oregon State UniversityOregon State UniversityOregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the... - Steve Beverly - professor of broadcasting and expert on British and American gameshows
- Ed BryantEd BryantEdward Glenn Bryant, usually known as Ed Bryant, , American politician, is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee . Born in Jackson, Tennessee, he earned his B.A. in 1970 and J.D. in 1972, both from the University of Mississippi. As a student he was...
(R) - Tennessee politician - Randall Bush - philosophy professor and fiction writer
- Stephen CarlsStephen CarlsStephen Douglas Carls is the chair of the history department at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Carls began teaching at Union University in 1983 and prior to that taught at Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas for twelve years...
- chair of the History Department and expert 20th-Century France, World War I, Europe between the two world wars, and French arms manufacturer Louis LoucheurLouis LoucheurLouis Loucheur was a French politician in the Third Republic, at first a member of the conservative Republican Federation, then of the Democratic Republican Alliance and of the Independent Radicals.-Life:Coming from a background in the arms industry, Loucheur became Minister of Munitions in...
. - David DockeryDavid DockeryDavid S. Dockery is the 15th president of Union University, which has been listed among the top tier institutions in the South each of the past thirteen years by U.S. News and World Report...
- University president - Roger DukeRoger DukeDr. Roger D. Duke is an author, theologian, educator, itinerant preacher, published scholar, and professor at several institutions of higher learning including: Union University, Baptist College of Health Sciences, Liberty University, Memphis Theological Seminary, and Columbia Evangelical Seminary....
- author, professor - David P. Gushee - ethicist, author of Kingdom Ethics
- George H. GuthrieGeorge H. GuthrieDr. George Howard Guthrie is the Benjamin W. Perry Professor of Bible at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Guthrie holds a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies and is considered to be one of the premier authorities in the United States on the Book of Hebrews in the New Testament....
- expert on the Epistle to the HebrewsEpistle to the HebrewsThe Epistle to the Hebrews is one of the books in the New Testament. Its author is not known.The primary purpose of the Letter to the Hebrews is to exhort Christians to persevere in the face of persecution. The central thought of the entire Epistle is the doctrine of the Person of Christ and his... - Ray Van Neste - expert on the Pastoral EpistlesPastoral epistlesThe three pastoral epistles are books of the canonical New Testament: the First Epistle to Timothy the Second Epistle to Timothy , and the Epistle to Titus. They are presented as letters from Paul of Tarsus...
, and contributor to the ESV Study Bible - Harry Lee PoeHarry Lee PoeHarry Lee Poe is the Charles Colson Chair of Faith and Culture at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, and author of a number of books.He is an indirect descendant of the family of Edgar Allan Poe, and president of the Poe Foundation...
- Charles Colson Chair of Faith and Culture - Ivy ScarboroughIvy ScarboroughIvy Scarborough is an American author who lives in Jackson, TN, U.S.A. Scarborough is an accomplished lawyer with a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree, emphasis in international law, from the University of Memphis School of Law...
- author and lawyer - C. Pat TaylorC. Pat TaylorDr. C. Pat Taylor is president of Southwest Baptist University. Dr. Taylor was selected as the 24th president of Southwest Baptist University by the board of trustees on Aug. 20, 1996, after a seven-month nationwide search. He assumed his duties as president on Oct. 21, 1996.-Experience:Prior to...
- president of Southwest Baptist UniversitySouthwest Baptist UniversitySouthwest Baptist University is a private institute of higher education affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention which is part of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 2003 there were approximately 3,600 students attending at one of SBU's four Missouri, United States campuses in Bolivar,...
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