A recent "Jobs Rated Almanac" listed the top six jobs as (1) web site manager, (2) actuary, (3) computer systems analyst, (4) software engineer, (5) mathematician, and (6) computer programmer. Union University can prepare you for these careers and more. Job placement in such high-demand careers has been excellent for Union graduates. Our programs also prepare you for further study in graduate programs, engineering, or professional schools in business, law and medicine. READ MORE

Faculty

• Bryan Dawson

• Professor of Mathematics and Department Chair
• Education: B.S., Pittsburg State University
  M.S., Pittsburg State University
  Ph.D, University of North Texas
  
• Office: PAC C-58, Box 1899, 731-661-5268 (voice)
• E-mail: bdawson@uu.edu
• University Profile
• Scholarship Profile
• Website: http://www.uu.edu/dept/math/faculty/Dawson.cfm


• Richard Dehn

• Associate Professor of Mathematics
• Education: B.S., University of Memphis
  M.A.T., Purdue University
  M.S., University of Arkansas
  Additional Study, University of Wisconsin, University of Arkansas, & University of Missouri-Rolla
  
• Office: PAC C-55, Box 1872, 731-661-5276 (voice)
• E-mail: rdehn@uu.edu
• University Profile
• Website: http://www.uu.edu/dept/math/faculty/Dehn.cfm


• Christopher J. Hail

• Professor of Mathematics
• Education: B.S., Campbellsville College
  M.A., Morehead State University
  Ed.D., University of Kentucky
  
• Office: PAC C-53, Box 1846, 731-661-5023 (voice)
• E-mail: chail@uu.edu
• University Profile
• Scholarship Profile
• Website: http://www.uu.edu/dept/math/faculty/Hail.cfm


• Dwayne Jennings

• Associate Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science
• Education: B.S., Union University
  M.S., University of Memphis
  M.S., University of Memphis
  
• Office: PAC C-51, Box 1859, 731-661-5273 (voice)
• E-mail: djenning@uu.edu
• University Profile
• Website: http://www.uu.edu/dept/math/faculty/Jennings.cfm


• Matt Lunsford

• Professor of Mathematics
• Education: B.G.S., Louisiana Tech University
  M.S., University of Nebraska
  Ph.D, Tulane University
  
• Office: PAC C-47, Box 1832, 731-661-5222 (voice)
• E-mail: mlunsfor@uu.edu
• University Profile
• Scholarship Profile
• Website: http://www.uu.edu/dept/math/faculty/Lunsford.cfm


• George Moss

• Associate Professor of Mathematics
• Assistant Dean of Arts & Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
• Education: B.S., Auburn University
  Ph.D, Virginia Tech University
  
• Office: PAC C-57, Box 3012, 731-661-5338 (voice)
• E-mail: gmoss@uu.edu
• University Profile
• Website: http://www.uu.edu/dept/math/faculty/Moss.cfm


• Michelle Nielsen

• Assistant Professor of Mathematics
• Education: B.A., Bethel University
  M.S., University of Minnesota
  Ph.D, University of Minnesota
  
• Office: PAC C-54, Box 3005, 731-661-5085 (voice)
• E-mail: mnielsen@uu.edu
• University Profile
• Website: http://www.uu.edu/dept/math/faculty/Nielsen.cfm


• Troy Riggs

• Professor of Mathematics
• Education: B.S., University of South Dakota
  M.A., University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  Ph.D, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  
• Office: PAC C-57, Box 1831, 731-661-5257 (voice)
• E-mail: triggs@uu.edu
• University Profile
• Scholarship Profile
• Website: http://www.uu.edu/dept/math/faculty/Riggs.cfm

Programs of Study

• Actuarial Science

Actuarial science at Union is an interdisciplinary program of study in business, mathematics, and statistics designed to prepare students for the actuarial profession. The program is offered as a minor for a student majoring in either business or mathematics. The overall program of study includes courses in accounting, economics, finance, computer science, calculus, statistics, and linear algebra. In the senior year the students take a two-semester sequence in which they integrate all of this material, solving practical problems related to loans, bonds, insurance and annuities.
• Mathematics

A degree in mathematics at Union provides a solid core of mathematics classes, while retaining the flexibility needed to allow you to choose classes to prepare for graduate school, teaching secondary mathematics, or to begin an actuarial career or other mathematics-related career. You may also seek a mathematics degree to develop critical thinking and reasoning skills for careers such as law, medicine, or optometry.

Please see the Academic Catalogue description for more detail. Some minors do not appear here.

Student Organizations

• Kappa Mu Epsilon

Advisor: Dr. Matt Lunsford
Website: http://www.uu.edu/dept/math/kme/


Kappa Mu Epsilon is a national mathematics honor society. The Tennessee Gamma Chapter was chartered at Union University, May 24, 1965. Eligibility for membership is acquired by having completed at least three mathematics courses, including Calculus I, with a high grade point average. The chapter organizes programs pertaining to topics of interest in mathematics and in mathematical issues within the sciences.

Past News

• 9/29/2011 - Math historian Van Brummelin to lecture at Union Oct. 4
• 10/6/2010 - Neuhouser to address relationship of mathematics and Christianity
• 2/11/2009 - New books available from Dawson, Poe

Recent Photos

Large | X-Large 5/21/11 - 17670 Rebecca Eaton, mathematics graduate, walks to the Great Lawn for spring graduation. - Kristi McMurry	Large | X-Large 4/26/10 - 14154 Dr. Troy Riggs, professor of mathematics, watches as his students write their homework problems on the board before class. - Morris Abernathy	Large | X-Large 4/26/10 - 14153 Students in Dr. Troy Rigg's math class write homework problems on the board before class. - Morris Abernathy	Large | X-Large 4/26/10 - 14152 Dr. Troy Riggs, professor of mathematics, helps a student with a math problem. - Morris Abernathy

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