- Center for
Excellence in Health Care Practice demonstrates the
Christian worldview of humanity in enhancing the skills and
knowledge of students and existing health care practitioners. Tim
Smith, Director
- Center for Media, Faith and Culture is designed to
provide Christians serving in various mediums in the field of
communications with worldview and skills needed for them to engage
the culture as change agents in the 21st century. Michael D.
Chute, Director
- Center for Politics and Religion is meant to provide a
forum for teaching, research, and discussion about the intersection
between politics and religion. Micah J. Watson, Director
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R. C. Ryan Center for Biblical Studies promotes the skills of effective Bible study and interpretation among Union University students and members of the broader Body of Christ.
Ray F. Van Neste, Director
- Center for Business & Economic Development provides economic and business information to Jackson and West Tennessee and promotes the study and practice of Christian business principles.
M. Kenneth Holt, Director
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Carl F. H. Henry Center for Christian Leadership equips Christians serving in various vocations with the world view and skills needed to serve as high impact leaders and change agents.
Gregory A. Thornbury, Director
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Center of Educational Practice exists to assist and coordinate efforts internally and externally in promotion of excellence in new educational ideas.
Ralph G. Leverett, Director
- Edward P. Hammons Center for Scientific Studies shows the compatibility of science and Christianity by providing an environment for exploration.
James A. Huggins, Director
- R. G. Lee Center for Christian Ministry equips bi-vocational pastors, staff, and laity for Christian service by offering the Diploma in Christian Ministry and the Associate of Divinity.
Jerry Tidwell, Director
- Center for Faculty Development encourages faculty in effective, innovative teaching, pursuit of scholarship and professional growth, integration of faith in casual and classroom interactions, and in university and community service.
Nan Thomas, Associate Director
- Institute for International and Intercultural Studies advances
intercultural initiatives, promotes international education, coordinates services to international students, and develops, promotes, and coordinates international/intercultural study programs.
Cynthia Powell Jayne, Director
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SACS reaffirmation concluded |
| Student paleographers designed this logo
for Union’s Quality Enhancement Plan
(QEP), an integral part of the university’s
overall decennial accreditation review
through the Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools (SACS).
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Going Global
Cynthia Jayne,
Institute for International and Intercultural Studies |
| Cynthia Jayne began
teaching Spanish at Union 27 years ago; today she heads up
the university’s international efforts under the Institute
for International and Intercultural Studies. “About eight to
10 years ago, we began looking at the globalization of the
campus,” Jayne said. “We evaluated our current status and
formed a committee to make recommendations. One of them was
that someone be appointed to take on global issues.”
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Relating Science and Faith
Hal Poe, Christian
Studies & Jimmy Davis, Chemistry |
| When Jimmy Davis
joined the Union faculty in 1978 as an assistant professor
of chemistry, he began looking for ways in which to dialogue
about the relationship of science and faith. As the years
passed, Davis progressed through the ranks to professor of
chemistry as he also climbed to the position of associate
provost and director of institutional research. Response to
his interest in science and faith during that time was
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