New Faculty Bios
About Union
- Private, four-year liberal arts Christian University, ranked
in the top tier of southern universities by U.S. News and
World Report and listed in
The Templeton Guide for
Colleges that Encourage
Character Development
Student Body Information
- About 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students
- 44 states and over 36 nations represented in student population
- 150 Valedictorians/Salutatorians
- 20 National Merit Finalists
Campuses
Jackson Campus
- 290-acre campus
- 2,200 seat fieldhouse, baseball and softball parks,
soccer field, 65 meter heated swimming pool
- Men’s and women’s apartment villages with private bedrooms
- Married housing complex for 32 families
- Area Population approximately 100,000
Germantown Campus
- Campus in Memphis with programs in nursing,
business and education
- 80 miles west of Jackson, 200 miles west of Nashville
- Area Population approximately 645,000
Accreditations
- Commission on Colleges of
the Southern Association of
Colleges & Schools
- Commission on Collegiate
Nursing Education
- National Association of
Schools of Music
- Teacher Education Program
of the Tennessee Department
of Education
- National Council
for Accreditation of
Teacher Education
- Council on Social Work
Education
- National Association of
Schools of Art & Design
- American Chemical Society
- Commission on Accreditation
of Allied Health Education
Programs
- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
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Ralph Leverett
School of Education |
| Ralph Leverett,
professor of special
education and
director of Union
University’s Master
of Education program,
was one of
five Jackson citizens
selected for the
2007 Jefferson Awards for Public Service.
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Walton Padelford
McAfee School of Business Administration
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| Walton Padelford's journey to Union University started far away from West Tennessee. "I was working as a missionary in Latin America when God directed my path toward Union and made it clear that this was the place for me," he recalled.
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Ann Singleton
School of Education |
| In the movie "Chariots of Fire," Eric Liddell said he felt God's pleasure when he ran. Union University Professor Ann Singleton feels God's pleasure when she teaches, whether it is in a typical classroom, a special ministries Sunday school class, or a children's choir.
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George Guthrie
School of Christian Studies |
| Next spring, George Guthrie will be on study leave at Tyndale House, a biblical studies library at Cambridge University in England. The research will enable him to write volume two on 2 Corinthians for the Baker Commentary on the New Testament, published by Baker Book House.
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