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Paleography project puts students in Middle Ages
Gavin Richardson, English |
| Texts are cheap these days, according to
Union University English professor
Gavin Richardson. That’s why he wanted
his students to appreciate the value of
books from ages past.
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Shaping Education in the Region
Tom Rosebrough,
Education |
| "I don’t ask
perfection from my faculty,” Tom Rosebrough, dean of the
School of Education and Human Studies, said. “but I do ask
for excellence.” With an undergraduate program that boasts a
100 percent placement rate and a growing graduate program,
Rosebrough gets excellence from the faculty—and the
students, too. full story...
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Women and HIV
Terry Blakley, Social
Work |
| Terry Blakley,
assistant professor of social work, says the HIV and AIDS
epidemic is not getting better. In fact, it’s getting worse,
and women are particularly hard hit. “Men die with people
around them,” she explained. “Many of them are gay, and they
have a great support group. Women die alone, because they’re
the caregivers, and there’s no one left.”
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From Los Alamos to Union
Michael Salazar, Chemistry
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| Michael Salazar
found his niche in theoretical chemistry during his third
year of graduate work at the University of Utah. Salazar,
now assistant professor of chemistry at Union, developed a
computer program to simulate chemical reactions.
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Think
Invention
Don Van & Jeanette Russ,
Engineering
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| Don Van believes
that credentials will be most important to engineering
graduates entering the job market. He encourages Union
students to do two things in preparation: pursue licensure
and obtain a patent. full story...
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