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![]() 8/2/08 | 9658 | XL Family and friends came to congratulate and celebrate with the Union University summer graduates. - Angela Abbamonte |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9661 | XL Programs, instructions, and bobby pins were left behind after the graduates excitedly rushed to line up for graduation in the Fred Delay gymnasium. - Kristi McMurry |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9670 | XL Marilyn Locke, left, and her fiancé Pierre Nelson both of Memphis, along with Portia Brown, also from Memphis, look over the graduation program moments before service begins. Locke and Brown received the Masters of Arts in Education degree during the summer graduation at Union University. - Jim Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9675 | XL Gerardo Gonzales, who is graduating with a Master of Arts in Education, looks through the graduation program while waiting in a hallway before the ceremony. - Justin Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9676 | XL Kiva Mallory (2nd from right) and Tameka Anderson (far right) talk while waiting to go into the Fred DeLay Gymnasium for graduation. Mallory and Anderson are both graduating with a Master of Education. - Justin Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9677 | XL President Dockery (center) walks down the hallway to the Fred DeLay Gymnasium with Provost Carla Sanderson (right) to preside over the summer graduation ceremony. - Justin Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9678 | XL Doris Simas (left) talks to her niece, Lilian Duggins (center), 2, and brother in law, Ron Duggins (right), before going into the graduation ceremony in the Fred DeLay Gymnasium. Simas is graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. - Justin Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9662 | XL Melissa Maners, John Randolf, Richard Scott, Mark Allen and Kathy Spotts, all receiving bachelor of science in organizational leadership, pose for a photo before the summer graduation ceremony. - Kristi McMurry |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9663 | XL Organizational leadership graduates, Cassandra Hunt and Angela Tharpe, have a laugh before the graduation ceremony begins. - Kristi McMurry |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9664 | XL The Jackson Symphony Brass Quintet provides music for graduation attendees and they wait for the ceremony to begin. - Kristi McMurry |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9665 | XL Summer graduates listen as President Dockery welcomes them to the ceremony. This is the first time that graduation has been held in the Fred DeLay gymnasium. - Kristi McMurry |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9679 | XL Madolyn Maupin (far left), looks over at her neighbor's program during the graduation ceremony in the Fred DeLay Gymnasium. Maupin is graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. - Justin Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9680 | XL Monique Thomas reads her program during Union's summer graduation ceremony at the Fred DeLay Gymnasium. Thomas is graduating as a Education Specialist. - Justin Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9666 | XL Ronnie Smith, receiving his masters in Christian studies, and Tracy Brittmon, receiving her doctorate of education, listen to President Dockery's commencement charge about hope at summer graduation. - Kristi McMurry |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9671 | XL Doris Simas, of Jackson, Tenn., prays just before receiving her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree during the summer graduation at Union University. - Jim Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9672 | XL President Dockery delivers the commencement charge to the new graduates during the summer graduation ceremony in Union's Fred DeLay Gymnasium. - Jim Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9673 | XL President Dockery delivers the commencement charge to the new graduates during the summer graduation ceremony in Union's Fred DeLay Gymnasium. - Jim Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9681 | XL Union University's summer graduation ceremony was held in the Fred DeLay Gymnasium on August 2, 2008. - Justin Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9659 | XL Kimberly Ingram, social work major from Jackson, Tenn., awaits her degree at the summer graduation ceremony. - Angela Abbamonte |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9667 | XL Terri Tibbs, receiving her master of science in nursing, leaves the stage after just receiving her diploma at the summer graduation ceremony. - Kristi McMurry |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9682 | XL President Dockery hands out diplomas during summer graduation in the Fred DeLay Gymnasium Saturday, August 2, 2008. - Justin Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9660 | XL Graduates file across the stage in the Fred DeLay gymnasium during summer graduation. - Angela Abbamonte |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9683 | XL (Front L-R) Chidi Akpa, Jared Barnes, Kowania Brown and Susan Cossar sing the Alma Mater during Union University's graduation ceremony at the Fred DeLay Gymnasium on Saturday August 2, 2008. - Justin Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9674 | XL Megan Clampitt, of Jackson, Tenn., the first recipient of Union's Master of Science in Nursing - nurse anesthesia degree, sings the Alma Mater at the close of the Aug. 2 graduation ceremony held on Union's campus. - Jim Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9684 | XL President Dockery recognizes Will Hall, executive editor of Baptist Press and vice president for news services of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee. - Justin Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9685 | XL President Dockery recognizes Lonnie Wilkey, editor of Baptist and Reflector, during the summer grauduation ceremony. - Justin Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9686 | XL (L-R) Will Hall, executive editor of Baptist Press and vice president for news services of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, President Dockery, and Lonnie Wilkey, editor of Baptist and Reflector. President Dockery honored Wilkey and Hall for their work in reporting on the Feb. 5 tornado that caused $40 million in damage to the Union campus. - Justin Veneman |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9668 | XL May Lee Almeria, who received her masters in nursing, spends time with her family from Tampa, Florida after the summer graduation ceremony. - Kristi McMurry |
![]() 8/2/08 | 9669 | XL Richard Scott, who received his bachelor of science in organizational leadership, greets his wife, Erica, with a kiss after the summer graduation ceremony. - Kristi McMurry |