Office of the Assistant Dean of Students

A message from Bryan Carrier, Assistant Dean of Students

Welcome and thank you for visiting this site! I serve Union University as the Assistant Dean of Students. In this role I provide vision, direction and oversight to Residence Life, Safety and Security, Campus Reservations and Chapel Facilitation. In my role as the Assistant Dean of Students I also serve as the Chief Judicial Officer for the University. My aim it to assist students in their discovery of what it means to live in Christian community, to seek justice, to resolve conflict, to appreciate and celebrate diversity and to practice leadership at Union University.

It is vital for students to be immersed in community living. A significant part of a students' education takes place outside of the classroom. To this end, it is my desire to create a seamless learning environment in which both curricular and co-curricular learning prepares Union students to become Excellence Driven, Christ Centered, People Focused and Future Directed.

The philosophy of discipline at Union is redemptive and restorative in nature. The intent is to encourage thought and action while promoting greater commitment to Jesus Christ and promoting healthy habits of lifelong learning. In the book of Colossians the Apostle Paul encouraged the believers in Colossae. These believers lived in a cultural center with a vast variety of new ideas and doctrines. None the less, Paul instructs Christians with the following words from Colossians 3:12-17: "Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him".

Soli Deo Gloria,
Bryan Carrier, Assistant Dean of Students

For information about University community values or the judicial process at Union University, please review the Campus Life Handbook or contact Bryan Carrier, Assistant Dean of Students at bcarrier@uu.edu or at 731.661.5034.