Handford to perform at annual McAfee Concert Sept. 30
September 12, 2025 - Kathrine Handford will be the featured guest organist at this year’s annual Carolyn Townsend McAfee Concert Sept. 30, presented by the Union University Department of Music. Handford has presented recitals in the United States, Canada, England, Italy, France and Scandinavia. She was the winner of the 35th International J.S. Bach Competition held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and she received first prize in the John R. Rodland Scholarship Competition in New Jersey. She is director of music and organist at the Church of ... READ MORE
Union’s annual Family Weekend set for Sept. 26-27
September 12, 2025 - Union University will host Family Weekend 2025, one of the university’s favorite annual traditions, Sept. 26-27 with a variety of events and activities for the whole family. The highlight of the weekend will be Union Night on the Great Lawn from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Saturday, with food trucks, a Ferris wheel, tents from various departments and student organizations and a fireworks display over Miller Tower. Other weekend events include the Make-a-Wish cookout on Friday from 5-7 p.m. (advance tickets required), movie on the lawn Friday ... READ MORE
Union’s 4th annual EQUIP Youth Apologetics Conference draws more than 300
September 9, 2025 - Listening carefully to the world is the way to build a connection with it, Joshua Chatraw advised a group of high school students on the Union University campus Sept. 6. “That's called double listening,” said Chatraw, the Beeson Divinity School Billy Graham Chair for Evangelism and Cultural Engagement at Samford University. “We listen to the word of God, and we listen to the world, but we listen differently. We listen to the world with critical alertness – anxious to understand it – but resolve to not necessarily believe it.” Chatr... READ MORE
Trustees honor departing members, celebrate Lady Bulldogs’ Final Four run
September 5, 2025 - Union University trustees during their Sept. 4-5 meeting on the Union campus recognized the service of three men ending their board tenure and celebrated the success of the Lady Bulldogs basketball team. At a Sept. 4 dinner preceding their meeting, trustees thanked Gil Fletcher, Kylan Mann and Brian Taylor, each of whom is rotating off the Board of Trustees after serving for nine years. “We are blessed at Union University to have so many men and women willing to sacrifice their time and provide leadership to the university as trust... READ MORE
Janney to deliver Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lectures Oct. 6
September 5, 2025 - Caroline Janney, the John L. Nau III Professor of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia, will be the speaker for the 28th annual Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lectures at Union University Oct. 6. Janney will deliver two lectures. Her first lecture, “When the Monuments Went Up: The Long Fight over Civil War Memory,” will begin at 2 p.m. in the Carl Grant Events Center. At 7:15 p.m., Janney will speak on “After Appomattox: Ending the Civil War” in G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel. Both lectures are free and open to the public.... READ MORE
Skrmetti to speak at Union’s Constitution Day lecture
September 4, 2025 - Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti will deliver Union University’s annual Constitution Day lecture Sept. 17 in the Carl Grant Events Center. Skrmetti began an eight-year term as attorney general in 2022. Prior to his current role, he served as chief counsel to Gov. Bill Lee and as chief deputy attorney general to his predecessor, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery. He earned degrees from George Washington University, the University of Oxford and Harvard Law School. Skrmetti will speak on “The American Consti... READ MORE
Pulaski man credits Union pharmacy students with saving his life after diabetes scare
August 28, 2025 - When Johnny Pruitte, of Pulaski, Tennessee, walked into the diabetes workshop led by Union University pharmacy professor Bethany Murphy and Union pharmacy students, he didn’t think much about it. He even chose to skip the free glucose test they offered. A year later, in the summer of 2024, Union students returned for another diabetes workshop. This time he decided to participate. He had learned about many of the warning signs of diabetes and had noticed a few symptoms pop up over the previous months. As an active 65-year-old, he kn... READ MORE
SBC President Pressley to Union students: ‘Learn to trust an all-controlling God’
August 27, 2025 - Clint Pressley, president of the Southern Baptist Convention and senior pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, told Union University students Aug. 27 that the start of a new semester is the right time to reconsider one central truth: God’s sovereignty is trustworthy. Preaching from Exodus 11 in a chapel message, Pressley warned against viewing the chapter merely as ancient history. Instead, he said its lessons apply directly to the lives of students. The main point he wanted students to remember was, “Learn t... READ MORE
SBC President Pressley to preach in Union chapel Aug. 27
August 26, 2025 - Clint Pressley, president of the Southern Baptist Convention and senior pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, will preach in chapel at Union University Aug. 27. A Charlotte native, Pressley joined Hickory Grove as a teenager before earning a Bachelor of Arts from Wofford College and a Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He joined Hickory Grove in 1999 as senior associate pastor of preaching before going to Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama, as senior pastor. Pressl... READ MORE
Pursue knowledge of God, Oliver urges Union students
August 25, 2025 - Knowing God is essential to how Christians live their lives, Union University President Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver said Aug. 22. “God is knowable,” Oliver said. “We can have knowledge of him. We can have saving knowledge. We can always increase in knowledge, even as we acknowledge that it will only be in eternity that we will fully know God.” Oliver spoke during the fall convocation held in G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel, focusing on article 2 of Union’s statement of faith. He emphasized the importance of a statement of faith because it no... READ MORE