Issue: Summer 2014 | Posted: June 2, 2014

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Hendersonville campus marks graduation milestone

Jan Baldwin receives her doctoral hood during fall graduation.

Jan Baldwin (left) and Carla Cushman

Union University Hendersonville celebrated the graduation of its first two Doctor of Education students at the fall commencement ceremony in December.

Carla Cushman and Jan Baldwin, who both started the program in February 2010, were outstanding students and leaders in their field, said Charles Lea, executive director of Union University Hendersonville.

“The professors had high expectations for us as learners, and I know that I have walked away with a sound education that will continue to support me in what I do,” Cushman said. “Union professors are truly dedicated to the students who attend this university.”

Baldwin said she also plans to remain in her current leadership position at a private Christian academy in Nashville. Her goal for achieving this degree, she noted, is to serve students and lead faculty more effectively.

“I pray what I’ve learned will come down to benefit each individual child that I work with—that my education won’t be self-absorbed but will be given away to children,” Baldwin said. “I didn’t go to school to change positions. I got my degree to become a better leader for students.”