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Honoring Eagle Fire and Rescue and the Clements Noyes Art Gallery
During this year’s annual Community Appreciation Breakfast on February 10, Union Adventist University rolled out the red carpet to welcome friends and dignitaries while honoring community organizations who help the university fulfill its educational mission. …
$1 million endowment honors Christine Pfeiffer
Anyone who attended Union in the late 1990s and early 2000s probably remembers Christine Pfeiffer as someone always ready to lend a hand. She went as a student missionary to the Philippines, she worked in…
Dr. Allen discusses new book
If you attended Union from 1980 onward, there’s a good chance you have been assigned to read Light Bearers to the Remnant, a hefty 656-page history of Adventism. During his years teaching religion at Union, Dr.…
More than paper: Peyton Ohnoutka’s winding road to a degree
Peyton Ohnoutka’s education took a few detours before she graduated from Union in December 2025. As a star volleyball player at Lincoln East High School, she had ended her college search early when McPherson College…
Adding SALT: It Is Written School of Evangelism coming to Union
Starting fall 2026, It Is Written’s Soul-winning And Leadership Training (SALT) program will be held on the campus of Union Adventist University. This new SALT initiative will be in addition to the existing SALT program…
One class, three publications
Sami Hoffer took Feature Writing class last spring, and now she is seeing her class assignments appear in print in three different magazines. The sophomore biomedical science major has added writing classes to her schedule…
Living the Language
Dr. Lena Toews spends her days immersed in Koine Greek. No other language is permitted. She has been in Sounio, Greece, for the past three months and will remain for another six. From 8 am…
Union lands $1.36 million TRIO Student Support grant
In the summer of 2024, a small group of Union Adventist University staff and administrators put the finishing touches on a proposal for a TRIO Student Support Services (TRIO SSS) grant, sending with it their…
A cold shower to boost brain power
Faculty research offers students a chilly path to better test scores Do cold showers make students smarter? Dr. Edsen Donato, assistant professor of biokinesiology and a 1985 graduate, recruited students to help him find out.…
The Nursing Program welcomes back Kayla Johnson
Kayla (Baker) Johnson is coming full circle. A 2012 graduate of Union’s Nursing Program, she returned to her alma mater this summer as a nursing instructor. Passionate about both education and her faith, Johnson is eager…
From Crisis Zones to Campus Life
Tom Benton, the new expedition coordinator for the International Rescue and Relief Program, appears to be as calm and serene as a mountain lake at sunrise. He speaks softly and thoughtfully. But the world keeps…
Study for Sabbath school with Dr. Toews
When Dr. Thomas Toews, a professor of religion at Union, was asked to write the InVerse Bible Study Guide for this quarter, he saw it as an opportunity to engage in a new and fresh way with a very old…