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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…
Anh Tran: a public health plan with teeth in it
Anh Tran’s path to Union Adventist University’s Master of Public Health Program was far from a straight line. It started with trips up and down treacherous mountain roads in Vietnam. Her mother works in the pharmaceutical industry;…
Touching history in Khirbet Safra
This summer, three theology majors traveled halfway around the world and a few thousand years into the past. Payton Arnett, Albany Santeliz Diaz and Marcus McConaghy joined Dr. Trisha Broy, assistant professor of religion, on…
First public health cohort graduates
Among the 90 students to earn degrees from Union Adventist University this May were two history makers: Ingrid Papalii and Joshua Reyes-Meiring both completed master’s degrees in public health. Both Papalii and Reyes-Meiring have previously graduated from Union’s…
Union receives grant for new culinary medicine teaching kitchen
The Ardmore Institute of Health has awarded Union’s Master of Public Health Program a grant to establish a culinary medicine teaching kitchen (CMTK). The $35,000 will purchase six commercial-grade mobile workstations, each of which will…