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LuAnn Davis to retire
For 34 years, LuAnn (Wolfe) Davis has served as Union’s vice president for Advancement, and this summer, she will take a well earned retirement, joining her husband, Lynn, who retired in 2024.
Alex Rodriguez leads new evangelism school at Union
“Do I have to get you shot for you to listen to Me?” That was the sentence God used to mark the turning point in Alex Rodriguez’s story. Having built a career in law enforcement…
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.…
A “party maker” on a mission
Walterson Souza loves Union so much he graduated three times, and now he’s back as the university’s special events director for alumni and university relations. That title is a bit of a mouthful, and he…
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…
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.…
Gibson honored with lifetime achievement award
Generations of Union alumni know Dr. George Gibson, class of 1969, as a man who can speak insightfully — and at length — on nearly any topic. So when he was honored last month with…
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…
New Reiner Wellness Center Director Wants More than Workouts
David Gubbels arrived at Union Adventist University in June of 2025 to serve full-time as the recreational facility director. As a project 40 years in the making, there was a lot of excitement surrounding the launch of…
Suffering for art: Union professor shapes heritage in wire
For nine long months, Suzanne Ócsai twisted and bent wire for an art project that stained her hands black and sliced her skin. “My thumbs hurt for about two months after I finished,” she recalls. “I was…
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…
Union welcomes new instrumental music professor
“I just love bringing musicians together to a place where they make time stop for the audience,” said Fernando Schirmer Martins, Union’s new assistant professor of music. “I tell students that’s our goal: to make the…
