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Mid-America Union launches $40,000 scholarship for theology, education, IT and accounting
An eager employer is offering students at Union Adventist University up to $40,000 in scholarships and a guaranteed job after graduation. That employer is the Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. This new award will…
Amalia Hidalgo: finding art and her voice at Union
For Amalia Hidalgo, choosing a college was the easy part. Not only was Union an easy three-hour drive from her home in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, it came with friends pre-made. “In high school, we came to Union all the…
Senior puts international service before med school
Any senior applying to medical schools could use a prayer or two. Then there’s Adam Anderson. The international rescue and relief (IRR) major will be applying to highly competitive programs while volunteering in a country…
MPH director arrives in a cloud of dust
After a long and varied career in the public health field, Eric Aakko is ready to give back. “I’m excited about teaching students how living Jesus’ model of ‘love your neighbor’ can be applied to…
Bazan named Union’s next president
The Union College Board of Trustees has invited Dr. Yamileth Bazan to take the reins as Union’s 30th president. Her term will begin on July 1, which is soon after the official transition to the…
Students head to Arkansas for tornado relief
Nestled in the forest between a state park and a national park, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas is normally a quiet retirement community, but on Thursday, March 14, an EF-2 tornado touched down with winds up…
Meet me in St. Louis
St. Louis area, here we come! You have two opportunities to spend time with your Union family on April 13 and 14. First, worship with Buell Fogg and students at 11 a.m. on Sabbath, April…
Writing for Hope
When Hannah Drewieck graduated from Union in 2022, she had two majors but no clear idea where she wanted to work. “I knew ultimately I wanted to find meaning in my work,” she said. “I wanted to…
Prayers and scholarships: a journey to nursing
Juanita Nicolas’ road to Union was not a straight line due north from her home in Dallas. Through all the detours life has thrown at her, she is confident of one thing: God has been with her…
Of mice and Duchenne muscular dystrophy
For Erynn Johnson, a 2019 Union College graduate, every day looks different. As a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate working in a biochemistry research laboratory, she is responsible for running experiments, training undergraduate students, documenting and presenting her results,…
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals honored with Community Partnership Award
Photo above: Vinita Sauder, president of Union College (left), and Emily Rumery, director of Union’s Occupational Therapy Assistant Program (right), presented the 2024 Community Partnership Award to Chris Lee, COO and Vice President for Rehabilitation…
HeartScan: a uniquely Union approach to mentorship
Last year, occupational therapy assistant major Hailey Erickson took biology from Professor Kelly McWilliams and loved the experience — so much, in fact, that she decided to ask McWilliams to be her Heartscan mentor. HeartScan…