2008 News Releases
May 2008
• Union College Celebrates 115th Commencement
April 2008
• Bob Duricko Recognized for Volunteer Service
• Jean Ritchie, Virginia Grady Carter to Address Union Graduates
• Union & Community Volunteers Team Up for Repair Affair
• Distinguished Alumna Scholar Visits Union College
• Union College Regional Chorus to Perform Sunday, April 27
• Congressional Candidate Tours Union Energy Project
• Knox County Prepares for Repair Affair
• Union Students Earn First-Ever Psych Bowl Win
• Award-Winning Songwriter to Perform April 9 at Union
March 2008
• Union College London Center to Hold Open House
• Union, KCTCS Partnership Brings New Programs, Scholarships
• Redbud Festival begins April 10
• Student video work to appear on KET March 29
• “Discover U” at Union March 29
• Mischief begins Feb 28 at Union College Theatre
• Union to Host Three-Day Series on Faith
• Union National Bank Presents Donation to Union College
January 2008
• Union College Announces Fall ’07 Presidential Laureates
• Union College Announces Fall 2007 Dean’s List
• UC’s Minorities Day to Explore Affrilachian Experience
• Children’s Art, Tutoring, Mentoring Resume at Union
2007 News Releases
December 2007
• Author, Hip Hop Artist, Prison Activist to Speak at Union College
November 2007
• Last “Bulldog Buddies” Session on November 11
• Career Fair at Union College November 8
• Homecoming Brings 300 to Union College
• Evangelical Environmental Activist to Speak at Union College
October 2007
• Union College To Host Forum on Religion and the Environment
• Union College Announces Award Winners
• Another Antigone Comes to Union College Theatre
• Union College Hosts Blood Drive
• Union College Heads Out with “Heads Up”
• Irishman Brings Passion for Art to Knox County
September 2007
• Union College Upward Bound Program Receives Funding
• Union College to Host Kentucky Chautauqua Performance
• Let the Games Begin: Union’s Turf Project on Track for First Home Game
• Union College Welcomes Eight New Faculty
August 2007
• Union’s Welcome Weekend Brings 200 to Campus
• Alumni and Friends Gatherings held in Louisville
• UC Alumni & Friends Gatherings held in Northern KY and Nashville
• New York Based Biddies Return to Perform at Union
• Union Announces Saturday Workshop Series
• Author Silas House to Discuss Novel with First-Year Students
• Surf & Turf: Union’s New Turf Project is Live on the Web
• Union Hosts KTIP Training for Area Educators
• D.C. Alumni & Friends Meet in Alexandria
• Union College & SKCTC Bring Grad Program to Middlesboro
July 2007
• Michigan Alumni and Friends Gather in May & June
• Dancing in the Streets: Union’s Summer Orientation Goes Beyond Nuts & Bolts
June 2007
• Union College Welcomes First Honors Community Students
• Eastern Kentucky Educators Leave for Africa
• Union College Alumni & Friends Gather in Hazard
• Union College Alumni & Friends Gather in Paintsville
May 2007
• Union College Addresses Addiction Through New Certification
• Union College Hosts Knox County Friends & Alumni
• Union College Holds 128th Commencement
• Chief Judge Sara W. Combs to Give Commencement Address at UC
• Union to Celebrate Baseball Alumni and Service on April 28
• Union College Regional Chorus to Perform Brahms’ Requiem
• Some Spots Still Available for Teachers’ Trip to Africa
April 2007
• Union College Students Present Food Pantry with Gift
• Union College Program To Take Kentucky Teachers to Africa
• Union College’s Football Alumni Day on April 14
March 2007
• Union’s Tech Staff Recognized by United Way
• Knox Central FEA Students Hosted by Union
• “Concert for the Mountains” Features Authors, Activism, Entertainment - Bios
• Philip Jenkins Discusses Christianity in the Global South
• Steve Hoskins Named Union’s CFO
• Author of “The New Faces of Christianity” to Speak at Union
• Union College Alumnae Receive 2007 Kentucky Teacher Awards
• Legal Community Assists Union College Theatre with A Case of Libel
• 10th Anniversary “Repair Affair” Taking Applications
Febuary 2007
• Grammy-Nominated Musician to Perform at Union on Friday
• Union College Adds Social Work Program
• Public Invited to Explore “Religion and the Public Arena”
January 2007
• Matthew Hampton Joins Union College Staff
• Timeless Tales Tutoring and Children’s Art Programs Begin This Week
• Union College to Host “College Goal Sunday” on January 28
• Union’s Spring Convo Honors Mary Alice Lay
• Mary Alice Lay to Receive Honorary Doctorate
• Hallerin Hilton Hill to Speak at Union’s Spring Convocation
2006 News Releases
December 2006
• UC at the Bennett Center to Give Laptops to New Degree Completion Students
• Foundation Grant and Local Gift Launch Renovation of Historic UC Building
• Junior Woman’s Study Club Gives Largest Donation Ever to UC’s Timeless Tales
• Christmas Season a Time for Service and Celebration at Union College
November 2006
• Christmas Festival Scheduled for December 2
• Union Tackles Hunger with Pennies, Cans, Banquet
• Report Notes Union College’s Impact on Community
• G.R. Hampton Elementary School Students Visit Union
• Big Sound and a Large Crowd at Lascivious Biddies Concert at UC
• Union’s “Hanging of the Greens” Service Marks Beginning of Holiday Season
• Union College Joins in Halloween Fun and Festivities
• UC Volunteers Celebrate National Make a Difference Day
• Visiting Speaker Talks to UC Community about World Hunger
October 2006
• Union College Breaks Ground on Energy Conservation Initiative
• Christian Scholar to Speak at Union November 6 and 7
• UC to Break Ground for Energy Conservation Project
• Local Residents Help Bring Nationally Recognized Musicians to UC
• UC Celebrates Homecoming and Honors Outstanding Alumni
• National City Contributes to Union College
• OAK Award Presented to Union College Alumna
• Enrollment Up at Union College
• Union College Students Offer Literacy Help
• Participants Wanted for Union College Children’s Programs
• UC Bonner Program Welcomes New Members
August 2006
• Union College Offers Graduate Degree in Psychology
May 2006
• Union College Holds 127th Commencement Exercises
April 2006
• Union College Offers Four-Year Scholarships to Rogers Scholars Graduates
• Distinguished Christian Scholar to Speak at Union College
• Featured on Oprah’s Book Club – Novelist Gwyn Rubio to Appear at UC
March 2006
• UC Awards 4-Year Scholarship to Honor Dr. Phillip and Ann Holcombe Sharp
• Congressman Hal Rogers to Introduce First Redbud Festival Debutante
• Dr. Erwin Bradley, Former Union Professor, Celebrates His 100th Birthday
• UC Joins other Students in Frankfort to Celebrate Independent Higher Education in KY
• Redbud Trail Quilting Workshop and Festival
• Union College Theatre Presents Unhealthy To Be Unpleasant
• Harlan High School Juniors Visit Union College
February 2006
• Repair Affair Date is Set
January 2006
• Kentucky Secretary of State to Visit Union College
• UC
Professor, Dr. Joni Caldwell, Honored for Service to Her Community
• PT Pros 5k
Race Fund the Union College Scott Butler Annual Scholarship
2005 News Releases
December 2005
• Union
College Reaffirmed for Accreditation by SACS
• Santa Claus Makes Stop at
Union College
November 2005
• Union
College Christmas Festival Concert Set for December 3, 2005
• UCT Takes a Bite
out of Wilder
October 2005
• UC
Supporters Attended Gala to Celebrate Re-Opening of Newly Renovated
Library
• Union College Receives
Funding for Econ for Kids Club
• Nappy Roots to
Hold Concert at Union College
• The
Skin of Our Teeth
to be Performed at Union College
• Union College
Holds Annual Homecoming and Presidential Inauguration
• Homecoming
Royalty Crowned
• Union's Willson-Gross
Lectures Take the Form of Two One-Man Plays
• Five Union Alums
Receive Awards at the Annual Homecoming Awards Banquet
September 2005
• Union College Fall
2005 Convocation
• Union College
Opens its Doors to Students Displaced by Hurricane Katrina
August 2005
• Union Welcomes
One of the Largest Classes in Recent History to Campus
• Renowned Film
Producer to Speak at Union College
• Lay Teacher Dena Cole
Selected as State Consultant
• Union College
Students Offer Literacy Help
• Union
College Calls for Local Child Artists
July 2005
• Bonner Scholars
Program Welcomes New Members
• Union SID
Office Receives Three Awards
June 2005
• Union Colleges
names 17 Presidential Laureates
• Union College Attends
UMC Kentucky Conference
• Union
College Graduate Studies Expands Online Courses
• Union College Receives
Donation from NCS Pearson
• Union
to Host Country Schoolhouse Conference
May 2005
• New Computer Major
Offered at Union College
• Union College Hosts the
Appalachian Local Pastors School
• Union to
Host Country Schoolhouse Conference
• Kentucky Private
College Week 2005
• UC Graduate Named
Miss Photogenic at KY Mountain Laurel Festival
• Union College
Receives Commercial Lawnmower from Board Chairman
• UC's Center on
Economic Ed. and National City Bank Host Econ for Kids Clubs
• Union Confers
Degrees on 232 New Graduates at Commencement
April 2005
• Union College
Students Serve Low-Income Families During Spring Break
• Cecil Rhodes Awarded
the Distinguished Athletic Service Award
• Lexington Philharmonic
String Trio and the UC Regional Chorus to Perform
• Nearly 80 Volunteers
Provided 500 hours of Service for UC's Annual Repair Affair
• Testimonials from
Union's Alumni Explain the Importance of Local Support
• Union's
Baccalaureate and Commencement Scheduled for May 7
• Boone Principal
Named Highly Skilled Educator
• New York City
Theatre Comes to Union College with a Message of "Hope"
• Union's 2nd Annual
Knox Fund Drive Scheduled for Next Monday
• Union College Receives
Contribution from TruSeal Technologies
March 2005
• Union Presents
New York Actor Sharon Hope
• UC Freshman and
Kentucky Chautauqua Performer Scheduled to appear on Campus
• A Warrior Leaves
His Mark: Union's Beloved Dr. Ron Rosenstiel Passes Away
• Three Local
Union Students to Attend National Conference in California
• Distinguished
Christian Leader to Speak at Union College
• Union Students Organize
a Tsunami Relief Fundraising Event
• The plot
keeps twisting in Union's production of "An Act of the Imagination"
February 2005
• $1000 Union College
Scholarship Up For Grabs at Local College Prep Workshop
• An
Act of the Imagination,
Mystery Thriller Opens at UC's Rector Little Theatre
• Union receives $75,000
for Library Renovation
• The Barbourville
Women's Study Club Contributes $600 to Library Renovation
• Union's Econ for
Kids Program Proves to be Greater than ever Envisioned
• Volunteers, Dust
Off Your Hammers! Repair Affair Date is Set
• Union College
Offers New Grant Program - Students Could Attend Tuition-Free
• Union's
Autumn Hicks Vies for Miss Kentucky Title
• Union College Inducts
First Members of New Honor Society, Psi Chi
January 2005
• Union's Autumn
Hicks Vies for Local Crown
• Volunteers attempt
to raise more than $35,000 during Phonathon
• Union's
Bonner Scholars Provide Community Service in Atlanta
• Two Union College Seniors
Selected for State Government Internship
2004 News Releases
[Top]
November 2004
• Union College
Christmas Festival set for December 4, 2004
• Scholar Visits
Union to Lecture on Relationship Between Christian and Government
• UC Alumni Inducts
Two into Hall of Fame, Awards Others
• The Band is Back at
Union College
• Knox County
Kids Can Eat Breakfast with Santa
• Union
Hires New Dean
• UC Holds 2004
Willson-Gross Lecture Series
• de Rosset
Appointed as 17th President of Union College
• UC Theatre Brings
Success to Tragedy - a review by Jonathan Hendrickson
October 2004
• 20th
Annual Minorities Day
• Urban
Survival, Music for the Resilient
Performs Live at Union College
• Union College Theatre
to Perform Hecuba,
a Greek Tragedy
• Union Receives
$6000 Check from National City Bank
• Union Hosts
Blessing of the Animals Ceremony on Campus
• Union College to
Host Jazz Quartet Urban
Survival, Music for the Resilient
September 2004
• UC, community join
forces for the 2nd annual Block Party and Pep Rally
• UC Opens the
School Year with Convocation Featuring Dr. Aaron Thompson
• UC Freshman and
Chautauqua Performer to Hear Fellow Council Member Speak
July 2004
• Union College
Opens Dorms to 200 Cheerleaders from all across Kentucky
• 225 Pre-school
and Early Head Start teachers on Union's campus
• Brad Jones Announced
as Director of UC at the Bennett Center and Asst. Director of IT
• Union receives
$5000 grant from Household Consumer Lending
• Union College receives
$100,000 grant for library renovation
• Union
College's Kids College camp makes the Arts and Humanities fun for
area children
• Union hosts
225 missionaries from North Carolina
• Miller
Joins Union College Staff as Campus Minister
May 2004
•Crowd Overflows
Robsion Arena at Union College's 125th Commencement
March 2004
•Union College
Students Rally Against Education Cuts
February 2004
•New Reading Room
Introduced on Campus
January 2004
•Union College Theatre
Presents: The Nerd
•Union College Welcomes
New Development Officer
•Union
College Receives Grant from Brown Foundation
2003 News Releases
[Top]
December 2003
•Union Graduate
Student Honored for Excellence in Teaching
October 2003
•Six
Inducted into Union Hall of Fame
•Two Union
Alums Receive Honors
•Union plays
host to 21 Chinese English Teachers
•Football, Reunions
and Memories: Homecoming '03
August 2003
• Reid-Bullard
named Director of Public Relations
June 2003
• De
Rosset Named as Interim Union College President
April 2003
• Phi
Beta Lambda Wins Several Awards at Conference
March 2003
• Debora
D'Anna Appointed Dean of Students
• David Joyce Named
President at Ripon College
• Denise Wainscott
Named VP for Advancement at Union College
January 2003
• Dr. Tom McFarland Named VP of Academic Affairs at Union College
• Union College Theatre Presents Tartuffe: Born Again
2002 News Releases [Top]
October 2002
• Five Inducted into Union College Hall of Fame
• Dr. Roberts Receives Distinguished Service Award
• Lewis Receives Alumni Rising Star Award
August 2002
• Students Find Changes at Union
• UC Bonners Welcome Largest Class Ever
• Wainscott Named Interim VP for Advancement
May 2002
• Union Celebrates 123rd Commencement
• Union Harmony Cuts CD in Nashville
• Union College Presents Sacred Stories
• UC Upward Bound Wins 2nd at Scholars Bowl
• Union Receives Hearst Grant
March 2002
• Two Hazard Area School Choirs Visit Union
February 2002
• Union College Presents Kengmo
• UC Students Present Paper at Recreation Conference
January 2002
• Union Receives $300,000 Grant from Brown Foundation
• Campaign for Union Reaches 85% of Goal
2001 News Releases [Top]
January 2001
Union Kicks Off $15 Million Campaign with Re-Opening of Campus Landmark
February 2001
Union College Theatre Presents Murder Mystery
Lilly Endowment Awards $48,000 to Union
March 2001
Bible College to be Named after Former Union Professor
Congressman Hal Rogers to be Commencement Speaker
April 2001
Repair Affair Returns to Knox County
Union Raises $1600 for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
May 2001
Union Celebrates Commencement with Congressman Hal Rogers
Technology Center to be Named after Ed Black
August 2001
Kleist Challenge Met: Stuart Apartments to be Dedicated August 6
September 2001
Johnson Foundation Funds Implementation of New Core
October 2001
Construction of Union's Tech Center Underway
November 2001
Union College Students Serve in NY, NJ
Dr. Marley-Fredrick Honored
Three Inducted into UC Hall of Fame
Gilpatrick receives Distinguished Service Award
Bonner Scholars Continue to Serve
UC Appoints Six to Faculty
2000 News Releases [Top]
July 2000
Union College Named Centernet Site
August 2000
Union College Grant to Fund Community Development Project
September 2000
Union College Reading Center Opens for Second Year
October 2000
Nobel- Prize- Winning-Alumnus Returning to Campus to Dedicate Academic Center
Six to be Inducted into Union College Hall of Fame
December 2000
Union Alumna Honored with $25,000 Gift
Union Receives $500,000 Grant from James Graham Brown Foundation
Union Unveils Historical Marker
Union Receives Eisenhower Science Grant
