Don Looper, a Harlan County native and Eastman Chemical Company retiree, has endowed a scholarship at Union College in Barbourville.

Looper is a 1974 graduate of Union.

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Union College has released our Dean's List and Presidential Laureates list for Spring 2009.

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Union College conferred degrees on 401 new graduates Saturday as hundreds gathered for the school’s 116th commencement.

With several members of her family looking on, including mother Naomi Judd, Ashley Judd told the class of 2009 that “true ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.”

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Union College students Phillip Jones, Barbourville, Ky., and Heidi Marsh, Benham, Ky., have earned Colonel Lee B. Ledford awards.

The awards are sponsored by the Appalachian College Association (ACA). They offer undergraduate students an opportunity to pursue research interests over the course of a summer. Winners receive a stipend and research expenses.

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Union College has announced a new award named in honor of Jane and Douglas Blair, Barbourville, Ky., natives and decades-long supporters of the college.

The Jane and Doug Blair Legacy Stewardship Award will be presented by Union to individuals, community groups, businesses or other entities who give long-term and significant support to the college and its students.

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Union College’s Regional Chorus will present its annual spring concert on Sunday, April 26, at 3:00 p.m.
 
The performance will be held in Union’s Conway Boatman Chapel and is free and open to the public.

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