Union University Jobs and Profile

Location: Jackson, Tennessee (area population: 100,000), 80 miles east of Memphis and 120 miles west of Nashville. Forbes Magazine recently ranked Jackson as one of America’s top 150 cities for business and careers.

Student Body: About 3,300 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 40 states and 35 countries.

Student to Faculty Ratio: 11:1.

Percentage of Faculty with Highest Possible Degree in Field: 83%

Emphasis: A private, four-year, coeducational liberal arts-based university offering bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees.

History: Founded in 1823, Union is the oldest institution affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.

Technology: Each residence apartment is equipped with internet and cable television connections.  In addition, wireless network access is available in residence commons areas, as well as in each academic building and the Student Union Building.  Students are provided with filtered Internet access, a Union email account, and private file storage space as part of the Union network.

Activities: More than 50 major student-produced music and theatre events each academic year; 70 campus clubs, societies, fraternities, sororities  and other organizations; Cardinal & Cream student newspaper and The Torch, a literary journal.

Campus: Union is located on a 290-acre campus in north Jackson. Academic facilities include the 225,000 square-foot Penick Academic Complex, the 30,000 square-foot Blasingame Academic Complex. Union has invested more than $90 million in on-campus improvements in the past decade. Hammons Hall, Jennings Hall and White Hall are three new facilities providing modern classroom and office space for continuing studies, music, communication arts, Christian studies, nursing, chemistry, biology.  All residence halls include a private bedroom for each student.

Rankings:

• Ranked as a top-tier university by U.S. News & World Report for more than a decade
• Carnegie Foundation’s “Top Tier University”
• Time magazine’s “500 Best Colleges”
• The Princeton Review’s 100 Best Southeastern Colleges
• The Templeton Foundation Guide for Colleges That Encourage Character Development
• America’s Best College Buys
• America’s Best College Scholarships

Accreditation: Union University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA, 30033-4097, Telephone 404.679.4501) to award baccalaureate, masters, education specialist, and education doctorate degrees.