Union College is a

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college in

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. Founded in 1891, it is owned and operated by the Mid-American Union Conference of the

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. It is accredited by the

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(AAA) and the

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. The college is home to the Center for Interfaith Studies and Culture. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.

History

L. A. Hoopes and a committee of church leaders, including influential Adventist scholar and administrator W. W. Prescott, came to

in search of land to establish a college in the

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. In September 1891, Union College opened its doors to students with Prescott serving as its first president. The present-day community of College View grew around the college campus. During the 1920s, the college experienced a difficult period due to the shrinking enrollment and budget deficits. In 1939, former Mayor of Lincoln

Don Lathrop Love Don Lathrop Love was mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska in two non-consecutive terms, 1909–11 and 1929-31. He was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, on March 7, 1863, and died in Lincoln on September 12, 1940. He married Julia Larrabee, daughter of Iowa gov ...

donated money for the college to build an industrial building and established a life annuity with the college a year later. The 1970s saw major expansion of the college, including the construction of the iconic 100-foot clock tower, Everett Dick Administration Building, the college's lab school George Stone School and College View Church. Founded on barren landscape, the college is the location of the Joshua C. Turner Arboretum, a site of the

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, hosting over 100 species of plants.Union's History in Lincoln
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from its 1974 sign-on until 1989, now the

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of NET Radio; the call-sign letters are named after the college. In athletics, Union College plays as the Warriors and fields a limited number of sports, but is not a member of a major colliege sports associatation, such as the

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or NAIA, or smaller Christian athletic associations, existing as an independent school. As such, their teams tend to play against

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s, and JV teams. The college also host two tournaments each year (one for basketball and one for volleyball) for Seventh-day Adventist high school teams.

Presidents

Union College's presidents have included: * W. W. Prescott (1891–1893) *J. W. Loughhead (1893–1896) *E. B. Miller (1896–1897) *N. W. Kauble (1897–1898) *W. T. Bland (1898–1901) *L. A. Hoopes (1901–1904) *C. C. Lewis (1904–1910) *Frederick Griggs (1910–1914) *H. A. Morrison (1914–1922) *O. M. John (1922–1924) *W. W. Prescott (1924–1925) *Leo Thiel (1925–1928) *P. L. Thompson (1928–1931) * M. L. Andreasen (1931–1938) *A. H. Rulkoetter (1938–1942) *E. E. Cossentine (1942–1946) *R. W. Woods (1946–1950) *H. C. Hartman (1950–1957) *D. J. Bieber (1957–1964) *R. W. Fowler (1964–1970) *R. H. Brown (1970–1973) *M. O. Manley (1973–1980) * Dean L. Hubbard (1980–1984) *Benjamin R. Wygal (1985–1985) *John Wagner (1986–1991) *John Kerbs (1991–1998) *David C. Smith (1998–2011) *John Wagner (2011–2014) *Vinita Sauder (2014–present)

Academics

The college is organized into eight divisions: * Business and Computer Science * Emergency Management and Exercise Science * Fine Arts * Human Development * Humanities * Nursing * Religion * Science & Math In addition, the college offers a Master of Physician Assistant Studies program.

Notable people

Alumni

Wayne Hooper Wayne Hillard Hooper (July 4, 1920 – February 27, 2007) was widely known as a gospel music composer, arranger and as a singer in the King's Heralds quartet for the Voice of Prophecy radio program. During his prolific career he produced nine v ...

, gospel music composer * T. R. M. Howard *Rukebai K. Inabo, Senator of

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* Milton E. Kern, educator * Sandra Pierantozzi, former

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Chester Wickwire Chester "Chet" L. Wickwire (December 11, 1913 – August 31, 2008) was the American chaplain emeritus of the Johns Hopkins University. He was a prominent fighter for civil rights and an international peace activist. Reverend Wickwire was remembered ...

, chaplain, civil rights and peace activist

Faculty

* Jonathan M. Butler, historian *

Frank Lewis Marsh Frank Lewis Marsh (18 October 1899, Aledo, Illinois – 14 July 1992) was an American Seventh-Day Adventist biologist, educator and young Earth creationist. In 1963 he was one of the ten founding members of the Creation Research Society. ...

, biologist, educator * John G. Matteson, minister who brought the Seventh-day Adventist Church to Denmark *C. Mervyn Maxwell, professor of church history and noted figure in the

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movement and author of ''Tell It to the World'' * Mike Mennard, recording artist, current literature and communications lecturer

References

External links

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