Union Blog Month: August 2020
Alumna is new chief of police
Bisa French (B.S. 2012) is the new chief of police of Richmond, California, effective August 1, 2020. She is making history as the first woman and woman of color to…
Alumna treasures her Union experience
To Dr. Dora Tippens, Ph.D.1997, the Union experience was a rarity, a treasure that should be experienced by so many more students. She credits her academic journey at Union for…
Women win the vote – gender inequality remains
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote on August 18, 1920. The amendment became law on August 26, 1920, after Secretary of State…
A legacy of learners
The Mall family lives by the motto, “Trust the process.” That is just what they did when all four members of the family decided to attend Union at the encouragement…
Summer 2020 Virtual Ph.D. Residency inspires change
What does it mean to be Black and patriotic in 21st-century America? Can life-enhancing outcomes positively affect the mentally ill? These are just two of the topics Ph.D. students grappled…