Union University - Lest We Forget Yearbook (Jackson, TN)

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Signing Up; Moving In Congratulations students! Your waiting in seem- ingly endless lines and hassling through registration makes you Union ' s largest enrollment. The fall enrollment increased to 1,382 students during the summer and fall registration process. This is up three percent from the previous year ' s. Due to the large enrollment, all campus housing was filled, and the overflow was housed in the married housing complex and on the East Jackson campus. The college ' s resident student population jumped nearly 17 percent to 882. The resident population now comprises nearly 64 percent of the student body. , x r y-r tea ' 3™ Sharing lightens the load.

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Graduation 1981: A lass Record Late spring rains may have soaked Union ' s campus in May, but they did not dampen the spirits of 284 seniors who were graduated in the college ' s largest class. The repeated thunderstorms forced the evening commencement ceremony indoors to the Jackson Coliseum on May 30. Dr. Harold C. Bennett, executive secretary-treasurer of the Southern Baptist Convention, delivered the morning baccalaureate address in G. M. Savage Memorial Chapel. Commencement speaker was Grady Nutt, a Baptist minister and professional humorist. Of those presented degrees, 245 were May graduates and 39 were July graduates. Twelve nurses comprised the second class of students to be graduated under the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program. Fifty-one students received degrees in the Associate of Science in Nursing program. 2 £ A - ; BESS 1©5 - ' ■ Vip% ? • » i«M Grady Nutt Dr. Harold C. Bennett

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President ' s Welcome The President ' s Reception is an annual affair to which the student body, the faculty, administration and staff are invited. This year, as in the past, it was held in the cafeteria. Each guest is greeted by a reception line and then moves to elaborately set tables filled with many delicious foods and punch, which faculty members serve. This year ' s attendance was high due to the large enrollment. The reception was held in two shifts to provide for an uncrowded atmosphere and a better opportunity to become acquainted with faculty members. It also gave the student and administration a chance to meet one another and to establish a line of communication. A friendly handshake and sincere greeting welcomed all.