2008 Union University Tornado

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--Rebecca Hartfield had one fireman in particular she wanted to see. She didn't know what he looked like, but that didn't stop her from identifying him.

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–C.S. Lewis in “The Problem of Pain” says that God often uses the experiences of suffering as a megaphone to awaken us. Suffering and pain, Lewis said, are often the essential means by which God brings about dependence, fortitude, patience and forgiveness in His children, while also arousing acts of mercy and compassion. […]

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page called for Southern Baptist churches to give generously to Union University as the campus seeks to recover from more than $40 million in damages sustained in a Feb. 5 tornado.

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)—-“Today,” Union University President David S. Dockery said, “in what seems almost beyond comprehension — two weeks and three days after a tornado destroyed large portions of this campus — we gather together to give thanks to God for a new beginning and the opportunity to build again.” Dockery, speaking at a chapel […]

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--I sat for hours thinking about what to write. After an experience like the tornado that hit Union University, a thousand things could be said.

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–Colleges and universities across the country have stepped up to help Union University recover from the devastation left by an EF-4 tornado Feb. 5. “The list of institutions who have contacted us with offers of assistance, support and help is lengthy and impressive,” Union President David S. Dockery said. “We have much for […]

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–While the initial days after the tornado that hit Union University Feb. 5 were filled with frantic trips to stores to replace necessities like underwear and toothbrushes, now students face new, more costly items that must be replaced — textbooks. Steve Baker, director of Union’s Emma Waters Summar Library, said he is confident […]

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–For members of Union University’s Lady Bulldogs basketball team, sports has been a source of comfort and peace in the aftermath of the Feb. 5 tornado that completely disrupted their lives. When the No. 1-ranked Lady Bulldogs arrived for a Feb. 14 game with cross-town rival Lambuth University, a Methodist school, they saw […]

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--When a tornado ripped through her Union University residence hall Feb. 5, all freshman Hillary Bush could think about was her mother's engagement ring.

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--A standing-room-only crowd of 1,500 people gathered in Union University's G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel Feb. 19 to reunite for the first time since a tornado battered the campus Feb. 5.