Entries by ChrisBlair

Debate Team wins IPDA National Title

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On the weekend of March 24, 2017, the Union University debate team brought home the national title from the International Public Debate Association national championship at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, AR. At the tournament, the team won first place in the novice division, first place speaker in the Junior Varsity, Varsity, and Professional divisions, the […]

C&C named Best Magazine in South Again

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Union University’s student news publication, the Cardinal & Cream, won eight awards in the 2015 Best of the South competition sponsored by the Southeast Journalism Conference, including first place for both best college magazine and best public service journalism. The annual conference, held Feb. 18-20 at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, draws journalism […]

Blair named Faculty of the Year

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Union University presented more than 70 awards to students, faculty and staff at the annual Awards Day chapel service. The Carla D. Sanderson Faculty of the Year Award went to Ashley Fitch Blair, assistant professor of communication arts. Blair coordinates the Public Relations major and serves as the faculty advisor for the Public Relations Student Society […]

Debate Team wins IPDA National Title

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On the weekend of March 27, the Union University debate team brought home the national title from the International Public Debate Association national championship at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. The team won first place in the novice and professional divisions, the team sweepstakes and the overall season long Founders Award, the season-long championship. “It was a really […]

C&C Magazine named Best in the South

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C&C, a magazine publication of Cardinal and Cream, was named Best College Magazine of the South at the Southeast Journalism Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, the weekend of Feb. 26-Feb. 28. Katherine Burgess, senior journalism major and editor-in-chief of Cardinal and Cream, said she was surprised and excited by the award. “My heart jumped and I nearly teared […]

Teaching with Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

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Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-2007) was a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy TV show. Unlike 30 Rock, which also launched in 2006 on NBC, Studio 60 was a one-hour drama about the cast and crew of a fictional sketch comedy program, similar to Saturday Night Live, on a fictional television network, NBS. […]

Pullen Wins Tigrett, COM Graduates

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Union University graduated a group of 614 graduates during its 187th annual spring commencement ceremony May 19 on the university’s Great Lawn. The Communication Arts department saw a total of 28 students graduate. As part of the ceremony, Union presented the Elizabeth Tigrett Medal to Katherine Pullen, a journalism and intercultural studies double major from […]

Journalism Excellence Recognized at SEJC

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The Cardinal & Cream staff won 14 awards—the highest total of any school in the South—in the 2011 Southeast Journalism Conference’s “Best of the South” competition. The awards were announced Feb. 10-11 during the annual conference at UT-Martin. SEJC only allows one student from each school per category and that student cannot enter another category, […]