Dr. D.J. Culp, jazz drummer and music professor, joins us this week for a fantastic conversation about his history with music, his love of certain movies, and his deep appreciation for music education!

If you would like to visit campus and visit the music department we would love to see you! You can schedule your visit here.

If you have visited campus and ready to apply but don't want to pay the application fee, simply type in the word "TALK" all capital letters, no spaces.

If you have questions about anything at all, you can email Ted at tkluck@uu.edu, Fran at fthomas@uu.edu, and Dr. Culp at dculp@uu.edu

What a fun episode for you to watch if possible! Check it out on Union's YouTube if you can.

In this week's conversation we talk with Dr.Micah Fern from our Biology department for a fun and informative conversation about his love for animals, how we can best respect all animals and God's creation of them. His beloved barred owl, Athena, joins us for the conversation and you will fall in love with her as you watch her sit so beautifully at the table with us.

Dr. Fern commonly teaches Wildlife Biology, Global Biology, and Ecology and Conservation of the Vertebrates.

You can learn more about the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center here.

You can follow Dr. Fern's YouTube channel named Wild Fern here.

If you are a high school student interested in Zoology, come for a visit and see Dr. Fern and all that he is involved in on and off campus. You can schedule that visit here.

Finally, if you have visited campus and ready to apply, we have a fee waiver code for you. Do not pay that application fee! Simply type in the word "TALK" all capital letters, no spaces, and you do not have to pay that fee!

We appreciate Brooke's courage, honesty, and willingness to share the hardest parts of her journey with the Lord with us in this week's conversation.

If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to ask us. You may email Ted at tkluck@uu.edu and Fran at fthomas@uu.edu.

We would love for you to join us for a campus visit. You can sign up for that here. Also, if you are ready to apply, we have a fee waiver code. Simply type in the word "TALK" all capital letters in the appropriate space.

Tristan is a senior from Northern Ireland and a member of the men's cross country team. During this conversation, Tristan takes us through his Catholic upbringing and how he found a personal relationship with Christ through his teammates, coach, and his local church.

Tristan shares his story with honesty, humility, and great passion. He is currently in his final season as a cross country athlete and not sure what will happen after graduation in May of 2025, but he knows the Lord has a really good plan for his life and he trusts He will reveal that to him in just the right time.

If you would like to come for a campus visit, we would love to see you. Send us an email and tell us you are coming. Email Ted at tkluck@uu.edu or email Fran at fthomas@uu.edu.

If you are ready to apply to Union, we have a fee waiver code for you! Simply type in the word TALK in all capital letters in the appropriate place and you don't have to pay the application fee!

Dr. Mollie Carter , Associate Professor of Psychology, joins us in the conversation during this week's episode. We are talking about her findings on social media research.

These findings may surprise you and will definitely cause you to think about social media and how you parent your student through their use of it.

Dr. Carter and her husband are part of our Faculty in Residence program on campus. You can read more about that here.

If you have questions about Dr. Carter's findings, you can send her an email at mdcarter@uu.edu

If you have any questions for Ted, you can email him at tkluck@uu.edu

If you have any questions for Fran, you can email her at fthomas@uu.edu

We would love to have you on campus for a visit! Be sure and let us know you are coming. We would love to say hi and meet you. Schedule that campus visit here. And if you are ready to apply to Union, we have a fee waiver code for you. Simply type in the word "TALK," all capital letters, and you do not have to pay the application fee.

As we begin a new academic year, we consider who we are as people and the responsibility given to staff and facutly as we steward students lives and the campus we have been entrusted to care for.

Ted often writes for World Magazine. You can find them online here.

Union's verse for this new academic year is Isaiah 40:8 and it says, "The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the word of our God will stand forever."

Our Statement of Faith can be found here.

You can read more about the swings given in honor of Dr. Dub and Susie's 10 year's at Union here.

You can learn more about the new wellness center here.

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Questions? Email Ted at tkluck@uu.edu or Fran at fthomas@uu.edu. Sign up for a campus visit here an dlet us know you are coming. Finally, if you are ready to apply and want to skip the application fee, just type in the word "TALK" all capital letters and you will not have to pay the application fee.

In this conversation we talk about Ted's writing, past, present, and future projects as well as the Lord's provision in how he found himself as a journalism professor at Union.

If you have any questions about the episode, please ask!

Ted's email is tkluck@uu.edu

Fran's email is fthomas@uu.edu

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