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Two Union graduates selected to receive
University Academic Achievement Award

Jackson, Tenn. - Saturday, Dec. 18, during ºÚÁÏÂÛ̳'s fall commencement exercises, graduates Stephanie Lim of Bartlett and Hannah Shelby of Trenton both received the prestigious University Academic Achievement Award. 

Given to the senior in the December graduating class who has the highest academic achievement and has completed a minimum of 56 semester hours in residence at Union, both Lim and Shelby completed their coursework at Union with a 4.0 grade point average. 

Stephanie Lim
Stephanie Lim

Hannah Shelby
Hannah Shelby

Lim, a native of Bartlett and a member of Alpha Chi, an academic honor society open to the upper ten percent of junior and senior students, received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Arts with an emphasis in public relations, advertising and Spanish. 

Shelby, a native of Trenton and also a member of Alpha Chi, received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. 

President David S. Dockery presented the award. Union, established in 1823, is a private, co-educational, four-year liberal arts institution affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, located in Jackson, TN.