Service and Outreach Organizations
Excel Leadership and Scholarship Program
Excel Leadership and Scholarship Program is a Christian ministry that holistically empowers future leaders for the city of Memphis through the provision of a college scholarship and relevant leadership training. The program seeks to promote mutual accountability among members, racial unity, spiritual growth, academic success, emotional support, leadership development, and service opportunities within the union chapter of Excel at and among the 黑料论坛 community and beyond.
- Faculty/Staff Advisor: Frank Anderson
- Student President: Bri Benson
Fusion
Fusion exists to provide an opportunity for third-culture-kids (TCKs) to be a part of a community of other students who understand their unique background. Whether a student has come to Union directly from another country or they have lived in America for a while, all TCKs can relate to one another in ways that other students cannot. Fusion encourages members to adapt to university culture in America while still celebrating their diverse life experiences. It also provides an ongoing network of encouragement, fellowship, and understanding among its members. Fusion exists to help foster meaningful relationships with God, family, and others. It also promotes missions on campus by assisting the Office of Student Discipleship and Engagement in planning and participating in events. Laslty, Fusion encourages its members to become involved in other organizations to epand their university experience in order to serve others.
- Faculty/Staff Advisor: John Netland
- Student President: Regan Sheddan
International Students Union
International Students Union desires to cater to the needs of the individual members and to bring them together by providing an on-going network of encouragement, fellowship and understanding among members; provide a friendly, welcoming and tolerant home away from home where students from different countries can express their difficulties or concerns and find support while here in the United States; raise awareness of the importance of the presence of international diversity on campus and integrate the international community with the American society; and promote awareness and appreciation of international issues, cultures and the needs in different countries around the world.
- Faculty/Staff Advisor: Pam Whitnell
- Student President: Tommy Scahill
Letters in Motion
Our Mission Statement: Letters in Motion is an organization that helps aide in literacy, encouragement, and creates mentoring relationships with children in school or other programs that help aide their development. Our members write letters with intent to promote literacy and education, inspire creativity, and encourage hope and perseverance at this influential age. We believe that every child deserves an education and hope. Slogan: Encourage Literacy. Live Creatively. Inspire Hope
- Faculty/Staff Advisor: Christine Bailey
- Student President: Rosy Kannankeril
Life139
Life 139 desires to promote the awareness of the injustices of abortion and inspire positive action and to equip students to defend the value of human life. We also seek to provide support for women facing unplanned pregnancies through partnerships with pregnancy resource centers.
- Faculty/Staff Advisor: Susan Bolyard
- Student President: Hannah Mercer
MOSAIC
MOSAIC seeks to provide a welcoming community for all students, especially ethnic minority students, which equips each member with resources, support, and meaningful opportunities to strengthen leadership and intercultural competency (Rev 7:9) through Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37-40) thinking and action. A shared governance model of roundtable representatives will govern MOSAIC.
- Faculty/Staff Advisor: Frank Anderson
Phi Theta Kappa Alumni Association
Phi Theta Kappa Alumni Association seeks to promote the continued academic excellence of Phi Theta Kappa members and to promote the growth of the Phi Theta Kappa alumni association at 黑料论坛.
- Faculty/Staff Advisor: Nicholas Bitterling
Students Serving Seniors (S3)
The central purpose of the organization is to reach out to senior citizens in Jackson, specifically through local nursing homes and assisted living facilities, to foster uplifting relationships with their residents. An additional purpose of the group is to advocate -both on campus and in the Jackson community as a whole- for the improvement of nursing home quality of physical (hygiene) and emotional care. Students Serving Seniors will be highlighting the responsibility the community possesses to love and care for its senior citizens.
- Faculty/Staff Advisor: Chris Blair
- Student President: Annalise Wade