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Dear Friends,
How this
place blossoms—again and again. This year, as the spring flowers burst
open, eager students and interested people are streaming through Union's doors:
- The Public is attending our lectures and events in record numbers
- Fans, followers and listeners worldwide are tuning into Union online—by the thousands
- Our Students are serving in 90 churches and social service agencies in the New York Metropolitan area.
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Three students were just awarded Henry Luce Summer Fellowships for Interreligious Studies in Indonesia
- Our Faculty is celebrating the publication of 14 new books this spring
- Union's President, faculty, students and graduates are featured in premier media: NY Times, CNN, NPR, Christian Century, Newsweek, Financial Times, LA Times, Huffington Post and many more
And there is so much more to come. In a year when the world yearns for moral leadership that answers the call of
justice, this year:
Applications
to Union are up by 20% and rising daily.
That’s
the good news. The not-so-good news is
that costs continue to rise. In the last
ten years, tuition at Union has increased by 65% and the average cost of a dorm
room has risen by 90%. Seminary students
graduate with an average debt of $50,000 because we cannot offer as much
scholarship aid as we would like.
Maintaining our wonderful Seminary buildings is more expensive every
year. The list goes on…
There
has never been a more meaningful moment to support Union Seminary, and I am
pleased to ask you to give—and give generously. Your gift
directly empowers Union's 174-year-old mission to provide church, academy
and society with rigorous, pioneering and prophetic leaders. With so many
seeking a Union education and so many tuning in to see what Union's leaders are
saying, your support for the Annual Fund is more critical than ever.
Thanks
to you and our many generous friends and graduates, gifts to the Annual
Fund are over $1.7 million thus far this year. Our goal is to reach $2
million by June’s end. Help us exceed
this goal and reduce our dependence on our endowment by giving—or giving
again—now. Help us say YES to the extraordinary students and pastors,
innovators, artists, intellectuals and activists whose ministries will
truly make a difference in our broken world.
Gratefully,
Serene
Jones, President
P.S.
Gifts of $250 and greater
will be formally recognized in Union's fall printed edition of Union Now, our new magazine.
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