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Union Hires Derrick Harkins ’87—Pastor & Obama Advisor—to Lead Public Programming

Thursday, February 19, 2015

See coverage in The Washington Post FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Senior Pastor of Washington’s Historic 19th Street Baptist Church Returns to Union New York City, NY — After seventeen years at Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., Senior Pastor Derrick Harkins, former Director of Faith Outreach for the Democratic Party and advisor to President Obama,

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Divestment

Monday, February 2, 2015

UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS Read Union President Serene Jones’ full statement at TIME Magazine’s website: http://time.com/2853203/union-fossil-fuels/ NEW YORK, NY — June 10, 2014 — The trustees of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York today voted unanimously to begin divesting fossil fuels

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Holland Lee Hendrix, 14th President of Union, Dies at 66

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Union Theological Seminary mourns the loss of our esteemed President Emeritus, Holland Lee Hendrix.  He died on Wednesday, November 26, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, of lung cancer, according to his family. A graveside memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 20, at 10 a.m., at Chandler Memorial Cemetery, 620 Old Tyler Road, Chandler, Texas. Holland

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