Union University Starts Recovery
Filed in archive News by Greg Cruey on February 07, 2008
Union University in Jackson, Tenn., has entered the recovery phase of campus life
after a tornado devastated the campus on Tuesday.
An official UU Recovery blog is up and running on the web, and university President David S. Dockery said that the emergency phase of the crisis that left 51 student injured and much of the campus dormitories destroyed is now over.
University spokesperson Tim Ellsworth has a post in the blogosphere on ways to pray for Union University. The institution is "the oldest school currently affiliated with Southern Baptist life" in Tennessee, according to Union University's web site.
after a tornado devastated the campus on Tuesday. An official UU Recovery blog is up and running on the web, and university President David S. Dockery said that the emergency phase of the crisis that left 51 student injured and much of the campus dormitories destroyed is now over.
At the 36-hour mark, we have moved from the emergency phase to the recovery and restoration phase of our efforts...
Tennessee Guard will be working with Union security to retrieve undamaged personal goods from various residence life rooms Feb. 7-8. All personal belongings will be bagged and tagged so that students can retrieve their undamaged personal goods beginning on Feb. 18.
University spokesperson Tim Ellsworth has a post in the blogosphere on ways to pray for Union University. The institution is "the oldest school currently affiliated with Southern Baptist life" in Tennessee, according to Union University's web site.
The Associated Press quoted President Dockery as saying that damage to the school could reach $40 million. A storm in 2002 did $2.6 million worth of damage to the university.
Over a dozen students were trapped in the rubble left by the tornado and had to be dug out.
Sojourn Music a newsletter published by a local church in the school's area, has a recent update of the campus situation available online. The Jackson Sun newspaper also has accounts of the damage and pictures of the campus after the storm.
The school hopes to resume classes by Feb. 18.
Over a dozen students were trapped in the rubble left by the tornado and had to be dug out.
Sojourn Music a newsletter published by a local church in the school's area, has a recent update of the campus situation available online. The Jackson Sun newspaper also has accounts of the damage and pictures of the campus after the storm.
The school hopes to resume classes by Feb. 18.
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