2009 January
March
May
Students attend President
Economics professor
Union alumni from
Obama’s inauguration
Stephen J. Schmidt
Hollywood speak at ReUnion
Two Union students work as hospice volunteers in South Africa as part of their independent study abroad project Joseph James ’69 awarded $100k Purpose Prize for
receives the inaugural Byron A. Nichols Endowed Fellowship for Faculty Development Engineering students spend spring break bringing water to Ethiopian villages
Groundbreaking held for Lippman Hall, thanks to a gift from Jim Lippman ’79 Kaitlyn Evans ’09, Jared Iacolucci ’09 and Erin Schumaker ’09 win national “peace scholar” award to assist migrant
project to help black farmers
April
Campus celebrates Martin
19th annual Steinmetz
Luther King Jr. Day with
Symposium showcases
Union community rallies
the Human Race Machine,
undergraduate research
around student’s mission
which allows observers to see themselves as a different race
Class of 2013 announced; most diverse in College history
workers in Naco, Mexico
to build a library for schoolchildren in Ghana
February
Novelist/physicist Alan
June
Founders Day celebrates
Lightman speaks at Nott
Construction begins on
Union’s role in the abolitionist
Memorial and addresses
$20 million Peter Irving
movement with the unveiling
classes
Wold Center for Science
of a painting of former slave
Inaugural Minerva Fellows
Moses Viney and a keynote
return to campus to discuss
Union College Hillel selected
address by James M. McPherson
their humanitarian efforts
to take part in the prestigious
Cybil Tribié ’11 awarded
First “Ozone Cookbook”
a service learning grant for
benefits The Global Child
her project to clean up a
in Cambodia
Schenectady park President Ainlay receives Alpha Phi Alpha’s prestigious
Fireworks at ReUnion, May 2009
and Engineering
“Small and Mighty Campuses of Excellence” program Union hosts 2nd annual symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education
Sphinx Award for leading
Commencement speaker
campus diversity initiatives
Paul A. Volcker emphasizes the importance of a global education Union joins Colgate, Hamilton, Hobart & William Smith, St. Lawrence and Skidmore to form the “New York Six” Consortium
The Academic Year at a Glance
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