September 10, 1999: Volume 47, Number 1

Keeping Tabs on 2003

Fourteen members of the Class of 2003 were drum majors in high school, two were Eagle Scouts, 413 worked part-time jobs, and one owned a business.

These statistics and lots of others on activities and achievements come courtesy of the Gatekeepers in the Admissions Office, who tallied the numbers while resting their legs and voices between campus tours last summer.

Also among the findings, 377 of the 541 members (70 percent) of the first-year class played a varsity sport in high school, and 128 of them were team captains. Twenty-one percent reported playing a musical instrument, 8 percent were in vocal music, and an estimated 60 percent did some form of community service.

The survey confirms something that members of the admissions staff have known all along: that Union students are highly involved in a range of extracurriculars and that many of them take on leadership roles, said Betsy Phelps, assistant dean of admissions, who coordinated the project.

One hundred and ninety four were in student government, including 10 who were class presidents. Two hundred were members of the National Honor Society, 149 were on honor roll, and one was a National Merit Scholar.

As for perfect attendance awards? Only two.

"Probably they're the only ones who would admit it," Phelps said.

For a copy of the report, e-mail Phelps at phelpsb@union.edu.

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