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Founders Day a time to reflect on the history of Blacks at Union

at Founders Day Thursday in Memorial Chapel. The event commemorates the 230th anniversary of the granting of Union’s charter by the state Board of Regents in 1795, regarded as one of the first public calls for higher education.

President David Harris to give Founders Day talk

For his upcoming talk, Harris has been looking through Union’s archives and picking the brain of experts like Denis Brennan, a retired lecturer in the History Department who taught a class on Union College history.

Holocaust survivor Irene Zisblatt to speak at Kristallnacht commemoration

Holocaust speaker Judith Kallman to speak at Nott

Tuesday, June 4, at 5 p.m.

Union selected for Hillel International Campus Climate Initiative

Union is partnering with Hillel International, the world's largest Jewish campus organization, to better understand, strengthen and enhance the environment for Jewish students.

Black History Month events slated for February

The Rev. William J. Barber II to deliver Wold lecture

Thursday, Feb. 8, at 5 p.m. in Memorial Chapel

Schenectady Clergy Against Hate highlight an evening of constructive engagement in the Nott

the Forum on Constructive Engagement series aims to broaden perspectives for and promote meaningful exchange on issues

Constructive Engagement series to feature Schenectady Clergy Against Hate Jan. 18

Members of Schenectady Clergy Against Hate will lead a discussion Thursday, Jan. 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the Nott Memorial as part of the College’s Forum on Constructive Engagement.

Three clergy superimposed against a photograph of the Nott Memorial ceiling

Head of NAACP to speak at Union as part of MLK celebration

Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, will help the College celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with a talk Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 5:30 p.m. in College Park Hall.