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A Magazine for Alumni and Friends

This scarcity
affects us all

Alumni doctors discuss the healthcare provider shortage


Summer 2026 issue


Union College magazine cover summer 2026

SUMMER 2026 ISSUE (flipbook)

Contact information

Erin DeMuth Judd, editor
demuthje@union.edu

Alumni who want to inform the College about changes of address should contact the Alumni Office at (518) 388-6168, or via email at alumni@union.edu. The same phone number and email address should be used to correspond about ReUnion, Homecoming and Family Weekend, alumni club events and other activities.

Publishing information

Union College is published twice a year by the Union College Office of Communications, Schenectady, N.Y. 12308. The telephone is (518) 388-6131.

Digital ("flipbook") copies of issues dating back to 2012 may be accessed online. The magazine homepage links to individual stories published online.

FROM THE MAGAZINE:

Engineering @ 175

Though we acknowledge 1845 as the start of engineering at Union, the seeds were sown as early as 1802, when the first course on surveying was taught.

The Whiple Bridge

WRUC celebrates a century on the air

Since the first scheduled broadcast on Oct. 14, 1920, Union College radio has been a laboratory for generations of students to experiment on-air, and in many cases to launch a career they never expected.

WRUC button

The arrival

Women moved into Union residence halls and started classes as full-time students for the first time in fall 1970. Here is a little bit about what that experience was like for them.

Photo of young women arriving at Union in 1970

The decision

Perhaps no change at Union was more transformative than welcoming women.

The first class of women to attend Union College arrives on campus