Last summer a group of Union faculty took a trip to China’s northeast region to see first-hand the effects of rapid industrialization and economic growth to develop new interdisciplinary courses and redevelop existing ones.
Following a renovation made possible by late brothers Armand V. Feigenbaum '42 and Donald S. Feigenbaum '46, the center was dedicated during Homecoming weekend in October.
Students in the inaugural “Adirondacks and American Environmental History” course didn’t just study the northern New York region, they got to know it—personally. It made for one of the best classes many of the students had ever taken.
Students in “Herpetology: Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles,” taught by senior lecturer Barbara Pytel, had a blast hunting for frogs, snakes, turtles and salamanders on a number of field trips this spring.
