October 2019 Union in the Media Archive

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Union College eyes community liaison in 5-year strategic plan

Union’s Board of Trustees Saturday affirmed the College’s latest strategic plan, a sweeping and ambitious document that will guide the school’s decision-making over the next five years.

Titled “The Power of Union,” the 17-page plan serves as a blueprint for the College to build upon its 225-year standing as an innovator in liberal education by “developing every student to lead with wisdom, empathy and courage, in ways large and small, now and across multiple tomorrows.”

The Daily Gazette reported on the new plan (subscription may be required).

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Williams Center for Campus Community Safety featured by local media

The College recently dedicated the Williams Center for Campus Community Safety.

Housed in a former bank building at Nott Street and Van Vranken Avenue, the center is directly across from one of the campus’s main entrances.

A number of media outlets reported on the new home for the school's Campus Safety Department, including the Daily Gazette (subscription may be required), News10 (ABC affiliate), CBS6, and the Times Union.

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Inside Higher Ed features Making U Possible grants

Union recently launched a new financial aid initiative that will support families who get caught between formula assumptions and reality.

Families making up to $250,000 per year, who have an expected family contribution of $90,000 or less, will qualify for at least $20,000 in scholarship assistance. Previously, some families at such income levels would qualify for little or no scholarship assistance. These Making U Possible Family Grants will help families who are struggling to meet those contributions plan for their children’s futures and see that a Union education is attainable.

Inside Higher Ed wrote about the new grants.