Alumni and friends with access to the Internet can follow campus events electronically thanks to the College's Campus-Wide Information System, commonly known as the “gopher.”
Among the offerings on this bulletin board are the Chronicle, the weekly campus publication that contains news about coming events and other college activities; faculty, staff, and student achievements; and sports scores. The Chronicle is published weekly while classes are in session (thirty times a year) by the Office of Public Relations.
Other postings on the Union gopher include information about the College's Bicentennial, Schaffer Library, and academic departments. Some areas of the gopher are still in the construction phase.
Not all computers with Internet access will necessarily have access to the Union gopher. Subscribers to America
Online, Prodigy, Compuserve, and other network service providers should check with their provider with questions about access to the Union gopher.
(It's called gopher, by the way, because the software that runs the system was developed at the University of Minnesota, home of the “Golden Gophers.”)
Campus addresses
For those of you who would like to correspond with individual offices, here are some Union e-mail addresses:
Admissions Office
Only for submitting nominations of highly-qualified students: admissions@union.edu
Alumni Office
Paul Rieschick '74, director: rieschip@alice.union.edu
Annual Fund
annual fund@union.edu
Career Development Center
Joanne Tobiessen, director: tobiessj@alice.union.edu
College Relations
Dan C. West, vice president: westd@alice.union.edu
Dean of Arts and Sciences
Christina Sorum, dean: sorumc@gar.union.edu
Dean of Engineering
Richard Kenyon, dean: kenyonr@gar.union.edu
Development
Bruce Downsbrough, director of development: downsbrb@alice.union.edu
Debra Balliet, director of the annual fund: ballietd@alice.union.edu
Perry Goff, assistant director of the annual fund: goffp@alice.union.edu
Hayl Kephart, senior development officer: kephartm@alice.union.edu
Alice Marocco, director of gift planning: maroccoa@alice.union.edu
Amanda Mason, development officer: masona@alice.union.edu
J. Michael Smiles, senior development officer: smilesm@alice.union.edu
Sally Webster, senior development officer: websters@alice.union.edu
Public Relations
Peter Blankman, director and editor of Union College magazine: blankmap@alice.union.edu
Charlie Casey, director of the news bureau and editor of the Chronicle:
caseyc@alice.union.edu
'The Classes” section in the magazine: Deb Ludke: ludked@alice.union.edu
Records Office
For changes of address, career changes, and other alumni information: records@union.edu