Union's Geology Department has been accepted to the Keck Geology Consortium, an elite multi-college collaboration which focuses on innovative undergraduate research.
The College was selected over a number of competitive applications from peer institutions.
Since it was created 20 years ago, the Consortium has sponsored 116 projects involving 970 undergraduate students from 90 schools across the country. In addition, over 115 faculty representing 50 colleges, universities, governmental agencies and businesses have participated in programs through the Consortium.
''This is a well-deserved honor for the College and for the Department,'' said Therese McCarty, interim dean of faculty and vice president for academic affairs. ''This acceptance is largely in recognition of the Department's successful integration of research and teaching.''
Since 2004, the Consortium has been based at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio.
Other schools in the Consortium include Amherst, Beloit, Carleton, Colgate, Colorado College, Franklin and Marshall, Macalester, Mt. Holyoke, Oberlin, Pomona, Smith, Trinity University, Washington and Lee, Wesleyan, Whitman and Williams.