Posted on Sep 1, 2002

Major grants awarded to faculty in the past six months include:

Professor Linda Cool, anthropology, and Ken Cool received a $795,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue development of the Mellon College Retirement Project, which seeks
to design and offer an affordable,
high-quality, cost-effective, and nationally-available medical benefit plan that would be prefunded during the working careers of faculty and staff and provide them, in coordination with Medicare, with health insurance security during retirement years.

Professor Rob Olberg, biology, received an NSF research award of $213,987 for his project, “The neural control of visually guided pretty interception in dragonflies.”

David Gerhan, of Schaffer Library, received a U. S. State Department Fulbright Scholar Award to spend the years teaching and conducting research for academic libraries at the University of Botswana, Gaborone.

Professor Eshragh Motahar, economics, received a Fulbright Scholar Board award to spend the fall term teaching and conducting research at the Vietnam Fulbright Program Center, jointly run by Harvard University and the University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City.

Posted on Sep 1, 2002

The Alumni Council continues to be
an active part of the College on behalf
of all alumni.

Please feel free to contact any council officer listed here:

Robert Danziger '89
President
Apartment 7D
245 West 104th St.
New York, N.Y. 10025

Jason Oshins, Esq.
18 Downing Place
Livingston, N.J. 07039

Patricia Seftel '80
Second vice president
3000 Rosendale Road
Niskayuna, N.Y. 12309-1504

Dominick Famulare '92
Secretary
1552 Dean Street
Niskayuna, N.Y. 12309

Michael Newell '74
Treasurer
1226 Sacandaga Road
West Charlton, N.Y. 12010

Karen Huggins '77
Senior alumni trustee
11 Carrie Court
Niskayuna, N.Y. 12309

Louise Dunn, Esq. '76,
Immediate past president
31 Kara Lane
Clifton Park, N.Y. 12065

Posted on Sep 1, 2002

The Trustee Nominating Committee
of the Alumni Council will select up to three candidates to run in an alumni body election next spring for the position of Alumni Trustee.

The alumnus/a who is elected will serve
a four-year term through June 2007. Trustee Valerie Hoffman '73 is eligible
for reelection this year.

In addition, any graduate of the College under the age of sixty-seven may run
as a petition candidate. To do so, a petition must be obtained from the Alumni Relations Office and signed by fifty alumni. The signed petition must
be returned to the Alumni Office with:

• a recent 5 X 7 black and white,
  head and shoulders photograph
• a brief biography
• a statement from the candidate detailing why he or she wishes
  to serve as a trustee.

The material must be received at
the College by Feb. 1, 2003. Petition
candidates will automatically appear
on the election ballot, if duly certified. Petitions may be requested from the Alumni Office, Union College, 807
Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308 (1.888.THE.IDOL, ext. 6168).

Posted on Sep 1, 2002

Members of the Class of 2006 were welcomed into the Union community with Freshman Send-off Receptions, hosted by alumni and parents all over the country. Freshmen met other incoming students from their areas and chatted with current students and alumni who told them how much they have to look forward to as they begin their Union careers.

We would like to offer a special thanks to all of our hosts for opening their homes to our newest students and their families.

• David Fogelson and Gail Meyer,
  parents of Gabrielle '04, Los Angeles, CA
• Jane and Mark Alpert, parents of
  Courtney '06, Boston, MA
• Varda and Steve Goldstein, parents of Lauren '02 and Billy '06, Short Hills, NJ
• Marcie and Howard Mann, parents of Samantha '04, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
• Eileen Hoffman and Bob Michaelson '72, parents of Daniel '06, New York City
• Polly and Mark Walsh '76, Chevy Chase, MD
• Celeste and John Coughlin, parents of
  Kim '04 and Scott '94, New Rochelle, NY
• Cheryl and Bill Busino '72, parents
  of David '06, Scotia, NY
• Bernadette and Jeff Hirst '74, parents
  of Colin '06, West Hartford, CT
• Pat and Howard Smith, parents of
  Marnie '06 and Ryan '05, Buffalo, NY
• Margaret and George Hagopian,
  parents of Lindsay '05, Andover, MA
• Susan and Ed Young '72, parents of Jacqueline '05, Long Island, NY

Posted on Sep 1, 2002

Thanks to your generosity, the 2001-2002 Annual Fund ended strongly, finishing with $3,701,349, an increase of 1.5
percent over the previous year's total
of $3,645,633. Alumni participation showed a slight decrease, from 40
percent to 39 percent.

Unrestricted giving accounted for $2,367,944, providing greater flexibility
for the College to meet immediate priorities and needs. The total number of donors to the Annual Fund was 10,481, with alumni donors numbering 7,517.

Listed elsewhere are the names of the volunteers whose efforts made this success possible. Without their dedication of time and energy, and your generous annual response, the Annual Fund would not be the success that it is each year. Thank you for your commitment to Union.

Posted on Sep 1, 2002

That's the message from John Moses '53, national chairman of the Union College Annual Fund, and the Union College Affiliates this fall.

Please be generous when called by a Union student. Take a moment and tell them what you're doing with your Union degree, and ask them about their course of study and what is happening on campus. The Union College Affiliates
enjoy talking with all alumni.

Your pledge of support can be restricted to your favorite program or purpose;
just tell the affiliate during the call.

On behalf of the entire campus constituency, thank you for supporting
the Union College Annual Fund.