Posted on May 7, 2004

Impermeable Molding Company, a
company founded by Union College
students and housed in the U-Start Business Incubator, won the “elevator pitch”
contest in last week's Tech Valley Collegiate Business Plan Competition.

Junior Lucas Englehart, chief marketing officer, did the elevator
pitch on behalf of the six-member company.

To qualify for the two-minute
contest, which simulates a brief elevator ride with a venture capitalist, the
teams had to be one of five semi-finalists in the overall business plan competition.
The Union team won $1,000.

Impermeable Molding was founded
this year to produce environmentally friendly tanks for the storage of various
fluids such as oil and gasoline. Union students in the College's Entrepreneurship Club have been
working on this new business idea, using a state-of-the-art plastic resin from
the Cyclics Corporation of Schenectady, founded by Union alumni John Ciovacco and Ted Eveleth.

Other partners in Impermeable Molding are Bobby Syed '03, chief executive
officer, MBA student at the Graduate College of Union
University, and co-founder and former president of the Union College
Entrepreneurship Club; Josh Fiorini '04, chief financial officer, co-founder
and vice president of the Entrepreneurship Club; Brian Lindenberg '05, chief operating officer; Kerem Kacel
'03, chief information officer; and Brett Durie '04, chief technical officer.

“We are extremely proud of our team's work in getting to the
semi-finals and winning the elevator pitch competition,” said Jon Lemelin, executive director of the
U-Start Incubator and an advisor to the team. “This is the first time a team
from Union has entered the competition. To
qualify as a semi-finalist, the Union team outperformed 30 other student
teams.”

The business plan competition was
sponsored by the Severino Center
for Technological Entrepreneurship at Rensselaer's Lally
School of Management and Technology. The annual competition is open to
full-time students at area colleges and universities.

Besides Lemelin and Ciovacco, the club's advisors
are Y.F. King Wang, marketing director of Americas for Cyclics Corporation; Prof. Hal
Fried, economics; Mike O'Hara, director of development; and Mel Chudzik, dean
of the School of Management, GCUU.

Posted on May 7, 2004

Two alumni – IBM executive John E.
Kelly III '76 and Jane Sadler '73, president of a company that sells portable
planetariums – took the spotlight in this week's 2004 Summit
at Tech Valley
at the Empire State
Plaza Convention Center
in Albany.

Kelly, senior vice president and
group executive, Technology, Systems and Technology Group at IBM, received the
MIKE award in recognition of his “vision and leadership in elevating Tech
Valley's standing in the global high-tech community” at a luncheon on
Thursday.

Sadler, president of Learning
Technologies Inc. of Somerville, Mass.,
was keynote speaker at the Innovative Educator Awards dinner on Wednesday
evening.

The Summit,
sponsored by the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce, is one of the
premiere annual events in the region's technology initiative.

Innovation is prospering in Tech
Valley because of the human capital
made possible by Union and other colleges and
universities, Kelly told the audience. “There is no better human capital than
here in the Capital Region.” He cited Union
College and other regional
institutions that “shape the landscape that form this wellspring of ideas.” The
region's college and universities have already played a key role in research
and development, he said, citing the Union's Converging
Technology program.

“Much of the high-tech growth
in Tech Valley
can be tied directly to the support of Dr. Kelly and IBM,” said Ann
Wendth, senior vice president of the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of
Commerce and lead organizer of the Summit.
“We are fortunate to have him working on our behalf,”

Kelly also recently was named to
“Tech Valley's
Hot 10” list by the chamber. The list recognized 10 people who have been
very influential in the region's increased focus as a high-tech center.

Kelly, a member of Union's
Board of Trustees, has been a leader in a collaboration in which IBM is
assisting the College with its Converging Technologies initiative. Kelly
received a bachelor of science degree in physics from Union
in 1976. For more about Kelly's involvement with Union,
read the press release about his joining the Board of Trustees: http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=3455

Sadler, president of a company
that sells portable, inflatable planetariums, told an audience of educators and
scientists that “a good idea can turn into a great idea with creativity, innovation
and a sense of adventure.”

The planetarium, called STARLAB,
comes in two sizes, one accommodating up to 35 people and one that will fit up
to 80 people, and is capable of fitting in the hatchback of a small car. It is a
low-cost way to provide access to a planetarium in areas where it would
otherwise be unavailable.

“Our living room served as a test
area for these domes,” she said. “And all these years later, teaching under the
dome still captivates children and adults.”

The Sadlers' son, Benjamin, is a
first-year student at Union. “He had several schools to
choose from and decided on Union,” she said. “All in
all, it's a nice reconnection with Union for me.”

She spoke about starting the company
27 years ago with husband and fellow teacher, Philip. Sadler later became a school
principal. Both left their jobs in schools as the company grew.

“Jane Sadler is an extraordinary
fit for the dinner that honors cutting-edge educators in Tech
Valley,” said Wendth. “As
a former teacher and school principal, she understands the educational
environment, and at the same time, her company is using technology to help
prepare students for the future.”

Sadler and her company were
profiled in a recent “Newsmakers” (“The Universe in a Duffel
Bag”) in the Union College magazine: http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=4362.

Posted on May 7, 2004

Jason
Cook will present on “Application of Artificial Intelligence to Chess Playing.”

Samantha Mann will talk about
“Propaganda of the Second World War.”

Aaron Morris is talking on “Better
Homes and Gardens on Mars – Terraforming the Red Planet as Science (Fiction).”

They will be among the more than
200 students presenting at the 14th annual Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Symposium on students' creative, scholarly and research achievement on Friday,
May 7, and Saturday, May 8.

The weekend celebration also features Prize Day on Saturday at 11 a.m. in Memorial Chapel.

Classes are canceled on Friday
with presentations running from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. in Humanities, Social
Sciences, Arts Building,
Steinmetz, Science & Engineering, and the Olin
Center.

Dance performances will be during
Session III on Friday at 12:20 pm. in
the Dance Studio of the Arts Building.
The Steinmetz banquet for presenters, parents and faculty sponsors is Friday at
6:30 p.m. in Upper Class Dining.

The Choir and Orchestra will perform
Friday at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.

Poster sessions will be Saturday
at from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in Hale House.

The Jazz Ensemble will perform on
Saturday at 1 p.m. in Chet's.

Student art work will be exhibited
throughout the weekend in the Arts Atrium.

Copies of the schedule will be
available in the Dean's Office, S-100, Science &
Engineering Building.
More information and a complete schedule are available at: http://www.union.edu/Steinmetz/

Posted on May 6, 2004

David
Cole, an expert in constitutional
law, will speak Tuesday, May 11, at4 p.m. in the Reamer Campus Center Auditorium atUnion College. His topic will be, “Enemy Aliens and American Freedoms: Double
Standards and Civil Liberties in the War on Terror.” Sponsors for the event are
the College's American Studies Program and Minerva Committee. His talk is free
and open to the public.

   
Cole, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, is also a volunteer staff attorney for the Center
for Constitutional Rights, legal affairs correspondent for The Nation, and
a commentator on National Public Radio's “All Things Considered.” His legal
expertise includes criminal procedure, civil liberties and national security,
and immigration law.

   
A graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School, Cole litigated many First Amendment cases, including
Texas v. Johnson and U.S. v. Eichman, which extended First
Amendment protection to flag-burning. He represented the “Los Angeles 8” for 16 years, and numerous Arab and Muslim
immigrants against whom the INS sought to use secret evidence.

   
The American Lawyer named Cole one of the top 45 public-sector lawyers
in the country under age 45. New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis
called him “one of the country's great legal voices for civil liberties today,”
and former CIA director James Woolsey called David's new book, Enemy Aliens:
Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism (2003),
“the essential book in the field.” Cole's first book, No Equal Justice: Race
and Class in the American Criminal Justice System, was named Best
Non-Fiction Book of 1999 by the Boston Book Review, best book on an
issue of national policy in 1999 by the American Political Science Association,
and awarded the Alpha Sigma Nu prize from the Jesuit Honor Society in 2001.

Posted on May 6, 2004

The baseball team is joining the softball team, the women's
lacrosse team and the men and women's crew teams in postseason play.  The Dutchmen, under first-year head coach
Jeremy Rivenburg, will participate in their first-ever Upstate Collegiate
Athletic championship tournament this weekend at Clarkson.  Union, the No. 4 seed by virtue of its 6-6
conference record, will take on the top-ranked Golden Knights on Friday, May 7
at 3:30 p.m.

The Garnet tuned up for the event on Wednesday afternoon
(May 5) by beating Skidmore, 3-0, in a non-league nine-inning game.  The win snapped
the Dutchmen's three-game losing streak and enabled them to end the regular
season with an overall record of 15-18.

“That was a big one for us,” said
Rivenburg, “I honestly think we are going to surprise some people this weekend.”

The Dutchmen have five .300-plus
hitters in their lineup.  Junior outfielder
Adam Chadwick leads the squad at .376 and is followed by classmate, outfielder,
Mike Flanagan (.342), freshman shortstop Kyle Murphy (.333), senior catcher Dan
Mehleisen (.326) and sophomore second sacker Ben Brown (.308). 

Senior first baseman Jim Griglun
leads Union in RBIs (22), doubles (seven) and home runs (three).  Chadwick boasts team-highs in both runs
scored (23) and stolen bases (14 of 19). 

Junior Frank Arcuri leads the
mound staff with his earned run average of 1.54 while freshman Eric Giovannone
is next at 3.89.  Senior Dave Masi and
Giovannone share the team lead with their four victories.

The Dutchmen split their two games with the Golden Knights,
losing 7-1 before taking the nitecap 15-5. 
 Flanagan and senior outfielder
Cliff Eisenhut each drove in three runs to back the complete-game pitching of Masi
to give Union the second-game win.

Eisenhut had a pair of doubles among his three hits while
Flanagan stroked three singles and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Griglun
contributed a double and single and scored three times while Murphy and freshman
outfielder Matt Smith each stroked a pair of singles and also crossed the plate
three times. Masi, meanwhile, struck out five and walked only one.

The opener saw the Knights use a 10-hit attack, which was
led by a four-for-four effort by second baseman JJ Lorence. Griglun, freshman
infielder Brian Rhone and sophomore catcher Adam Chused accounted for the
Dutchmen's three hits.

The tournament champion earns the right to represent the UCAA in the upcoming NCAA Division III national championship event

2004 BASEBALL UCAA TOURNAMENT at CLARKSON'S SNELL FIELD

Friday, May 7–#3 Rensselaer vs. # 2 Rochester –Noon #4
Union vs. #1 Clarkson–3:30

Saturday, May 8–Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 –9:30
a.m. Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2–12:30 Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of
Game 4–4:00

Sunday, May 9–Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5– Noon
Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5 (if necessary)–TBA