Union in the Media

Bob Soules, director of the Becker Career Center, recently shared his views on the job outlook for college grads.

To read the story in the Times Union, click here (subscription may be required).

The Kenney Center's annual UCARE Day, a free carnival for kids and their families, was held Sunday in Memorial Fieldhouse.

With over 100 students working to host a carnival for local kids and their families, UCARE Day is one of Union’s biggest volunteer events of the year. More than 500 local kids and their families came to campus.

UCARE, or Union Community Action Reaching Everyone, works to plan events that bring together the Schenectady and Union communities.

To read a story in the Daily Gazette, click here.

Seamus Galligan '02 was recently featured in the Providence Journal. The story focused on Galligan’s career as a singer-songwriter and his position as a finalist in the Performing Songwriter Competition at the Rose Garden Coffeehouse (Mass.).

As a student at Union, Galligan played hockey and participated in Block U Society.

Taylor Music Center continues its Taylor Time! concert series with a recital of original works and other pieces by Max Caplan ’16 at 5 p.m. Monday, May 23, in Emerson Auditorium.

A composer and pianist, Caplan will perform four original compositions, including his newest piece, “Metamorphoses,” a quartet for violin, clarinet, cello and piano, with prominent professional musicians selected by Hilary Tann, the John Howard Payne Professor of Music. He will also perform a solo piece for piano, a piano duet and a piece scored for a large jazz ensemble.

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Valerie Barr, professor of computer science and chair of ACM-W, the Association for Computing Machinery Council on Women in Computing, recently spoke at "A Call to Action for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment" conference at UN Headquarters in New York.

Dozens of media outlets nationally and internationally reported on the conference, including the Toronto Telegraph, Malaysia Sun and the Paris Guardian.

A group of students held a drive on campus to get potential bone marrow donors.

To watch a clip from WRGB-Channel 6, the CBS affiliate, click here.

A new exhibit, "Grassroots Activism and the American Wilderness: Pioneers in the 20th Century Adirondack Park Conservation Movement," features selected material from the John S. Apperson and Paul Schaefer collections held at the Kelly Adirondack Center. The exhibit will be on display in the Lally Reading Room in Schaffer Library through December.

The collections, spanning from 1899 to 1996, provide a remarkable window into the history of the American environmental movement and the tensions that erupted over efforts to conserve the Adirondack Forest Preserve and expand the Adirondack Park. The materials also give a broader understanding of the history of national park and wilderness preservation and the critical role activism played in those efforts.

Staff Sgt. Michael Sargent '08, an Army Green Beret, was recently featured in the Army Times. The story focused on his service and bravery in Afghanistan, for which he was awarded the Silver Star -- the nation's third-highest award for valor.

During his time at Union, Sargent was involved with Theta Delta Chi, men's lacrosse and Best Buddies, and spent a term abroad in India.

More than 90 performers took to the stage in the Nott Memorial recently for the Lothridge Festival of Dance. The hour-long show included highlights from this year’s Winter Dance Concert, “Minds of Interest,” inspired by artists, scientists and activists of the 20th century.

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John Famulare '15 was recently featured in the Times Telegram. The story focused on his solo exhibition, "Introspection," in the 401 Gallery of the Mohawk Valley Arts Center (Little Falls, N.Y.).

As a student, Famulare participated in Steinmetz Symposium and a term abroad in Italy.