Union College history

The University of Durham was founded in 1837 as an Oxford-model campus with several colleges for residence and teaching; it later acquired affiliate colleges elsewhere—some in British colonies.

So successful were Union's reform efforts that by 1839 the College had one of the largest faculties in American higher education and an enrollment surpassed only by Yale.

Union College commenced a parallel scientific curriculum in 1828. Its civil engineering program, introduced in 1845, was the first of its kind at an American liberal arts college.

A General Catalogue of the Officers, Graduates and Students of Union College from 1795 to 1854 (1854)

Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y., opened in 1868 and was the first American university to be divided into colleges offering different degrees.

When Johns Hopkins University opened in 1876, it was divided administratively into an undergraduate college and a graduate school.

But English universities founded after 1879—commonly called “red brick” universities—have no colleges.

On a bleak January day in 1890, a caravan of sleighs found their way to the crest of a hill near Lincoln.

Centennial Catalog of the Officers and Alumni of Union College in the City of Schenectady, N.Y., 1795-1895 (1895)

History in the Schenectady Electrical Handbook (1904)

History in History of the City and County of Schenectady (1913)

In 1983, Union College became the first private institution in America to install computer terminals in every dorm room.

Bringing the heritage of Schenectady County, New York to the world since 1996

A group of students and employees take a break during the 25th annual Project Impact in 2006.

http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/union/index.html updated January 11, 2019