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Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York, United States.Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia College.
Union College (formally known as Union College of Union County, NJ [3] and previously known as Union County College) is a public community college in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was founded in 1933 as the first of New Jersey's public community colleges. [4]
The university was founded in 1879 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Union's approximately 825 undergraduate students represent 27 states and nine countries. [3] In March, of 2024, it was announced that the school would be renamed from Union College to Union Commonwealth University. [4]
The Union Triad is a group of the three Greek-letter social fraternities in North America that were founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York: the Kappa Alpha Society (established 1825), the Sigma Phi Society (1827) and the Delta Phi (1827). No formal organization exists.
Psi Upsilon (ΨΥ), commonly known as Psi U, is a North American fraternity, [3] founded at Union College on November 24, 1833. The fraternity has chartered fifty chapters at colleges and universities throughout North America, some of which are inactive.
The 1909–1910 edition of The American College calls Union College the "mother of fraternities". [17] In his 2009 history of fraternities, Nicholas L. Syrett notes that "Union College was the 'Mother of Fraternities' because so many mother chapters (including the very first) were founded there."
Delta Phi (ΔΦ) is a fraternal society established in Schenectady, New York, on November 17, 1827.Its first chapter was founded at Union College, and was the third and final member of the Union Triad.
Union University was incorporated by an act of the New York State Legislature on April 10, 1873. [1] Union University founded Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in 1881. [1] Since 2018, the Chancellor of Union University, who is also President of Union College, has been David R. Harris. [2]