If you know Joyce, then you know joy
Joyce August, one of Dining Services’ many employees, works at the left-side cash register in Dutch Hollow, and she never fails to greet you with enthusiasm, a smile and a genuine, thoughtful, “How are...
View ArticleStudents engage in Jewish tradition
Union students say a blessing over candles at Shabbat 150, an annual event sponsored by Union Chabad Jewish Student Group. Shabbat is the Jewish day of rest, and Chabad hosts weekly Shabbat dinners on...
View ArticleMakerspaces receive coordinator, grant funding
Union announced Oct. 2 that it had received a three-year $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation “to promote the integration of the arts and humanities across academic disciplines,” hiring...
View ArticleNew improv troupe commences meetings
The recently created No Offense Improv Troupe held its first meeting in Studio A of Yulman Theater on Sunday, and will hold its second meeting tonight at 5 p.m. Sunday’s meeting had only three...
View ArticleDrill slated for reading day
A shelter-in-place exercise, lasting about 15 minutes, is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, the day before the final exam period begins, college officials announced Friday. Chief of Staff Rob...
View ArticleIn face of terror, study abroad increases in importance
As all of us know, terrorist attacks carried out by a group known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh, depending on your preference, rocked Paris in late November, only a week or two before I was set to depart on...
View ArticleShake your groove thing
The Garnet Minstrelles, at left, Dutch Pipers and Eliphalets started off winter term hosting Hamilton College’s Duelly Noted, above, on Sunday at 8 p.m. in Old Chapel. The three Union a cappella groups...
View ArticleMedical field lacks understanding of endometriosis
Lena Dunham has it. Susan Sarandon has it. Whoopi Goldberg, Padma Lakshmi, Julianne Hough, Cyndi Lauper, Tia Mowry — they have all struggled with it. Personally, I deal with pain from our shared...
View ArticleGov. Charlie Baker to speak at Commencement
College officials announced today that Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will speak at this year’s Commencement, slated for Sunday, June 12, at 10 a.m. Baker will receive an honorary doctorate of laws...
View ArticleA farewell to one of the college’s best, Kathee Natole
Kathee Natole says her craziest Union Hockey story is from “the day I was catapulted down the ice on a bungee cord.” Kathee is the business and ticket manager for Union’s Athletic Department, and she...
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