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Union County College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• As the oldest community college in New Jersey, UCC has been serving both career-minded and transfer-oriented students since 1933. The College has maintained its commitment to scholarship by providing a solid liberal arts foundation while, at the same time, developing new programs and courses that meet the challenges of a rapidly developing society. • Union County College offers more than 75 programs of study taught by outstanding faculty on four convenient campuses. UCC also offers the opportunity to earn college credits through various distance learning modes, including blended courses, which combine in person and online class meetings. At UCC, career-minded students can prepare for entry into rewarding careers immediately upon graduation. Students who seek to continue their education after graduation will find a sure path through the several dual admissions and more than fifty transfer and articulation agreements UCC currently has with 4-year institutions throughout the nation. • UCC has a reputation for providing its diverse student body with a nurturing and supportive environment. Student services from counseling and financial aid to the tutoring provided by the Academic Learning Centers on each campus are in place to ensure student success. • The College also provides customized training and retraining for business and industry, workforce education programs for persons displaced from their jobs or unemployed, continuing and community education programs and courses in varied schedules, at varied locations, and with varied modes of instruction for credit or non-credit.
• Profile last updated: 10/02/2009.

In the News:

• Union County to close observatory (Independent Press)
  posted on March 11, 2010 at 09:43:33 pm
  To the editor, from Gordon Bond: Effective July 21, Union County’s communities will lose what has been a valuable educational resource for the past 43 years. The Board of Trustees and Board of Governors of Union County College (UCC) have...
• Summit's Sue Zwick has architectural photos at Gallery Aferro (Independent Press)
  posted on March 8, 2010 at 02:58:23 pm
  Two images by Summit photographer Sue Zwick, in her “From the Architecture Series,” are on exhibit in “Tek’tanik,” a show at Gallery Aferro in Newark; and other art show news in Independent Press for week of March 3.
• Volunteers needed for Teen Arts Fest (MyCentralJersey.com)
  posted on March 4, 2010 at 02:42:58 am
  UNION COUNTY — Do you like working with artists, teachers and students? The Union County Teen Arts Festival provides an opportunity for volunteers to get involved.
• "Murder in Green Meadows,” psychological thriller, is at Summit Playhouse to March 6 (Independent Press)
  posted on February 18, 2010 at 10:13:23 pm
  “Murder in Green Meadows,” a psychological thriller by Douglas Post, is at the Summit Playhouse, 10 New England Ave., Summit, Feb. 19 through March 6, 2010. Someone holds the wild card in this play about two couples who meet in a new home development in the Midwest. They nurture their relationship with a serving of blueberry pie and a serving of adultery. Entertain calendar follows for week of ...
• Showing off their mapping skills (The Record and Herald News)
  posted on February 11, 2010 at 07:02:11 am
  Seventh grade students at Tenakill Middle School in Closter, Ryan Alweiss and Bennett Susman, show off their third place medal that they received in the Road Scholar event (map reading and creating) at the Science Olympiad regional tournament.

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