Union College offers a number of student services,
including nonremedial tutoring, women's center, health service. Union College also offers campus safety and security
services like 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc.). Alcohol is permitted for students of legal age
at Union College.
ADHD student services
Services
Offer specialized ADHD program
No
ADHD program requires separate admissions
-
ADHD program additional cost
-
Services offered
Alternative locations for test taking
Extra time for test taking
Note taking
Program contact
Shelly Shinebarger
Director of Disability Services
(518) 388-8785
shinebas@union.edu
Career services
Alumni Starting Salaries by Major
All majors
Business, Management, Marketing and Related$84,700
Engineering$65,500
Computer and Information Sciences$58,200
Social Sciences$56,000
Psychology$53,000
English Language and Literatures$49,100
Biological and Biomedical Sciences$45,600
Natural Resources and Conservation$41,000
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Alumni Early and Midcareer Salaries
Median starting salary of alumni
$56,900
Median midcareer salary of alumni
$111,400
Career Services
Career services offered
on-campus job interviews
internships
resume assistance
career/job search classes
alumni network
interest inventory
interview training
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Formal internship program
No
Placement Statistics
Firms that most frequently hire graduates
Harvey Tool
Northwestern Mutual
Peace Corps
JP Morgan Chase
IBM
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
ScribeAmerica
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
AXA
General Electric
Swaine & Moore LLP
Citigroup
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Michael Page
FDIC
Weill Cornell Medical College
MakerBot
Thor Equities
Bottomline Technologies
New England Center for Children
General Dynamics
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Massachusetts General Hospital
Morgan Stanley
Teach For America
City Year
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Raytheon
Aetna
Deutsche Bank
Stanley Black & Decker
Meditech
Shawmut Design and Construction
UBS
Cravath
Portsmouth Naval Yard
Goldman Sachs
Global Foundries
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Computer resources
Computer Availability
Computers available for student use in
residence halls
computer center/labs
library
student center
Tools & Services
Functions permitted via learning management system
Access courses in which currently enrolled
Utilize a mobile app for portable use
Grant family members access to account
Access official or unofficial transcripts
Register for courses
Submit assignments
Functions that can be performed online
Reserve library materials
Receive campus emergency alerts
Secure on-campus housing
Network Access
College-owned, -operated or -affiliated housing units wired for high-speed Internet access
100%
Health, safety & counseling
General Services
Basic student services offered
nonremedial tutoring
women's center
health service
Remedial learning services offered
-
Counseling services offered
academic
career
minority student
personal
psychological
religious
Safety Services
Campus safety and security services offered
24-hour foot and vehicle patrols
Late night transport/escort service
24-hour emergency telephones
Lighted pathways/sidewalks
Controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc.)
Info & regulations
General Information
Nearest passenger train stations (miles)
Nearest bus stations (miles)
Public transportation serves campus
Yes
Car share available on campus
-
Electric scooters available on campus
-
Regulations
All students permitted to have cars on campus
No
Students who have cars on campus
-
Alcohol permitted on campus for students of legal age
Yes
Firearm campus-carry policy
Banned
International student services
Services
Special services offered for international students
special counselors/advisors
housing offered during all school holidays
special orientation (1-6 days)
Offer legal services to students without U.S. visa or legal status
-
Learning-disabled student services
Program Information
Type of LD program
Self-directed/decentralized services.
There is no separate admissions process and eligibility for services must be established by the provision of disability documentation that meets institutional standards. Services may be coordinated through the Disability Services office and are based on need, as specified by the documentation. Other offices throughout the campus may also provide services, and some services offered are not mandated by laws. Students' progress is not monitored.
LD program advisers/advocates available to students
Yes
Services for LD students
Reading machines
Tape recorders
Note-taking services
Readers
Extended time for tests
Priority registration
Priority seating
Texts on tape
Exams on tape or computer
Other testing accommodations
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Services available to students who have not self-identified in the application process
Yes
LD services available to
Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
Services Available
Counseling services offered to LD students
Academic (3 times per year)
Individual tutoring available for LD students
No
Frequency of tutoring available for LD students
-
Other tutoring options available to LD students (individual setting)
Time management
Organizational skills
Other tutoring options available to LD students (group setting)
Single rooms available to students with specific learning disabilities
Yes
Contact Information
Program contact
Shelly Shinebarger
Director of Disability Services
(518) 388-8785
shinebas@union.edu
Library & museums
Libraries
School is a member of a library consortium
Yes
Additional library facilities
Schaffer Library offers instruction and reference services; electronic full text databases and resources; hundreds of subject-based indexes; interlibrary loan and document delivery services; numerous workstations. It houses a Learning Commons, Learning Lab, Digital Studio, group study and media viewing rooms, faculty studies, and over 500 individual study spaces. Its Special Collections includes the College archives and extensive rare book and manuscript collections.
Museums
Museums or special academic buildings on campus
The Nott Memorial (which serves as an exhibition and discussion center), a theatre, a music building, horticultural garden, multimedia auditorium, high-tech classroom/lab building, high performance computer cluster, superconducting nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, 2 electron scanning microscopes, tandem pelletron positive ion accelerator, x-ray diffraction equipment, remote-controlled telescope, a machine lab, and an Aerogel fabrication and analysis lab.
Disability services
Services
Services for physically disabled students
Note-taking services
Special transportation
Tape recorders
Special housing
Reader services
Talking books
Accessibility of campus to physically disabled students
Mostly
