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= Overview =

<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Union College admits, educates, and inspires nearly 50 engineering students annually, while the general campus population totals in approximately 2,200 undergraduate students scattered across disciplines. With small class sizes, and 96% of faculty that holds PhD degrees, Union College fosters an educational environment that supports and deeply cares about each individual.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">With the ease of access to every discipline available at Union, students can easily branch out of their area of study. This, seemingly common liberal arts college trait proves to be highly significant in educating future engineers, and Union graduates are frequently praised for their distinguished communication skills, excellent team work, and leadership abilities. One of Union's main goals is to educate well-rounded individuals who are likely to succeed in any area they choose after graduation. Union College fosters and encourages creativity and innovation, leadership and academic research. The campus is a wonderful environment that has simply not worded its efforts as "Innovation and Entrepreneurship".</span>

<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Union College is a hub of social events. At this point, every department holds weekly speaker series, there is at least one speaker or discussion event going on each day, and every student can easily obtain a minor leadership position. With vibrant Greek life, and vibrant social life through campus activities, Union sometimes feels overwhelmingly educational even outside of the classroom. With a lot of campus events being student-run, Union students tend to acquire excellent advertising, planning, and event facilitating skills during their four years at the U. A large number of these students join MBA programs, medical school, or law school, and it is highly common for Union engineers to continue their education in business rather than engineering, simply because their interdisciplinary engineering experience allows them to become leaders in the business areas of engineering.</span>

<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Professor Hal Fried, of Economics department, and Professor Ron Bucinell, in Mechanical Engineering, are joining their efforts and cooperating with the Alumni Committee on Entrepreneurship, striving to advance Union's current position on entrepreneurship. They are jointly teaching a class on entrepreneurship, offered next trimester.</span>

<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Professor Fried, in particular, has organized some wonderful international opportunities, such as the Minerva Fellowship (recent graduates' year-long placement in a developing community). One such opportunity is available at a small manufacturing business in India. Professor Harold Fried has also initiated entrepreneurship exchange program to Cambodia. His efforts on campus are a true inspiration.</span>&nbsp;