Union County College

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Union County College is an accredited, co-educational, two-year, public, community college located in Union County, New Jersey. As the oldest community college in New Jersey, Union County College has been serving both career-minded and transfer-oriented students since 1933. Its primary facilities are in Cranford, Elizabeth, Plainfield and Scotch Plains. It enrolls approximately 7,200 fulltime and 8,500 part-time students. The College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

The school offers over 90 programs with degrees in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degree programs, and certificate programs.

1 History
2 Observatory
3 See also
4 External link

[edit] History

Union County College traces its founding to the opening of Union County Junior College on October 16, 1933 in Roselle, with an enrollment of 243 evening students. It was the first of six depression era Federal Emergency Relief Administration projects in New Jersey. When federal aid was ended in 1936, the College became an independent, nonprofit institution. In 1956 the College's main campus was moved to Cranford. Then in 1970 two additional campuses were added in Elizabeth and Plainfield.

[edit] Observatory

The William Miller Sperry Observatory, also known simply as the Sperry Observatory, is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Amateur Astronomers, Inc. on the Union County College Cranford campus. It was named after William Miller Sperry and dedicated in 1967.