HISTORY

Union County College was established on August 17, 1982, through a consolidation of Union College, Cranford, N.J., a two-year, independently-governed college, and Union County Technical Institute, Scotch Plains, N.J., a publicly-governed institution.  From 1969 to 1982, Union College and Union County Technical Institute had provided college-level programs for Union County in lieu of a county college under contracts with the Union County Coordinating Agency for Higher Education.  During this period, Union College opened two urban campuses in 1970 in Elizabeth and Plainfield,  Union County's major urban centers; entered into contracts in 1971 with Elizabeth General Medical Center, Elizabeth, N.J., and Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, Plainfield, N.J., to conduct jointly a Cooperative Program in Professional Nursing, and in 1975 opened an Institute for Intensive English in Elizabeth, providing intensive English instruction for speakers of other languages.

Major branch campuses were opened in newly-renovated facilities in 1992 in Elizabeth, N.J., utilizing an eight-story building, and in Plainfield, N.J., utilizing a three-level and  a two-story building.

The Cranford Campus was enhanced in 1991 with the opening of the Commons, a student life building; in 1994 with the development of the Center for Visual Arts and Communications in the lower level of the MacKay Library, and in 1995 opened an addition to the Campus Center known as the Pavilion providing a Fitness Center, Executive Education (teleconferencing) Center and other facilities.

Union County College and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 1994 opened the Regional Health Education Center in the Health Technologies Building at the Scotch Plains Campus to offer joint programs in the health professions.

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Extracted from UCC Catalog 1996-1998.