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 college offers 80 programs with degrees in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degree programs, and certificate programs.

[edit] History

Union County College was formerly known as "Union County Junior College." The first campus opened on October 16, 1933, in Roselle, New Jersey. 243 evening students were enrolled.

The college started being called "Union County College" in 1982.[1]

[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 was dedicated in 1967.