Union @ Cooper Union

Union @ Cooper Union is a union of full-time and part-time clerical, administrative, technical and buildings and grounds maintenance staff with over 120 members employed at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. We are a self-governing union whose elected officers and area reps volunteer to serve on the Executive Committee that represents its members. To contact the UCU Executive Committee, email memberucu@gmail.com

Visit our official website [LINK].

Executive Committee

Benefits Officer
Max Summers
Student Shop Technician, School of Engineering

Discipline Officer
OPEN

Grievance Officer 
OPEN

Negotiations Officer / Acting President
Betsy Quitugua
Administrative Assistant, School of Engineering

Outreach Officer
Jake Zweiback
Exam Scheduler, School of Engineering

Secretary
Justin Lubliner
Technical Assistant Photography, School of Art

Treasurer
Dean Gunnison
Maintenance Custodian, Facilities

Area Representatives

Area 100 - School of Engineering, AVRAC, Humanities, IT Dept Area, AACE Lab
Representative: Renato Pasion

Area 200 - Schools of Architecture & Art, Library, Center for Wring, Saturday Program
Representative: Oskar Russakis

Area 300 - Buildings & Grounds, Office Services
Representative: Jacobi Clark

Area 400 - Development, Communications, and Business Office
Representative: Michaela Dwyer

Area 500 - Continuing Education, Admissions, Student Services
Representative: Simone Meltesen

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.