Union County Freeholder Chairman Sergio Granados, Vice Chairman Bette Jane Kowalski and Freeholders Angel G. Estrada and Alexander Mirabella joined Assemblywoman Annette Quijano, Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, Union County College President Dr. Margaret McMenamin, Union County College Board of Trustees Chairman Victor Richel and Elizabeth Campus Dean Dr. Lester Sandres Rapalo in cutting the ribbon official reopening the ground floor and lower level of the Lessner Building after a major renovation project on the Elizabeth campus. Elizabeth Councilman Manny Grova and Elizabeth Board of Education Commissioner Stanley Neron also attended the event.
The College now offers a comprehensive Student Services Center, visible from the street, welcoming all students and prospective students through its doors. Downstairs, the new Center for Economic and Workforce Development was designed to better serve adult vocational/educational learners in the County.