By Lola Duffort/VTDigger The Vermont State Colleges System’s three residential schools will require students to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before coming on campus this fall, regardless of whether federal regulators have granted full approval for the shots. College officials at Castleton University, […]
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Vermont State Colleges offer a gift for ‘Green Mountain Grads’
A tuition-free college course for the classes of 2020 and 2021 To the high school classes of 2020 and 2021: Vermont has a graduation gift for you! The state of Vermont, the Vermont State Colleges System and Vermont Student Assistance […]
Vermont Technical College to host middle school bridge-building competition
Courtesy VTC A middle school competitor in the 2017 event puts the finishing touches on her bridge. RANDOLPH— Vermont Technical College in Randolph will be host to a bridge building competition for middle school students on Thursday, April 12, 9:15 […]
Vermont Technical College benefits from corporate largesse with scholarships
Submitted Pictured in the back row (l-r): Ted Purington, Jr., executive vice president; Bill Purington, President & CEO. Pictured front row (l-r): Mitchell Green, senior vice president; Dan Werner, senior vice president; John Capasso, MD president; Tim Maynard, CFO; Todd […]
Two weeks, eight schools: students invited to Vermont to discover the future of food
This summer, students are invited to immerse themselves in food systems programming at eight Vermont higher education colleges and universities with the Vermont Food Systems Summer Study Tour. An initiative of the Vermont Food Systems Higher Education Consortium (VHEFSC), the […]
News Briefs: Lakes Region
Departing president gives building to college POULTNEY—Exiting Green Mountain College President Paul Fonteyn and his wife Marsha are donating the Stone Valley Community Market building, 216 Main St., Poultney, to the college. The couple had purchased the building to aid […]
Students compete in Olympiad of Architectural History
By Rebecca Reimers The small group of students arrived at Rutland Middle School’s technology lab right after school ended one recent Wednesday, logged onto their computers, and began working on their projects before the school’s technology teacher, Jack Adams, returned […]
VCRD Summit focuses on growing Vt’s green jobs
RANDOLPH – Strategies for keeping Vermont in the forefront of stimulating the growth of green jobs while reducing carbon emissions were abundant at the Feb. 22 Summit on Vermont’s Climate Economy at Vermont Technical College in Randolph. Over 400 innovative business, non-profit, and community […]
Vermont Tech to offer two new degree programs for fall 2016
RANDOLPH – Vermont Technical College recently announced two new degree programs that will start in the fall of 2016. Both programs expand its connection to economic development in Vermont. The college’s first-ever master’s degree, the Master’s of Science in Software […]
Sooner or later, climate change economy will happen
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Joe Fusco, who is a vice president of Casella Waste Systems Inc. He served as a member of the Vermont Climate Change Economy Council. He is also co-chair of the Advisory Board for the […]