Notable Now: Winter Edition
Here’s the latest roundup of news and announcements from the CCV community. Happy reading, and don’t forget to share your own Notables with us by emailing marketing@ccv.edu!
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- Del Trecco: The best medicine is collaboration and teamwork | Vermont Business Magazine (vermontbiz.com) CCV partners with local hospitals to help educate and train healthcare providers, lending aid to a state that has a growing elderly population.
- Jay Jacobs, Katie Mobley and Maurice Ouimet: Bridging the enrollment gap in Vermont higher education – VTDigger Katie Mobley, CCV’s dean of enrollment and community relations, collaborated on a commentary focused on the decreasing number of young males pursuing higher education in Vermont. CCV offers programs for a more affordable education, aiming to remove barriers to accessing education.
- Vermont FAFSA applications are down. Some high school seniors consider gap years instead | Vermont Public While the FAFSA is behind its typical schedule, CCV offers less-stringent enrollment deadlines than other colleges and has programs for students to receive an affordable education.
- Bill Schubart: Let’s stay out of prison – VTDigger CCV and the VDOC are offering a program for incarcerated Vermonters and Corrections staff to take college classes, aiming to reduce the recidivism rate upon reentry.
- Vermont’s free degree promise benefits students, society | Vermont Business Magazine (vermontbiz.com) CCV Early College student Donovan Arnold will graduate from high school this spring with one year of college completed and a certificate in bookkeeping. He plans to continue at CCV for a second year through the Free Degree Promise, earning a free associate degree.
- Vermont Astronomer and Meteorologist Mark Breen is Preparing for the 2024 Solar Eclipse | Seven Days (sevendaysvt.com) CCV instructor Mark Breen is highlighted for his work as an astronomer and meteorologist as Vermont prepares for next month’s solar eclipse
- Addressing a Crisis Among Young Men | Kids VT | Seven Days | Vermont’s Independent Voice (sevendaysvt.com) Richard Reeves, author of the book Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It, is coming to Burlington on April 4th to address the trends of fewer boys and young men going to college or joining the workforce.
- VTSU to modernize libraries under ‘e-preferred’ model; physical books to remain | Local News | rutlandherald.com The VSCS shared library services will operate under an e-preferred model, while also keeping their physical textbook collection at VTSU.
- CCV has partnered with the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and Microsoft to deliver a free cyber skills course for Vermonters. The one-credit class, Foundations of Information Security, will be offered in a Flex format, meaning students can participate remotely and at their own pace.
- CCV offers free cyber skills course (commonsnews.org)
- Community and Business News in Brief, Mar. 20, 2024 – The Montpelier Bridge
- Times Argus Community News | Community | timesargus.com
- CCV offers free cyber skills course | Education | reformer.com
- CCV offers free cyber skills course | Local News | benningtonbanner.com
- CCV offers free cyber skills course | Vermont Business Magazine (vermontbiz.com)
- SoVT Economy Summit registration now open | Business | reformer.com CCV is a sponsor of the annual Southern Vermont Economy Summit on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
- Dan Smith: Boys, men, and missed opportunity | Vermont Business Magazine (vermontbiz.com) Dan Smith, president of the Vermont Community Foundation, wrote an op-ed about the issue of decreased educational aspirations among young men.
- Smith: Boys, men, and missed opportunity | Perspective | rutlandherald.com
- Wallingford Select Board chair challenged for seat | Local News | rutlandherald.com CCV alumnus Chris Bruce Duchesne is being challenged for the Wallingford select board chair seat, which he has held since 2022.
- Where councilors live not a divisive question | Letters To The Editor | vtcng.com A letter to the editor supports CCV alumna Linda Bailey serving on the South Burlington City Council.
- CCV students were named to the president’s, dean’s, and student honors lists for the fall 2023 semester.
