View the College’s recent press highlights.
- Whoopi Goldberg, Lech Walesa among best-known Vermont college speakers (burlingtonfreepress.com) Adding to CCV’s list of notable commencement speakers in 2023 will be Kyle Clark, founder and CEO of BETA Technologies.
- Coming full circle: CCV’s David Tabaruka gives back – VTDigger At CCV’s spring leadership scholarship luncheon, CCV Financial Controller David Tabaruka shared his story of coming to the U.S. from Rwanda, attending CCV, and now becoming a staff member at the College.
- Emerging Artist Award goes to Harwood student Poppy Woods — Waterbury Roundabout Hardwood Union student Poppy Woods received the 2023 Mitch Siegel Emerging Award from Across Roads Center for the Arts. Poppy plans to attend CCV starting in fall 2023.
- Local Entities Helping Ukrainians Living in NEK | News | newportvermontdailyexpress.com CCV helped host New Americans Day to offer public resources in one location to support Ukranians living in northern Vermont.
- South Burlington program receives grant for campus visits | ABC22 & FOX44 (mychamplainvalley.com) The College Bound program at South Burlington High School partnered with CCV and the College’s Dual Enrollment program to help high school students explore college.
- Vermont Wants an Equitable Cannabis Industry. Will the State Pony Up? | Business | Seven Days | Vermont’s Independent Voice (sevendaysvt.com) CCV alumna Tiffany Johnson is opening the business Euphoria Cannabis, a seed-to-shelf cannabis business in Burlington.
- College Grads Who Stay in Vermont Could Get $5,000 Toward Their Student Loans | Education | Seven Days | Vermont’s Independent Voice (sevendaysvt.com) In 2021 VSAC offered free tuition at CCV for income-eligible students, helping to increase enrollment.
- CCV student Krystal Martin was named a 2023 New Century Workforce Scholar. She is the only student selected from Vermont and will receive a $1,250 scholarship.
- Welcome to THE COMMONS — News and Views for Windham County, Vermont (commonsnews.org) (CCV student named New Century Workforce Scholar)
- CCV student named New Century Workforce Scholar | Vermont Business Magazine (vermontbiz.com)
- Brattleboro CCV student named 2023 New Century Workforce Scholar | Community-news | reformer.com
- Curtis Fund announces first group of early-childhood scholarship awardees | Vermont Business Magazine (vermontbiz.com) The Curtis Fund Commitment pilot program offers scholarships to CCV students seeking to become early childhood educators.
- City of Burlington launches teacher education program (wcax.com) The City of Burlington and Let’s Grow Kids are offering a free early childhood education training program for aspiring teachers, which will include a free course at CCV.
- Hiring Fair at CCV a Joint Effort from Many Area Organizations | News | newportvermontdailyexpress.com CCV-Newport held a prep event and hiring fair where community members received assistance with interviews and resume building.
- ‘Pulling the rug out’: WRCC ends film making course | Local News | reformer.com CCV offers film courses for students unable to access them in other educational institutions.
- First Lady Jill Biden visited Vermont and commended, in part, the investment the State is making in education by providing free classes to Vermonters through CCV.
- First Lady Jill Biden and U.S. education secretary visit Vermont (burlingtonfreepress.com)
- Newport Students Join Gov. Scott and First Lady Jill Biden as Part of Investing in America Tour-Full | | newportvermontdailyexpress.com
- Jill Biden in Vermont: ‘What you are doing in this community is the future of our workforce’ | Vermont Public
- In partnership with the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC), CCV is offering the Corrections Post-Secondary Education Initiative (CPSEI), which provides tuition-free college courses to DOC staff and residents.
- CCV launches Corrections Post-Secondary Education Initiative | Vermont Business Magazine (vermontbiz.com)
- CCV partners with DOC to offer classes to inmates and staff | Local News | timesargus.com
- CCV launches corrections education initiative – The Mountain Times
- CCV Launches Corrections Post-Secondary Education Initiative | Local News | caledonianrecord.com
- CCV Winooski offers language education and more to new American and non-native English-speaking students — The Winooski News CCV offers English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses to support new American students and those whose first language isn’t English.
- Brownington Teacher Again Wins Lifetime Achievement Award | Business | caledonianrecord.com CCV faculty members Lynn Barry and Emily Nyman received the VTSCA Lifetime Achievement Award in back-to-back years, Lynn in 2022 and Emily in 2023.
- Get ready for April Career Month in Bennington County | Local News | benningtonbanner.com April Career Month events, put together by the Bennington County Workforce and Education Group, included an open house and information night at CCV-Bennington.
- Student art show opens at NVRH Gray Gallery | Arts & Entertainment in the Northeast Kingdom | northstarmonthly.com CCV offers high school students the opportunity to take classes that interest them while earning college credit through the Dual Enrollment program.
- Future of Vermont Action Team launches Youth Opportunity Initiative | Vermont Business Magazine (vermontbiz.com) CCV President Joyce Judy, member of the Future of Vermont Action Team and Youth Opportunity Advisory Group, commented on the importance of helping Vermont youth succeed through the initiative.
- Final Reading: Money battles brew in the Statehouse – VTDigger The State budget awards CCV $4 million for tuition reductions.
- Amy Moore: The Vermont State College library merger is the right plan – VTDigger CCV faculty member Amy Moore wrote an opinion piece in VTDigger supporting the planned digital library format for VTSU.
