The Online News Magazine of the Community College of Vermont
Notable Now – July 2019
Summer semester is in full swing at CCV! Here’s the latest roundup of news and announcements from students, faculty, and staff around the state. Happy reading, and don’t forget to share your own Notables with us by emailing marketing@ccv.edu!
New Partnership Will Grow Healthcare Workforce
Thursday morning at Central Vermont Medical Center marked the start of a new journey for 18 of Vermont’s healthcare workers. CCV student Emily Davidson was there, dressed in purple scrubs. She’s been working in pediatrics as a licensed nursing assistant.
Level Up at CCV-Morrisville: Building Camaraderie and Community
Van Fryman attended 15 different schools before graduating from high school. “I grew up moving around the U.S. with my family,” he says. “My mom and dad were divorced. My dad was in the military, my mom was a gypsy.” He went to a new school practically every year.
Notable Now – June 2019
Summer is here! It’s nearly the Fourth of July, the corn is almost knee high…and CCV centers around Vermont are celebrating the achievements of students, faculty, and staff. As always, we’re eager to hear your news and announcements—please drop us a note at marketing@ccv.edu.
The Successful Student 
Telepresence Brings a New Dimension to Distance Education at CCV
Like the 300 fully online courses that CCV offers each semester, telepresence courses are all about access for students.
The Arts
Still Life Lessons
Carol Gargon has been teaching art classes at CCV for 31 years. She’s taught graphic design, drawing, pastels, painting, jewelry, printmaking, and a crafting class. This spring, students in her Painting I class in Montpelier had a chance to show their work in CCV president Joyce Judy’s office gallery, where artwork from CCV faculty members is displayed in rotating exhibits.
Meet CCV
(Darn) Tough Love
Kris Matheson is obsessed with socks. He brags about the drawers full of them he has at home, and the fancy materials they’re made of, like merino wool and something called Coolmax; he ogles the rows of sewing machines that knit them inside the Cabot Hosiery Mills in Northfield, where Darn Tough socks are made.
CCV In France: Study Abroad Spring 2018
Being French
Today is the last full day of our adventure. We have seen so many monuments of history and culture. Today being Sunday, there was a lot of foot traffic on the streets. People walking to work, the local boulangerie, a café, or the markets.
Notes from the
President
A Collaborative Approach
Robyn St. Peter never thought college was in her future. She worked as a firefighter, an EMT, and a special education paraprofessional. She raised four children. Two years ago, while working as an LNA at UVM Medical Center, she realized that college could be part of her life after all.
Community Voices
America: Melting Pot, or Something Else?
You can tell a native New Yorker from a non-native by how aware they choose to be of their presence on the subway. They sleep, ensured by their city-formed adaptation to waking up just before their stop. They read books. Before cell phones, newspapers were likely a popular form of dissociating.