The Online News Magazine of the Community College of Vermont
A Drive to Learn
When Angela Ellison’s teenaged son was a toddler, she took him to an appointment at the Department of Health offices in downtown Bennington. Walking into 324 Main St., which also houses CCV, Angela looked down a hallway and noticed classrooms.
Early College: A Step Ahead
Balancing work, college classes, hobbies, and a social life can be hard – especially when you’re still in high school. But Jonathan Knakal makes it seem easy.
‘CCV Makes it Easier’: Balancing School, Homeschool, and Work during COVID-19
Pamela Lacey had never taken an online class before this spring. And then in mid-March, her full-time CCV course load moved online.
Notable Now – March and April 2020
Despite the crazy times we’re living in, CCV students, faculty, and staff are thriving! We’re looking forward to the start of summer semester on May 26, and pleased to share the latest roundup of news and announcements from around the state.
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
Introduction to Jewelry Photo Exhibit
Introduction to Jewelry at CCV is typically taught on-ground, in person. But this spring the COVID-19 pandemic caused instructor Pamela O’Connor and her students to switch to online learning.
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
CCV is Ready to Help Rebuild Vermont
The VSCS is weathering the roughest days of its 60-year history. The potential changes facing our sister institutions are painful and the challenges are real. While CCV is not immune to these challenges, we are fundamentally unique, financially stable, and poised to help rebuild Vermont in the wake of COVID-19.
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.
CCV In The Media
- Grant allows Vermont Law School to start restorative justice center
- 2020 Best of Business in Vermont recipients announced
- Peter Smith: Pandemic has exposed social and economic inequalities
- Barre board taps Montpelier man as next superintendent
- Forum, April 9: Vermont State Colleges are vital to the future