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CCV Works: Jean Cota

September 17, 2020 by Katie Keszey

Jean Cota earned a CCV degree in early childhood education, and is now the director of childcare for Jay Peak Resort.

Jean Cota was a stay-at-home mom beginning at the age of 19, and went on to spend 16 years as a registered in-home childcare provider. “I knew times were changing, and that eventually a degree would be required,” she said.

Filed Under: Alumni, Featured

CCV Works: Thato Ratsebe

July 9, 2020 by Katie Keszey

Thato Ratsebe's CCV degree prepared her for further education and a career in human services.

Small classes, supportive faculty and staff, and a sense of community at CCV helped Thato Ratsebe develop her skill set and prepare for her future. “The amount of attention that I got was incredible.”

Filed Under: Alumni, Featured, Profiles Tagged: academics, alumni, liberal studies

CCV Works: Jeff Patterson

June 1, 2020 by Katie Keszey

Jeff Patterson's CCV degree helped him advance his career in healthcare.

Jeff Patterson took a CPR class in school when he was just thirteen years old. At seventeen, a friend’s father encouraged him to join the local rescue squad, so he went out for a ride-along. After that, “I was hooked.”

Filed Under: Alumni, Featured, Profiles Tagged: academics, assessment of prior learning, stem

(Darn) Tough Love

January 17, 2019 by Katie Keszey

Kris Matheson took CCV's Applied Supervisory Leadership class at Darn Tough Vermont, where he is a production supervisor. "The confidence that I took away was just unbelievable," he said.

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.

Filed Under: Featured, Profiles Tagged: workforce development

A Good Investment

January 16, 2019 by Katie Keszey

Cathy Solsaa completed the Certified Public Bookkeeper program at CCV. "I'm sort of a seeker, a learner," she said. "100%, it was a good investment of my time."

Cathy Solsaa is a talented, busy person. She’s a longarm quilter, a wife, and a mother of four. She has a degree in economics. She’s a massage therapist, and she helps run her husband’s contracting business. “I’m sort of a seeker, a learner,” she says.

Filed Under: Featured, Profiles Tagged: Certified Public Bookkeeper, workforce development

Side by Side

January 15, 2019 by Katie Keszey

Cody and Tyler Schmoll completed the Certified Production Technician program at CCV. "Any further knowledge can only benefit Hazelett and ourselves," said Cody.

“I don’t think there’s been a day that’s passed by that I haven’t thought about working at Hazelett.” Tyler Schmoll is young, bearded, and stoic. Sitting next to Tyler in a matching easy chair (and in matching company-issued duds) is his twin brother, Cody.

Filed Under: Featured, Profiles Tagged: CPT, workforce development

A Priceless Opportunity

December 19, 2018 by Katie Keszey

CCV-St. Albans graduate Hal Porter is working on the front lines of Vermont's opiate epidemic.

When Hal Porter was 42 years old, he found himself standing at the end of a long dirt driveway, pulling a small wheeled suitcase. Surrounding the driveway were a cluster of tired buildings and a few solitary trees. Beyond that were woods. A sign on one of the buildings in front of him read, “You are no longer alone.”

Filed Under: Alumni, Featured Tagged: human services, st. albans

Meeting the Challenge

December 12, 2018 by Katie Keszey

Tereka Hand earned two degrees from CCV before opening Rekaroo's Childcare in 2016.

CCV alumna Tereka Hand is working on the front lines of the child care challenge. Studying at the College’s Rutland campus, she earned degrees in human services and early childhood education before opening her business, Rekaroo’s Childcare, in 2016.

Filed Under: Alumni, Featured Tagged: early childhood development, rutland, workforce development

Connecting Communities

May 17, 2018 by Katie Keszey

“I didn’t work well with school, but I was smart. I would skip school and go read books,” says Richard Witting. He dropped out of high school at 17, tried a few classes at CCV, and then moved to the West Coast for more than a decade. In Portland and San Francisco, he returned to familiar work: food.

Filed Under: Alumni, Featured Tagged: academics, international food festival, liberal studies, winooski

Credibility and Integrity

April 25, 2018 by Katie Keszey

Gary Taylor served in the military and worked as a police officer after graduating from Burlington High School in 1973. He didn’t think a college degree was all that important. Taylor grew up in a blue collar family with a father who believed that if you didn’t work with your hands, it didn’t count as work.

Filed Under: Alumni, Featured Tagged: assessment of prior learning, criminal justice, st. albans, veterans

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