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Core Beliefs

February 22, 2018 by Katie Keszey

These days, Dylan Giambatista spends most of his time under Montpelier’s golden dome— meeting with fellow lawmakers, discussing the most pressing issues in Vermont, bringing a bit of youthful energy to the working museum that is our State House.

Filed Under: Alumni, Featured Tagged: rutland, vermont state colleges

People Need Us

January 19, 2018 by Katie Keszey

Livija Mujkanovic immigrated to the U.S. from Bosnia at 19. She arrived in Vermont with her family, speaking no English. During her first year here, she worked two jobs—one as a housekeeper and one at Burger King. At home in Bosnia, she had been a student in law school.

Filed Under: Alumni, Featured Tagged: liberal studies, UVM, vermont state colleges, winooski

Giving Back

December 7, 2017 by Katie Keszey

Mohamed Basha is a self-described servant leader. More to the point, he’s pretty confident that most of his employees would also describe him that way. “One of the things I’m passionate about in life is service, and serving people,” he says.

Filed Under: Alumni, Featured Tagged: secondary education

Opening Doors

May 8, 2017 by Katie Keszey

Farhad and Amtul Khan at CCV-Middlebury.

In a cozy room at CCV-Middlebury, Farhad and Amtul Khan sit side by side, nervous and eager in equal measure—they’ve ducked in out of the rain to talk about why this place means so much to them.

Filed Under: Student Tagged: accounting, assessment of prior learning, business, middlebury

Creating Connectivitiy

March 24, 2017 by Katie Keszey

Jesse Littlefield at the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in Swanton.

“I think it’s a special thing about Vermont: people care about their land.” Having grown up in Richmond, Vermont, CCV environmental science major Jesse Littlefield knew this long before embarking on her Professional Field Experience (PFE) internship last fall.

Filed Under: Student Tagged: environmental science, PFE

Teaching a Community to Cook

February 24, 2017 by Katie Keszey

Amboise with the ecological stoves he's working to bring to Haitian families.

CCV student Calito Amboise is from Haiti, and he brings with him a remarkable optimism. “Today I help you, tomorrow you help me,” he says. “We can make community. We have to work together. You don’t need a big revolution. Small by small can make the difference.”

Filed Under: Student Tagged: liberal studies, winooski

Education in Motion

January 26, 2017 by Katie Keszey

Luke Haddock at Sugarbush Parks.

Luke Haddock and Chris Colbourn were born and raised in the Green Mountains in the early ‘90s. Both have since traveled the world in pursuit of skate- and snowboarding dreams, but another dream keeps them tied to home: both are seeking a college degree, and both are doing so through CCV’s Center for Online Learning.

Filed Under: Student Tagged: center for online learning

A Dream of Deep Space

January 11, 2017 by Katie Keszey

David Demasi working in the CCV-Montpelier Learning and Career Center.

CCV student David Demasi has spent a lot of time thinking, reading, and talking about outer space. He has detailed hypotheses about counteracting Martian gravity, shielding astronauts from cosmic radiation, and achieving warp. He’s even been to NASA.

Filed Under: Student Tagged: montpelier, stem

Full Circle: Two CCV Grads on Making Records, Making Community, and Making a Life

December 16, 2016 by Katie Keszey

CCV grads Justin and Randi-Lynn Crowther at Burlington Record Plant.

CCV grads Justin and Randi-Lynn Crowther own and operate Burlington Record Plant, where pressing vinyl records has become a means of creating community.

Filed Under: Alumni, Featured Tagged: alumni, liberal studies, montpelier, visual arts

Forecast: Clear Skies Ahead For St. J

January 13, 2016 by Josh Larkin

Meteorologist Mark Breen teaches astronomy at CCV's St. Johnsbury academic center.

Often, when good things happen we say that the stars have aligned. That may or may not literally be what’s happening in the sky at that moment, but whenever it does happen, CCV-St. Johnsbury students will get to see it. Literally.

Filed Under: Faculty Tagged: academics, faculty, st. johnsbury

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