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An ‘Invaluable’ Education

January 25, 2021 by Meghan Brown

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Nine years ago a significant back injury changed the trajectory of Ginny Greenway’s life, shifting her focus to working smarter rather than harder. As a mom of six, Ginny had always envisioned herself going to college when she was done raising her children. She suffered her back injury when her youngest child was still in […]

Filed Under: Alumni, Featured, News, Profiles, Student Success Tagged: early childhood education

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, Student Success

Telepresence Brings a New Dimension to Distance Education at CCV

May 9, 2017 by Eric Sakai

Students in Glennie Sewell's Reading and Writing For College class in Montpelier tune in to author Howard Frank Mosher's presentation in Newport.

Like the 300 fully online courses that CCV offers each semester, telepresence courses are all about access for students.

Filed Under: Student Success Tagged: academics, telepresence

Fake News and Media & Information Literacy

January 30, 2017 by Eileen Gatti, Assistant Director of the Hartness Library

Fake news has been in the spotlight in the past couple of months. We’ve seen outlandish hoax stories spread like wildfire, political figures Tweet misinformation, and “fake news” develop into a lucrative industry. Teaching media literacy is more important than ever before.

Filed Under: Student Success Tagged: academics, hartness library

Keys to Success in the New Semester

September 14, 2015 by Beth Conkey

Welcome to the fall 2015 semester, CCV!

A new semester is upon us and with it comes a fresh slate and the opportunity to succeed. Success, although dependent on certain factors that may be out of our hands, is directly related to the choices we make throughout the semester, particularly when it first begins.

Filed Under: Student Success Tagged: academics

Make the Most of Your Summer!

May 22, 2015 by Beth Conkey

A CCV student checks out a water sample from the North Branch during a Aquatic Ecology course. at CCV-Montpelier.

Summer is about to kick off and with it comes a whole host of sweet courses at CCV!

While summer usually denotes lazing around, frequenting local swimming holes or kicking back with friends, summer is also the perfect opportunity to earn college credits and get a jump start before the fall semester.

Not sure if taking summer classes is worth it at all? Think again.

Filed Under: Student Success Tagged: academics, students

Building a Better World, Community by Community

February 17, 2015 by Josh Larkin

Casey English, a founding member of GYST, a Lamoille County-based men's support group and CCV-Morrisville's 2014 Leadership Scholar.

How does one go about getting a check for a cool grand in the mail from CCV?

Here’s a recipe: To start, contribute in class and keep your grades up. Next, spend a good amount of time helping your fellow students succeed. When asked for help, give freely. And finally, do lots of selfless acts to strengthen your community. Essentially, act like a leader and you’ll be rewarded as a leader.

Filed Under: Academics, Student Success Tagged: academics, morrisville, scholarships, upper valley

Avoid Procrastinating and Meet Your Goals

February 16, 2015 by Heather Weinstein

We have arrived at the point in the semester where many students are juggling multiple projects and assignments with looming deadlines – and, sometimes students find themselves procrastinating. Education expert Skip Downing reminds us that, “successful students [and professionals] master self-management, consistently planning and taking purposeful actions in pursuit of their goals and dreams.” In other words, successful students avoid procrastination and practice sound time management strategies.

Filed Under: Student Success

A Key to Success – Time Management

January 26, 2015 by Heather Weinstein

As a college student, one of the most challenging and critical habits of success is time management.  CCV students are often juggling multiple priorities – kids, work, class time, homework, and family.  The most successful students do not underestimate the number of hours they will need to spend on studying and completing assignments outside of […]

Filed Under: Student Success

A Time to Serve: MLK Day

January 19, 2015 by Heather Weinstein

Let’s be honest –it is sometimes easy to feel like we don’t have a voice or we can’t impact or help fix the woes of the world.  I’m a realist.  I know that I am not going to single-handedly end world hunger tomorrow (even though that would be incredibly cool), but I do know that […]

Filed Under: Student Success

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