Dear Vermont State Colleges Community, Welcome to 2022 and best wishes for a happy and healthy year ahead! Our regular updates to you throughout the Transformation process can currently be found on the VSCS website at https://www.vsc.edu/transformation/. However, while not yet complete, the new transformation microsite is now live at https://transformation.vsc.edu/. New Transformation Website …
With the holidays almost upon us and 2022 around the corner, it seemed fitting to use today’s transformation update to take a quick look back at 2021, as well as preview some of the things we can look forward to in 2022. Year in Review by the Numbers 0 – We froze tuition for the …
Transformation Website and Transformation Update Work is underway on the new transformation website and we hope to be able to share details about the new website in the next Transformation Update. An update on the progress of transformation was provided at today’s Board of Trustees’ meeting. The presentation slide deck is available here. Brand Pillars …
Launch of the Search for the First President of Vermont State University On Friday, the Presidential Search website was launched (https://www.vsc.edu/presidential-search/), along with the Official Presidential Search Profile/Candidate Prospectus. The website includes the charge to the Search and Screen Committee from the Chair of the Board, the members of the Committee, the timeline for the …
How did we get here? The Vermont State Colleges System was facing a significant and unsustainable structural deficit, even before the pandemic hit.[1] Declining enrollment across all campuses, smaller high school graduating classes, significant debt due to campus infrastructure needs, and chronic underfunding from the state had placed tremendous pressure on the finances of the …
This transformation update is primarily focused on actions taken today by the VSC Board of Trustees. Anti-Racism Pledge The Board voted to approve the Anti-Racism Pledge created by members of the Coalition of Minority Students Organization at NVU-Johnson and the VSCS Student Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. The Task Force is comprised of the following …
Dear Vermont State Colleges Community, Members of the Vermont State Colleges Transformation team have been visiting your campuses over the last week for Town Hall meetings. These have provided the team an opportunity to share updates on the ongoing work on the vision and mission of the new unified institution, as well as the work …
STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL Thank you to all those who have nominated themselves or nominated others to serve on the Student Advisory Council. We have a broad cross-section of nominees by institution, part-time/full-time, traditional/early college/adult learner, commuters/residential, in-state/out of state, veterans, first generation, students of color, students who manage disabilities, et cetera. The Student Advisory Council …
STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL As you know from Transformation Update #10, we will be launching a Student Advisory Council in September to help guide the work of the Transformation Teams as we work to design the future of the new unified university. The Student Advisory Council meetings will be an opportunity for students to hear from …
TRANSFORMATION TEAMS The work of the Transformation teams is now underway. The Academic Operations Core Team has held three meetings and is off to a very positive start. Team members have developed an extensive initial list of objectives and deliverables, intentionally elevating DEI in defining priorities, and are ready to convene and engage several of the sub-teams …
