New student move-in and orientation programs were a success at all our locations over the past couple of weeks. Over 40 new international students are starting their first semester at Castleton and were proud to be photographed in front of the Alumni Gate! Admissions continues to prepare for the fall recruitment season. Boxes and boxes …
The Student Advisory Council has been meeting to help guide the work of the Transformation Teams as we work to design the future of Vermont State University and bring about system-wide administrative consolidation. The student input we have received so far is invaluable to ensuring a student-centered approach to how we provide our academic programs, …
We are excited to announce four permanent leadership hires for Vermont State University. These four individuals have done outstanding work in their current roles and will bring this experience with them to support the new university in their roles of recruitment, enrollment, marketing, and academic programs. Jessica Van Deren will be serving as Director of …
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The Business Planning team completed the design stage gate process for the Shared Expense Allocation project. This information will be shared with the Finance & Facilities Committee of the Board of Trustees at their next meeting. The Employee Services sub team has been working on developing a consistent process across the System for assigning current …
You can tell that autumn is right around the corner as our campuses gear up for the beginning of the semester. Fall athletes and student orientation staff are coming back and next week marks the beginning of new students arriving on campus for orientation! It is so exciting to see our campuses coming alive for …
We are in the process of collecting data to inform basic needs around the operations of current workforce development programs across campuses. This includes data on the number of current projects, number of people served, overall revenue (i.e. from credit and non-credit courses), sectors served, credentials offered, and more. This part of the work is …
The team is moving into the design stage. We spent more time with the Chancellor and the two Presidents to better understand their vision for workforce development, given their prior feedback at the Discovery Gate meeting. There is a clear need to develop a workforce “entity” within VTSU bringing together the existing workforce development and …
As the Facilities sub team continues to prepare for their Design Gate presentations, it will be doing some preliminary surveying/boundary work as well as deed investigation. These foundational pieces will better inform the right sizing activities across our various locations. Facilities and Finance have been working together to establish base line lease rates across our …
A key area of discussion for the Academic Operations Core Team has been starting to define what it means in specific, operational ways for VTSU to be a hybrid university that supports all students in all locations and all modalities. Several of our sub-teams are beginning to identify a set of tools and practices that …
We are excited to announce that the Chief Diversity Officer for Vermont State University has been appointed. Congratulations to Jae Basiliere (NVU), who will serve in this important role. The Chief Diversity Officer position is a permanent position, reporting to the president, and has been a priority hire to meet Vermont State University’s mission, vision, …
