At their May 16, 2022 meeting, the Board of Trustees approved proposed revisions to the bylaws establishing a Workforce Development Division unit within the Vermont State Colleges. The Executive Director of this new division will report to the Board, thereby reflecting the significant role that the VSC plays in meeting the workforce and continuing education …
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The workforce team continues to make great progress on design principles around 4 key “buckets” of planning: (i) systems improvement and integration; (ii) program development and student services; (iii) communication and engagement with customers which include both employers and student learners; and (iv) financial sustainability. The team is nearing the end its stage gate preparations …
The Academic Operations Core team has been continuing work to define Student Success goals and map these to key aspects of our sub teams’ designs, including advising, career development, and general education. All teams are anticipating completion of project designs in the next month and beginning to plan development and launch timelines for first-priority projects …
Student experience teams are accelerating their design and implementation timelines now that the summer is upon us. There has been much discussion at the core team level of how the results of the Ferrilli business process review and recommendations will interplay with the proposed designs going forward.
The Vermont Legislature finalized the Fiscal Year 2023 state budget this week. Notably, the bill includes $60.4 million designated for the Vermont State Colleges System: $45.5 million in the system’s annual appropriation and $14.9 million in one-time funding. This is a $10 million increase to our annual support from the state and is a historic …
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If you missed the band launch, do not worry. You can watch a recording of it, view the new website, read the press release, and watch this shorter video over on Twitter. The word from Admissions is that prospective students are responding very positively to the new logo and branding.
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 17th, 12-12:30 p.m.! We are very excited about sharing the logo design and branding out with everyone. When students are back on campus in the fall, there will be additional launch parties scheduled. Faculty assemblies will also be receiving additional information about the brand over the coming months.
Regarding upcoming IT cyber-security changes: As part of our discovery efforts in the Information Technology area, one specific service area that has surfaced as a priority for us is around information/technology security initiatives. As an outcome of COVID, in addition to the current cyber market, we need to ensure we are implementing solutions to keep …
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The Business Planning team completed their Discovery Stage Gate presentation last week. They presented on four key deliverables covering long range financial planning, operational budgeting, state appropriation allocation, and allocation of shared revenues and expenses. Employee Services, the last team from Administrative Operations, will go through its discovery stage gate presentation next week.
The Academic Operations teams are working on bringing together interconnected aspects of project designs in career development, advising, general education, libraries, and teaching and learning innovation in preparation for design gate presentations later in May through early June. The Face to Face Plus (F2F+) faculty development pilot project, supported by the Teaching & Learning Innovation …
