Johnson State College’s swimming pool will reopen on March 16 after approximately 4 months of downtime, with a reopening celebration scheduled for March 21. The six-lane, 25 yard pool closed on Nov....

Johnson – Opening in early December 2014, the Johnson Barber Shop provides a service that has been missing from the local area for quite some time. In April 2013 Jenny Tilton, completed her barber...

Sharron Scott studied at the University of Vermont, where she attained a degree in business administration with a concentration in management information systems. Before deciding to pursue a career in...

The Solstice low-residency MFA in creative writing program located at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Mass. has formed a partnership with Johnson State College to provide graduate courses for BFA...

For the first time in nearly a quarter-century, the Vermont State Colleges board of trustees launched a national presidential search following Barbara Murphy’s announcement that she will be retiring...

After reading their first faculty/staff common read, "Making the Most of College: Students Speak their Minds," by Richard Light, in the early 2000’s, Johnson State College hasn’t done another common...

If you have yet to declare a major, or if you are not satisfied with your current major, then a switch to Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) may be for you. In the Interdisciplinary Studies program, the areas...

Student Lead Activities Programming, better known on the JSC campus as "SLAP," has committed to another semester full of events for students. Founded around two and a half years ago by a group of students...

Sent off to college alone and without a concrete idea of what is in store for the next four years of her life is the undecided student. She stands in a boundlessly stretching field, amid tall grass and...

Dr. Elaine Collins was appointed JSC’s next president by the VSC board of trustees after a final deliberation on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Collins will succeed President Barbara Murphy when she retires June...

It’s no longer a matter of “Bend the knees, watch the trees, $20 please.” Ski and ride schools across the country are looking into a new way of teaching these two sports. It is simply known as Terrain-Based...

On Jan. 17, JSC Professor of Behavioral Sciences Gina Mireault and her research on infant humor were featured on NBC’s Nightly News. This is not the first time the Mireault has been in the media,...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series about higher education funding in Vermont. In Vermont we pride ourselves on our state’s accolades. We have a 90 percent  high school graduation rate,...

Every spring Johnson State College leads two community service breaks that take place over February and April breaks. This year the trip destinations are to New York City in February for building strength...

What makes some students successful, and what makes other students simply give up and stop trying? Over a dozen JSC faculty and staff filed into the Ellsworth room to learn the answer on Thursday, Jan....

This spring’s Author Series will bring a wide range of acclaimed writers to the JSC Campus, including Adam Robinson, Aaron Burch, Edward Hirsh, Steve Langan, Erin Belieu, Karen Shoemaker and David Cavanagh. They...

Johnson State College student and faculty research teams across varying disciplines are set to present their findings at conferences across the United States throughout the current spring 2015 semester. Professor...

Initially scheduled for reopening in the middle of February, the pool will not be opened until the middle of March due to delays in delivering the new system to regulate water temperature and humidity. The...

During his campus visit, Dr. Eric Becher stressed fundraising, enrollment recruitment, retention, and strategies for institutional advancement. Coming from a music background with both a Bachelor’s...

“If the trustees of the institution choose me to be the president, it’s very clear they want me for the main thing that I’m known for, and that’s raising money,” Dr. Ron Dempsey said during his...

As part of Johnson State College’s search for a new president, which began in response to President Barbara Murphy’s announcement of retirement at the end of the semester, four semi-final candidates...

It’s now official: the JSC presidential search committee has narrowed the field of candidates down to two, and Monday, Feb. 2, it forwarded those recommendations to the entire VSC board of trustees. The...

After 38 years dedicated towards advancing the Vermont State College system, Chancellor Tim Donovan will retire at the end of this semester. Donovan was born and raised in rural Iowa doing farm work...

Citing an enrollment drop and declining state funding, Vermont Technical College President Dan Smith announced several full-time VTC faculty will receive layoff notices. In addition, 27 adjunct professors...

JSC will have gender neutral housing options, starting fall 2015. According to Jeff Bickford, the Assistant Director of Residential Life at JSC, the decision had a lot to do with the comfort for binary...

The fall 2014 writing proficiency exam pass rate of 76 percent represents a continuation of improved student performance on the exam and is satisfactory, according to Associate Professor of Writing and...