A new initiative to enhance student connection and increase retention rates begins this fall at JSC, as incoming art and business students become acquainted with peers and faculty with whom they will spend...
Built around this year’s common book, Tori Murden McClure’s “A Pearl in the Storm,” a semester of related programming including a campus visit by McClure will explore a variety of themes including...
Barbara Murphy can’t wait to get out. Outside, that is – and not until she’s good and retired. That won’t be until June 30, 2015.
With that date in mind, “it all just feels very precious and...
Mark Breen is the senior meteorologist at the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury, Vt. There, he works to educate the public about science and weather. His weather forecast "Eye on the Sky"...
At a May 22 meeting at Castleton State College, the Vermont State Colleges board of trustees reluctantly accepted the request of VSC Chancellor Tim Donovan to step down Dec. 31, 2014, six months earlier...
On the wall in the foyer of Johnson State College’s Willey Library and Learning Center is a large bulletin board, packed with notices of everything from upcoming bands playing locally to apartments for...
JSC President Barbra Murphy held a second budget meeting to discuss possible solutions to JSC’s ongoing budgetary problems, including an announcement of likely impending staff cuts.
“We are looking...
After four years at Johnson State College, Associate Professor of Education Perry LaRoque will resign from his position to run Mansfield Hall, a program he created to help students with disabilities earn...
With Vermont only a single promised signature away from passing the country’s strongest GMO labeling bill, the GMO issue is a hot subject at the moment.
Genetically Modified Organisms are found in...
Tuesday, April 29, students and members of the community gathered in the Ellsworth Room to see Vermont Public Televisions’s public screening of American Experience’s “1964.”
The film began with...
To end the Johnson State College Spring Reading Series, Pulitzer Prize winning author Vijay Seshadri read from his books “3 Sections” and “The Long Meadow.”
The author read in Stearns Cinema...
In the 1980s, the U.S. government launched a public service campaign with the slogan, “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk.” Sound familiar? Since that time, designated drivers—along with other...
Johnson State College is working to establish a new initiative, which will roll out in the fall with a few participating majors. The initiative would provide incoming students with new opportunities...
David Cavanagh, co-director of the external degree program, will retire at the end of this semester after 23 years of service at Johnson State College. As co-director, Cavanagh works with Valerie Edwards,...
“Harlan Mack,” Johnson State College Professor of Fine & Performing Arts Susan Calza said. She stared at two paintings on the wall beside our table in the back of Wicked Wings in Johnson. Both...
Roasted herb chicken, mashed potatoes with the skin still in it, a tossed salad with romaine, tomatoes, and sliced red onions, bread and butter; the food was spread over two tables, and behind the silverware...
Next year Johnson State College students interested in pursuing a law degree will have the opportunity to enter the Pathways program, which will allow students expedited acceptance into the Vermont Law...
Johnson Undergrads Mentoring Peers offers great leadership opportunities, timely support and needed social events for JSC students.
The JUMP initiative was established in the Fall 2012 semester and...
Shortly after commencement, 10 students, one chaperone, and one professor will be immersing themselves in the culture of Peru as part of a 3-credit course.
The group will have 12 days to explore from...
Dr. Ellie Webber, long-serving professor of behavioral sciences, will retire at the end of this semester after 25 years of teaching. She came to Johnson State College in the fall of 1989 after living and...
“Losing David will be a blow to this institution… it won’t be the same place without him,” Associate Professor of Writing and Literature Tyrone Shaw said about the upcoming retirement of Psychology...
“There is no congruency to Cuba: before, during, or after,” wrote Johnson State College student and fellow traveler Jeff Capen. “What you think you know is not what is, and not everything makes sense...
Due to an anticipated budget shortfall for the upcoming academic year, and a $1.25 million gap that needs to be closed, each department has been asked to reduce its budget by approximately $27,000. Some...
At the 30th Ellsworth Lecture on March 26, UVM Professor F. Gregory Gause presented “The New Middle East Cold War,” during which he attempted to put the complicated circumstances surrounding this civil...
Johnson State College is once again working with the American Cancer Society to bring a Relay for Life to campus on Saturday, May 3.
Relay for Life is a 12-hour team-based walk that raises funds to...
The fall 2014 semester will bring back former Director of Counseling Andrea Kelly’s class “Psychology of Peak Performance.” The class, which was taught last spring, was a course created by Kelly...
“I want to make sure that everyone here knows that this show is completely real. It’s not magic, not an illusion, and not a con,” he said. “I’ll be using a set of skills that I have been trained...
Johnson State College raised $700 for United Way of Lamoille County during the 37th Annual Casino Night on Friday, March 14. The theme for the night was “The Great Gatsby,” and students donned their...
The Vermont Legislature has just passed a bill that will help the state have an even more diversified energy mix. The Senate, following a successful passing in the House, on a vote of 136 to 8, unanimously...
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As a member of the community, I was in attendance at the recent showing of Hungry Heart, the documentary bringing to light the problem of opiate addiction in Vermont. The movie brings to...
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