Amidst progress on transformation and focus turning toward the future Vermont State University, it can be easy to forget that work is still being done to better NVU’s operating methods alongside recruiting...
Calling for a pause in the ambitious optimization timetable for the launch of Vermont State University in the fall of 2023, and announcing their intent to withdraw from ongoing talks with NVU and Vermont...
This year’s annual phonathon is about to begin, and the Development and Alumni Relations Office is looking for volunteers to work the phones. The phonathon is a yearly job opportunity for all students...
Fall is debatably Vermont's most beautiful season, with vivid foliage and striking views, which is why it's so important to spend as much time outdoors as possible before winter arrives. One great way...
The NVU website states, “Diversity, equity, and inclusion aren’t just words at NVU — these are our guiding principles.” How is NVU actually centering and prioritizing those guiding principles?
The...
After over a year of revisions, the Vermont State Colleges System’s Student Diversity and Inclusion Task Force has succeeded in creating an anti-racism pledge for the institution.
The pledge was adopted...
Greetings readers of Basement Medicine. I am pleased that the editorial board wants me to give regular updates on the goings-on at NVU-Johnson, NVU overall and some info on the transformation process to...
In a community-wide email, NVU-Johnson Director of Academic Support Services Karen Madden announced the hiring of several key support positions in her office.
David Ellerbee has been hired as the student...
In an effort to hear student voices amidst ongoing transformation, the Vermont State Colleges System has created the student advisory council, comprised of learners from across four residential campuses--which...
Living in Vermont, one must be aware of the long, dark winters suffered by everyone who lives here. There are some benefits to living in this wonderland during the colder months, such as snowy recreation...
Since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, nearly one in five households as acquired a new dog or cat according to research done by the ASPCA. Since a vast majority of Americans were either unemployed or...
The Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, located within the Dibden Center for Fine Arts, is NVU-Johnson’s epicenter for artistic display. For the latter half of each semester, fine arts students display their...
Two beds, one student.
This is the reality students are living under Northern Vermont University’s decision to grant every student their own dorm room.
But how has the school, suffering financial strife,...
College is many people’s first real decision as an adult. Where, when and even if you will go are the questions high school seniors are often asked.
But what about the seniors already there?
Every...
In May 2020, Professor of Environmental and Health Sciences Les Kanat retired after 31 years of teaching at NVU’s Johnson campus. Now, after a full academic year away from NVU, Kanat has returned to...
The NVU disc golf course has seen its fair share of ups and downs in its near 30-year existence. According to Interim Director of Athletics Greg Eckman, the course was created in the early-to-mid 1990s,...
During this past August, 16 Vermont students performed “Listen Up” on a tour around Vermont, garnering considerable press coverage along the way. The play, an original musical focused on the multiple...
Since the beginning of the semester, the NVU-Johnson’s Summit Bookstore has been open only sporadically as Follett, the corporation managing the store, scrambled to find a full-time replacement for the...
The most recent COVID-19 guidelines at NVU require students to be fully vaccinated, unless they qualify for an exemption, and to comply with all indoor mask mandates and appropriate social distancing....
As the VSCS moves forward with its transformation into Vermont State University, the academic opportunities available to students are being expanded. One such example which could see expansion is the area...
As the Vermont State College System prepares for unification, Northern Vermont University student Devyn Thompson, leader of the Coalition of Minority Students, is seeking another kind of unity by pushing...
On Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, the Vermont State Colleges Board of Tr
ustees voted on and approved Vermont State University as the name for the newly consolidated entity which will accredit campuses...
When will Willey’s wonky windows work?
Fix one problem, create another, or so it seems with the ongoing problems of the casement windows in the Willey Library and Learning Center, built in 1996.
A...
COVID-19 and the ever-changing merger situation have caused shifts and changes within the NVU community, and the athletic department has been no exception. The Lyndon/Johnson merger has already made its...
A writing contest open to all Vermont high school students, jointly sponsored by NVU’s Creative Writing program and the League of Vermont Writers, launched Sept. 1 with the opening of submissions in...
Two professors have joined the NVU-Johnson faculty in full-time positions: Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences Dr. Emily Scott and Assistant Professor of Natural and Environmental Sciences Dr. Bill...
On Tuesday, Sept. 21, Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges Sophie Zdatny announced in an email that the board of trustees would be voting on whether to approve “Vermont State University” as the...
Students, faculty and staff were not the only ones returning to Northern Vermont University’s Johnson campus in August.
Before the first week of classes had reached its close, three students tested...
The great McClelland migration has come to an end.
This semester, the faculty and staff that previously resided in McClelland Hall have made the move from their offices down the hill to a central location...
Following what amounted to a mandate from the Vermont Legislature, the VSCS set upon the process of uniting NVU, Castleton and Vermont Tech into a single, multiple-campus institution.
For its part, the...
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