BURLINGTON, Vermont, April 25 -- Champlain College issued the following news: Marcelle Leahy, registered nurse and humanitarian, will address Champlain College on-campus undergraduate students, and Lynn Dohm, Executive Director of Women in CyberSecurity (WiCys), will address Champlain College Online undergraduate and graduate students during commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 11. In addition to serving as commencement speakers during the ceremonies, Leahy and Dohm will receive honorary d  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, April 27 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: By Joshua Brown Consider your breath. In that inrush of air you bring oxygen to your lungs, keeping you alive. It's the same air that covers the whole planet--oxygen produced by green life. The intricate interplay that we call the environment is not scenery; it's the fundamental health care system. During two recent sessions, leaders, faculty, staff and students from across campus gathered to ponder the mean  more

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, April 26 -- The Vermont Law and Graduate School issued the following news release: The Environmental Justice Clinic (EJC) at Vermont Law and Graduate School has filed an amicus brief (https://www.vermontlaw.edu/sites/default/files/2024-04/Held%20Indigenous%20Rights%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf) in Held v. State of Montana in the Montana Supreme Court on behalf of five federally recognized tribes and two Indigenous education scholars. The case was brought by 16 youth plaintiffs  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 23 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: In celebration of Earth Day, Attorney General Charity Clark today announced the conclusion of the fourth annual Earth Day Essay Challenge for Vermont's fifth and sixth graders. The annual event began in 2021 with the Attorney General's Office inviting students to submit essays on the environment and Earth Day. This year's essay challenge began in February and ran through   more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 24 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Governor Phil Scott, Vermont's congressional delegation, the Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT), top officials from the Federal Highway Administration and Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, and cabinet members, today announced the opening of the state's first federally funded public electric vehicle (EV) fast charging station in Bradford. Vermont is the sixth state in th  more

ESSEX JUNCTION, Vermont, April 24 -- GlobalFoundries, a manufacturer of semiconductors, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Last week, the Manufacturing Institute (MI)--the workforce development and education affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers--honored two outstanding women from GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) at their annual Women MAKE Awards. Jennifer (Jenny) Robbins, Senior Director, Central Facilities, was recognized as a 2024 Women MAKE Awards Honore  more