BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 4 -- Champlain College issued the following news: Students and faculty represented Champlain College at the recent National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) Boston/New England Chapter Student Production Awards, also known as the Emmys. The annual awards recognize outstanding student achievement in television production in categories including news, fiction, documentary, animation, and more. Among those nominated were Broadcast Media Production senior Audre  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: At a time when threats to healthcare and services are increasing across the country, University of Vermont's Center for Health and Wellbeing invests in care specifically for transgender, gender non-confirming, and non-binary students. Gender-affirming care is an essential function of primary care services and, simply put, it supports students in being healthy, engaged, and social. The intricacies of sup  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, May 1 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Policy Research Shop project meets with regional planning commission. * * * In the midst of a regional and national housing crisis, how can New Hampshire and Vermont towns in the Upper Valley create affordable housing for a larger, more diverse, and more mobile workforce while also considering budget-conscious development, the rural nature of the region, and the desire of many towns to maintain their  more

MIDDLEBURY, Vermont, May 1 -- Middlebury College issued the following news: * * * Original text here: https://www.middlebury.edu/announcements/announcements/2024/04/acclaimed-writer-environmentalist-terry-tempest-williams-deliver-2024  more

MIDDLEBURY, Vermont, May 3 -- Middlebury College issued the following news: Middlebury President Laurie L. Patton has announced she will be leaving Middlebury in January 2025 to become president of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Patton took office on July 1, 2015, and has served as the institution's 17th president, and is the first woman to hold the position since Middlebury's founding in 1800. Middlebury is a global educational institution comprising undergraduate and graduate schoo  more

ALBANY, New York, April 26 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter: * * * To: Marlene Allen, Same Sun of Vermont, Inc., 141 West Street, Rutland, VT 05701, marlene@samesunvt.com NOTICE OF APPARENT VIOLATION Dear Marlene Allen, The New York Public Service Commission's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS), Section 3.A.D, requires each Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Provider to submit annually, by March 31st, a stat  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 1 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following statement on April 30, 2024: * * * Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement: "I believe Vermont's public education system has the potential to be the best in the nation, attracting the families we need to revitalize working class neighborhoods, refill our schools, and grow the economy in all corners of our state. "In my first year in office - and every year since - I've asked the Legislature to wor  more

ORONO, Maine, May 1 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: The University of Maine's 2024 commencement ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate students will be May 3-4 at Harold Alfond Sports Arena. The Graduate School Commencement begins at 4 p.m. May 3, featuring an address by Stephanie Seguino, professor emerita at the University of Vermont and UMaine alumna. More than 500 graduate students are expected to be on hand to receive advanced degrees, including 52 doctora  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 2 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Attorney General Charity Clark today announced that Vermont received $24,885,098.40 from tobacco manufacturers under the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). Annually, Vermont receives monies from tobacco manufacturers from the MSA, which resolved the State's lawsuit filed in the 1990's. The settlement funds are credited to the State's Tobacco Fund, and the legislature de  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 2 -- The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources issued the following news: The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is hosting two events to receive feedback on the proposed Core Principles of Community Engagement (the Principles) under the Vermont Environmental Justice Law. The Principles will guide the creation of community engagement plans by the Agencies of Natural Resources, Transportation, Commerce and Community Development, Agriculture, and Education; the Public Uti  more