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The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

SGA Updates 9/11/2016

SGA Updates 9/11/2016

Caroline Alkire September 14, 2016

  President Sullivan addresses senators President Sullivan reported on Summer University at UVM; 5,400 students took summer classes this year.   He also praised the peer to peer program...

From left to right: John Tyner, Shoko Plambeck, Peter Silverman, Natalia Korpanty and Max Robbins of Beacon VT. The startup helps college students find career-related jobs. 

 Photo Courtesy of Liz Trombino

Student builds networking site

September 14, 2016

A student-founded and run company is looking to help college students build their resumes before graduation. Beacon VT is a networking service that connects employers with students looking to gain...

CatCards have new design, new technology

CatCards have new design, new technology

September 13, 2016

New CatCards are being issued to students and faculty this year with a new design and technology.  The CatCards are different in both appearance and function. Instead of an image of Billings Library...

Alumni association offers post-grad travel program

September 7, 2016

Alumni will soon be able to travel and study decades after graduating.The new program, called UVM Discovery Travel, was developed by the UVM Alumni Association in partnership with Thomas P. Gohagan &...

Advising program to expand by end of year

Advising program to expand by end of year

September 7, 2016

UVM’s peer mentor program has launched with plans to expand by the end of the academic year.It will cost $102,000 to implement the program for the 2016-2017 academic year, according to the official bill...

President of UVM faculty union steps down

President of UVM faculty union steps down

Kelsey Neubauer, Assistant News Editor September 6, 2016

A new president has been chosen to lead UVM’s faculty union. Associate Professor Felicia Kornbluh officially stepped down from her position as president of United Academics, UVM’s faculty union,...

New peer mentoring

New peer mentoring

Caroline Alkire September 2, 2016

  Students will now be able to seek out help from their peers thanks to a new mentoring program. This project, which will cost $170,000 per year, is designed to connect first-year students...

Campus construction gives UVM new look

Campus construction gives UVM new look

August 31, 2016

Campus will look different to many returning students due to construction across campus.In addition to construction, several UVM offices have been moved to new locations.According to Bob Vaughan, Director...

English dept. overhauls major

English dept. overhauls major

August 31, 2016

UVM’s English major will look different this year due to new course requirements, a new minor and a new professor.Maria Hummel, an award-winning poet and nov- elist who previously taught at Stanford...

Move out project turns trash to treasure

Move out project turns ‘trash to treasure’

Craig Pelsor May 4, 2016

Students moving out of apartments and dorms will have the help of volunteers in an annual effort by UVM and Burlington.   This effort, the Spring Move Out Project, will take place May 25.   The...

STEM Construction ‘on track’

Caroline Alkire May 4, 2016

A light winter has allowed construction on Central Campus to come out of the cold right on schedule. The STEM building’s predicted May 2017 completion date will stay the same, said Bob Vaughan, director...

Vt. legislators cut 40 percent rule

Vt. legislators cut ’40 percent rule’

May 3, 2016

Tuition rates for out-of-state students could soon change due to a new budget passed by the Vermont House of Representatives.In March, the House passed a budget that would remove “the 40 percent rule”...

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