On a quiet campus, UVM Police take on new roles
Ella Ruehsen, Cynic News Reporter
May 15, 2020
UVM Police received only a third of their average number of calls this April compared with the previous five years. Typically UVM Police receive about 300 calls in April. In April 2020, UVM Police received only 100. With a near-empty campus and fraction of their typical call volume, policing change...
Faculty, staff and students protest looming budget cuts imposed by UVM leadership
May 14, 2020
A nearly empty UVM campus erupted with the blasting of car horns as protestors drove their cars around campus, showing solidarity against imposed budget cuts. The rally held May 14 was led by UVM United Against Cuts, a coalition of UVM students, faculty and community members who stand in solidarity...
UVM president warns community of likely layoffs and pay cuts
May 14, 2020
As UVM’s financial wellbeing teeters, President Suresh Garimella warned the community that tactics such as salary reductions and layoffs might take place going forward. In a memo sent to the community May 11, Garimella outlined the current financial challenges facing UVM and some steps the university...
UVM President says school will reopen in fall despite pandemic
Lilly Page, Cynic News Reporter
May 5, 2020
Two days before high school seniors across the country chose their future college, President Suresh Garimella announced UVM would be open this fall. Although Garimella said he remains committed to having students on campus for the fall, graduating seniors will not be able to celebrate with an in-...
11 UVM students named for Fulbrights in record-breaking year
Maryann Makosiej and Irene Choi
May 1, 2020
In a record-breaking year for the University, 11 UVM students have been selected as scholars and alternates for the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship program. Of the 15 finalists from UVM, 11 students were selected as official scholars or alternates, passing the previously-held record of seven st...
UVM nursing students will graduate early to aid in pandemic
Maryann Makosiej, Cynic News Reporter
April 29, 2020
Senior UVM nursing students will be graduating early and receiving temporary working permits to directly aid in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The class of 95 students was alerted to the change in an email from Rosemary Dale, chair of the nursing and health science department, said Kathy C...
UVM forced to make budget cuts amidst pandemic’s economic crisis
Irene Choi, Cynic News Reporter
April 29, 2020
As COVID-19 continues to wreak financial havoc on workers, families and schools all across the nation, UVM faces further budget cuts that will impact the entire UVM community. After a notice from Provost Patty Prelock, Vice President of Finance Richard Cate and UVM President Suresh Garimella, college...
Sustainability workgroup discusses potential future of UVM fossil fuel divestment
Lilly Page, Cynic News Reporter
April 27, 2020
A meeting that was supposed to include discussion about campus input on divestment resulted in the members scarcely touching the topic, before moving on to the next step in their agenda. The second meeting of the UVM board of trustees’ sustainability workgroup included a half an hour slot for the...
UVM professor and ER doctor removed from class following arrest
Emma Pinezich, Cynic News Reporter
April 26, 2020
A UVM professor and doctor at UVM Medical Center who was arrested for voyeurism will not continue to teach for the rest of the semester. However, the question still looms of what will happen to the course he is slated to teach in the fall. Eike Blohm, assistant professor and emergency medicine p...
UVM appoints new police chief following job search
Ella Ruehsen, Cynic News Reporter
April 23, 2020
Despite there being no formal announcement to the campus community on who was appointed as the new police chief, UVM recently removed their public job listings for the position. Tim Bilodeau was officially selected as UVM’s new police chief March 6 after several months of searching. Since ...
Student pushes UVM for a more substantial refund for all UVM students
Irene Choi, Cynic News Reporter
April 21, 2020
When UVM first transitioned to online classes in mid-March due to COVID-19, administrators were met with backlash from students for not providing housing and tuition reimbursement. This was due to a policy stated in the student housing contract. Demands for reimbursement continue to rise, persisting...
President says pandemic highlights need for further inclusion and diversity
Irene Choi, Cynic News Reporter
April 17, 2020
Despite challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, UVM has announced that it is expanding the position in the administration focussed on diversity. President Suresh Garimella stated Dr. Wanda Heading-Grant will assume the expanded role of vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion starting Ma...
