Tucker the therapy dog dies
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
August 3, 2018
With heavy hearts, the UVM community fondly looked back on a campus icon and began grieving following the death of Tucker the therapy dog. Tucker passed away of natural causes at the age of 11, said Tucker’s owner Jeff Rettew, associate director of the Wellness Environment. Tucker started working...
UVM students targeted in housing scam
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
July 20, 2018
Filed under Crime Log, News, Vermont
UVM students and the greater Burlington area have been targeted in a string of recent rental scams. UVM Police posted an alert about the scam on their Facebook page Wednesday July 17 to UVM students and the community. Scammers have copied real property ads and replaced contact information in attempts...
Marijuana remains illegal on campus despite statewide legalization
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
July 18, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News, Vermont
Dennis, a pseudonym, describes himself as a “low-level” marijuana dealer on campus. A fan of marijuana, Dennis looks forward to legalization, but personally he doesn’t touch it after a bad experience with an edible, he said. At dinner, right before winter break, Dennis was hit with extreme anxiety...
New director of student life selected
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
July 10, 2018
Filed under Campus, Campus Life, News
A new director of student life has been selected following the departure of former director Pat Brown. Daphne R. Wells will be replacing Brown, who retired this June after 39 years of service to UVM. Wells was selected after a nationwide search according to a July 9 email from Dennis DePaul, asso...
UVM Medical Center nurses announce plans to strike
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
June 30, 2018
Filed under Headliners, News, Vermont
The UVM Medical Center nurses will issue a strike notice to the UVM Medical Center Monday morning. After a week of negotiations, the bargaining committee has voted to issue a strike notice, according to a June 30 Facebook post made by Stephanie Lusk, a member of the nurses’ bargain...
Nurses vote to strike
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
June 13, 2018
Filed under Campus, Headliners, News, Vermont
University of Vermont Medical Center nurses have voted in favor of a potential two day strike. The approval was announced at a June 13 press conference lead by negotiator Julie MacMillan. MacMillan represents the 1,800 member union, the Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, in t...
UVM Police arrest man for voyeurism
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
June 12, 2018
Filed under Campus, Crime Log, News
UVM police announced the arrest of man that attempted to take pictures of a woman under a bathroom stall on campus June 10. UVM police said they arrested Siu l. Chan, a 41 year old Colchester, Vermont resident. A CatAlert was issued June 10 stating that a man attempted to take pictures of a woma...
Deal reached between United Academics and UVM
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
June 3, 2018
After 15 months of negotiations, UVM and faculty union United Academics announced that they have reached an agreement on new contracts. UA announced in a May 29 press release that the contract agreement had been approved by the union. The announcement came three weeks after both the University and...
No deal between nurses and UVM Medical Center
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
June 3, 2018
Filed under Headliners, News, Vermont
After months of negotiations, lead negotiator Julie McMillan of the UVM Medical Center nurses’ union announced they had not yet reached a deal with UVM Medical Center. The announcement came at a June 1 community meeting outside the Medical Center that followed the last session of scheduled negotia...
UVM hit by cyber attack
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
May 26, 2018
Filed under Crime Log, Headliners, News
UVM was targeted by a cyber attack that could potentially lead to the malicious use of University NetIDs and passwords. Julia Russell, associate chief information officer of Enterprise Technology Services, alerted the University community in a May 23 email that the Information Security Office and E...
Board of Trustees meet for third time to close out the 2017-2018 academic year
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
May 25, 2018
Filed under Headliners, News
The UVM Board of Trustees met May 18- 19 on the eve of the University’s 217th Commencement. The board is made up of 25 members, including President Thomas Sullivan, Provost David Rosowsky and Governor Phil Scott. This year they discussed two new renovation projects, a fundraising update and an inc...
Faculty union and University reach tentative agreement over contracts
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
May 22, 2018
Filed under Campus, News, Vermont
After nearly a year of negotiations, UVM has announced it reached a tentative agreement on new contracts with the faculty union United Academics. UA has been in negotiations with the University since June 2017, according to an October 2017 Cynic article. It represents roughly 850 full-time and pa...
