Updates from board meetings
October 24, 2017
The UVM board of trustees approved new construction projects, academic programs and software purchases at its Oct. 20 and 21 meetings. New Construction The board discussed plans for future building projects concerning McAuley Hall, 439 College St., and the Patrick-Forbush-Gutterson Athletic Co...
Day 2: live at the board of trustees meeting
Cynic Staff
October 21, 2017
Saturday: 8 a.m. During public comment, three students involved in the social and racial justice campaign at UVM spoke to the board. Sophomore Harmony Edosomwan, BSU president, said the University-wide annual reports neglect to mention the wellbeing of students of color and that their experiences...
Board of Trustees to discuss housing changes, fossil fuel divestment
Emma Jarnagin and Alex Verret
October 19, 2017
The UVM board of trustees will meet Friday Oct. 20 and Saturday Oct. 21 for its quarterly meeting. Topics including diversity, tuition increases, updates and new uses for residence halls will be discussed, according to the trustees board book. Tom Gustafson, Vice President for University Relations...
Updates from the Educational Policy and Institutional Resources Committee
Lauren Schnepf, Staff Writer
February 6, 2017
The following topics were discussed in the Educational Policy and Institutional Resources committee at the February 2017 board of trustees meeting. The committee discussed concerns regarding facilities for gender-neutral bathrooms and changing rooms, in addition to gender-specific faci...
Trustees select student member
Alexandra Shannon
February 18, 2016
A new student member has been selected for the UVM board of trustees, to follow out-going student trustee Samantha Lucas. The board of trustees student selection committee publicly announced Soraiya Thura, a second-year in the College of Medicine, as their choice Feb. 1, SGA President Jason Maulu...
Campaign raises $250 million
February 12, 2016
Over $250 million has been raised for UVM’s Move Mountains campaign, the largest fundraising campaign in the University’s history, as announced in the Feb. 5 board of trustees meeting. In 2015, UVM had its best ever October and December in terms of fundraising, said Rich Bundy, president and C...
Learn about the issues of your school
September 30, 2015
You gotta serve somebody. Bob Dylan’s famous lyrics are blunt, but accurate.There is a pecking order. People have power over the direction of your life.Here at UVM, those people are all around you — friends, professors, administrators and a group of people, many of whom students have never met, ...
New members join board of trustees
March 17, 2015
Five new members have been appointed to the UVM board of trustees. Each member received an appointment from current state legislators. The new members’ educational and professional backgrounds span from environmental consulting, electrical contracting, the culinary arts to accounting.These new members ar...
Let’s better the board
February 10, 2015
Having a stake in the direction of our University should be second-nature to students. Even an understanding would suffice.The standing of the University obviously impacts all of us, but it’s a lifetime commitment, too.Practically speaking, your degree will gain or lose value as the University gains and ...
Board meeting incites protest
Hannah Kearns
February 10, 2015
Topics discussed at the Feb. 5-7 board of trustees meeting ranged from discussion of the new STEM complex, passage of the sustainability requirement and the implementation of the Incentive Based Budgeting model. A presentation was given to the board by professors David Jenemann and Luis Vivanco abo...
Possible law school ‘merger’
February 3, 2015
A house representative resigned from the UVM board of trustees March 2014 due to a “conflict of interest” with Vermont Law School work group.A Vermont Law School work group was created within the board of trustees in January 2014 but was dissolved in June 2014 because they had “concluded their wor...
Student trustee to be appointed
November 18, 2014
Every year, UVM picks a student to be on the board of trustees for a two-year term.Lane Manning, president of the Graduate Student Senate, has served on the Student Trustee Selection Committee for two years.“They [student trustees] are arguably the most important members of the board,” Manning said. ...
