Sophomores Kennedy Connors and Merrick Modun were elected SGA President and Vice President, respectively, for the 2025-2026 academic year after votes were counted on Saturday, April 5.
Voting for...
SGA passed a resolution calling for increased protections for students in response to stricter immigration enforcement efforts at a Feb. 25 SGA meeting.
In recent weeks, staff and faculty unions called...
Jacklyn Giles, Cynic News Reporter
• February 24, 2025
SGA President, senior Mahder Teferra, and sophomore Senator Cameron Laychak presented their plans to send out a statistical sample survey and a questionnaire this fall at a Feb. 18 SGA meeting.
The...
For the first time in recent memory, an SGA election was decided by runoff after two candidates tied in last week’s midterm elections.
The draw between sophomore Annie Woodward and first-year Jordan...
Alea Ricklefs, Cynic News Reporter
• October 7, 2024
Members of the UVM Civic Engagement Program presented their work about increasing UVM’s voter turnout at an Oct. 1 SGA meeting.
Rinzin Sonam, UVM coordinator for Civic Engagement, and Program Assistant...
Evan Witt, Cynic News Reporter
• September 17, 2024
Michael Schirling, UVM chief safety and compliance officer, presented safety strategies in response to growing safety concerns in Burlington at a Sept. 10 SGA meeting.
Schirling presented resources...
On Feb. 27, SGA unanimously passed a resolution calling for increased empathy toward communities affected by campus conflicts in future communications from UVM President Suresh Garimella, said senior and...
Editor's note: This story was updated on April 4 at 2:58 p.m. to correct the spelling of Teferra's last name.
SGA elections for vice president and president will be held between April 3-5, according...
Students elected junior Olivia Eisenberg and sophomore Carter Purple as President and Vice President of SGA, respectively, in elections held March 29-31, according to the SGA website.
In their terms,...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and SGA is engaging in new initiatives alongside administration to not only bring awareness to sexual assault but also to focus on the theme of sexual liberation...
Stay up to date with the Cynic Roundup, giving you coverage on the stories you might have missed in news last week. In this edition, we take a deeper dive into Redstone Dining Hall's shortened hours with...
Tucker Schulz, Cynic News Reporter
• September 5, 2022
Eighty-six off-campus UVM students are receiving free compost pickup services from No Waste Compost L3C, said sophomore Mahder Teferra, chair of the SGA Committee on the Environment.
The SGA Committee...
