Lee Hughes, Assistant News Editor
• February 28, 2019
Suresh Garimella was confirmed as the new University president, but his offered income has raised concerns.
Garimella will earn an income of $630,000 a year, according to a Feb. 22 Vermont Digger article.
His...
The John Dewey Lounge was packed Feb. 4 as UVM’s faculty union, United Academics, addressed the crowd of students, teachers and other community members.
Two senior lecturers from the College of Arts...
Lee Hughes, Assistant News Editor
• January 26, 2019
As the board of trustees prepares to select the next University president, public meetings will be held in February for the UVM community to weigh in.
David Daigle, chair of the board of trustees and...
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...
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...
Brandon Arcari, Assistant Breaking News Editor
• November 18, 2017
Following several cuts to music and dance courses, department chair D. Thomas Toner stepped down from his position Nov. 10.
The cuts come following an email sent to Toner from the office of the dean...
Brandon Arcari, Assistant Breaking News Editor
• October 22, 2017
UVM’s faculty union United Academics has been in a deadlock with the University over a contract dispute about salaries since Sept. 11.
The union, which represents roughly 850 full and part-time...
Brandon Arcari, Breaking News Assistant Editor
• September 19, 2017
Teachers in Burlington are striking over disputes in contracts ending Sept. 1 with the school board voting to impose a contract that teachers view as unfair.
The strike closed schools both Thursday...
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,...
The UVM administration organization chart has been shuffled to create a new position in the president’s office.President Tom Sullivan has hired his former co-worker from the University of Minnesota,...
A new United Academics committee focused on civil rights hosted a discussion about racial justice in Vermont and at UVM.
The Civil Rights Committee hosted and sponsored the teach-in event, “Vermont...
After recent difficulties negotiating new contracts, UVM faculty members are unhappy with the difference between faculty and administrative pay.
During the past several months, contract negotiations...
