UVM will hold a graduation ceremony without pandemic modifications this spring for the first time in two years, according to a March 17 email from UVM President Suresh Garimella.
UVM’s mask mandate...
Dr. Elliot Ruggles, UVM’s first sexual violence prevention and education coordinator, reflected on their first month in the position during public forum at the SGA meeting on March 22.
Since their hiring...
A group of students, faculty and staff aims to minimize salt use to prevent structural and environmental harm, according to a March 4 press release.
The Salt Mitigation Task Force began in January 2020,...
In 2018, two UVM deans made a commitment to mandate diversity training, according to a March 8, 2018 Cynic article. Yet in May of 2021, the newly negotiated faculty contract did not include mandatory diversity...
The National Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science officially became a recognized chapter at UVM, according to a March 21 UVM press release.
The SACNAS chapter...
Elliot Ruggles' sexual violence prevention and education coordinator
Hello UVM students!
I am absolutely thrilled to begin my work on campus with all of you. As we all know, there have been many emotions...
UVM athletics declined to send a courtesy photo for story pertaining to sexual violence, seven months after saying the department would not facilitate photoshoots of this nature, according to a March 20...
Editor's note: This story was updated March 23 at 10:00 a.m. to correct base pay errors and cut outdated numbers of union representation.
UVM Staff United protested on March 17 in hopes of negotiating...
UVM should have taken more time to prepare for the mask mandate dropping, since many community members are at risk for COVID-19 or directly involved with someone who is, said Ellie Miller, president of...
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Six UVM-affiliated...
Editor's note: The print edition of this article contained inaccurate information on the introduction date of EVERFI trainings.
UVM does not have mandatory diversity training for their faculty, which...
UVM announced plans to drop its indoor mask mandate beginning March 19, according to a March 16 email from Provost Patricia Prelock and Gary Derr, vice president for operations and public safety.
Masks...
