Schubart: UVM — five-campus university?
A state of 600,000 people with a $5 billion budget, of which only half is paid for by Vermont taxpayers, simply can’t afford to support five state colleges even with out-of-state tuitions.
Civil War historian William McKone will speak at Johnson State College
A member of the governor’s Vermont Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, McKone is president of the 18th Vermont Regiment living history unit and an active re-enactor at Civil War events.
Johnson State College presents film about Iraq War vets and post-traumatic stress disorder
Johnson State College will present “Poster Girl,” an award-winning documentary about a former high school cheerleader who becomes the poster girl for women in combat during the Iraq conflict and suffers post-traumatic stress disorder upon her return.
Deborah Siegel, author of Sisterhood Interrupted, to speak at Johnston State College Monday, March 12
For immediate release Mar. 6, 2012 Contact Karen Madden Director of Academic Support Services Phone: 802-635-1438 JOHNSON, VT – Author and noted expert on gender, politics and feminism, Deborah Siegel, will speak at Johnson State College at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 12, in the Stearns Performance Space. The presentation is free and open to [...]
Johnson State College launches new communications major
For immediate release Mar. 1, 2012 Contact Tyrone Shaw Asst. Professor of Writing and Literature Phone: (802) 635-1394 Email: Tyrone.Shaw@jsc.edu Johnson, Vt.—The news is ever-changing, and the business of covering it must change as well. This basic tenet was the driving force when Johnson State College (JSC) revamped its journalism program and launched the new [...]
‘Darn Tough’ socks entrepreneur to speak at Johnson State College Thursday, March 15
For Immediate Release Feb. 28, 2012 Contact Deborah Bouton Email: deborah.bouton@jsc.edu Phone: 802-635-1664 JOHNSON – Ric Cabot, founder and president of Darn Tough Vermont, maker of premium, all-weather outdoor socks that are guaranteed for life, will speak at Johnson State College on Thursday, March 15, at 2:30 p.m. in 207 Bentley Hall. The event is [...]
Chief of Mass. Commission Against Discrimination to speak at JSC
Jamie R. Williamson, commissioner of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), will speak at Johnson State College at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, in the Stearns Hall Performance Space. Williamson will present her perspective on the current state of civil rights in the U.S. and take questions from the audience.
Hunger in Lamoille County is topic of 2011 Lamoille Seminar at Johnson State College
Dorigen Keeney, program director of Hunger Free Vermont, will speak at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, at Johnson State College (JSC) about hunger in Lamoille County.
Johnson State College students, faculty and staff to hold a rally to press for better state funding of higher ed
Vermont ranks 50th nationwide in state support of higher education. As a result, students at Vermont State College (VSC) institutions pay the highest net tuition of any state college in the U.S. In 1980, the state covered 51% of VSC operating costs; today it provides just 18.7% of the amount, leaving students holding the bag for the rest.
Johnson seeks new market in wake of Grand Union closing
The parking lot of the Johnson Shopping Plaza flooded again in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene on Aug. 28. It would have been a major inconvenience in another time, but that time has come and gone — and the Grand Union along with it.
