Taking a break from the campaign
Gov. Peter Shumlin visits with President Dave Wolk during the Spartan's football game agains Husson.
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Stepping up at the State House
Students, faculty respond to admin. cuts at State House press conference and BoT meeting On Nov. 13, Vermont State University students and faculty hosted a press conference at the State House in Montpelier to push back on administrative cuts. “Listen to us as we plead for these decisions made through Optimization 2.0 and Administrative Optimization […]
Seeking your favorite pet stories
Researchers have always been very curious about how pets positively impact humans’ mental health. Through countless years of collecting data, extreme advancements in technology, and analyzing the crucial relationship between humans and pets we can now see that humans rely on pets significantly. I would almost guarantee that anyone reading this has a pet […]
First-graders learn about physics
On Friday, Nov. 3, Castleton Elementary first graders swarmed the Physics for Elementary Teachers class in collaboration with Vermont State University Castleton education majors for interactive science activities. “Can you see sound waves?” posed freshman Mikey Rabi, presenting about sound waves using cup phones, slinkies, and different levels of water in a glass. “I can […]
Email restrictions inhibit communication to students
Currently at Vermont State University at Castleton, only a handful of people have the ability to send out mass emails and students and faculty are being greatly affected. An email was sent out on Nov. 8 addressing updates to the use of the “all students” email list. In the email, Kelley Beckwith, vice president of […]
VTSU grad researches banned books
Where is the line between prote/cting children from the unknown and denying children information? This question is at the heart of VSC graduate, parent, and librarian Stephanie Hull’s research on banned books as part of the McNair Scholars Program. Hull’s journey into education advocacy actually began as a professional chef after leaving what she called […]
The return of Safe Ride among several SGA projects to serve students
Student Government Association delegates are hard at work on a wide range of projects, with the objective to serve student needs on campus and beyond. Kayon Morgan has recently re-started Safe Ride, a student-run program to provide reliable transportation back to campus for students who go out on the weekends. “With our current campus climate, […]