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Burlington, Vt. – February 8, 2010 -The pros and cons of nuclear power were the subject of the University of Vermont Janus Forum Debate Monday night which featured speakers William Tucker speaking in favor of nuclear energy and Tyson Theron Slocum arguing against the continued use of nuclear power. Tucker is author of Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Power Will [...]
Burlington, Vt. – January 25, 2010 – Five Vermont gubernatorial candidates, all Democrats, participated in a panel discussion on statewide educational policy Monday evening at the University of Vermont’s Davis Center in Burlington, Vt. About 250 people attended the event which was sponsored jointly by Castleton State College, Saint Michael’s College and the University of Vermont.
Former Associated Press Bureau [...]
Five Democratic Party Gubernatorial Candidates to Debate Education Tonight
Burlington, Vt. – January 25, 2010 – Five Vermont gubernatorial candidates will participate in a panel discussion on statewide educational policy this evening on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington, Vt. The event, sponsored jointly by Castleton State College, Saint Michael’s College and UVM, will take place in [...]
Montpelier, Vt. – January 7, 2010 – Governor Jim Douglas, R-Vt., gave his final State of the State address Thursday in the House Chambers of the Statehouse in Montpelier. Douglas addressed Vermont’s property taxes, education funding and Vermont Yankee. The Governor’s comments on education funding and property taxes drew applause from most Republican lawmakers but struck a [...]
Greenbelt, Md. - December 22, 2009 - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced Tuesday, they had awarded a fellowship to Farnsworth Aerospace PreK-8 Magnet School teacher Polly Ann Norrie in Saint Paul, N.H. The Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project was created to allow teachers an opportunity to carry back to the classroom a greater understanding of NASA [...]
Burlington, Vt. – When 100% of an education program’s class graduates, it’s an impressive thing. Today one hundred percent of the Community Kitchen class in Burlington, Vt. did just that.
Community Kitchen is a culinary job training program that prepares unemployed and underemployed men and women for careers in the food service industry through the national [...]
Burlington, Vt. – Samantha Thatcher, a Champlain College freshman majoring in social work, spent four nights in mid-November sleeping outside in a tent on the college’s green as part of the college’s annual Tent City project to raise money and awareness about the needs of the homeless.
Last week, Thatcher and several others from Champlain College [...]
Essex, Vt. – December 4 – Twelve hundred students travelled to the Vermont International Festival in Essex, Vermont, today to participate in the event’s student-only program during it’s opening day. World cultures from Africa to Poland were on display with music, sports, food, clothing, crafts, and more as students from around the state packed the venue.
Emma [...]
Burlington, Vt. – Thanksgiving Dinner at the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf is a tradition and one which helps give to the homeless and hungry in Burlington, above and beyond the average day. The Community Kitchen program works alongside the mission of the food shelf and is part of the Vermont Foodbank network, training people to [...]
St. Johnsbury, Vt. – H1N1 flu has forced yet another school to close in Vermont, “because of faculty and student illness,” says a message on St. Johnsbury Academy’s website today, “school is closed Friday, November 6.” Also, Parent’s Night has been postponed said the school posting. Phone calls to the academy were unanswered Friday morning.
St. Johnsbury [...]
