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Vermont Business Magazine A diverse coalition of public and private colleges and universities that includes the University of Vermont is coming together with the goal of improving the college admission application process for all students. The coalition is developing a free platform of online tools to streamline the experience of planning for and applying to college.

by Governor Peter Shumlin Last week, the Vermont Highway Safety Alliance held a Rally for Safe Roads on the State House Lawn. In attendance were bicyclists, motorists, equestrians, motorcyclists and pedestrians and more than a few who could claim to be all of the above.

Vermont Business Magazine The three Vermont SHRM Chapter Presidents recently reaffirmed their chapter’s commitment to supporting their citizen-service members by signing an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Statement of Support.

Lake Champlain Committee (LCC) The information below represents the results from the latest reporting by a reduced crew of monitors. While most areas should see decreases in cyanobacteria populations there are places in New York, Vermont and Quebec where they may persist for several more weeks.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Foodbank and Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf celebrate the 19th Community Kitchen Academy graduation at the Food Shelf in Burlington. Food writer and recipe developer Tracey Medeiros is the keynote. Community Kitchen Academy (CKA) prepares underemployed and unemployed Vermonters for careers in the food service industry.

Vermont Business Magazine The US Small Business Administration is reminding Private NonProfit (PNP) organizations in Vermont of the November 3 deadline to submit Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications for damages caused by the severe winter storm on Dec. 9-12, 2014.

Vermont Business Magazine This week, Foley Distributing launches Foley for Food, a new customer program established to help the Vermont Foodbank provide nutritious food to Vermonters in need. For every new customer who enrolls in the Foley for Food Program, Foley Distributing will donate 1% of all sales to the Vermont Foodbank.

by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine Headlined by the announcement earlier in the day that the business school will receive a single donation of $20 million, University of Vermont President Tom Sullivan Friday said the university's largest and most ambitious fundraising campaign already has reached nearly half its $500 million goal.

Vermont Business Magazine After the largest individual gift in the history of the University of Vermont, the UVM school of business has been renamed in honor of the donor, Steven Grossman, a 1961 graduate and a long-time supporter of the school.

by Mike Faher vtdigger.org Entergy can eliminate a direct emergency data link between Vermont Yankee and the federal government, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has decided.

Recchia: Entergy's deal with New Hampshire over emergency funding a way to 'put a stick in our eye'

Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims in Vermont last week fell below 300 for the first time in memory. Claims are running at their lowest levels since 1999. The graph below shows total August claims since 1977 (historic weekly data not available).