Marilyn Cormier, Saint Michael's College Director of Government and Community Relations, completed a program February 3-8, certifying her as a Protocol Officer by The Protocol School of Washington. The training was held at The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey, California.
Ms. Cormier, a resident ofColchester, is chair of the Vermont Council of World Affairs; she serves on the board of the Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce and the YMCA, and is past president of the Colchester-Milton Rotary Club.
Saint Michael’s provides education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead successful, purposeful lives that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael’s College is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America’s top college towns. It is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nations Best 371 Colleges, and is included in the 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Saint Michael’s is one of only 280 colleges and universities nationwide, one of only 20 Catholic colleges, with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Saint Michael’s has 1,900 undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 100 international students. Saint Michael’s students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation’s top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2011 U.S. News & World Report rankings.