Comcast NBCUniversal announced it has awarded $10,000 in scholarships for the 2020-2021 school year to four Vermont students as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program: Zoey Amoroso, a resident of Shaftsbury who will be studying mechanical engineering at Purdue University; Carolyn Crawford, a resident of Arlington who will be studying nursing at Vermont Technical College; Michael Davis, a resident of North Ferrisburgh who will be studying professional pilot technology at Vermont Technical College and Rosanna Hyde, a resident of Rutland who will be studying business mana

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) welcomes Liz Aguiar, MPAS, PA-C and Jillian Barney, PA-C as they begin new roles in the Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Department.

Liz received her Masters of Physician Assistants Studies in 2019 from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science. Previously employed at Newton Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts, Elizabeth has completed her PA training at hospitals throughout New England, even traveling as far as Belize to undertake a clinical clerkship at La Loma Luz in Santa Elena.

Dawn LeBaron, the University of Vermont Medical Center’s vice president of Hospital Services shared that she will retire at the end of 2020. LeBaron will have been with the UVM Medical Center for 20 years and has been at the center of many of the organization’s significant milestones – including the successful completion and opening of the Miller Building for inpatient care in 2019 and the complex and evolving response to the COVID-19 pandemic this year.

Rutland Young Professionals recently welcomed five new members to its board of directors, led by board president Kim Rupe.

The Rutland Young Professionals board of directors leads the nonprofit organization, which began in 2013 and currently serves more than 300 paid members and friends of RYP across the greater Rutland Region.