Vermont will be represented at the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games by 19 athletes, Unified partners, and coaches competing in athletics (track and field events), Unified basketball, and swimming. Every four years, Special Olympics presents the USA Games where athletes from across the country compete in 14 team and individual sports. Over 4000 Special Olympic athletes are expected to participate in the USA Games this July in Seattle, Washington.

CMD, LLC (Construction Management Direct) is pleased to announce the addition of Robert Fleming to their project management staff. Fleming will oversee daily operations of select projects, coordinating field and administrative activities as well as ensuring clients overall satisfaction. Fleming is a native Vermonter, with over thirty years in the construction management industry. Fleming owned and operated, Green Tree General Contracting for a large portion of his career.

Norwich University is pleased to announce that Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Assessment Natalia Blank, PhD is one of 45 mid-level administrators in higher education nationwide selected by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) to participate in the 2018–2019 Senior Leadership Academy. Individuals chosen for the year-long program are administrators in higher education who have been identified by their institutions as having the potential for senior leadership positions in independent colleges or universities. Blank will participate in an opening seminar in St.

Joan “Rosi” Rosebush, senior lecturer and director of student success in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, is the inaugural winner of the University of Vermont’s new Outstanding Faculty Advising Award. The award is a collaborative effort between the Office of the Provost, the Student Government Association, the Student Affairs Committee of the Faculty Senate and the UVM Advising Center.

Lineworkers from Vermont Electric Cooperative were in attendance at the Vermont Statehouse on April 18th for the reading of a House concurrent resolution honoring Vermont’s electric utility lineworkers. The resolution offered by Representative Sam Young and Senator Richard Westman, recognized lineworkers for their special role in the creation, maintenance, and restoration of the state’s electric power line system.