Family nurse practitioner Rachel Salloway, APRN, is now seeing patients in Gifford’s Randolph Primary Care clinic. Salloway moved to Vermont from Boston, where she most recently worked at Hale House Assisted Living and Spaulding Hospital. While she grew up in a small community near Providence, RI, Salloway has always felt connected to Vermont. She spent seven summers attending and working at Camp Killooleet in Hancock, Vt, and in 2011 she hiked the entire length of Vermont on the Long Trail.

Cynthia Gerstl-Pepin, associate dean of the College of Education and Social Services, will receive the 2016 Jackie M Gribbons Leadership Award on Oct 11 at the Vermont Women in Higher Education Fall Dinner for her leadership and contributions to UVM and higher education.

Sheehey Furlong & Behm PC, a full service law firm, announces an expansion of its Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate practice group through a merger with the firm Melendy Moritz in Woodstock and the addition of Leigh Phillips to the firm. “The addition of Mark Melendy, Daphne Moritz and Leigh Phillips brings great depth and experience to our estate planning practice and to the firm’s services for its business clients,” said the firm’s Managing Director David Austin.