iSystems, LLC, the company behind Evolution HCM, announced today the hiring of Ted Pricer, as the company's Vice President of Engineering. Mr. Pricer is an experienced software development team leader, blending strong software development skills with a focus on organizational development. Pricer, a Vermont native and life-long software developer, was most recently the VP, Platform Engineering at Cox Automotive, the world's leader in vehicle remarketing services, digital marketing and software solutions for auto dealers and consumers.

Curtis Ostler has joined the Vermont Tech staff as the Associate Dean of Resource Development. Curtis comes to the college after three years of leading development at ReSOURCE, a nonprofit community enterprise in Burlington, Barre, and Hyde Park, and five years at Norwich University as a Development Officer and Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations.

Gov. Peter Shumlin announced that August Burns of Middlesex has been commissioned to paint his official portrait, which will be donated to the State House collection. Vermont has a tradition of displaying the portraits of governors throughout the State House. Working with Vermont State Curator David Schutz, the Governor and his wife Katie Hunt reviewed samples of work submitted by a number of Vermont artists, before selecting Burns.

BioTek Instruments is pleased to congratulate Christopher Ziegler as the recipient of the 2016 Norman R Alpert Research Prize. Mr Ziegler is a graduate student in the Cellular, Molecular and Biosciences (CMB) program at the University of Vermont (UVM), and was responsible for characterizing a new aspect of virology that helps to explain the basis for production of defective interfering viruses.