The New England Board of Higher Education has chosen former Johnson State College President Barbara E. Murphy to receive the 2016 Eleanor M. McMahon Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Murphy retired in July 2015 after serving 14 years as president at the public liberal arts college in Johnson, Vermont. Prior to that, she was president of the Community College of Vermont, the state's only community college and, like JSC, a member of the Vermont State College system.

Norwich University welcomes David Last, PhD, as a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in the Peace and War Center this semester.

The program between Norwich University and the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the US establishes a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at Norwich University to focus on research pertaining to military and diplomatic affairs.

OpenTempo brought on 12 new hires in the last half of 2015, giving a boost to the local Vermont healthcare IT sector.

Based in Williston, OpenTempo provides cloud-based staff scheduling, cost management and data analysis tools to healthcare organizations across the United States and Canada.

To keep pace with customer growth, OpenTempo is investing heavily in Client Services, Implementation and Development. In addition, a new Business Development team has been launched to ensure continued growth.

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) is pleased to welcome Gastroenterologist Ashley Maranino, MD, to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group.

Dr. Maranino received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. She completed residency in Internal Medicine at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City and a fellowship in Gastroenterology at the Sarah C. Upham Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatobiliary Diseases at the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY.

SymQuest Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., has recently announced the addition of Stacey Matthews to their Document Sales team. Matthews joins SymQuest as a Document Solutions Regional Sales Director and will be based in South Burlington, VT.

Nurse Practitioner Marissa Patrick recently joined University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center’s Granite City Primary Care in Barre, Vt. Patrick is the third provider at the growing practice and is currently accepting new patients.