The UVM Board of Trustees welcomed five new members this month: three legislative trustees, an undergraduate political science major and a gubernatorial appointee. Together, their backgrounds span the fields of federal politics, the culinary arts, accounting, electrical contracting and environmental consulting.

SunCommon in Waterbury Center has hired Devin Cowan as solar supply chain coordinator, Shane Mispel as residential solar sales manager and Laura Schieb and Ellen Gershun as solar organizers.