Engineering Ventures is pleased to congratulate Bill Nourse, P.E., for recently earning his license of Professional Engineer from the State of Vermont.
Vermont specifically licenses engineers by branch or discipline, and in recent years adopted the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveyors’ new Structural Engineers Exam format. The 16 hour exam tests candidates for competency, methodology, assumptions and judgment.
Vermont Tech has announced that 2014 Vermont Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) student Indra Acharya has received the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship. The second Vermonter ever to receive this distinction, Acharya will attend Georgetown University this fall on a full ride, where he plans to study law and politics. VAST is an independent, accredited high school program that allows high school seniors to take a full year of college-level classes at Vermont Tech while completing their high school degree.
People’s United Bank recently announced that Robert Andress has joined the bank as Assistant Vice President, Mortgage Account Officer covering White River Junction, Woodstock and Windsor. As a Mortgage Account Officer, Robert will be an advocate for his clients and guide them through the mortgage and home equity process. Robert offers his customers more than 30 years of lending experience.
Caleidoscope Solutions, a fullservice telecommunications service provider that offers business customers leading solutions to meet their voice, data and telephone equipment needs announced that they hired Gregory Wyman as the company’s Support Specialist Technician serving customers in New England, New York and Nationwide. Greg is a certified ShoreTel Implementation Specialist in Unified Communications as well as a certified ShoreTel Solution representative. Greg is also CompTia A+ certified.
Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty is pleased to announce, Bobbe Maynes has joined the firm as a REALTOR. Lauded as a community leader, marketing and communications maven, Vermont tourism expert, and, more recently, as a cancer survivor – Bobbe Maynes brings that experience to her new position as a REALTOR with Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty.
The Northwestern Vermont Board of REALTORS® (NVBR) awarded its 2014 REALTORS® of Distinction Awards recently at the DoubleTree Hotel in South Burlington, VT. Nearly 200 people attended the gala.
2014 NVBR REALTOR® of the Year
Chad Jacobson, RE/MAX North Professionals
The ribbon is cut at the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Pure Original, located at 22 Center St. in Downtown Rutland. At Pure Original you will find handmade goods from over 40 artists and a section of fun, funky, rare vintage finds. For more information on Pure Original call (802) 776-4944.
Pictured L to R:
L to R:
Tom Donahue, EVP/CEO Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce
Kirk Shields, Green Mountain Power
Chris Booth, Vibe Portrait Art
Marleen Cenate, President, Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce
Two recent Vermont Law School graduates have received awards in recognition of their outstanding work at the South Royalton Legal Clinic, VLS’s poverty law clinic that provides pro bono representation to indigent clients in a wide range of civil cases.
Zach Chen ’14 has received the Law Student Ethics Award from the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) New England Chapter, and Nicholas Low ’14 has received the Outstanding Student Award from the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA).
Lisa Bloch, President of Latchis Arts, and Rick Hashagen, President of Latchis Corporation, are happy to announce that Jon Potter of Brattleboro will take over duties as Executive Director of the two organizations as of July 1.
In a joint statement, Bloch and Hashagen remarked, “We’re delighted to welcome Jon Potter to lead both the non-profit arts component at the Latchis, and the day-to-day business dealings of the Latchis Hotel and Theatre. His relationship to the arts and artists in the area is a big plus to both halves of our equation.”
Intellectual Property Attorney Mark F. Chadurjian has joined the northern New England law firm of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC after more than 30 years working in business and intellectual property law at the IBM Corporation in Vermont and New York. He joins the firm of counsel and will practice in the Burlington Office.
