Attorney Peter D. Van Oot of the law firm Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC has been named Volunteer of the Year for 2011 in the eleven northeast states by the Northeast Economic Development Association. The award will be presented at NEDA’s annual meeting on October 24 at the Sheraton Hotel in Burlington.
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Hubbardton Forge announces the appointment of Steve Rice, lighting industry veteran, as the company’s new Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
Nan Patrick, sales director with Mary Kay, returns from the Mary Kay convention, “Seminar”, with top awards. Her sales group was the #1 sales unit, and the most improved unit in Vermont. Nan, in personal sales, took the #7 position in her division of 175,000 beauty consultants and sales directors.
Dr. Kathryn R. Dungy, who earned her doctorate in Caribbean and Latin American History from Duke University, was named assistant professor history at Saint Michael's College. Professor Dungy was a visiting assistant professor at Saint Michael’s from 2010 to 2011, and has now been named to that position on a tenure track, effective for the fall 2011 semester.
Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (CMC/DHK) welcomes Joanne Bulley, MD, to the Department of Women’s Health. Dr. Bulley has cared for patients since 1985. In June 2011, she closed her solo practice and will continue to provide patient care at Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene.
With teaching experience at universities in the U.S. and France, at two colleges, and in a sixth grade, Peter Vantine brings scholarship, as well as experience and accolades in the teaching world, to his new position at Saint Michael's College.
Dr. Laura J. Stroup, assistant professor of geography at Texas State University, San Marcos, has been named Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Saint Michael's College, starting with the fall 2011 semester. Dr. Stroup is the first professor in the college’s newly developed, cross-disciplinary major in Environmental Studies.
University of Vermont (UVM) graduate, Julia Lyon, has recently started as an assistant account executive at PMG. Lyon will be working on the team that services the following accounts: EcoTensil, Freeaire, Grafton Village Cheese, Darn Tough Vermont, GreenHomes America, and Smugglers' Notch Resort.
Terry Boyle, retired landscape architect and founder of Burlington-based T.J. Boyle & Associates, has been named to the Council of Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). This is one of the highest honors the society confers on a member.
The official launch of the new specialty eyewear e-tailer has taken place: ActionSportOptics.com.
Senate Minority Leader Bill Doyle has been appointed by to serve on the Council of State Governments' Eastern Regional Conferences's Executive Committee from 2011 through 2012.
"As a member of the Executive Committee, I will play a key role in guiding the important work of the Council of State Governments," Sen. Doyle said.
Norwich University’s School of Graduate and Continuing Studies (SGCS) announced the hiring of two program directors.
Dr. Lasha Tchantouridze will take over as director of the Master of Arts in Diplomacy program beginning August 1.
Tchantouridze is replacing Dr. Harold Kearsley, who has been promoted to associate dean of academics.