Andrew Burkhardt of Burlington has received the Lyrasis 2010 NextGen Librarian Award. He is Champlain College’s Emerging Technologies Librarian at the Miller Information Commons. This national award honors three librarians new to the library profession who demonstrate an innovative and fresh approach to the profession and are leaders in our rapidly changing world.
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At its annual meeting in Maine on June 8th, Secretary Roger Allbee of Vermont was unanimously elected President of the Northeast Association of the State Departments of Agriculture.
Bill Young, Executive Director of Maple Leaf Farm is pleased to announce that
Tarah Woolgar, Assessment Counselor and Case Manager, recently received a Masters Degree in Community Mental Health at Southern New Hampshire University. Tarah will continue her studies to become dually licensed within the field of mental health and substance abuse services.
Seventeen-year-old Krista Warner of Randolph is not your typical high school senior.
Harvard graduate Elizabeth Dotson-Westphalen returns to Vermont this summer to become the Director of the Governor’s Institute on the Arts.
Marlboro College Graduate School introduced Ariane Krumholz as the new director for its Master of Science in Management – Health Care Administration (MSM-HCA) program.
Muffie Harvey, long-time Vermont resident, current faculty member of the College of St. Joseph, and a food service director for Fitz-Vogt & Associates, is riding her horse Molly the length of Vermont to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer.
Timothy (“Tim”) Lee Cope, advisor at Fleischer Jacobs Group in South Burlington, today presented a $2,500 check to the Greater Burlington Y. The check represents a Quality of Life Grant awarded by the Million Dollar Roundtable (MDRT) Foundation in recognition of Mr. Cope’s outstanding volunteerism with the Y.
The Brattleboro Retreat is pleased to announce the appointment of Susan Dixon, MD, to the medical staff. Dr. Dixon is board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry and will spend the bulk of her clinical time working with adolescent inpatients.
Delta Dental Plan of Vermont announces the election of a new Trustee, Charles P. Smith.
Aimee Marti of South Burlington VT was recently elected to the Lund Family Center Board of Trustees. Marti brings a deep commitment to mother and child related missions and a belief in the power of education to lift women and children out of poverty. Marti is an active community member, volunteer and dedicated mother.
Dr. Jane Hill, Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering, has been named as the recipient of the 2010 Milt Silveira Distinguished Faculty Award by Bernard “Chip” Cole, Interim Dean of the UVM College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS). Cole will formally present the award to Dr. Hill at a CEMS faculty meeting this fall.