Posts Tagged ‘Southern Vermont College’
Ms. Gross Goes to Washington
by John O. Harney
January 6, 2012
Southern Vermont College President Karen Gross was named a senior policy advisor to the U.S. Department of Education for one year, starting Jan. 17.
SVC trustees granted Gross a one-year leave of absence from the college, during which time chief operating officer James Beckwith will be acting president.
A NEBHE delegate since 2010, Gross has authored several ...
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Helicopters, Lawn Mowers or Down-to-Earth Parents? What Works Best for Higher Education
by Karen Gross
August 25, 2011
Many faculty and staff working in higher education lament the increasing—some would say unending—involvement of the parents of our college-aged students. We denigrate such individuals as “helicopter” parents, and when the contact occurs in person as opposed to through the phone or email, we call them “lawn mower” parents. There’s even a Wikipedia reference to ...
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Saving Pell Grants in an Era of Cost-Cutting
by Karen Gross
May 9, 2011
In the context of the recent efforts to arrive at a federal budget, articles abound in the popular media and trade publications debating both the value of Pell Grants and their rising cost to the U.S. government.
Both pros and cons of the debate hold value. Pell Grants are what enable many of our low-income families ...
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From Noted Neurosurgeon to Newark, N.J. Mayor, More Grad Speakers Announced
by John O. Harney
May 4, 2011
Neurosurgeon Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine will keynote Southern Vermont College’s 84th commencement on Saturday, May 7, at 1 p.m. Ethiopian-born, Swedish raised, award-winning chef and food activist Marcus Samuelsson will also address graduates.
Oscar-nominated screenwriter and scholar of communications ethics Richard LaGravenese will keynote Emerson College’s 131st commencement exercises on Monday, ...
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College Tries “Mini-mesters” and More to Improve Readiness
by Karen Gross and Albert DeCiccio
June 4, 2010
The Vermont Community Foundation’s 2009 report on postsecondary education asserts that college graduates live longer, healthier, more lucrative lives than their peers who did not graduate college. But the report is harsh in its assessment of the readiness of Vermont high school students for college, revealing that: one in three juniors is not proficient in ...
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Skating Champion Kwan to Speak at SVC Commencement
by NEBHE Admin
April 7, 2010
Michelle Kwan, the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history will keynote Southern Vermont College’s 83rd commencement exercises on Saturday, May 8. The winner of two Olympic medals and U.S. Public Diplomacy Envoy recently went back to college, enrolling as a graduate student at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of International Affairs.
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Dreams Can Come True
by Al DeCiccio
June 1, 2013
Southern Vermont College's recent first-year seminar, From the Shoes of Our Ancestors, was a collaborative effort with the nearby Bennington Museum and Lincoln High School in Yonkers, N.Y.
The students traced their roots by recording oral histories, documenting them through genealogical research, which included vital records searches and online investigations, and illustrating findings in family trees, ...
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