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Champlain College Sports is Coming To An End. Champlain College today became the first four-year, private college in the East to create a multifaceted fitness, intramural, outdoor recreation and extracurricular program for its entire student body in place of its varsity sports program. Click here to read more.

Trinity College will Begin to Close September 1, 2000 Transition plans for closing Trinity College of Vermont beginning September 1, 2000, were announced today at a gathering of 100 students, faculty and staff. The decision was made Friday, July 7, at a scheduled meeting of the 20-member Board of Trustees and ratified in a vote of the executive council of the Vermont Sisters of Mercy who founded the College. Click here to read more.

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Freeman Foundation has Pledgeed $8 Million to Educate and Recruit Physicians for Vermont. University of Vermont College of Medicine Interim Dean John Evans, Ph.D., today announced that the Freeman Foundation has pledged approximately $8 million over the next four years to encourage Vermont medical students to practice in Vermont. If successful, the gift could continue after the fourth year if the foundation’s board decides to extend it. The gift, which will be administered by the University of Vermont (UVM) College of Medicine, establishes scholarships for medical students who will be designated as Freeman Vermont Medical Scholars. Both Vermonters and out-of-state students who show willingness to commit to practicing medicine in Vermont will be eligible. The gift also will fund programs that place students in rural areas during medical school and recruit physicians to rural areas. ^popular Click here to read more.

Genevieve Patrick Gift Provides Landmark Support for UVM The largest philanthropic gift from an individual in University of Vermont history will provide nearly $9 million in support for Vermont student financial aid and health and environmental research. This major gift from the late Genevieve Patrick of Burlington will be put to immediate use helping to fund several areas of focus identified in the university's recent strategic planning process. Click here to read more.

UVM has Updated their Same-sex Partner Benefits Policy. In light of Vermont's new civil union law, the university of Vermont has changed its policies to grant benefits to employees' same-sex partners more consistently with the way those benefits are granted to married employees' spouses. The legislation gives same-sex couples a choice as to whether or not to enter into a legal agreement, which obligates them to the fiscal responsibilities of their life partner as in marriage. Because healthcare falls within this scope, UVM will soon require that employees currently claiming spousal benefits for their same-sex partners show certification that they have entered into a civil union agreement. Click here to read more.

UVM is Suffering from a Budget Crisis. Trustees at the University of Vermont -- are trying to figure out what to do about a serious budget crisis -- a three-and-a-half million dollar problem. And -- it looks as if they may cut dozens of faculty and staff -- NewsChannel 5's Collin Parker tonight -- on why many -- worry the cuts may go -too- deep. Click here to read more.

UVM Women’s Center Receives Major Federal Grant to Combat Violence Against Woman. The Women’s Center at the University of Vermont has received a $294,324 grant to bring campus and community organizations together in advocacy and education concerning sexual assault. UVM was among only 20 institutions out of 120 applicants to receive the two-year funding, which requires colleges and universities to develop partnerships with off-campus, nonprofit victim advocacy organizations and to strengthen prevention programs on campus. In keeping with the grant’s key requirements, the Women’s Center will create a campus-based advocacy program and develop an Interdisciplinary Coordinated Response Team comprised of campus and community organizations. The Women’s Center will serve as a confidential and safe place providing survivors with full information about their criminal justice and service options, including internal administrative proceedings. Click here to read more.

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"Act 60 is in Trouble And Somebody's Gonna Have To Pay." That was the message at the annual meeting of the Vermont Coalition of Municipalites (VCM) in Rutland on Wednesday when legislative leaders and economists spoke about the fate of the education funding law. It was an afternoon of gloomy statistics probably best summed up by Speaker Walter Freed's (R-Dorset) comments: "We told you so." When Act 60 was passed, opponents predicted that it would not be sustainable. Now, those predictions are backed up by a report compiled for VCM by Northern Economic Consulting (NEC, publishers of the Vermont Economy Newsletter: http://www.vteconomy.com/. The NEC study found that taxes have soared while education expenses have outstripped inflation, despite a drop in enrollment. ^popular Click here to read more.

The Burlington School Budget went through some rocky road a few years back, with budget rejections and recounts. In fact, several towns started to have recounts on their school budgets. Click here to read more.

Vermont has Ended any official Homosexual Funding MONTPELIER - The state Education Department has decided not to pay $12,000 to Outright Vermont to work with gay and lesbian youth in the state's schools, opting to do the outreach itself. Outright Vermont will be relied upon by the state to help with teacher training, while Education Department staff members go into schools to work with students on issues related to a "safe schools" initiative that is not limited just to gay and lesbian youth. But Outright Vermont will not receive $12,000 that the Legislature appropriated to the Education Department for work on preventing HIV and AIDS among youth, money that was intended for the Burlington-based group. -- end --

Vermont released the 2002 student assessment scores on Thursday, Sept. 19. Here, you can search by Town or School and receive grade-by-grade results for the years 1999 - 2002. Click here to read more.