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Vermont State Colleges Trustees approve consolidation, campuses to stay open
The Vermont State College System Board of Trustees have voted to move forward with the proposal outlined by the state’s Select Committee on the Future of Public Higher Education in Vermont. The proposal will unify the three residential colleges, Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, and Vermont Technical College, under a common accreditation in Academic Year 2023-2024 while maintaining the Community College of Vermont as a separate institution. Additionally, the system will streamline services across the institutions through significant administrative consolidation. The board said it is committed to maintaining the current campus locations. A single president of the consolidated colleges would take over by January 2022.
The Northern Border Regional Commission approved nearly $5 Million in new awards to 5 projects on Dec, 18, 2020, as part of the Regional Forest Economy Partnership. The organizations receiving these awards are:
⢠Vermont Department of Public Service, $1 million: Model funding program for community-driven broadband expansion to expand broadband across the State of Vermont.
⢠Northern Forest Center - $1 million: Launch and capitalize Phase One of the four-state Northern Forest Fund to address the availability of quality workforce housing in four communities, one in each state of the NBRC territory.
⢠Town of Madison, Maine - $1 million: Infrastructure improvements at the former UPM Paper Mill to create a state-of-the-art Forest Products Hub.