CCV in the Media – December 2021

View our press highlights from December.

• Spartanburg Community College enrollment surges (insidehighered.com) CCV, among other colleges, has been highlighted for offering free tuition opportunities to students during the pandemic.
• Student career choice | Letters | rutlandherald.com Matthew Stoddard’s story of success  at CCV as a “40-something single father” was reaffirming and heartwarming to Deborah Singiser, which she writes about in her letter to the Rutland Herald.
• UVM Health Network and CCV launch new apprentice program to grow pharmacy workforce | Vermont Business Magazine (vermontbiz.com) In collaboration with the UVM Health Network, CCV is offering a new Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship program to meet workforce needs via an earn-and-learn model. The program includes fully funded coursework at CCV and full-time positions available at the UVM Medical Center and CVMC.
• Howard Center welcomes new board members and elects officers – VTDigger CCV business instructor Cyndee Cochrane Sturtevant has been elected as secretary of the Howard Center and will serve as a board member for the next three years.
• From Syria to America: One Family’s Story – VTDigger Hazar Mansour and Hussam Alhallak, a  husband and wife that fled Turkey in 2015, both attended CCV to receive their accounting certification. They now both work in the Rutland community as accountants.
• CCV offers new incentives to high school students | Local News | rutlandherald.com The J. Warren and Lois McClure Foundation is  offering added support for current CCV Early College students who continue at CCV.
• Scholarship carries on legacy of learning | Community | vtcng.com The Jennifer Frey Memorial Scholarship was established in 2002 in remembrance of CCV alumna Jennifer Frey. The scholarship has supported 45 students in continuing their education.
• Vermont by Degrees: Child care system needs all of us | Perspective | rutlandherald.com This “Vermont by Degrees” column, contributed by Joyce Judy, focused on CCV’s response to  the challenges facing Vermont’s child care system.
• Remembering Vermonters Who Died in 2021 | Life Stories | Seven Days | Vermont’s Independent Voice (sevendaysvt.com) Brenda Churchill Flint, former VSCS staff member, was remembered in this loving tribute.
• Guest Column: Pandemic lessons on college affordability – Williston Observer Barbara Benedict, president of the J. Warren and Lois McClure Foundation, wrote an editorial about the positive impact scholarships and free courses have had on CCV students during the pandemic.