CCV in the Media – October 2022

View the College’s press highlights from October.

• Chloe Learey: The future of child care is now | vtdigger.org CCV is a key workforce development partner in Windham County, helping increase opportunities for early childhood educators to access education.
• Rutland veteran talks about what Vet Town Halls are like, event is Sunday at Godnick | rutlandherald.com CCV sponsored a Veterans Town Hall event in Rutland, an open forum for veterans to share what it was like for them to serve their country.
• Central Vermont Medical Center helps nursing students learn on the job (wcax.com)  CCV, CVMC, and VTC have partnered to offer pathways for students to become an LPN while concurrently working at CVMC.
• CCV’s Autumn Morse is First Vermonter to Win Prestigious Scholarship – VTDigger CCV alumna Autumn Morse received the Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship, which supports community college students as they transition to four-year schools.
• Video series ‘plants seeds’ for home child care businesses | Business | reformer.com CCV-Brattleboro CSA Leigh Marthe was featured in a video created by the Windham County Child Care Counts Coalition discussing training and professional development opportunities for early childhood educators.
• CCV Student Honors and Dean’s List  – The Montpelier Bridge Central Vermont students were named to CCV’s student honors and dean’s lists for the summer 2022 semester.
• Here are four things to do this week in Franklin County | Local News | samessenger.com CCV-St. Albans hosted an open house on October 27 for the public to tour the new location and learn more about the College’s educational opportunities.
• Catamount Arts Hosts Bittinger for Oct. 27 OLLI Lecture | Entertainment | caledonianrecord.com CCV faculty member Cyndy Bittinger spoke at Catamount Arts about her book Vermont Women, Native Americans and African Americans: Out of the Shadows of History.
• The Next Generation of Morticians Is Mostly Young, Female and ‘Called’ to the Profession | Business | Seven Days | Vermont’s Independent Voice (sevendaysvt.com) CCV alumna Rachel Currier, who completed the funeral director certificate, was featured in Seven Days.
• Vermonters Share Their Near-Death Experiences | Culture | Seven Days | Vermont’s Independent Voice (sevendaysvt.com) CCV faculty Mary Ann Boyd, who teaches a Death and Dying course at the College, was featured in Seven Days about her own near-death experience.
• Candidate likely to become Vermont’s 1st woman in Congress | AP News Former CCV instructor Becca Balint is in the race to serve Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives.
• NEK Council on Aging names Emily Sanderson AmeriCorps Senior Volunteer Coordinator – Newport Dispatch CCV alumna Emily Sanderson was named the AmeriCorps senior volunteer coordinator at the Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging.
• Valley News – School Notes: Lebanon names October student of the month (vnews.com) Students made the president’s, dean’s, and student honors lists at CCV for the summer 2022 semester.