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May, 2022

Greetings friends,

This past weekend the UVM campus was alive with the sounds of pomp and circumstance as we celebrated the accomplishments of this year’s graduating class. It is likely this year’s graduates are thinking deeply about life beyond college, and that usually means launching into new career pathways that will keep them here, in Vermont, or take them far beyond. Here in the Office of Engagement we are particularly interested in keeping them here in the Green Mountain State.

This month’s newsletter is once again full of reporting on ways UVM students, faculty and staff are making a difference. We lead with another installment highlighting the great things that are happening across the state, with this month’s travels taking us to Randolph and Bethel, Vermont. We then highlight the work that our Career Center is undertaking to support our students and eventual graduates of color as they enter the workforce. A story highlighting how one recent UVM graduate parlayed his internship into a full-time job as an on-air reporter for WPTZ follows. We also review some of the ongoing work that UVM Extension and Research faculty are leading to support agritourism and geo-spatial analysis. Pediatric clinical trials conducted by faculty researchers from our Larner College of Medicine are highlighted. Their work reaches some of our state’s most rural and underserved areas with an eye toward improving the health of young Vermonters. This month’s newsletter concludes with a story of one faculty member’s ambition to bring music to all 251 towns in Vermont.

As the weather warms up we hope that you all find time to reach out to a neighbor and offer a kind word or helping hand. And in the meantime, please let us know about your engagement stories!

Warm regards,

Chris Koliba, Ph.D.

Director, Office of Engagement

Office of Engagement Makes Connections in Randolph, Bethel

Office of Engagement team members have been making their way around Vermont this spring, meeting business owners and professionals in the non-profit and government sectors who are dedicated to building a stronger, more resilient economy. In March, OoE Senior Outreach Professional Wayne Maceyka met with leaders in the central Vermont towns of Randolph and Bethel. As in many other areas of the state, he found a rich mix of traditional manufacturing, hi-tech companies and new startups.

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New Collaboration Brings Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to Career Center

The University of Vermont Career Center launched a new initiative this year to expand inclusiveness in career preparedness through a collaboration with nuwave, a business that helps clients build a community that promotes and affirms People of Color in a way that helps them succeed personally and professionally.

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Public Communication Major Connects with Community

As a first-year student at UVM, Adrian Pastor had no idea what he wanted to do for a career. Then the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics (CDAE) drew him in. Now a senior public communication major, Pastor credits the department with helping him discover his current path in community media and journalism. Over the past year, Pastor worked as a news intern at WPTZ, Burlington’s NBC News affiliate. The gig led to a job as an on-air reporter after graduation.

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New Tool Helps Farms Access Agritourism Resources

The University of Vermont Extension, in collaboration with the Vermont Fresh Network and Dig in Vermont, recently released a new regulatory navigation tool for agritourism operators. The free tool is designed to help both individuals new to agritourism or those interested in expanding their enterprises understand and access information about the permits, laws, licenses, land use regulations and liabilities involved in Vermont agritourism.

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UVM’s Spatial Analysis Lab on the Forefront of Geographic Data Trends

Businesses and researchers are increasingly using computer systems to work with geographic data. The Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL) at UVM is a leader in this trend, The lab team applies innovative techniques in geographic information systems, remote sensing, and spatial statistics to give insight to local officials around the country.

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Improving Access to Pediatric Clinical Trials in Vermont

Infants and children living in rural states are less likely than those living in other states to have a chance to enroll in clinical research, especially clinical trials. The University of Vermont is one of 18 sites in a state-of-the-art pediatric clinical research network to improve access to clinical trials for children in rural and underserved areas. (Above: neonatologist Leslie Young, M.D., and pediatric pulmonologist Kelly Cowan, M.D.).

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Music Prof Set to Tour Every Town in Vermont

Professor David Feurzeig wants to play a concert in each of Vermont’s 251 towns. That’s an ambitious goal, but Feurzeig, who teaches in the Department of Music, is confident he can get it done. He’s launching the tour May 6 with a concert in UVM’s renovated recital hall, and he’s set a goal of completing it in five years.

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