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A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS OF CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE

Fall 2009

Continuing Professional Studies U.S. News & World ReportTop Ranking


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Fall 2009

volme 8, nmber 2

Editor

Erik Esckilsen

Art Director

Jlia Caminiti

Contriuting Writers

Ian Frisch 09

Stephen Mease

Photographers

Kathleen Landwehrle

Stephen Mease

Class Notes

Elizabeth Scott

Vice President of Development &

Alumni Affairs

Shelley Richardson

Director,

Development & Campaign

Tere Gade

Director,

Alumni Relations & Annual Giving

Alison Johnson 89 and 97

Director,

Foundation & Corporate Support

Greg Morgan

Assistant Director,

Alumni Relations & Annual Giving

Elizabeth Scott

Senior Development Ofcers

Deadra Ashton

Dannah Bearegard

Moneer Greenbam

Contact Information

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Champlain College, Almni & Development Ofce

163 Soth Willard St., P.O. Box 670

Brlington, VT 05402-0670

[email protected], (866) 421-7170

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33 Alumni Voices

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12 Practical MattersThe Contining Professiona

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Calendar of Events

Tuesdays & Thursdays Dring the academic year, the Boardroom Caf, operated by the stdents of Champlain Colleges Hospitality Indstry

Management program and located in the Hake Family Camps Center at 375 Maple Street, is open for lnch. Seatings are available from 11:45 a.m.

to 12:30 p.m. Stdents create, prepare, and serve gests with a new daily men each week. Members of the Brlington commnity are encoraged

to take advantage of this niqe offering. Walk-ins are welcome, or call (802) 651-5988 to make a reservation.

Wednesdays Enjoy weekly stdent performances at The Grind Open Mic Coffeehose dring the academic year from 8:30 to 11 p.m.

in the Fireplace Longe in the IDX Stdent Life Center, 262 Soth Willard Street. Free. For more information, call (802) 865-6416.

OCTObER 20 bYObiz Speaking from Experience Series:Jim Lampman, founder and president of Lake Champlain ChocolatesJim Lampman is a serial entreprener who has developed several Brlington bsinesses, inclding the acclaimed Ice Hose

Restarant. Lake Champlain Chocolates began its sccessfl jorney in 1983. The company prides itself on creating qality

artisanal chocolates and other specialty prodcts. Join Lampman as he talks abot his entreprenerial experiences and

shares his niqe story abot bilding a bsiness in a highly competitive marketplace. Almni Aditorim, 7 p.m. Free.

For more information: [email protected].

2325 CHAMPLAIN ALUMNI EVENT:Alumni Weekend 2009 and Alumni AwardsJoin s for ALuMNI CELEBRATION! We have a jam-packed weekend plannedfll of laghs, memories, and

connections with new and old friends. The weekend starts with Friday evening check-in and social hor. Satrday

incldes check-in and breakfast, a variety of workshops, and an afternoon choice of wine tasting, hiking on Mont Philo,

bowling and pizza, or free time. The headline event is the Almni Celebration on Satrday evening, to be held at ECHO

Lake Aqarim and Science Center on the Brlington waterfront, with the presentation of the 2009 Almni Leadership

Awards, social hor, DJ and dancing, heavy hors doevres, carving stations, and cash bar. Snday incldes a 5K Fn

Rn/Walk arond Brlington and bagels and coffee as yo say yor goodbyes. Cost: $30 for the entire weekend.

Visit www.almni.champlain.ed for the fll schedle and to register.

NOVEMbER 13 CHAMPLAIN ALUMNI EVENT:Lyric Theatre presents The Full MontyJoin s for a pre-performance meet-and-greet reception followed by Lyric Theatres fall prodction. Terrence McNally and

David Yazbecks msical comedy follows a grop of nemployed Bffalo steelworkers who pt on a strip show to earn

money. Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Brlington. Reception at 5:45 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Cost: $29 (incldes

ticket and sandwich/salad). RSVP by November 6: [email protected] or (802) 860-2785.

17 bYObiz Speaking from Experience Series:Liz Robert, principal owner and CEO of Terry Precision CyclingLong a major force in the Vermont economic commnity as the CEO who led Vermont Teddy Bear Company throgh its

most dynamic growth period, Liz Robert has recently embarked on a new entreprenerial adventre. Earlier this

year, she prchased a majority interest in Terry Precision Cycling, a rising brand specializing in serving the needs

of women cyclists. Robert will share her adventres as an entreprener, her plans for Terry Precision Cycling,

and her ideas for sprring economic development in Vermont. Almni Aditorim, 7 p.m. Free. For more information:

[email protected].

DECEMbER 11 CHAMPLAIN ALUMNI EVENT:Alumni at the Final Exam DinnerJoin fellow almni as Champlains Hospitality Indstry Management stdents present a delicios mlticorse dinner

as their nal exam for the fall semester. The theme and cisine are to be determined. Bt rest assred, it will be a

wonderfl experience. Limited seatingtickets sell ot qickly! Hake Family Camps Center, 6 p.m. Cost: $28/person.

RSVP by December 2: [email protected] or call (802) 860-2785.

JANUARY 10 TbD bYObiz Speaking from Experience Series:Mary Gale, CEO of Pet Hea lth NetworkAn experienced marketing exective in both large and small companies, Mary Gale will share her experiences bilding

Pet Health Network, which ses innovative commnications technology to help veterinarians improve cstomer

satisfaction and bild their bsinesses. Almni Aditorim, 7 p.m. Free. For more information: [email protected].

FEbRUARY TbD bYObiz Speaking from Experience Series:Brad Robertson, publisher, Burlington Free PressIn addition to rnning the Free Press, Brad Robertson is very involved at the corporate level in the papers parent

company, Gannett, in dening and developing new enterprises. Robertson will focs his remarks on his experience as

an intraprener (an entreprener inside a large company). Almni Aditorim, 7 p.m. Free. For more information:

[email protected].

6 CHAMPLAIN ALUMNI EVENT:Trapp Family Lodge Ski & Snowshoe Day: Watch the almni Web site atwww.almni.champlain.ed for details!

MARCH 2 bYObiz Speaking from Experience Series:Dawn 89 and Michael Lancaster 88, Champlain College alumsand cofounders of Carved Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of luxury soaps and candles

In addition to telling the fascinating story of how they bilt Carved Soltions from scratch, the Lancasters will share their

insights into how they kept both an entreprenerial dream and a loving relationship alive in the more than 20 years that

have passed since they hatched those dreams as high school sweethearts. Alumni reception eforehand . Watch fordetails at www.almni.champlain.ed. Almni Aditorim, 7 p.m. Free. For more information: [email protected].

ALUMNI, Stay Connected!Watch yor email for additional 200910 almni events in yor area. To sign p for the Almni

e-newsletter, e-mail [email protected], visit almni.champlain.ed, or call (802) 860-2785 or toll-free (866) 421-7170.

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Champlain View | Fall 09

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PhotographsbyKathleenLandwehrle(right),

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nMease(page4andfarrightimageonpage5)

During the 2009 graduation ceremony

on May 9, Champlain College conerred

honorary degrees to Lois H. McClure o

Shelburne and Holly D. and Robert E.

Miller o Burlington.

Our honorary degree recipients have

played major leadership roles in our

community and throughout Vermont,

College President David F. Finney said.

By their generous philanthropic nature

Honorary DegreesAwarded to Community Memers

and open encouragement

to others to support vital

organizations, Vermont is a

better place to live, work, and

play. Tey are role models,

leaders, and mentors acting in

the spirit o higher education

and community service.

Robert Miller owns R.E.M.

Development Co. in Williston, one

o the states largest commercial

developers. Both Millers have strong

ties to Champlain, having led major

capital campaigns, served on building

committees, and provided scholarship

assistance to students over the years. Te

Colleges Robert E. and Holly D. Miller

Inormation Commons is named in their

honor, and they were both recipients

o the 996 Champlain C

Distinguished Citizen Aw

McClure, along with

husband, J. Warren (M

have combined giving w

hands with matching g

encourage broad donor s

nonprot and ed ucation

projects and programs.

Both McClure and H

past members o the Cha

board o trustees.

Te philanthropic sp

by both amilies is eviden

campus, in our commun

daily lives. Teir willingn

their talents, time, and

sets an example or all o

Finney added. Sta r

(from left) Holly Miller, Roert Miller, and Lois McClure

Active community member George Carleton Burrill is also

a board member o the Nature Conservancy and head o his

own oundation. He is a coounder o Associates in Rural

Development, a global provider o consulting and engineering

services toward responsible development and resource use. He

received his B.A. in Political Science rom Drew University, his

M.A. in Government rom the University o Arizona, and hisPh.D. in Policy Studies rom Union Graduate School.

Tomas V.S. Cullinss expertise is well known to the

Champlain community through several campus buildings

built by his rm, ruex Cullins & Partners Architects, rom

which he recently retired. He received his B.A. rom Syracuse

University and attended Harvard Universitys Graduate School

o Design. He is also an avid photographer and volunteers his

time to such organizations as Burlington City Arts.

Executive coach Emily Morrowbrings to Cham

College experience as a board member with such o

as Fletcher Allen Health Care and the United Way

Chittenden County. She received her B.A. rom O

College and her J.D. rom the State University o N

at Bualo.

Sarah Gentry ischler is a partner in the law Langrock Sperry and Wool, LLP, who is active in t

and Chittenden County bar associations and a ran

community organizations. Te St. George town m

she chairs the acilities undraising committee or C

Valley Union High School and volunteers with Cir

and Lyric Teatre. She received her B.A. rom Swar

College and her J.D. rom the Boston University S

o Law. Sta report

NewMemersJoinboardof Trustees

George Carleton burrill Thomas V.S. Cullins Emily Morrow Sarah

hamplain College

estores

istoryin the past year, the Champlain College campus has openedwindows on its heritage with two uilding restorationects and a salutein ronzeto the Colleges namesake.

n Hall Restored to Gloryd for Lola P. Aiken, trustee emerita of the College, the Queen Annestyle rick

house at the corner of Maple and Summit streets has oasted sweeping

of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains since its construction

1885. The uildings recent restoration employed state-of-the-art techniques

asizing sustainaility and reducing environmental impact, earning it LEED

ership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certicationthe rst

us uilding to meet that standard. Aiken Hall is home to the Core division,

plains interdisciplinary general education program.

y Hall Forges Aheadto make historic Perry Hall into a new Champlain College welcome center are

essing smoothly. Following the May 28, 2009, groundreaking, work egan

circa 1859 home at 251 South Willard Streetone of only 11 houses in the

orhood that predate the Civil War. Most recently occupied y the Cannon

the property was purchased y the College in 2004 and renamed in honor of

r College President Roger H. Perry. At an estimated cost of $15 million,

novation is slated to e complete, and the uilding ready for occupancy, in

t 2010.

s the big Man on Campus?ench explorer Samuel de Champlain. During the When the French Were

symposium held on campus this past summerpart of a regional celeration

ng the 400th anniversary of Champlains voyage to the lake that now ears

mea larger-than-life statue in his likeness was unveiled. Trustee emeritus

ngtime College enefactor John W. Heisse Jr., M.D., commissioned the work

ermont sculptor James Sardonis. It sits in the Rozendaal Courtyard etween

Auditorium and the IDX Student Life Center. Staf report

Perry Hall in progress

Aiken Halls Morgan Room

Statue of Samuel de Champlain


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W

hen stdents are

given an important

assignment,

most hope to make a slam

dnk, gratively speaking, in

bringing the project to frition.

For Champlain College stdent

Alex brandstetter 10, the

slam dnk on his International

Marketing assignment was literal.

Brandstetter was one of the

key players in creating Slam for

Sdan, an event held on March

25, 2009, in which dozens of

talented basketball players from

arond Vermont showed off their

cort skills to benet the local Sdanese refgee commnity. Part pblic

awareness campaign, part entertainment event, Slam for Sdan has become

Brandstetters signatre achievement in his Champlain career. The second

Slam for Sdan is already in the works. (For an extended interview with

Brandstetter and his Slam for Sudan team, visit www.alumni.champlain.edu/

champlain_view.) Here, the Newport, Vermont, native discsses his drive to

scceed as a global professional and citizen.

What drew you to International Business asa major?

My family comes from all over the world. My mother is Canadian, my father is

German, and I have family still in both contries, as well as an ncle in Soth

Africa. My dads side of the family owns a clothing company called Bogner,

based ot of Mnich, Germany, and they do bsiness internationally. While

I have no desire to work for my family, I think that bsiness is and always

has been driven by an international collaborative effort to solve problems. I

want to be a part of a bsiness that is not restricted by langages, cltres,

or borders. And I want to work with a diverse grop of skilled people coming

from a wide variety of places becase I think that only good things come

ot of working with people who have a different perspective on life and,

ltimately, bsiness.

The major is fairly broad. What kind ofyou envision for yourself after graduati

I am driven by opportnities that reqire creative soltions. Ideveloping concepts and coming p with ideas and strategie

help organizations scceed in their indstry. I crrently work

Commnications and love the challenges that come with ma

branding. I want to start a marketing agency that specically

international companies eager to enter foreign markets. By s

myself over the years with like-minded and ambitios people

over the world, I am condent that this will be where I nd m

after gradation.

We know that Slam for Sudan originateclass project. Where did the deeper inspcome from?

I have always believed in one general idea when it comes to

engagement: If yo know there is a problem in the world and

abot it, yo are part of the problem. I have been involved wi

commnity for some time now, and to think that people col

isses that they face both here in the States as well as back

motivated me to make the Slam for Sdan a reality.

What did the event teach you about bu

The event was a great way to give the skills we were all lear

Champlain a test rn. We essentially were rnning a bsine

able to recrit extremely talented fellow stdents from over

majors to come together and get it done. We had Marketing

developing concepts and designing ads, Web developers b

maintaining or Web site, Design majors whipping p some

collateral, Acconting majors bilding and monitoring or b

majors designing nancial models to nd the most efcient

and sell tickets, and a bnch of others who helped get the w

were able to go ot and mingle with some of the most scce

bsiness owners in or attempt to raise money, and the exp

I will never forget. If it werent for the people at Champlain,

inspiration needed to accomplish the Slam for Sdan wold

way to those who came together to make it a reality!

StudentViewQ&A

Jack Dubrul EarnsDistinguished Citizen Award

Champlain College namedJack DuBrul o Shelburne its 2009

Distinguished Citizen at this years convocation on August

28. DuBrul, 75, was recognized or his longtime support o

community and educational programs.

Jack DuBrul long ago gured out that combining his

passions with his work was the ormula or both a successul

business and a rewarding role in the community, Champlain

College President David F. Finney told the gathering, which

included 550 incoming students in the class o 203.

DuBrul, owner o the Automaster car dealership in Shelburne,

spoke o his early days in business and how an ability to

change his sails when the business winds shited helped him

grow a fedgling Rambler dealership with ve employees into

a company with more than 00 employees, selling some o the

most prestigious cars availableHonda, BMW, Mercedes-Benz,

Porsche, and Land Rover.

Te Distinguished Citizen Award also acknowledges DuBruls

many roles in the community, rom serving 8 years on the

Merchants Bank board o directors to supporting such civic and

charitable organizations as Shelburne Farms, Champlain College,

the Visiting Nurse Association, Fletcher Allen Health Care,

United Way, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Vermont

Mozart Festival, and the Flynn Center or Perorming Arts. His

philanthropy oten occurs behind the scenes, Finney noted,

helping individuals in need without any anare or recognition.

DuBruls zest or living was another highlight o Finneys

remarks, in particular DuBruls skill as an airplane and hot-air

balloon pilot, which he oten shares by taking charitable donors

or kids with cancer on rides.

He is in strong contention or the coolest grandpa around,

Finney added, since not many other grandpas have a feet o

antique sports cars, motorcycles, airplanes and hot-air balloons

and are still enjoying all o them. SMPhotographsbyStephenMease

Alex brandstetter 10

Champl

College Supports State

Education Report

A new report identies the benets and challenges o receiving

a postsecondary education in Vermont. Te report was jointly

sponsored by the Vermont Community Foundation and the

J. Warren and Lois McClure Foundation. Champlain College

President David F. Finney is a board member o the McClure

Foundation, and Lois McClure is a trustee emerita o the College.

Te result o an 8-month collaboration among educators,

nonprot organizations, state agencies, and oundations,

Postsecondary Education reveals alarming trends with short- and

long-term impact on Vermonters o every age and income level.

Te report identies our barriers to access that are trending in

a negative direction: (1) aspirationsstudents lack o interest

in education or training beyond high school; (2) readiness

students lack o preparedness or the demands o postsecondaryeducation; (3) informationstudents and parents inadequate

awareness o career options and education and training

opportunities; and (4) costthe ailure o scholarship and grant

unds to keep pace with the rising costs o continuing education.

Te report also identies benets o education and training

ater high school. For example, college graduates are more likely to

have healthy amilies, and are more involved in their communities,

than those without postsecondary experience. Tey contribute

more to ederal, state, and local taxes, and also tend to require less

rom state support systems, such as unemployment benets and

health care.

Finally, the report recommends strategies or philanthropists

who wish to make donations that remove barriers to education

beyond high school. Sta report

To read the entire article go to: http://www.vermontcf.org/

Before they gradated in2009, eight seniors in theGraphic Design & Digital Media

program developed mltimediamaterials for the Safe StreetsCollaorative edcationcampaign. The campaign waslanched to improve the safety ofBrlingtons streets. Participatingstdents were David Maurer,Kat DeHond, Dylan Leel,James Mastrian, John Plummer,Kyle Simpkins, John Gaida, andRyan Arsenault.


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F e tha 50 yeas, the Chapla Cllege

caps has gae lste as e Blgts

pze achtectal jewels. The Clleges Vcta-

style tes ble wth attactve, state--

the-at blgs captg lght a cag vews

a vatage tcke sgly t the hstc Hll Sect. As

ay caps t ge wll attest, the caps akes a stg pess

vsts. Ask stets, aclty, a sta ebes, a theyll tell y that

a pleasat place t lve, sty, a wk. F the past yeas, e tea

sta ebes has wke t pe the Clleges s t thes wh c

beeft the capss aesthetc a ctal qaltes. The Cee

& Evet Cete at Chapla Cllege, e the ect

La Wheele 80, has akete a pte the cap

t a aay cpaes a gazats seekg a place

gathe eteats, ceeces, caps, a the lke.

Working the

Room

Champlain College is one o the nations op Up-and-Coming Schools, according to the

200 edition oU.S. News & World ReportsAmericas Best Colleges.

Tis is the rst year that Champlain has made the op Up-and-Coming Schools list.

Te category recognizes institutions that have recently made striking improvements or

innovations in areas such as academic programs, aculty, students, or acilities. Champlain is

ranked No. 3 among the overall Best Baccalaureate CollegesNorth Region rankings.

Champlain has experienced tremendous transormation and innovation over the last

decade, and these rankings recognize and reinorce our many successes, says Champlain

College President David F. Finney. Te rankings also refect the hard work o our aculty and

sta as well as recognition by our p eers or the cutting-edge approaches that have made us a national

leader in proessionally ocused education enhanced by a comprehensive and interdisciplinary Core liberal

arts curriculum.Te U.S. News & World Reportranking is among several distinctions the College has earned recently. In 2009, Champlain

received the Andrew Heiskell Award or international and global education initiatives (see Champlain Wins Award or International

Education article in the spring 2009 issue). Te Chronicle o Higher Education earlier in 2009 published an in-depth article on

Champlains Education in 3-D approach to learning. Te Chroniclenoted that Champlains innovative curriculum produces well-

rounded, multidimensional graduates who are ready or lie ater college.

We requently hear rom students and parents that the approach to, and the associated outcomes o, a Champlain College

investment is valuable, notes Ian Mortimer, the Colleges director o admissions. However, it is very gratiying and humbling

or our peer institutions to highlight Champlain during this ranking process. SM

Champlain Earns Top Rankingin U.S. News & World Report

Accounting ExcellenceScholarship AwardedTe Accounting Excellence scholarship is a permanent

endowment und that honors the tradition o teaching

excellence at Champlain College. Tanks to the generous

donations o alumni and riends, the College has awarded

its second Accounting Excellence scholarship to Katherine

Brady 10an accomplished Accounting student who has

demonstrated great proessional promise.

Te Accounting Excellence scholarship is unded

through interest income on

invested contributions. Te

College seeks contributions to

continue cultivating this und

and distributing Accounting

Excellence scholarships or

years to come.Make a gif today by

using the secure online site

https://secure.champlain.edu/

annualund/ or by calling

(866) 421.7170.

New Head ofGloal EducationTakes Helm

James Cross was recently hired as

Champlain Colleges associate provost

and senior international ocer. In this

capacity, he will oversee all acets o

the Colleges global education eorts,

including campus internationalization,

study abroad programs, and international students at Champlain.

Cross brings to the position more than 25 years o experience

in international education in academic and applied settings,

including work with the United Nations International Fund

or Agricultural Development, the NAO Parliament, Loyola

University Chicagos Rome Center, Heidelberg College, Michigan

echnological University, and Clemson University. He holds a

B.A. rom the University o Vermont and a Ph.D. in Political

Science rom the

University o Geneva,

Switzerland.

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PhotographsbyKathleenLandwehrle(farleft),andJ

uliaCaminiti(top,

left)

Wtte by Ek Escklse

Phtgaphs by Kathlee Lawehle


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Gests inclde yoth grops, sch as the School of Cinema

and Performing Arts (SOCAPA); government agencies, sch as the

Vermont Department of Health; nonprot organizations, sch as

the NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center; and companies of

all descriptionice cream maker Ben & Jerrys, acconting rm

Gallagher Flynn, and Web analytics consltants EpikOne, to name

jst a few. When the College is not in reglar session, camps beds

are sometimes occpied by gests afliated with sch nonprot

organizations as the Vermont Mozart Festival and Brlington

City Arts.

According to Se Corcoran, Conference & Event Center sales

manager, the Colleges media exposre, particlarly regarding

expansion and enhancement of the camps footprint, may be

having a benecial effect on attracting gests. Weve been in the

press so mch for or growth that people have become crios,

she says. Corcoran also notes that the camps environment

seems to foster a sense of commnity for grops that choose to

hold their meeting or event therejst as it does throghot the

academic year.

A stay of any dration on the Champlain College camps is likely

to boost the Colleges prole. Wheeler and her teams overarching

mission, however, is to trn otherwise nsed space into additional

revene for the instittions bottom line. A look at recent conference

and event trafc indicates that they have been sccessfl.

For scal year 200809, Wheeler reports, the Conference

& Event Center hosed more than 1,500 individals over 9,000

bed nightsin all, more than 5,000 gests representing 79

organizations dring this period.

Wheeler sees several key selling points in Champlain College

in the marketplace of hotels, conference centers, and resorts:

Camps facilities are notably lacking in cinder-block dorms

and, instead, inclde varied, well-lit spaces. The Miller

Information Commons Vista Roomoffering one of the best

views of Lake Champlain in the entire city of Brlingtonis also

a great room for thinking otside the box, Wheeler says.

The Colleges considerable technology resorces appeal to

individal gests and grops that need to make presentations,

connect to the Internet, and ndertake other compter-

centered activities.

The camps is competitively priced among other venes.

The camps locationin particlar, its proximity to ChrchStreet, Lake Champlain, and the montainsmakes it easier

for event planners to schedle ancillary activities, sch as

entertainment otings. Yo jst trn them loose,

Wheeler says.

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According to Corcoran, a

the Champlain camps offer

venes is that the Center crea

for arranging hosing, dining

efciency is appealing to ge

style service, seeking, as Wh

meet responsibly, not extrava

Stdents in Champlains

Management program reap a

benet in working at the Cen

match, Wheeler says. It let

wet. It pts them in the fray.

While the camps bstle

September testies to the Co

Centers sccess, Wheeler is

repeat bsiness. The gests

experience, she says, that t

abot when theyll retrn.1

For more information on the Conference & Event Center, visit www.champlain.edu/Conference-and-Event-Center.html.

Residence Hall Room

Dining Hall in the IDX Student Life Center

Classroom

Argosy Gymnasium in the IDX Student Life Center

IDX Student Life Center Terrace

Dining Hall in the IDX Student Life Center

Hauke Family Campus Center Classroom


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Lifelong learner. Its a familiar phrase, one that connotes a crios mindandan individal perpetally engaged in inqiry and exploration. In todays knowledge economy,

lifelong learning is more than a disposition. Its a reqirement for sccess.

Champlain College has long prided itself on edcating stdents to meet the ever-shifting

demands of the career marketplace. In recent years, the rate of change has accelerated, as

we have confronted a rapidly globalizing economyand an economic downtrn with global

reach. Thanks to a faclty richly experienced in some of the very elds experiencing the mostdramatic change, to the Colleges early adoption of ctting-edge edcational technology, and to

a learning-commnity ethos that f avors innovation over tradition in confronting new challenges,

Champlain has redened what lifelong learning cold mean for the 21st-centry professional.

Today, mltiple doors open into a Champlain College edcation, inviting individals at all

stages of their lives and careers to receive a relevant, high-qality edcation delivered with the

personal toch that has dened Champlain College for more than a centry. Adlt learners,

in particlar, have seen their Champlain options expand, with new gradate programs

(see sidebar on page 17) and a revamped contining edcation division, known as Contining

Professional Stdies (CPS), designed with their niqe needs in mind.

CPS: Distinct and Digital

Contining edcation is hardly a new development in higher edcation, at Champlain College

or elsewhere. For decades, the College offered adlt stdents alternatives to attending

classes on the traditional daytime schedle. When Champlains rst online corses rolled

ot in 1993making the College a pioneer in the eld of online learningadlts began

migrating in signicant nmbers to those corses. With the of cial lanch of CPS as its own

academic division in 2006, Champlain took an important step in meeting the niqe needs

of adlt learners throgh an edcational offering available only to them, not the s ame slate

of ndergradate corses simply offered at more convenient times for working people. With

so many years of contining edcation sccess on which to draw, Champlain edcators knew

the time was right. We nderstand them, CPS Dean Lynne Ballard says of adlt learners.

We know their economic and life challenges, and were constantly assessing the workplace to

ensre that we offer the most p-to-date knowledge in emerging and high-growth areas.

The evoltion into a distinct academic division is no mere administrative formality. It

allows CPS to have its own mission: to provide a continm of relevant, lifelong edcation

to adlts, leading to their professional advancement and the growth of their organizations.

Toward this end, CPS crrently offers 25 degree and certicate programs that inclde

Acconting, Paralegal Stdies, Software Development, Network Secrity, and Compter

Forensics & Digital Investigation. The newest programs, lanched in fall 2009, are Healthcare

Management and Health Informatics.

PracticalMatters

Learning from Experience

Drilling down into the CPS mission

statement ncovers an edcational

offering nely tned to deliver instrction

optimally benecial to adlt learners

minimm age 23by tapping into their

own knowledge. As CPS Associate

Dean for Academic Programs Mika

Nash describes the CPS approach,

it recognizes and honors stdents

experiences to a high degree, sing

sch experience as a basis for framing

qestions and designing assignments.

CPS changes the whole methodology

from traditional ndergradate

instrction, Nash adds. Yo cant

ask the same qestions [that yo wold

ask yonger stdents] necessarily

These are adlts, and theyre very

matter-of-fact abot their experiences.

What is more, says CPS Assistant

Dean for Bsiness and Acconting

Linda Miller, bringing adlts together in

a class enables them to share their rich

experiences with one anotherto the

greater edcational benet of all.

Corse schedling also reects a

carefl consideration of what works for

todays bsy professional. CPS corsesrn in seven-, eight-, and 15-week

blocks. The variety allows for

both traditional corse

seqencing and

an accelerated

format, the

latter

Champlain

Colleges

Continuing

professional

studies division

ConneCts adult

eduCation to

todays Careers

with Care and

preCision.

bY ERIK ESCKILSEN

LYNNE bALLARD

CPS Division Dean

WE KNOW THEIR ECONOMIC AND LIFE

CHALLENGES, AND WERE CONSTANTLY ASSESSING

THE WORKPLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE OFFER THE

MOST UP-TO-DATE KNOWLEDGE IN EMERGING AND

HIGH-GROWTH AREAS.


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becoming increasingly poplar for what CPS

Assistant Dean for Information Technology Bob

Green calls a sense of immersion in the material.

The CPS Support System

Even in the midst of dramatic changes at the College over the past

decadechanges too nmeros to mention herefaclty, staff, and

administrators have made maintaining a personal toch a top priority. When

CPS was established as a distinct academic division, College leaders ensred that

CPS stdents wold enjoy the same high level of spport that traditional ndergradates

receive in entering Champlain Collegeand in scceeding. That responsibility rests primarily

with Director of CPS Admissions Bridget Baldwin, Assistant Director of CPS Admissions Lance

Millett, Admissions Conselor Sara Hearne, and Senior Academic & Stdent Services Advisors

Christian Berry and Jennifer Stockwell. Together, this team closely gides CPS stdentsfrom

rst contact to gradationwith great sensitivity to the stressors that can accompany sch an

important ndertaking.

Jst as the adlt learners edcation needs can differ from a traditional stdents, so

does the type of spport they reqire. For one thing, contining edcation is rarely a short-

term process for adlts; many spread their stdies over signicantly more than the traditional

for years. Life happens with adlt learners, Baldwin says, and we have to be prepared.

This makes the advising piece critically important, Berry adds. When or stdents stop ot,

theyre not dropping ot, she says. Their lives are jst different. Thats ne. We expect them

to do that.

While the CPS staffers are well prepared to gide stdents throgh a Champlain College

experience that may not ow ninterrptedly, stdents may still feel trepidation abot the

process. Theres fear, Millett says. They want to know what kind of spport will be there.

Will there be someone there along the way?

CPS addresses this concern with the characteristic Champlain College hman toch.

After stdents are admitted, they are assigned a Stdent Services advisor who then becomes

their point person for any isses that arise, whether those concern academics, nances, or

anything else. Stdents also receive close attention in mapping ot their corses, inclding

the negotiation of transfer credits from other instittions. The goal, Baldwin says, is to make

their contact with CPS a constant in a learning eqation potentially fraght with variables.

Theyre not being lost as a nmber, and theyre not being shfed along for or ve

different people, she says.

Millett knows that CPS stdents appreciate this responsiveness: When yore an

adlt, yore sed to getting it done, he says. The last thing yo want to hear is that

yoll have to call someone else for help.

In addition to an efcient commnication process, CPS stdents are likely to

experience a level of nderstanding

ncommon in spport services.

Thats becase several

members of the CPS

spport teamBaldwin, Berry

Millett among themare them

stdents. Being able to spea

the concerns that they have w

knowledge is really key to bi

in s, Baldwin, a mother of t

We dont speak from sc

adds. Its all from the heart.

Connecting Collegeand Careers

Like the phrase lifelong learni

relevance has been redened

And for good reason. As Balla

competition in the contining

marketplace has intensied i

Commnity colleges are mak

stronger bid for cost-conscio

other online players, sch as

bOb GREEN

Assistant Dean for Information Technology

ADULTS ARE MUCH MORE

INTERESTED IN EXPERIENTIAL

LEARNING, SO EVERYTHING THAT WE

GIVE TO STUDENTS SHOULD bE MORE

RELEVANT TO THEIR LIVES.

CHRISTIAN bERRY

Senior Academic & St

WE TAKE A HOLISTIC

ADVISING AND STUDE

A ONE-STOP SHOP, AN

ALWAYS OPEN.


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of Phoenix, are marketing their programs more aggressivelythat is,

more expensivelythan Champlain College is able to do.

While Ballard recognizes that the College is not nationally

dominant in online learning, she has condence in the CPS strategy

for competing. It hinges on niche programs, she says, and

Champlains hallmark nimbleness in capitalizing on opportnities.

Were going to have to contine to be on the leading edge in the

emerging areas Were not going to win throgh marketing dollars.

Ballard cites the healthcare eld as an example. Two of the

newest CPS programs are Healthcare Management and Health

Informatics, in which stdents can earn an ndergradate degree as

well as a professional certicate. Miller points to direct links between

CPS programs and indstry certication reqirements as another

strategic move to enhance the vale of corses. When there are

certifying bodies, we make sre that or programs t into their

criteria so that they accept or stdents, she says. For example, the

CPS certicate program in Hman Resorce Management is being

designed, in part, to meet reqirements set forth by the Society for

Hman Resorce Management. Sch carefl crriclar design isnot only appealing to stdents conscios of the vale they receive

for their edcation dollar, bt it acts as a kind of qality control

mechanism, Nash says, for making sre or programs are strong.

Beyond its strategic sondness, the CPS divisions attention to

indstries learning needs marks a profond shift in the relationship

between academia and the career world. Bsinesses are really

hngry for higher edcation instittions not to set the agenda, bt to

ask what the agenda shold be, Baldwin says.

Online, On Task, On Target

According to Green, jst as the qestions for adlt learners mst

respect their experience and need for relevance, so mst the manner

in which instrction takes place. T heres less emphasis on lengthy

lectres, he says of CPS, and more on discssion and independent

work. Most of the assignments tend to involve critical and applied

thinking. The added vale is in pointing ot where stdents have

problems and helping them see the real-world applications.

Given Champlain Colleges pioneering presence in the eld of

online learning, CPS is well positioned to make se of the technology.

The crriclm, Green says, draws intelligently on the best online

and technological resorces. Tools sch as Jing, Visal Stdio, and

virtal whiteboards offer stdents visal representations of others

desktop work, and Skype, wikis, Google Docs, and fnctionalities in

the Angel learning management systemthe system adopted College-

widefacilitate commnication. Corse texts are spplemented with

sch online resorces as the TED lectre series, YoTbe university,

and iTnes university.

The availability of qality online learning tools notwithstanding,

Green and his colleages acknowledge lingering skepticism abot

the merits of the mode. I think one of the biggest misconceptions

abot online classes is that theyre impersonal, he says, and

that theres less opportnity to interact with the instrctor. On the

contrary, he says, online learning actally increases the level of

stdent-to-instrctor interaction. For one thing, becase so mch of

the commnication is written, instrctors have freqent opportnities

to review stdents writing. Discssion, too, can take place more

idly than in a brick-and-mortar classroom, as stdents can

participate simltaneosly. Also, becase each assignment has an

accompanying discssion form, stdents can assist each other

collaboration analogos to professional work. The only thing missing

is eye contact, Green says.

Seizing the Dayto Learn

Althogh adlt learners bring an adlt level of skepticism and

ncertainty to the college experience, CPS enrollment sggests that

contining edcation is a smart move in todays job market. The total

nmber of CPS-enrolled stdents hasnt seen an ptick in the down

economy; however, fll-time enrollments and total credit hors have

increased, prompting Champlain College President David F. Finney

to note, at a recent town hall meeting, that CPS is having a

banner year.

In his address, Finney also toched on why CPS has become

so appealing. He cited a sense of ssceptibility to job loss as a

motivation for many adlts to fortify their learning and credentials.

Millett knows those individals by name. Ive seen people coming

in who have lost their job and are facing the reality that they need

an edcation jst to compete, jst as an eqalizer, he says. In

other cases, new programs offer a golden learning opportnity for

people who developed skill sets in elds that ntil recently were

not served by a for-year degree. Champlains program in Digital

Forensics, for example, Millett sees as attractive to someone with

an information technology backgrond looking to move into a

brgeoning new eld.

Sch opportnities may explain why, as Baldwin says,

Champlain College almni are coming back in hge volmes

perhaps the strongest evidence of CPS qality. Some people with

10 years of experience ot in the eld, with the degree that they

achieved here, are now coming back to frther that, Millett says.

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Ballard is qick to praise her staff in transforming CPS

edcational offering with its own distinct identity witho

the signatre Champlain sense of commnity. Or acad

According to Finney, whose backgrond incldes man

contining edcation administration, the most valabl

be those that prepare stdents for a working world co

Its not jst training. Its an edcation, he says. If w

that to an adlt learner, that wold be a real distinctiv

The CPS divisions contribtion to the nancial he

College has been vital to Champlains ability not only t

to honor what Ballard calls an instittional commitme

ftre of Vermont. Its a role that she embraces. Wh

responsibility, she adds, yo feel like people are co

To meet that responsibility flly, CPS mst contin

Given the size of the Vermont workforce, sch growth

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Article y Erik Esckilsen

Photography y Kathleen Landwehrle

Illustrations y Julia Caminiti

The Career Services team

brings savvy new strategies

to a sluggish job market.

No More Ramen.Dont Take the Last Donut.Never Eat Alone.

Diet advice?Nocareer advice.

he above bits o wisdom are the titles o

three books among dozens lining the

conerence room shelves in Champlain

Colleges Career Services oce in

Durick Hall. As Career Services staers

can attest, the titles cheeky tone brings a touch o levity

to what, over the past year or so, has become a grueling

process: the job search.

As the go-to group or guidance on turning a

Champlain College degree into rewarding work, the

Career Services team oers comprehensive services or job-

seeking Champlainerssoon-to-be graduates as well as alumni.

Help in writing a killer resume is just the beginning. Career

Services oers assistance in assessing marketable skills and

understanding employment goals at the start o a job search,

using such tools as the Myers-Briggs ype Indicator (MBI) and

the Strong Interest Inventory (SII). When opportunity knocks,

staers are available to help job candidates p repare or interviews.

Te department also acts as a resource or job postings through its

electronic job board, JobSpot; the online job resource CareerShit;

and its active network o contacts in the job market. Among the

most visible Career Services initiatives are on-campus recruiting

visits by employers, which the oce acilitates, and the popular

job aira major community event bringing job seekers and

employers together on campus.

Behind the scenes, Career Services staers oten visit

Champlain College classrooms to share insights and strategies;

each career advisor specializes in a College di vision, enabling her

to develop expertise in the unique challenges and opportunities

that students in specic majors encounter. Te data that Career

Services gathers includes such general inormation as job titles

and average salaries, as well as more targeted inormation, such as

local, regional, and national hiring trends; strengths o Champlain

College programs in terms o career preparation; recent grads

perormance in the eld; and the specic employers who

hired them.

A rigorous approach to reaching out to employers to identiy

relevant career opportunities is a hallmark o Career Services, a

quality that Champlain College President David F. Finney sees

as complementing well the Colleges newly launched LEAD

programshort or the Lie Experience & Action Dimension

(see Lie Lessons article in the spring 2009 issue). As LEAD helps

students develop such lie skills as nancial sophistication and

career management, Finney hopes that students will be inspired

to connect with Career Services early in their Champlain careers.

Such an intentional, integrated approach to career planning is, he

says, right on the edge o an exciting transormation in higher

education. While integrating LEAD with Career Services will be

challenging, hes convinced that it will pay huge dividends or

students.

For now, job seekers are setting their sights on more modest

goals, such as gainul employment. Tose prospects, as Career

Services sees them, are not necessarily gloomy. Tey

dynamic, however, making the age-old problem o

dream job a task calling or all-new approaches.

Reframing the Job Picture

According to Daphne Walker, career advisor or the

Communication & Creative Media (CCM) divisio

rst changes a job seeker may have to make in toda

involves expectations. Probably they wont be mak

money as people have in the recent past, she says.

going to be doing a lot o patching work together.

Tis comes as a shock, she says, or some o CC

and tech-savvy students. Te usual jobs are just no

adds, citing graphic design as a career niche that, at

is saturated. Education is another eld in which jo

scarce in the greater Burlington area.

Jana Nixon, career advisor or the Inormation

& Sciences (IS) division, points out that nding

also take substantially longer than in previous econ

represents a shit in her work with the division; in t

demand or I skills meant that students visited C

less oten. Tats not the case, she says. Te avail

not there, so theyre accessing my services a lot mor

and online but in a dierent rame o mind. Tere

urgency now.

Career Advisor Pat Boera, who ocuses on the D

Business, sees a similar trend in a eld historically r

On-the-Job

Training

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Champlain grads: Accounting on the whole has been pretty

strong, she says, but even this year there have been layos, so its

not immune. Tats the rst time Ive ever had to say that in the

time Ive been here.

Millennials in the Mix

One o the actors complicating a job search or todays recent

grads may be their i nexperience in taking initiative. Teres

more o a reliance on the parents, who have done everything

or them or years, Boera says. Career Services Director Dolly

Shaw concurs: Parents have done so much or the students,

and theyve been so scheduled in their lives, that they have more

diculty making decisions or themselves, she says. aking that

responsibility or themselves is dicult, especially or the students

who want to all out o bed and work around the block.

But even when millennialsroughly speaking, people born

in the 80s and 90smake their way into the workplace, theiryouthul cultural ways may clash with employers. Walker

recalls a student who was released rom an i nternship or using

company time to update her MySpace prole. Boera cites a casual

attitude toward punctuality and workplace attire as other issues

on which the new generation o employees and their employers

may dier. Tey need an awareness that that time belongs to the

employer, Walker says. And when a work situation doesnt work

out, Boera urges millennials to hold the impulse to quit in check.

Sometimes I think they dont realize the impact that has on a

reerence, she says. Teyre really burning bridges. Tey dont

think its any big deal, but, all o a sudden, theyre sitting back in

our oce wondering why theyre not getting job oers.

Meg Sealey 07, the Career Services ront oce manager and

work-study coordinator, who is also a career advisor, understands

the young mind-set. Work oten comes second to the

millennials, she says. Tey might go into an interview or a job

search with the salary they want, the corner oce, the titlethe

expectations are very high. Her advice: Shoot or the stars but be

prepared to meet the employer halway.

With the right attitude, Walker adds, millennials might

nd themselves welcome indeed in the 2st-century workplace.

Ive heard that employers are bending over backwards to

accommodate the millennials, she says, because theyre capable o

teaching the old dogs some new tricks.

Te Networking Necessity

Not only do millennial employees add something new to the

workplace mix, theyre also driving new trends in how job

seekersacross generationsnd and land jobs. Its networking

with a digital twist.

Career Services staers now advise clients to use social

networking media, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and witter

to make career connections. Tese tools oer

job seekers ways to track online discussions and

news about companies and industries. By posting

questions and comments, the prospective candidate

can establish a presencea personal brand,

as Grace Boyle 08, a network-savvy job hunter,

puts it. Te Public Relations major rom Faireld,

Iowa, leveraged her fuency with social networking

media to earn a p osition with a technology rm

in Boulder, Coloradoher dream location or her

rst post-Champlain job (see Te Contact Person,

page 22). In turn, employers are increasingly

seeking candidates through social mediaan

argument, Sealey says, or crating a proessional

online presence.

Job seekers who entered the workorce in a

pre-Internet economy may be less comortable

with what Walker calls the new tools in the hunt.

Tats why she and her colleagues recommendthat alumni open a LinkedIn account rst, a

sae route or building a network o contacts.

Te Colleges Alumni Relations team has set the

process in motion by creating a Champlain College

alumni group on LinkedIn, along with providing

job-search tools and career-related content on the

alumni page o the Career Services Web site: www.

champlain.edu/career-services/alumni.html.

Walker and her colleagues also champion

internships as a way o getting a oot in the

proverbial door. When that door could one day

open into a desirable job, an unpaid internship can

be invaluable. According to Career Services, older

job seekers are also more receptive to internships

in the current tight job market. Tis brings

to light a startling situation or millennial job

hunters: competition with older, more experienced

applicants. Walker recalls a student who visited

a job air on campus and saw someone her

grandmothers age strolling the employer booths.

It was a real eye-opener, she says. Students

saw men and women in suits, clearly proessionalpeople. It was really shocking to them.

Career Comebacks

Without question, the stakes in nding

employment are higher or job seekers with

dependents. Lynn Banach 08, a Business

Management and Marketing major, remembers

well the dread she elt ater being laid o in

Events such as the Career Services

Meet and Mingle provide informal

networking opportunities.

When Lynn banach 08 was laid off in Feruary

couldnt afford to languish without a jo for long

two kids, 10 and 13 but she also wanted to land

with a future. Heres how she stayed true to herand succeeded.

She kept a goal in minda career, not a jo f

of a jo, and as short a commute as possile

South burlington home.

She maintained a positive attitudeSometim

seems leakest, its ecause the light is right a

the corner.

She kept her eyes openattending jo fairs an

workshops and using career search engines o

the Internet.

She told everyody the situation she was ino

work ut ready to resume.

She elieved in herselfand in her ailities.

She did her re

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February 2009 as an event coordinator with the sales and training

rm where she had been working since shortly ater graduation.

As early as summer 2008, Banach, the single mother o a 0-year-

old son and 3-year-old daughter, recalls eeling as though she

could be a little choosy in her rst post-graduation job search. It

helped that she had retained a ew clients rom her -year period

o sel-employment as a house cleaner to get her through the

transition. When the recession worsened in early 2009, she ound

hersel more exposed. I knew I had nothing to all back on, she

says. I didnt have that cushion.

Te day ater she lost her job, she called Pat Boera in Career

Services, and the two set about reworking Banachs resume rom

scratch. Banach then dived headlong into her job search, hitting

every relevant job air, attending career workshops, posting her

resume on www.jobsinvt.com and other employment search

engines, and letting people in her social circle know that she was

looking or work. A lot o p utting-on-the-business-suit-and-

carrying-the-briecase scenario and a lot o networking is how

Banach recalls that period. Four months later, she was back inbusiness: in a position as a project intake coordinator with the

Vermont Energy Investment Corp.

What makes Banachs story exemplary in these tense times or

job hunters is how she ocused her search. I was very aware o

what I wanted as an outcome, she says. For one thing, she knew

she was looking or a career, not just a jobnot just a building

block, but a oundation, as she puts it. o me, a career meant

something that I could see mysel doing long-term, she says,

and learning, having opportunities within the company as well as

outside the company to move orward.

Geography was another important consideration. I wanted to

make sure that, wherever I landed, I didnt have to drive an hour

each way, she says. Family priority was just as high on my list.

In the end, Banachs patience paid o(see ips or a Sane,

Successul Job Search, page 21). She admits, however, that there

were dark days on her quest. Sometimes it seems bleak because

youre seeing all these not-so-wonderul options out there, and

youre wondering i youre going to have settle or less than what

youre worth, she says, adding that depression kicked in or

her at around months two and three. But she managed to stay

ocused on the goal ahead. Even on a day when she didnt get the

job or which she had applied, she remembers asking the HumanResources staer what she might have done dierently to have

improved her employability. I thought o that a lot when I was

applying or various positions, she says.

A ouchstone in ough imes

Banach credits Career Services with helping her with the nuts

and bolts o her job search but also or a sense o comort

in this trying timecrucial, she adds, to the person who

eels very anxious about their situation. hey han

proessionally and very sensitively. hey were alwa

hey made time or me even when they were on a

schedule.

his level o support has always been central to

Services, but Nixon acknowledges an elevated sen

and anxiety among her clients. he upside, Walk

people in desperate straits may be more open to su

sel-assessment. his matches her vision o her wo

advisor. Were really solution inders, she says,

and helping clients ind creative ways to get in.

Boera echoes her colleagues sentiments when

the satisaction she derives rom providing people

that they might otherwise not have discovered, giv

hope. As Boyles and Banachs experiences illustrat

College graduates are navigating the job market w

toolsand attitudesor the scarce openings.

In act, success stories are not rare at Career Se

even in these troubled times. We continue to pu

who are attractive in the marketplace, Finney say

report card on Champlain, thats it.

Such recognition o the departments work is n

job seekers either, a consolation in tough times. P

saying thank you more ote n, Walker says. 1boyle egan using Twitter and email to develop a list of contacts. She also reached out to professors, alumni

(through Career Services), family, and friends for names of anyone they knew in boulder. Someone on that list

is why Im at my jo today, she says. j Next, she egan targeting her Twitter tweets, or 140-character-

or-less messages, to boulder marketing usinesses, letting them know that she was looking for work. j One

key facet of boyles jo search was her logwww.smallhandsigideas.comwhere she had een discussing

her upcoming move to boulder. She received an email from the marketing manager of the technology rm Lijit,

a startup specializing in log tools, some of which boyle had already een using. She had not known that Lijit

was ased in boulder. j Once she arrived in Colorado, boyle looked up her contacts for coffee dates and

information interviews. She asked everyone she met for the names of other contacts.

That was a really good strategy, she says, noting that one contact was the Lijit

vice president of usiness development. because I was using their product

and walking the talk, they were really impressed. During her chat with the

VP, the CEO came y, and the encounter ecame an interview. j boyle knew

that heading West without a jo was a gamle, ut she had een planning the

move for months, researching the boulder jo scene and gathering contacts,

and she had set aside funds to sustain the transition. Add to this her social

networking acumen, and she seems to have een destined to succeed. My passion,

following what I wanted, was so important, she says. I didnt want to settle. I recognize

that the economy is very weak ut there are ways of eing practical aout it y leveraging

the people you know and using the tools.j

T solution: socil ntwoking mdi

ThContctPson

Few graduates manage to accrue such worthwhile work experience

while in college as Grace boyle 08. by the time the Pulic Relations

major from Faireld, Iowa, was donning cap and gown, she had done

internships or paid work with several of burlingtons leading companies

and organizations: marketing rms KSV and Marketing Partners, Seventh

Generation, and the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center at the LeahyCenter for Lake Champlain. j Prolem was, she had her post-Champlain jo

sights set on boulder, Colorado, a city where she knew almost no one.

Computer & Digital Forensics major Adam Kutz 09 from C

interned at blue Cross and blue Shield in Williston, Vermo

jo in Washington, D.C.


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StrikingAccord

Growing up on the same rough-and-tumble streets o

Cicero, Illinois, that were once gangster Al Capones home

tur, may have given Ross Schifo07 an early appreciation

o peaceul confict resolution. When he and his amily

relocated to Vermont in 2004, he had already been applying

skills acquired through his masters degree in management

and organizational behavior rom Benedictine University

in Lisle, Illinois. In his role as director o organizational

development at Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS),

he was acutely aware o the need to oster accord among

individuals with dierent organizational roles and interests.

Such was the case at the end o 2008, when he mediated an agreement between CVPS

and the International Brotherhood o Electrical Workers Local 300 union. Using what he

omnipartial approach, he helped the parties to the negotiation crat the longest contrac

history. One secret to his success: the training he received rom the Woodbury Institute

Champlain College since all 2008. Completing the rst third o Woodburys Mediation

Confict masters program, Schio received a graduate certicate in Confict Skills in 2007

to apply his crat to the CVPS negotiations.

Schio had the advantage o being able to view the issues rom both sides. He began h

management ater earning an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering. But, he grew

ather who was a union man. Interpersonal connections intrigued him most, however. I

that organizations technical challenges are relatively easy to x, he says. Te toughest, m

problems are the ones involving human relationships, confict, and culture.

He credits the Woodbury program with helping him get in touch in an even deeper w

understanding o confict. First, he came to better appreciate the value o actually provok

certain times. More important, he learned ways to do this in helpul ways. Finally, the pro

him to think about things rom dierent perspectives. Studying within a cohort o adul

key to that experience. He adds: You learn so much just rom your ellow students. As ad

we bring our lie experiences and views to the table. I also became better at coaching othe

people who are already procient. Woodburys instructors were sensational at tapping into

o the cohort. Schio was also impressed by the depth o instructional qualityrom the

books to his proessors condence and expertise.

Resolving confict is more than Schios job description at CVPS. Its an ability that he

brings to his community in and around Pittsord, Vermont. Hes active in mentoring at-r

through Mentor Connector; serves on the steering committee o Dismas House, a transiti

home or ormer prison inmates; and volunteers at the Marble Valley Regional Correction

in Rutland.

I dont think o mysel as a confict resolver, but rather as a confict coach, he says.

in confict rst envision success in ways they might not have previously considered, and t

achieve it. EE

alumnilivesDear Alums,

When I last wrote to you in these pages, Woodbury Institute

had only recently become part o Champlain College. oday I

am pleased to note, with even greater condence, that bringing

Woodbury and Champlaintwo career-ocused colleges

together was a wise decision, particularly in these challenging

nancial times.

Tis past July saw the last stand-alone graduation or

Woodbury students, with both President Finney and I jointly

celebrating the success o the graduates. Our student speakers talked passionately

about the importance o their Woodbury educations and were welcomed into the

Champlain amily.

Woodburys graduate programs are thriving at Champlain. Te masters degree

programs in Law and Mediation, in particular, have become especially valuable

components o the Champlain community, blending well with the Colleges established

programs geared toward adult learners. In addition, the director o the Mediation

masters degree program, Julian Portilla, has been helping individuals across all campus

use confict resolution skills to explore dicult issues through constructive dialogue. At

the same time, Mediation masters students have trained resident assistants in confict

resolution. Mediation students and aculty also created a training or 30 oreign students

attending Vermont high schools and brought them to campus or a daylong workshop

on exploring confict resolution processes in dierent cultures.

Te Woodbury Institute urther enriched the campus culture by hosting Chinese

law proessor Wang Cana or a public lecture and orum on how mediation and

dialogue techniques are used to address conficts in both the U.S. and in countries

around the world (see article on this page). Wangs visit to North America was made

possible through a collaboration between the Woodbury Institute o Champlain College

and Montreals McGill University.

Several changes in the Woodbury programs have been reviewed and approved

by the Champlain aculty senate. Te Masters o Science in Law program has

grown rom 30 to 42 credits and now includes a short residency on the Burlington

campus. Te Masters o Mediation & Applied Confict Studies has reduced the

number o times students must visit Burlington and has created a part-time degree

option. Te program continues to include a graduate certicate; as you can see in

an article on the acing page, one certicate grad, Ross Schio, is using his skills to

help his company build strong relationships. Te undergraduate program will end

this academic year.

Finally, Woodbury College grads and riends, i you have not seen the

beautiul Champlain College campus, please consider coming up the Hill or

a visit. Contact me or Dannah Beauregard rom the Development oce to

make arrangements.

Larry Mandell

Executive Vice President

ChineseEnvironmentalistPresents on Campus

Wang Cana, one o Chinas leading

environmentalists, delivered a public

lecture at Champlain College on June 4.

Te talk, titled Environmental Realities

Facing China, was part o a two-stop tour

that also included McGill University o

Montreal. Wangs Champlain appearance

was hosted by the Woodbury Institute o

Champlain College.

Wang, a law proessor at the China

University o Political Science and Law in

Beijing and the ounding director o the

Center o Legal Assistance or PollutionVictims (CLAPV), one o Chinas most

infuential environmental groups, shared

insights on his countrys challenges and

achievements with an audience o regional

business, community, and environmental

leaders. In 2007, Wang was named

one oimemagazines top 50 global

Heroes o the Environment or his

eorts in protecting Chinas citizens rom

the harmul eects o the nations rapid

industrialization. SM

CHAMPLAIN COLLEGEWOODBuRY INSTITuTE |

(from left) Hong Yue Guo, consultant to Champlain College

and McGill University, Champlain College Woodury

Institute Executive Vice President Larry Mandell, Professor

Wang Canfa of China and Wangs wife, Professor Zhang.

Champlain


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| CLASS NOTES|

Lisa A. Haggett

Northeld, VT, Febrary 25, 2009

31

Thelma S. Loop

North Haverhill, NH, May 24, 2009

34

Amy Woodury Patterson

Brlington, VT, April 26, 2009

(see prole below)

35Don Towers

Brlington, VT, December 24, 2008

43

beatrice (Adams) Walker

Morrisville, VT, May 7, 2009

48

Francis Joseph Mullins

Moretown, VT, Agst 11, 2009

59

Edward boyajian

Williston, VT, Febrary 18, 2009

60Paul Plante

Brlington, VT, Febrary 25, 2009

63

Wayne De Forge

Iverness, FL, March 7, 2009

65

Joseph A. Ciof

Hinesbrg, VT, April 7, 2009

66

Theresa (Paquette) Fude

Lansing, MI, Jne 20, 2009

John Kendrick

Williston, VT, March 30, 2009

72

David Stecklare

May 13, 1996

73

Roert Jolley

Brlington, VT, Febrary 28, 2009

75

Thomas McAndrew

Barre, VT, Jly 11, 2009

76

Ricarda (Wilkins) Siska

Franklin Lakes, NJ, Febrary 27, 2009

82

Suzanne (Dugdale) bashaw

West Windsor, VT, May 1, 2009

FacultyDavid Grifths

Adjnct instrctor in the Arts &

Sciences division for 10 years,

Jly 20, 2009

In Memory of Our Fellow AlumniTe ollowing members o our alumni amily have passed on and will be remembered warmly by their riends, amily, and alma mater.

Amy W. Patterson, Class of 34 A pioneering

Vermont bsinesswoman and longtime friend of

Champlain College, Amy W. Patterson, 94, passed

away in Brlington, Vermont, on Snday, April 26,

2009. A trstee on Champlains board from 1970

to 1984, she was born in Shrewsbry, Vermont, on

November 19, 1914, and attended Middlebry High

School, gradating with the class of 1932. She then

attended Brlington Bsiness Collegethe name

of what is today Champlain Collegegradating in

the class of 1934. Her career milestones inclded

becoming the rst female bank ofcer in the state

of Vermont in Janary 1949 as an employee of the

Chittenden Bank. She advanced to the position of

senior vice president and corporate secretary before

retiring on December 14, 1984after 41 years with

the bank.

An avid gardener and collector of ne china,

Patterson also held varied interests in her commnity.

Her kind, generos, and altristic manner made her

a valed member of the Bridport Historical Society,

the Order of the Eastern Star Temple Chapter 75, the

Brlington Bsiness and Professional Womens Clb,

and the Congregational Chrch of Bridportof which

she was the oldest living member.

69

NEWS

John Crinka retired from Northwest

Airlines after 31 years of ying. He

estimates that he ew approximately600,000 to 650,000 miles per year. He

is enjoying his retirement, playing tennis

and golf several times a week and also

piloting small airplanes.

Angelo W. Finelli, CPCu, CIC, was

elected president of the Vermont

Insrance Agents Association (VIAA) at

the 103rd convention on Jne 15 at

the Basin Harbor Clb in Vergennes.

Finelli is crrently a co-owner of the

Allen Agency, Inc.

70

NEWS

Claire L. LaForce has been hired as

a medical librarian at Rtland Regional

Medical Center.

71

NEWS

Wendell b. Farrell has trned his

frnitre store, Wendells Frnitre, over

to his two children, Tara and Ryan, in

order to retire. He plans to spend his

golden years riding his Harley or crising

in his 32-foot Winnebago.

Jly 26, 2009. In addition to host

Bramo, those in attendance from

North Hose inclded Don and Robin

Poirot; Kevin Jake Jean, and Austin

burrell; Jim, barara, Matthew, and

Rachel braun; brian Hazen and Gina

Gresham; Jeff Jaa Jalowiecki;

Dick Woy; and North Hose freqent

gests brad and Kim Arel. Ward Hall

was represented by hostess Val Abramo;

Ann (Gorman) and Steve burke; and

Laurie (Mercure) and bill Keating.

The sole representatives from Hill Hall

were Marianne (Graham) Coilz

and Ro Green. While disappointedthat some friends coldnt make it

and the grop coldnt last throgh an

all-nighter like the old days, attendees

determined that 30 years was simply

too long to wait to get together! Everyone

enjoyed recalling memories while looking

at old pictres and the 1978 yearbook.

On Snday, Jake, Ann, and Marianne

were lcky enogh to have tickets for

Vermont Day at Fenway! Ftre renions

will be planned. Look for members and

information on Facebook!

Gerald LaFoy has been appointed as

President of L-3 Avionics Systems, which

is part of L-3 Commnications Aviation

Prodcts bsiness area. In this role,

LaFoy will oversee all aspects of the L-3

Avionics Systems bsiness, which is a

leading spplier of avionics prodcts

for the general aviation, bsiness jet,

military, and commercial air transport

markets. LaFoy has over 25 years of

aviation indstry experience in the areas

of operations, manfactring, and MRO.

80

NEWS

Anita Lotto is a member of the

Cambridge Area Rotary and is working

as a senior loan ofcer at Mortgage

Financial in Colchester, VT.

81

NEWS

Diane (Dutil) Keraugh recently

sold her bsiness, Vermont Panrgy.

The bsiness provided comprehensive

bsiness-focsed IT soltions sch as

training; network design, integration, and

spport; hardware and software sales;

and Web site and database development.

82

NEWS

Deorah Roinson gradated

from Florida Atlantic university in

December 2008 with a masters

degree in Edcational Leadership. She

was admitted into the Ph.D. program

in Edcational LeadershipHigher

Edcation in Janary 2009.

Sarah Soule is enjoying her job as

Director of Admissions and College

Conseling at the Vermont Commons

School in Soth Brlington, VT. Vermont

Commons was fonded by Champlains

former president Robert Skiff. She

formerly worked for 20 years in

Champlains Admissions ofce recriting

stdents and is now enjoying being on

the other side of the desk and sending

stdents to Champlain!

83

NEWS

Gene D. Cloutier is a nancial

specialist at Fletcher Allen Health Care,

responsible for peri-op OR and spply

chain areas of the hospital.

84

NEWS

Shelli Guay joined the board of

directors for the March of Dimes

Vermont Chapter on Jne 2. Gay

became involved as a volnteer with the

March of Dimes in 2004 and is crrently

the media director and nance manager

at PostScript, Inc., in Brlington, VT.

Lorena Patria is still employed by

the State of New Hampshire Jdicial

Branch23 years as an ofcial cort

reporter at Sperior Cort and depty

clerk at Keene District Cort for the

last year. She says there is never a

dll moment! Her two sons, Tyler and

Grifn, attend Keene State and Wheaton

College, respectively. She is reliving her

Champlain years vicariosly throgh

them! She is ready for another rond

of college tors this smmer with her

daghter, Olivia.

85

ENGAGEMENT

Wayne A. bronson and Melissa R.

Richardson, September 6, 2009.

NEWS

Donald Flood worked for the Orleans

Conty Sheriffs Department as a patrol

ofcer for seven years. He then left and

retrned to school and completed his

B.A. in Hman Services Conseling from

Lyndon State College in 1995. Now he

is married to a wonderfl lady, Jennifer,

with three boys of his own (ages 17, 12,

and 6) and three stepchildren (two girls

and a boy, 14, 8, 17). They also have a

dog and two cats. They live in Sothern

72

NEWS

Michele (Cross) Stradley

retired May 31, 2007, after 33

years work as an accontingspervisor and director of

administrative services for the

Department of Social Services for

Essex Conty in New York.

79

bIRTH

bradley Ferland and Mara Crandall,

a daghter, Chelsea Jeanne Crandall

Ferland, Jly 29, 2009.

NEWS

A few close friends and members of the

Class of 1979 had a 30th renion get-

together at the home of Mark and Valerie

(Degan) Abramo in Medway, MA, on

New Hampshire in the town of Hooksett.

He works for the Job Corps Program as

an admissions conselor and has been

doing so for 10 years. He is on Facebook

if anyone wold like to catch p. He

wold love to hear from old friends.

86

MARRIAGE

Stacey (TanCreti) Greene and

Theodore J. Kegelman III,

Feb. 14, 2009.

88

NEWS

Mike and Jill Diemer annonced

the completion of their latest project,

Clock Tower Sqare. Located on the

Brlington/Soth Brlington line,

the 14-nit bilding consists of two-

and three-bedroom sites available for

rent. The bilding is dedicated to Mikes

brother, Jeff Rodliff 05, who tragically

died in 2005.

89

NEWS

Katy blue is riding across the contry

from her home in Starksboro, VT, to

Seattle, WA, in Jne 2010 to raise

$50,000 for the MS Society. She is

doing this in honor of her dad, Bob Ble,

who had MS and passed away in 2006.

Check ot the Vermont Chapter of the

National MS Society online to read more

abot it.

Niki Curry, an independent

Tpperware consltant and owner of

TpperDiva in Bedford, MA, celebrated

two milestones recentlythe rst

anniversary of her part-time bsiness

and her 40th birthday!

90

NEWS

Roert M. DiNapo

Feathering the Nest,

store, in Bristol, VT. T

frnitre, home good

items. Before that, D

as a bread baker and

Bristol Bakery and Al

Market. DiNapoli has

management and ow

Dreamscapes, a land

for 13 years.

91

NEWS

Katherine W. Cam

hsband, Chad, have

MA, for the past two y

three small children a

They jst celebrated t

anniversary.

Tarina A. Cozza is

at Brattleboro Memo

Her son, Sean Jr., ce

birthday on Jne 20,

brother Dakota is gra

grade this year.

Sarah L. Howrigan

team at the Sheraton

and Conference Cent

local travel byers on

to Brlington.

Jennifer McGrath

the family restarant

after an electrical re

last May. She and Se

own a neighborhood

bsiness, Marcos Piz

holdings, the cople

bsinesses to Shelb

bradley Ferland 79 and Maura

Crandalls daughter, Chelsea Jeanne

Marianne Graham Green class of 79

mini-reunion

A reunion of a group of Champlain alums who lived in priv

155 Loomis Street with Helen Ma Simino in the mid 198

away last Septemer at the age of 92, ut her memory live

stories! In this picture from left to right are some of Ma

Geno 85, White River Junction, VT; Rich Long 85, Colche

Whipple, Largo, FL (Lee is Helens nephew who was a freq

Simino House ack in the day. He has een a lifelong frien

Wayne bronson 85, Essex Junction, VT; Jim Garner 84, R

and bill bennion 85, Jonesorough, TN.


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they provided deli and takeot services

for a time and opened a second Marcos

Pizza when an appropriate space opened

p in 2004.

John Raphael recently began cooking

for the famos contry inn Edson Hill

Manor in Stowe, Vermont.

92

bIRTH

William Reng and Nancy Reng, a

daghter, Emily Saralynn Reng,

Febrary 1, 2009.NEWS

Nancy I. Detwiler-Kenney made

a career change in 2008 and started

an online bsiness directory for the

frnitre indstry. Ftres Frnitre

Bsiness Directory has a mission to

raise awareness abot the frnitre

indstry on a green scale and connect

the consmer with the designers,

artisans, and manfactrers that

incorporate environmentally sond

methods and craftsmanship into their

work. The directory focses on frnitre

and frnishings for the residential,

commercial, or indstrial space. In

addition, her company was invited to

represent Green Interiors at the 2009

Yampa Valley Sstainability Smmit in

September, where it showcased eco-

friendly frnitre. Lastly, she was recently

awarded her sbstitte-teaching license

for the State of Colorado.

William P. Reng is working for the

Asbry Park Police Department and is in

charge of all fatal-accident investigations.

He is also a trafc safety ofcer for the

city of Asbry Park, a member of the

Monmoth Conty Trafc Association,

and a member of the New Jersey Fatal

Investigators Association. In

champlain college fall 2009

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