Catch a hockey game with Ryan

Since today’s post is our last of 2015, we thought we’d end the year by giving something back to you.

We are giving away tickets for you and a friend to attend the UVM Hockey game against Dartmouth on Friday, January 8th with Afterword celebrity, Ryan Chartier.

Enter the raffle here and you could win tickets.
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As a bonus, the game will feature Martin St. Louis ’97 — probably the most famous UVM hockey player ever — getting his number retired. Oh, and plenty of snacks because Ryan loves snacks.

We’ll announce the winner on Tuesday, January 5.

Don’t forget to enter the raffle here.

Good luck and Happy New Year!
Derrick & Ryan

Hello from the other side

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Remember when we called you a couple of weeks ago?  When we asked you some questions about your job or what you are most connected to at UVM?

Well, you surprised us because nearly 300 of you actually picked up the phone. And that’s why we love you.

Here’s what you said:

Career Outcomes Survey (140 responses)

  1. 71% are employed full-time or in graduate school.
  2. 75% are employed in a job related to your career goals.
  3. 88% are satisfied with your current job.

Basically, y’all are amazing. You are finding jobs and liking those jobs.

For the 30% still looking for a job or thinking about graduate school, keep at it!

Not-Career Outcomes Survey (147 responses)

For those of you who had completed the career outcome survey already, we called to ask what you are most connected to at UVM.  Here’s what you said:

  1. 57% of you said you love your academic departments and school/colleges. Your professors would love to know this — send them an email this weekend, it will mean a lot.
  2. 20% of you said student life (students clubs, greek life, programs, etc.).
  3. 10% of your said you just love UVM — all of it.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

It means a lot to us that you are willing to answer the phone and talk. Not only does it help us know more about you as individuals, it helps us know how to communicate with you in the future.

Derrick & Ryan

ICYMI: Fall Semester Highlights from Campus

The semester is coming to a close and students are busy prepping for finals (bet that’s something you don’t miss!) So we put together an update on what’s been happening on campus this fall.

Move Mountains: The Campaign for the University of Vermont

  • In October UVM kicked off a $500 million fundraising campaign called Move Mountains: The Campaign for The University of Vermont. Over Homecoming weekend there was a big launch on campus that included some pretty cool videos. The first is drone footage of campus and the second is a reading by Major Jackson.

A Bird’s-Eye View of UVM from UVM Foundation on Vimeo.

Major Jackson at UVM’s Move Mountains Campaign Launch Celebration from UVM Foundation on Vimeo.

Notable Speakers

  • Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, spoke to first-year students about writing.
  • Al Gore visited campus in October to talk climate change.
  • William Cronin, a prominent environmental historian, spoke at 40th annual the Aiken Lecture.

A Day in the Life

  • On October 20, 2015 students, faculty and staff captured their day on social media. Check out the play by play here.

Academics and Research

Student News

Want to stay up to date?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just a quick post to say Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing you a day spent with family and friends and filled with delicious food. thanksgiving turkey turkey day thanksgiving dinner gobble gobble
We’ll be back to our regularly scheduled program next week.

Derrick & Ryan

More Alumni Advice

We’ve gotten lots of very nice feedback through the bottle opener giveaway and a lot of you said you want to hear more alumni stories.

Our friends over at Continuing Education do a great blog called Outreach and they’ve recently featured two alumni giving amazing career advice.

  1. Deb Mignucci, Class of 1982, on what to do with a liberal arts degree, how to stand out as an job applicant, and how recent grads can find success in their job search.
  2. Bill Bright, Class of 1991, on finding a job, changing careers, and making mistakes.