{"id":876,"date":"2015-12-04T12:26:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T16:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/?p=876"},"modified":"2016-03-04T11:21:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T15:21:09","slug":"icymi-fall-semester-highlights-from-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/2015\/12\/04\/icymi-fall-semester-highlights-from-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Fall Semester Highlights from Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The semester is coming to a close and students are busy prepping for finals (bet that&#8217;s something you don&#8217;t miss!) So we\u00a0put together an update on what&#8217;s been happening on campus\u00a0this fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Move Mountains: The Campaign for the University of Vermont<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In October UVM kicked off a $500 million fundraising campaign called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~uvmpr\/?Page=news&amp;&amp;storyID=21532\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Move Mountains: The Campaign for The University of Vermont<\/em><\/a>. 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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/141538964\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/141538964\">A Bird&#8217;s-Eye View of UVM<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/uvmfoundation\">UVM Foundation<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/147724953\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/147724953\">Major Jackson at UVM&#8217;s Move Mountains Campaign Launch Celebration<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/uvmfoundation\">UVM Foundation<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~uvmpr\/?Page=news&amp;storyID=21438\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Fadiman<\/a>, author of\u00a0<em>The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,\u00a0<\/em>spoke to first-year students about writing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~uvmpr\/?Page=news&amp;storyID=21550&amp;category=ucommall\" target=\"_blank\">Al Gore visited campus<\/a> in October to talk climate change.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~uvmpr\/?Page=news&amp;storyID=21868&amp;category=ucommall\" target=\"_blank\">William Cronin<\/a>, a prominent environmental historian, spoke at 40th annual the Aiken Lecture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A Day in the Life<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On October 20, 2015 students, faculty and staff captured\u00a0their day on social media. Check out the play by play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~uvmpr\/?Page=news&amp;storyID=21641&amp;category=ucommall\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Academics and\u00a0Research<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~uvmpr\/?Page=news&amp;storyID=21884&amp;category=uvmacademics\" target=\"_blank\">four representatives from UVM traveled to Paris<\/a> to participate in the\u00a0United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21.<\/li>\n<li>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~uvmpr\/?Page=news&amp;storyID=21792&amp;category=uvmresearch\" target=\"_blank\">CREAM barn\u00a0at the Miller Research Farm opened<\/a> last month, giving UVM&#8217;s teaching herd a new home.<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Streeter, professor of sociology, asked the question:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~uvmpr\/?Page=news&amp;storyID=21564&amp;category=uvmresearch\" target=\"_blank\">why are we obsessed with Steve Jobs?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Student News<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UVM hosted it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~uvmpr\/?Page=news&amp;storyID=21883&amp;category=uvmacademics\" target=\"_blank\">second\u00a0Vermont Youth Climate Summit<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wptz.com\/news\/hundreds-at-uvm-rally-against-racism-support-for-mizzou\/36441986\" target=\"_blank\">Students rally against racism<\/a> and show support for protests at the University of Missouri.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/news\/2015\/11\/15\/MSOC_1115153713.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Men&#8217;s soccer team won the American East Championship<\/a> and their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UVMmsoccer\/status\/672778973399678976\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\">trophy <\/a>is now on display.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Want to stay up to date?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out campus news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~uvmpr\/\" target=\"_blank\">UVM Today<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Keep up with your favorite teams on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/uvmathletics.com\/index.aspx?path=wsoc\" target=\"_blank\">UVM Athletics<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get the student perspective with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtcynic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cynic<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The semester is coming to a close and students are busy prepping for finals (bet that&#8217;s something you don&#8217;t miss!) So we\u00a0put together an update on what&#8217;s been happening on campus\u00a0this fall. Move Mountains: The Campaign for the University of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/2015\/12\/04\/icymi-fall-semester-highlights-from-campus\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2916,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[266803],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-an-assortment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6o9cB-e8","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2916"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":891,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions\/891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}