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Workforce shortages may curb plan to re-up psych bed capacity
Mike Smith, secretary of the Vermont Agency of Human Services, speaks on Aug. 10, 2021. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger When people in crisis show up at Montpelier’s Another Way Community Center,...
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State’s patient wait time inquiry to conclude by January
Mike Smith, secretary of the Vermont Agency of Human Services, speaks during a press conference on Aug. 10. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger State regulators expect to wrap up their investigation into...
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‘Monkey wrench’: How the Delta variant caught Vermont off guard
More than two months since the more contagious Covid-19 strain began driving up case counts, the gulf between many public health experts and Gov. Phil Scott’s administration is only widening. Photo...
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Vermont temporarily adds long-term care, rehabilitation beds
Mike Smith, secretary of the Vermont Agency of Human Services, speaks during a Covid-19 press conference on Tuesday, August 10, 2021. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger As Vermont’s hospitals and...
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Children’s Covid vaccine arriving in Vermont this week; pediatricians fully...
Gov. Phil Scott speaks in Montpelier on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger A Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine could be coming as soon as Tuesday night for children 5 to 11 years old,...
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Agency of Human Services Secretary Mike Smith to retire at the end of this month
Mike Smith, Vermont’s secretary of Human Services, is retiring. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Mike Smith, a critical player in Vermont’s pandemic response and the state’s secretary of human...
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State report on wait times quantifies patient experiences but offers no path...
The Miller Building at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington in November 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Kristi Kilpatrick is running out of time. The 36-year-old has benign...
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Scott names Jenney Samuelson new human services secretary
After months as interim secretary, Jenney Samuelson has been named Vermont’s permanent secretary of human services, effective immediately. Gov. Phil Scott announced the appointment Monday, and also...
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Final Reading: Who's next?
Clockwise from top left: Steven Gordon, Mike Smith, Kevin Mullin and John Brumsted. VTDigger file photos If you’ve been following health news lately, you may have noticed that retirement is suddenly...
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Vermont State University president Parwinder Grewal resigns as system pauses...
Dr. Parwinder Grewal, who was named president of Vermont State University on April 18, 2022, has resigned. Courtesy of the Vermont State Colleges System Updated at 2:00 p.m. Vermont State University...
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Vermont State University reverses course on libraries, athletics
The library shift was set to take place by July 1, and would have eliminated seven full-time positions and three part-time ones. File photo by Peter D’Auria/VTDigger Updated at 6:20 p.m. Vermont State...
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UVM Health Network and Vermont State University partner to support...
Mike Smith, interim president of Vermont State University, speaks at a joint press conference with The University of Vermont Health Network in Williston on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Photo by Kyle Martel...
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After a rocky few years, Vermont State University tries to find its footing
The library at the Northern Vermont University campus in Johnson. A controversial plan to downgrade athletic programs and remove books from libraries at Vermont State University campuses, which was...
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Sophie Zdatny to step down as chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges System
For the second time this year, the Vermont State Colleges System is poised to lose a top leader. Vermont State Colleges Chancellor Sophie Zdatny. Courtesy photo The system’s board of trustees...
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Vermont State University could consolidate, cut academic programs in...
Mike Smith, interim president of Vermont State University, at the Vermont Technical College campus in Williston in May. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont State University officials are examining...
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David Bergh to take over as Vermont State University interim president
Updated at 3:04 p.m. David Bergh was named interim president of Vermont State University on Friday, Sept. 22. Photo courtesy of Vermont State Colleges System David Bergh, a former Johnson State...
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Vermont State University president recommends cutting 10 degree programs and...
Mike Smith, interim president of Vermont State University, at the Vermont Technical College campus in Williston in May. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont State University should end 10 degree...
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Vermont State University releases buyout plan, faculty union cries foul
Mike Smith, interim president of Vermont State University, at the Vermont Technical College campus in Williston in May. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont State University is offering buyouts to...
View ArticleVermont State Colleges Labor Task Force: Where has all that money gone?
This commentary is by members of the VSC Labor Task Force, a group formed in 2020 that fights to bring faculty and staff voices and research to the decision-making processes that have accompanied the...
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Gold and Olson: VTSU’s Optimization 2.0 a disservice to students
This commentary is by Kate Gold, associate director of advising at Vermont State University Lyndon, and Linda Olson, a professor at VTSU Castleton. Gold is vice president of Political Action AFT VT...
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Castleton students rally to protest proposed cuts in state university’s...
Nearly a hundred people participated in a student-led rally at the Vermont State University’s Castleton campus on Thursday, protesting proposed cuts in programs and faculty jobs. Photo by Tiffany...
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Vermont State University to eliminate 33 staff positions in wide-ranging cuts
Mike Smith, interim president of Vermont State University, at the Vermont Technical College campus in Williston on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 4:47 p.m. Vermont...
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Vermont State University expects only 1 faculty layoff, issues revised plan...
Mike Smith, interim president of Vermont State University, at the Vermont Technical College campus in Williston on May 24. A total of 17 faculty members at Vermont State University have opted to take...
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White River Junction VA to open beds for non-veteran mental health treatment
The Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in White River Junction. VA photoThis story by Nora Doyle-Burr was published Oct. 26 by the Valley News.WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The White River Junction VA...
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Vermont to open Covid-19 vaccine registration to young children Wednesday...
Mark Podgwaite of the Waterbury Ambulance Service assembles doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Berlin on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerUpdated at 8:49...
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Michael Smith: VSU plans to continue legacy of opportunity for Vermonters
This commentary is by Michael K. Smith, interim president of Vermont State University.As I was leaving the Johnson campus last week, just a few days into my role as interim president of Vermont State...
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Joe Romano: What’s the real plan for Vermont State University?
This commentary is by Joseph Romano, a graduate of Montpelier High School and Lyndon State College who retired in 2017 after serving, most recently, as vice president for administration at Wagner...
View ArticleMichael Smith: Optimizing academic array is an opportunity for Vermont State...
This commentary is by Michael K. Smith, interim president of Vermont State University.There are certainly complex challenges in higher education and significant forces at play that a university like...
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Mike Smith, former human services secretary, accuses UVM Health Network of a...
Mike Smith, interim president of Vermont State University, at the Vermont Technical College campus in Williston on May 24, 2023. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerMike Smith, a former secretary of...
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Final Reading: A Vermont senator is buying radio stations in (and around) his...
Sen. Russ Ingalls, R-Essex, at his desk on the Senate floor at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerSen. Russ Ingalls, R-Essex, is ready for some airtime.The...
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