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Aug

ESPP: Educators Supporting Post-high school Planning

9:00am - 4:00pm Community College of VT Upper Valley

VSAC Aspirations is offering professional development for educators! This is a semester-long course that ends October 26. This course is designed to support participants to integrate post-high school exploration and...

Sep

VSAC's Annual Financial Aid Training for Education and Agency Professionals: Financial Aid 101

9:00am - 10:30am on Zoom

Financial Aid 101 This virtual training session is geared toward education and agency professionals who are newer to discussing the financial aid process with potential learners, would like to hear...

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Blog Archive: A High School Student

5 VSAC Staff who are first-generation college grads

03 Nov

Celebrating first-generation day with VSAC: Meet 5 first-gen staff on our team

Written by
VSAC Staff

For First Generation Day, meet first-gen students who now work for VSAC: Jessi Krause Herron (bottom left), Monda Kelley (bottom right), Dylan Bertolini (upper right), Beth Clay (upper middle), Sarah Friend (upper left). If your parents didn't graduate from college, you're less likely to pursue…

Middle school students engaged with hands-on exhibits at STEM fairs in Vermont

25 Oct

Career events spark interest in STEM-related fields for Vermont students

Written by
VSAC Staff

Middle school students engaged with hands-on exhibits at STEM fairs in Castleton and the Northeast Kingdom. At two bustling events earlier this month at both ends of Vermont, hundreds of 7th and 8th graders came together for hands-on career exploration. Kingdom Career Connect and the Northeast…

04 Oct

5 Ways VSAC helps you find funding for your education or training

Written by
VSAC Staff

October is the beginning of financial aid season. For anyone thinking of going to college or getting training, it’s the time to start the process to apply for education funding for the coming academic year. For high school students (and their parents), or adults contemplating training to learn…

Halley Riley-Elliott: from diesel shop to pageant stage

27 Sep

VSAC celebrates graduation readiness with GEAR UP week

Written by
VSAC Staff

GEAR UP helped Halley Riley-Elliott of Mt. Holly pursue her passions—from diesel shop to pageant stage Every September, VSAC celebrates National GEAR UP Week to make more Vermont families aware of the resources offered through the Vermont GEAR UP program. This federally funded program, which VSAC…

20 Sep

Shaftsbury’s John Dell’Anno heads back to school for a mid-career change

Written by
VSAC Staff

Over the last two decades, John Dell’Anno of Shaftsbury had built a career as a carpenter. Employed by a company out of Manchester, John worked on high-end residential job sites, and found plenty of work in towns like Stratton, Windham, and Dorset. But in 2014, after suffering a few accidents (one…

07 Sep

“I’m here, you can keep me!” Following up with Mimi Duong, one of Vermont’s most enthusiastic new employees

Written by
VSAC Staff

When Mimi Duong was applying to college during her senior year at St. Johnsbury Academy, she found herself at a bit of a disadvantage, since her parents, who had emigrated to Vermont from Vietnam, weren’t totally familiar with the American college admissions system. When we last spoke with her in…

3 grads in the Green Mountain Job & Retention Program

25 Aug

New loan repayment program encourages grads to work in VT

Written by
VSAC Staff

Jessica Neilson of Rutland, Emma Nadeau of Derby, and Ben Hulett of Shaftsbury are benefitting from a $5,000 loan repayment incentive to launch their careers and stay in Vermont. A brand-new student loan repayment program, designed to incentivize recent college graduates to stay in Vermont, is…

04 Aug

David Richardson credits mentors and counselors for his success, and strives to pay it forward

Written by
Emily Stetson

When David Richardson was seven years old, his world turned upside down. His relatively comfortable middle-class household, supported by two parents who both held good jobs – his mom as a substance use counselor, his dad as a corrections officer – changed, literally, with one wrong step. His father…

01 Aug

Cabot student chooses a unique college program that “just sounded really interesting”

Written by
Emily Stetson

When Brody Moran works with kids – either as a substitute teacher at Cabot School in his hometown during his college breaks, or this summer as a counselor at Turtle Island camp – he never asks a child what they want to be when they grow up. “Some people love asking that question, because it provokes…

Alek Wolfe and his “Bants and Bands” podcast co-host, Emily Beckett

05 Jul

Despite challenges, Vermont State University student Alek Wolfe keeps his ears on the prize

Written by
Emily Stetson

In 2018, Bellows Free Academy-St. Albans student Alek Wolfe was sitting next to award-winning sports announcer George Commo in the press box of the Collins-Perley Arena in St. Albans. Alek was there to provide commentary for a women’s high-school hockey game against Rutland. “I was in the middle of…