When she was in her mid-twenties, Lauren Craig thought she had hit a dead end on her career path. Fortunately, with some heavy encouragement from a friend and some financial help from VSAC, some new doors opened, and today, she’s working in a job she loves.

Do friends and family need gift ideas for the holidays? Put savings for college or training at the top of the wish list this year.

Eden Towers, a young woman who is studying to be a paramedic, is no stranger to hardship and hard work. Fortunately, she’s had equal parts luck along the way.

Eight high schools are now teaching a new, much-anticipated course to strengthen math proficiencies in high school students before they graduate. 

Theo Avent is an engaging, articulate leader who brings people together to inspire change. He’s had a longstanding interest in politics.

When Gail Trede started her college path she wa

Fexhrije Ilazi had two years left of college when she was forced to en

Meghan Lewia helps keep people healthy now, but

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Brown just graduated from Craftsbury Academy last week. Lizzie joined the GEAR UP program later on in high school but has taken advantage of the program as a resource to help her finalize the details of her college plans and learn how to pay for college.

Dennis Van Nostrand has two dreams: To be a cross-country tractor-trai