Students no longer need to waste gas and drive with their ski boots on to Burke. As of January 25, the first Burke Mountain shuttle left the Wheelock parking lot at 8 a.m. with three students on board. The idea of having a shuttle to Burke Mountain has been […]
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Leadership Conference Says: Be The Boss
Students have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills this Saturday, February 4, at Lyndon State College. The Leadership Conference is being hosted by the Student Academic and Leadership Center and all students are encouraged to attend. This is a chance to engage in learning with others, while also […]
Final Two Presidential Candidates Announced
Good afternoon, I’m very pleased to announce that the Presidential Search Committee is advancing two finalists for consideration by the Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees. Dr. Joe Bertolino and Dr. Mike Sonntag have accepted invitations to return to the Lyndon campus on February 15 for final interviews with […]
More Hornets in the Hive
Lyndon State has been attracting more and more attention from prospective students. This semester alone has 111 new students that were not enrolled previously in the fall. That’s a 25 percent increase from the few new students who came onboard last spring. One new face is that of Mia […]
Upsurge in Criminal Justice Enrollment
Despite the usual kinks associated with any new major, the criminal justice major has seen a jump in enrollment since its unveiling in the fall of 2010. David Sleigh, full-time trial lawyer since 1983, has taught three criminal justice classes over a period of four semesters, along with director […]
Bennion Writes to Decriminalize Polygamy
After a semester filled with traveling to France, writing publications in Montana, and becoming a worldwide renowned scholar on Mormon fundamentalism, social science professor Janet Bennion has returned from sabbatical. Bennion spent the fall semester at her home in Montana working on her book “Polygamy in Primetime”, a novel, […]
Presidential Candidate John Ryder
Dr. John Ryder brings an international perspective to Lyndon State College. Ryder’s work as the president of Khazar University in Baku, Azerbaijan for the past year and a half has given him a different perspective that he would use back here in Vermont. “One of the things we need […]
Update: Solar at LSC
Just before the holiday break professor Ben Luce and a crew of Sustainability students and professors put together the new Solar Array outside of LSC’s Alumni House. Their hopes were to have all of the wiring connected and have the array fully functioning by the beginning of term January […]
Major: Couch Surfing
As his eyes slowly open Chris Martin hears the sound of dishes being shuffled around on the counter, the coffee being brewed and yawning from all involved parties. He doesn’t have class for another four hours, or any homework, nothing to do at all but he can’t sleep in because […]
Burke Gets Lifted
As the clock hits 8 am silence prevails across the mountain, the helicopter still isn’t here yet. It’s a day late already, held up on a cell phone tower job in Maine, but word from the foreman is, it will be here by 9. Looking over the Mid Burke parking […]