The Ripple Effect
Creating Waves of Positive Change
Dear CCV Donors and Friends,
The act of making a gift often has far-reaching impacts that extend well beyond the initial contribution, much like a pebble tossed in a quiet pond. As we reflect on this past year, we are struck by the power of this ‘ripple effect’ generated by CCV’s philanthropic community.
The students featured in this report, including Amber Moriglioni, a Life Gap Grant recipient who is now a peer mentor for the program, Caitlin McGinley, a Free Degree Promise graduate and one of CCV’s youngest commencement speakers, and Bethany Kriger, a Buffum Single Parent Scholarship recipient who plans to become a lawyer advocating for children and families, are a testament to the ‘ripple effect.’ Each of these students embodies the transformative power of our community’s support and the positive change that can be achieved through our collective efforts.
With your generosity and partnership, we are touching student lives and creating ripples of positive change throughout Vermont. We want to express our deepest gratitude for your unwavering support and shared belief in our mission. Together we are making a difference in the lives of our students and the communities they serve. Thank you for being a vital part of CCV’s ‘ripple effect!’
With gratitude,
Joyce Judy, President
Our Mission
The Community College of Vermont supports and challenges all students in meeting their educational goals through an abiding commitment to access, affordability, and student success.
FREE DEGREE PROMISE
CCV Student Speaker Earns College Degree at 19
An ‘old soul’: it’s how a lot of people describe Caitlin McGinley. And after just a few minutes of conversation, the description strikes as perfectly apt. Her soft-spoken nature belies a robust curiosity about the world.
In 2022, Caitlin’s curiosity led her to CCV. She wondered what it would be like to spend her senior year of high school in college. It would be a huge change—leaving her school and her friends to jump into life as a full-time college student.
But Caitlin isn’t one to shy away from a challenge, so she decided to sign up for Early College, a unique opportunity for Vermont high school seniors to complete their last year of high school and their first year of college at the same time.
As she neared the end of her Early College year, Caitlin thought about transferring; she felt ready for a traditional college experience. But then she found out about the Free Degree Promise, a program generously supported by the McClure Foundation that builds on Early College to give students the chance to complete a CCV associate degree at no cost to them or their families.
Learn more about the Free Degree Promise at ccv.edu/FreeDegree
THE RIPPLE EFFECT
During her time at CCV, Caitlin served as an ambassador for the Free Degree Promise, encouraging others to take advantage of this incredible opportunity. As icing on the cake, Caitlin was nominated to be the student speaker for CCV’s 2024 Commencement ceremony where she praised more than 500 of her fellow graduates. “You all are role models for anyone considering pursuing education at any stage of life.”
As I kept going and maturing, I think I realized that it was kind of an opportunity that I shouldn’t pass up,” she says. “Plus, I really enjoyed my Early College year, so I was like ‘I feel like this is just the right thing to do.’”
PUTTING A CCV EDUCATION TO WORK
Career Services Prepare Students for Success
Since 2015, the McClure Foundation has played an instrumental role in the development of Career Services at CCV. In this time, staffing for career services has evolved from three part-time career consultants to a full-time coordinator position, which then became a manager of career learning. The College has now established a director-level position, underscoring the increased visibility, significance, and institutional commitment to career development.
In the most recent chapter of this partnership, CCV received funding in 2021 to support the integration of career learning opportunities into our courses. Through this grant, essential learning objectives emphasizing career exploration and work-based learning were approved and added to all introductory courses across all CCV program areas.
The J. Warren & Lois McClure Foundation is a supporting organization of the Vermont Community Foundation.
We are so grateful to the McClure Foundation for their support in fortifying the link between classes and careers as exemplified by CCV faculty members like Robert Kirk.
Robert Kirk teaches art and design courses, and his curriculum includes informational interviews with working professionals. In addition to practical tips and networking, students gain something even more important from these conversations: confidence. Kirk also guides students through small group community-based projects. For example, students might work with an environmental non-profit to design logos and branding that supports their communications efforts. Sometimes these projects have unexpected bonuses, like a student who was hired to paint a mural in an office building. “It opened up an opportunity to do real work—that’s the ideal,” said Kirk.
Read the full story about Robert and other CCV faculty members who are integrating work-based learning opportunities in their classes at ccv.edu/CareerLearning
HOLISTICALLY ADDRESSING STUDENT NEEDS
Evolution of the Life Gap Program
The Life Gap program started with Life Gap Grants, just-in-time scholarships to support students when unexpected needs come up that could interrupt their education, such as car repairs, sudden child care loss, and computer or internet problems.
Over time, it has grown into a comprehensive approach to addressing student needs on a more holistic level with the establishment of eight Student Resource Centers statewide, outreach through student peer mentors, resource
coordination through the United Way’s Working Bridges program, and food assistance in partnership with local food shelves. These additions don’t just help students through challenging situations but set them up for success before those situations arise.
To learn more about Life Gap Plus, go to ccv.edu/LGPlus
THE RIPPLE EFFECT
The Life Gap program is entirely funded from philanthropic donations and grants. As this program has grown and evolved over the past seven years, it has helped thousands of CCV students stay in school and attain their educational goals. Many of these students have now graduated and they are nurses, teachers, social workers, and business owners contributing to the vitality of our Vermont communities.
AUGUST 2017 The Life Gap Program began with a single private donor who has contributed over $1 million dollars over the past 7 years.
LIFE GAP PARTNERS
2021-2022
Student Resource Centers are established in Winooski, Montpelier, Rutland, and Brattleboro
2-3 Student Peer Mentors established (statewide, virtual positions)
February 2023
Hired a full-time Resource Access Manager to manage the program
2023-2024
8 onsite positions placed within Student Resource Centers
2020 – 2024
Since CCV began fundraising for Life Gap, 203 individual donors have collectively given another $375,294 to the program
Working Bridges Resource Coordinators are on-site 138 hours per week, with a shared Resource Coordinator Spring 2024
2022-2023
Increased investment in Working Bridges Resource Coordinators to 230 hours per week on-site
Nearly tripled Working Bridges Resource Coordinators’ hours to 615 hours per week on-site, and transitioned to a dedicated CCV Resource Coordinator
Newport and Bennington Student Resource Centers open
Fall 2024
Valley and St. Albans Student Resource Centers open
Cultivating Community Through Life Gap
Amber Moriglioni always knew that attending college was an important step toward reaching her dreams of working with young students. She started at CCV in 2022 pursuing a degree in behavioral science, with the plan to transfer and complete a 4-year degree after graduating in 2025. “I really hope to work as a behavioral specialist or as a guidance counselor, specifically in the public school system,” she said.
While going to college was an easy choice, what hasn’t been easy is life getting in the way. “I first heard about the Life Gap program when my car
broke down and I was stressed because I took all in-person classes,” she said. Amber received a Life Gap grant to help with car repairs so she could get to class, no strings attached. “I’ve never been more grateful for anything in my life,” Amber said.
Read the full story at ccv.edu/Amber
THE RIPPLE EFFECT
Amber has been able to combine her passion for helping others and her personal experiences with the Life Gap program by becoming a peer mentor in the CCV-Rutland Student Resource Center. Amber is just one of many students the Life Gap program has supported, and through her work as a peer mentor she continues to offer that help to others while cultivating a sense of community and belonging at CCV.
THE VICTORIA BUFFUM SINGLE PARENT SCHOLARSHIP
Empowering Student Parents
Nicole Talbert is using the Victoria Buffum Single Parent Scholarship to pursue her dream of becoming a sports psychologist. As a single mother, the idea of going back to school as an adult student was daunting for Nicole. She worried about money and the time commitment. “I didn’t know how I would be able to take classes, and make a small income, and be available for my daughter when she needed me.”
Now in its second year, the scholarship is helping a new cohort of student parents pursue their dream of earning a college degree. “It’s been hugely helpful,” Nicole says. “Knowing that either my car payment is going to be made without the stress of me needing to pick up extra shifts, or groceries every week, which is a big deal.”
Bethany Kriger is raising four teenagers on her own, and the scholarship is helping her to set a positive example for her kids. “The most important thing that you can ever teach anyone is that it’s just never too late to do the thing that you wanted to do.”
For her, the scholarship is enabling a courageous life change that wouldn’t be possible without significant support. Bethany returned to school at 45, determined to finish the college degree she’d started years earlier with the goal of going into family law and becoming an advocate for children.
“It’s so expensive to have children, as everybody knows, and it’s expensive to live,” says Bethany. “I don’t know how I would honestly be making this semester work at all if I didn’t have this scholarship. It’s a game-changer.”
The Victoria Buffum scholarship is the result of a $1M gift from the Courtney and Victoria Buffum Family Foundation, which established an endowed fund at the Vermont Community Foundation that generates the annual award. Vicki was an entrepreneur and philanthropist with a deep desire to help others—particularly women and children at risk—and she was a single mother herself.
THE RIPPLE EFFECT
Since the initial gift is invested and only the annual earnings are distributed, the Victoria Buffum scholarship amplifies the ripple effect by providing ongoing financial support for CCV students. After graduation, students pursuing careers like Nicole and Bethany go out into the Vermont community and work in jobs helping others, making a positive impact that extends well beyond the initial gift.
Ways to Give
When you give to CCV, you’re not just making a one-time contribution. You’re the beginning of a ripple effect that reaches far and wide. Your gift of any size can be the pebble that creates the ripple of positive change for a CCV student.
Life Gap Grants
Provides just-in-time support to help students bridge challenging financial situations that threaten their ability to stay in school.
General Scholarship Fund
Gifts to this non-endowed fund go directly toward tuition assistance for students enrolled at one of our 12 academic centers or the center for online learning.
The Endowment for Student Success
Invest in future generations of CCV students through this endowed fund that generates annual earnings used exclusively for scholarships.
The Annual Fund
Support the mission of CCV by providing unrestricted resources for new initiatives as well as a variety of operational needs and projects.
Make a gift online today at:
ccv.edu/donate
Where the Money Comes From
Where the Money Goes
Why They Give
Alumni represent between 15-25% of CCV donors each year. It often takes time for alumni to reach a point in their careers when they can start giving back. Donations from our alumni are typically modest but extremely meaningful.
Here are two examples of CCV alumni from the past decade who have recently donated to the College and their reasons for doing so. Just as the impact of a single pebble extends beyond the initial splash, we hope the generosity of these alumni will inspire others to follow suit.
To all CCV alumni who give, we are immensely grateful for your decision to pay it forward and support current students. Your generosity is deeply appreciated!
As a young adult my private, and unspoken, goal was to become a veterinarian. Until I enrolled at CCV, I thought the cost and time to follow that path would be impossible. Access to great faculty and rigorous science courses helped inspire me to “make it work” and the guaranteed acceptance program to University of Vermont motivated me to perform academically even as I balanced a full-time job.
I donate to CCV because I strongly believe every Vermonter deserves an accessible education. Without CCV many affordable programs, available on the schedule of working Vermonters, would disappear. My education at CCV has allowed me the privilege of learning and practicing veterinary medicine throughout the country, and around the world. By donating generously, I hope whoever comes after me can experience the same life changing opportunity.”
TAYLOR YEATES, Richmond, VT
Veterinarian
CCV AS, STEM Studies 2015-2016
UVM BS, Biological Sciences 20172020
Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine DVM, 2020-2023
My associate degree from the CCV is one of my most significant accomplishments and it inspired me to complete my bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine in Orono, which I began in the 1980s. It also gave me the tools to take on new challenges at work.
I am grateful to CCV for their dedicated advisors, who helped me map out my academic schedule. Their flexible course offerings allowed me to take one class each semester, including summers, until I had earned enough credits to graduate. Because of this support and flexibility, I was able to achieve my educational goals while balancing my professional and personal responsibilities.
I am proud to help support those students who are just entering the process by making an annual donation to the General Scholarship Fund.”
STEVE LEGGE, Lyndonville, VT
Director of Marketing & Communications, St. Johnsbury Academy
CCV AA, Graphic Design 2014-2017
University of Maine BA, University Studies 2022-2023
Donors to CCV
Benefactors Gifts greater than $5,000
Anonymous (2)
Courtney & Victoria Buffum Family Foundation
T. Wayne Clark
The Curtis Fund
John S. Daly
Tim Donovan*
Bari & Peter Dreissigacker
Ellucian Foundation
Patricia Fontaine / Fountain Fund
Bob & Lois Frey
Jane Guyette / Bergeron Family Foundation
J. Warren & Lois McClure Foundation, a supporting organization of the Vermont Community Foundation
CCV gratefully acknowledges our generous donors. The gifts listed have been given in the most recent fiscal year, from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
NEFCU (New England Federal Credit Union)
The Scripps Family Fund for Education & the Arts
Linda Tatarczuch
Susan & Bob Titterton
Vermont Community Foundation
Dean’s List Gifts of $500 to $999
Gretchen DeHart
Eric Ford
Jen & Deanna Garrett-Ostermiller
Dr. Sydney Lea & Robin Barone
Laurie Loveland
Maryellen Lowe ‘82
Tom MacLeay
Main Street Landing Company
Bette Matkowski
KD Maynard
Myrna Miller*
Katie & Seth Mobley
National Life Group
Duane & Laura Peterson
The Richards Group
Peter Smith Fund
Ernest & Deborah ‘89 Stewart
Peggy & David Williams
Sophie Zdatny
President’s Circle Gifts of $1,000 to $4,999
Anonymous (4)
A Book Company, LLC (eCampus)
Carol & David Buchdahl
Greg & Megan Cluver
Concept2, Inc.
Janice Couture
Nance Driscoll
Tom & Mary Evslin
Hubey Folsom ‘93
Christine Graham
The Jerry Greenfield & Elizabeth
K. Skarie Foundation, Inc.
Susan Henry & Sture Nelson
Ben & Joyce Judy
Sara & Ron Kobylenski
Dr. Leigh Marthe ‘21
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation’s Arrow Fund
Kate & Bill Schubart
Meg & Bruce Seely
David & Janet Silverman
Peter Smith*
Aimee Stephenson
Debra Ann & Mitchell Stern
Lee & Byron Stookey
Amy E. Stuart & Mark A. Rowell
Twincraft Skincare
Pixley Tyler Hill
John & Jennifer Vogel
Margo Waite ‘75 & Robert C. Menson
Oran Young & Gail Osherenko
Advocates Gifts of $250 to $499
Gail & Kenneth Albert
Anonymous (4)
Patrick Couture
Bo J. Finnegan
William Geiger
Jonas M. Hart
Amy Holibaugh ‘05
Deb & Jim Hunt
Jenney Izzo
Alexandra D. Jones
Candace & Tony ‘93 Lewis
Susan M. & Thomas A. Little
Paul Millman
* Former CCV President
Barbara Murphy*
Andrea Rogers
John N. Rosenblum ‘83
Mark & Maria Rubinstein
Eric Sakai
Jeremy Schrauf
Sharron Scott
Natalie Searle
Jean E. Snow ‘77
Nicole & Felipe Stetson
Steven C. Thompson ‘96
Jason Van Driesche
Yasmine Ziesler
Patrons Gifts of $100 to $249
Shelley Adriance
Jack Anderson
Anonymous (4)
Mike & Jean Audet
Carole S. Bacon ‘91
Elizabeth Bassett & John Pane
Linda & Rich Bell
Adam & Dianne Benezra
Linda & Jerry Benezra
Cynthia A. & Steven P. Bjerklie
Janet & John Bossi
Laura Buckley
Charles Bunting
Pam Chisholm & Ted Franzeim
Deborah Clark
Philip Crossman
Lorei J. Dawson
Mica DeAngelis & Barry Mansfield
Karrie Demers
Gabrielle Dietzel
Nicholas DiGiovanni & Lisa Altomari
DiMascio Headrick Family
James Douglas
Ryan & Meg Dulude
Jeremiah K. Durick
Timothy Dusablon ‘09
Betty Dye
Tammy J. Ellis ‘05
Ruth L. Fish
Jerry & Judy Flanagan
Michael Griffith
Michael & Jody Hayden ‘02
Mary D. Hulette
Amy Beth Kessinger & Ethan Richman
Elizabeth L. King ‘91
David & Kathy Larsen
Jennifer Lawson
Julie Lee
Kathy Leonard ‘94
Katherine A. Levasseur
David & Meredith Liben
Susan B. Lovering
Ben Lucarelli
Sally McCarthy
Mary Alice McKenzie & Allan Rodgers
Jason Mearls ‘14
Marc & Christy Mihaly
Linda R. Milne
Scott H. Mullins ‘99
Christopher R. Nelson
Ann Newsmith
James & Penelope Nolte
Ed Patterson
Pentucket Regional MHS Math & Science Departments
Michael J. Pichette ‘96
Mercedes Pour-Previti
Maura & Curt Randall
Shirley Ridgway
Robert ‘94 & Denise Rodd, Jr.
Aaron Roy
Jan Roy & Steven Young
Bill & Dalene Sacco
Herb & Eleanor Spies
Jerry Spivey
Gary & Kathleen Starr
Carol R. ‘76 and John F. Sweeney
J & J Sweeney
Bruce A. Tagg
Linda & Keith Tarr-Whelan
Adriana Taylo-Behrman ‘10
Heather Weinstein
Jake & Cathie Wheeler
Carol & Bruce Wyatt
Friends
Gifts up to $99
Ashraf Alamatouri
Gloria Alexander
Anonymous (8)
Peter D. Anthony
David Barch ‘90
Carolyn Fawcett Barnes
Tapp Barnhill
Joanne Blakeman
Mindy Boenning
Raymond C. Brassard
Christine Brooks
Candace Brown ‘92
Sharen Chadwick
Jennifer Clarke ‘04
Albert Cordes
Joseph S. Covais
Allan Curtiss ‘13
Mary E. & Nick P. Debitetto
Mel Donovan
Karl W. and Maria G. Einolf
Martin & Sheila ‘78 Fors
Ronald R. Gabriel
Elisabeth Gish ‘02
Linda Gribnau
Recille Hamrell
Ruth Hardy
Robin E. Hopps ‘03
Peter Keating
Alison Kirk
Elisa Kobuskie
Darlene Larochelle
Robert J. Larrabee ‘99
Sarah Lavallee
Steve Legge ‘17
Justin Marsh
Josh Martin ‘03
Christopher & Melissa McElaney
Irene Mitchell
Darcy Oakes
Marie O’Brien
Mary Rowell O’Brien ‘86
James & Eileen Rice
Michael Richman
Mike Showalter ‘88
Anthony Stamper
Katherine B. Stamper
Karen A. Szely ‘89
Lynn Vera
Edward Vizvarie ‘01
Joan M. Wollrath ‘84
In Honor of Gifts in recognition of those who have made a significant difference in our donors’ lives.
Peter D. Anthony
In the name of Peter Smith*
Linda & Jerry Benezra
In the name of Bob & Lois Frey
Janice Couture
In the name of the CCV Winooski staff
John Daly
In the name of Dr. Leigh Marthe ‘21
Jerry & Judy Flanagan
In the name of Katie Mobley
Elisabeth Gish ‘02
In the name of Elisabeth Dodds Dodds
David & Meredith Liben
In the name of President Joyce
Judy
The Legacy Society
Laurie Loveland
In the name of Timothy J. Donovan*
In the name of Jessica Brumsted
Edward Vizvarie ‘01
In the name of Laurie Loveland
In the name of Xandra Ford
Eric Ford
Justin Marsh
In Memory of Gifts in memory of loved ones who have passed away.
Anonymous
In memory of Karen R. Clark
Sharen Chadwick
In memory of Robert & Yolande Chadwick
Janice Couture
In memory of the deceased members of Marguerite & Alfred Couture’s family, sons Bernard, Richard, and Raymond, daughters-in-law Jean and Annette, grandsons Gregory and John, & friend David Murray.
In memory of Bernard A. “Bernie” Couture
In memory of Karen Marie Pauquette
Gabrielle Dietzel
In memory of Ken Libertoff
Nance Driscoll
In memory of Kenneth Kalb*
Betty Dye
In memory of Paul A. “Joe” Dye
Thomas A. & Susan M. Little
In memory of Thomas B.C. Little
Laurie Loveland
In memory of Andrew Colby Godaire
Maryellen Lowe ‘82
In memory of Elmer Kimball
Mike Showalter ‘88
In memory of Annemarie Showalter
Peter Smith*
In memory of Fred Smith
Roberta Stradling
In memory of Mark O. Stradling
In memory of Joanne Carroll
Murray Blakeman
Anonymous
Laura Buckley
Mary E. & Nick P. Debitetto
Karl W. & Maria G. Einolf
Elisa Kobuskie
Christopher & Melissa McElaney
Pentucket Regional MHS
Math & Science Departments
In memory of alumna and former staff member Karen M. Geiger ‘00
William Geiger
Jennifer Lawson
Honors the generosity of donors who make bequests and planned gifts or who have established named endowments.
Anonymous (2)
Joseph & Dale Boutin
Joseph & Dale Boutin Scholarship Fund
Courtney & Victoria Buffum Family Foundation
Victoria Buffum Single Parent
Program Fund
Robert L. Chadwick
Yolande Corbin Chadwick
Scholarship Fund
Helen M. & T. Wayne Clark
Karen Raylene Clark Memorial
Scholarship Fund
G. Jason Conway
G. Jason Conway Memorial Scholarship Fund
Janice Couture
Mica DeAngelis & Barry Mansfield
Gabrielle Dietzel
Timothy J. Donovan*
Bob & Lois Frey
Jennifer Frey Memorial
Scholarship Fund
William Geiger
Karen M. Geiger Scholarship
Janet F. Gillette
The Endowment for Teaching & Learning
The Endowment for Student Success
Jane Guyette / Bergeron Family Foundation
Urban & Pauline Bergeron Memorial Scholarship Fund
Kenneth Kalb* & Nance Driscoll
Laurie Lawrence-Pepin ‘92
Ken Libertoff
Barbara Martin
Susan E. Mehrtens
May Munger
Ann Newsmith
Peter Smith*
Jean E. Snow ’77 & Charles (Kip) Snow
James Barton & Cynthia Swanson
John & Jennifer Vogel
Kenneth G. and Leah M. Kalb
Scholarship Fund
Yasmine Ziesler
Golden Maple Leaf Sustainers
A recurring donation program established in honor of CCV’s 50th anniversary in 2020.
Anonymous (3)
Tapp Barnhill
Linda & Rich Bell
Cynthia A. & Steven P. Bjerklie
Jennifer Clarke ‘04
Janice Couture
Gretchen DeHart
Karrie Demers
DiMascio Headrick Family
Ryan & Meg Dulude
Bo J. Finnegan
Ruth L. Fish
Michael Griffith
Susan Henry & Sture Nelson
Amy Holibaugh ‘05
Jenney Izzo
Ben & Joyce Judy
Amy Beth Kessinger & Ethan Richman
Sarah Lavallee
Jennifer Lawson
Julie Lee
Candace & Tony ‘93 Lewis
David & Meredith Liben
Ben Lucarelli
Katie & Seth Mobley
James & Penelope Nolte
Aaron Roy
Sharron Scott
Natalie Searle
Peter Smith*
Jean E. Snow ‘77
Jerry Spivey
Aimee Stephenson
Nicole & Felipe Stetson
Jason Van Driesche
Lynn Vera
Heather Weinstein
Yasmine Ziesler
Gifts In Kind
Brattleboro Food Co-op
City Market / Onion River Co-op
Hunger Mountain Co-op
Price Chopper Supermarkets
Lorry Sheetz
Matching Gifts
National Life Group
Vermont Community Foundation
CURRENT ADMINISTRATION
President: Joyce Judy
Dean of Strategic Initiatives & Student Affairs:
Heather Weinstein
Dean of Administration:
Nicole Mace
Dean of Academic Affairs:
Deborah Stewart
Dean of Enrollment & Community Relations: Katie Mobley
Dean of People & Culture: Mary Brodsky
Senior Director of Workforce Education: Tiffany Walker
Senior Director of Engagement and Academic Centers (Northeast): Gretchen DeHart
Senior Director of Engagement and Academic Centers (Northwest): Marianne DiMascio
Senior Director of Engagement and Academic Centers (West/South): Kim Martin
CCV is committed to nondiscrimination in its learning and working environments for all persons. All educational and employment opportunities at CCV are offered without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. CCV is an equal opportunity employer. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
Writing: Meghan Gravel, Katie Keszey, Aimee Stephenson
Photography: Jade Premont
