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In the next few years, your life will look entirely different than it does now. And that’s the best news ever. Because college is a time when you’ll explore, learn, make friends, eat, hike mountains (or ski down them), take risks, ace tests, have adventures, prepare for a career, serve others. The list goes on.
And we might be a little biased, but we happen to believe the University of Vermont is the very best place you could have your college adventure. Your discovery. Your years where you’ll become authentically you.
Because we’re home to some of the top teachers—and researchers—in the world. Who will above all be your professors. Some of the brightest and kindest students. And some of the most beautiful surroundings in the country. Like the waters of Lake Champlain. The vistas of Mount Mansfield. The bustling streets of Burlington. The chocolate chunks in a Ben and Jerry’s pint. The piney scent of our air. Cheese. We could go on, but we think we’ll let the rest of this book do the explaining for us.
TURN THE PAGE. And meet the next chapter of your life.
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THE CAMPUS Home to 10,513 undergraduates, 1,542 graduate students, 459 medical students and 1,685 full- and part-time faculty. And lots of trees. And interesting labs. And…you get it. THE CLASSROOM Forty-nine percent of our classes have fewer than 20 students. Which means more face time with your professors. THE CITY OF BURLINGTON Ranked #1 Town in America by Travel + Leisure magazine. Culture. Cuisine.
The Mountains
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You. Here’s where we want you to start thinking about the University of Vermont as an academic ecosystem. Made up of smaller, awesome ecosystems. A whole as amazing as its parts.
Quaintness. Enough said. THE MOUNTAINS The Adirondacks provide a beautiful backdrop to just about every kind of UVM experience. And Stowe, Sugarbush, Smuggler’s Notch and Bolton are just an hour from our campus. Lucky you. And you might hike Mt. Mansfield right away during TREK, our unique, first-year team-building program. THE LAKE Lake Champlain is one of our most useful—and beautiful—classrooms.
Discover your calling. Learn with a me the library to record your outdoor a giant plant that filters waste and-we topic with a total stranger. Find your Burlington. Find your new favorite loca Hike Mount Mansfield. Buy and sell Buy a plant in the student center. Sk peaks. Find your go-to Ben and Jerry’ so bad after all. Build a racecar. Att Catch a sunset at the Burlington water sleep and breathe that cause. Buy far Stand. Hole-up in Votey for an overnig your mentor. Show your Art in Colburn control of your wellness. Do yoga. Th planting food on Mars. Become a ma Student Government Association. Start a your first internship (we’ll help you). boat. Cheer the ice hockey team on at a Rush a fraternity or sorority. Dance at need it. Find a family in a school activ S O M E F I R S T-Y E A R S PA R K N O T E S
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Answering the World’s Questions Gets Us Up in the Morning. THAT, AND MAPLE SYRUP ON OUR PANCAKES.
Here, there’s always an opportunity to do groundbreaking undergraduate research that helps humankind. For example, Hannah Ward wanted to know: how does trauma affect the human body, and what are its lingering effects? She began to work with Dr. Matthew Price and our Center for Emotion, Stress and Technology during her sophomore year to answer those questions. By using their resources, along with the resources of our on-campus Medical Center, she saw her honors thesis on cortisol reactivity and future health repercussions all the way through.
Here, the world’s your oyster. Or classroom. Or both (if you like oysters).
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Answering the World’s Questions Gets Us Up in the Morning. THAT, AND MAPLE SYRUP ON OUR PANCAKES.
Here, there’s always an opportunity to do groundbreaking undergraduate research that helps humankind. For example, Hannah Ward wanted to know: how does trauma affect the human body, and what are its lingering effects? She began to work with Dr. Matthew Price and our Center for Emotion, Stress and Technology during her sophomore year to answer those questions. By using their resources, along with the resources of our on-campus Medical Center, she saw her honors thesis on cortisol reactivity and future health repercussions all the way through.
Here, the world’s your oyster. Or classroom. Or both (if you like oysters).
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ST U D E N T S ARE THE H E A RT O F O U R H E A RT. Community is priority at UVM. It’s common to see students of all backgrounds enjoying a seder meal or Alianza Latina’s “Comida Para la Gente” feast. Or attending the Black Student Union’s fashion show, or Tuesday Talks at the LGBTQA Center. Diversity helps us help the world.
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JOSH BONGARD COMPUTER SCIENCE
The Future of Robots Is Humans. “ASK ME ANY THING.”
“ M Y LO N G -T E R M H O P E I S T H AT RO B OT S W I L L L I K E W I S E H E L P TO U N LO C K P EO P L E ’ S C R E AT I V E P OT E N T I A L .”
That’s what Josh Bongard, associate professor of
and research efforts bodes well for the future of
Computer Science, said on Reddit during a Science
education. Instead of sitting in a classroom, students
AMA (Ask Me Anything) session. He answered
and teachers will mix virtual and physical reality to
questions from online commenters about his team’s
create hard-to-imagine environments in which to
work on how people and computers can work
learn. As just one (admittedly biased) example, a
together to create complex technology like robots.
recent spinoff company from my lab is beginning
And as a UVM student, you’d have access to people
to create educational games built around young
like Professor Bongard all the time—he teaches an
peoples’ fascination with robots.
undergraduate Human-Computer Interaction course. That’s education; how about society as a whole? One Redditor asked:
Many fear that technology in general—and AI and
What could it mean for our future?
robotics in particular—will marginalize most of humanity. Personally, I believe that this will not be
JB: I think that the willingness of people to participate and collaborate in online games
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BUSINESS
The Future of Business Is Humans, Too.
Our culture fosters students who go on to create and manage businesses to address strategic, social and environmental challenges.
THE PROOF IS IN OUR ALUMNI. OUR GRADUATES HAVE GONE ON TO BE LEADERS AT Google Amazon The New York Times Olivia’s Organics Chrysler Group LLC Disney Fidelity Investments Facebook Merrill Lynch Citizens Bank Groupon Vanity Fair Massachusetts General Hospital Long Trail Brewing Thomson Reuters Ralph Lauren GoPro Burton UTC Aerospace AND CEOs OR PRESIDENTS OF Sotheby’s Hubspot GE Healthcare MassMutual Luna DNA ABC
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JOSH BONGARD COMPUTER SCIENCE
The Future of Robots Is Humans. “ASK ME ANY THING.”
“ M Y LO N G -T E R M H O P E I S T H AT RO B OT S W I L L L I K E W I S E H E L P TO U N LO C K P EO P L E ’ S C R E AT I V E P OT E N T I A L .”
That’s what Josh Bongard, associate professor of
and research efforts bodes well for the future of
Computer Science, said on Reddit during a Science
education. Instead of sitting in a classroom, students
AMA (Ask Me Anything) session. He answered
and teachers will mix virtual and physical reality to
questions from online commenters about his team’s
create hard-to-imagine environments in which to
work on how people and computers can work
learn. As just one (admittedly biased) example, a
together to create complex technology like robots.
recent spinoff company from my lab is beginning
And as a UVM student, you’d have access to people
to create educational games built around young
like Professor Bongard all the time—he teaches an
peoples’ fascination with robots.
undergraduate Human-Computer Interaction course. That’s education; how about society as a whole? One Redditor asked:
Many fear that technology in general—and AI and
What could it mean for our future?
robotics in particular—will marginalize most of humanity. Personally, I believe that this will not be
JB: I think that the willingness of people to participate and collaborate in online games
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the case…
BUSINESS
The Future of Business Is Humans, Too.
Our culture fosters students who go on to create and manage businesses to address strategic, social and environmental challenges.
THE PROOF IS IN OUR ALUMNI. OUR GRADUATES HAVE GONE ON TO BE LEADERS AT Google Amazon The New York Times Olivia’s Organics Chrysler Group LLC Disney Fidelity Investments Facebook Merrill Lynch Citizens Bank Groupon Vanity Fair Massachusetts General Hospital Long Trail Brewing Thomson Reuters Ralph Lauren GoPro Burton UTC Aerospace AND CEOs OR PRESIDENTS OF Sotheby’s Hubspot GE Healthcare MassMutual Luna DNA ABC
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WE GIVE THEM OUR BEST HUMANS TO DO THEIR BEST WORK, AND THEY GIVE US PLENTY TO WORK WITH. At the University of Vermont, you won’t just receive a great education—you’ll receive an education that teaches you to think and work on a global scale. Our mission statement calls on us to “create, evaluate, share and apply knowledge to prepare students to be accountable leaders who will bring to their work dedication to the global community.”
So that’s exactly what we set out to do, daily.
OUR GLOBAL REACH
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IN PA RT N E R S H I P WITH THE WORLD SINCE 1791.
Study abroad opportunities
Seventh in the country for
Ten percent of UVM medical
in places from Italy to
producing Peace Corps
students participate in a
Australia to China to Chile.
volunteers.
global health rotation their first year.
GLOBAL PRESENCE
Our research funding sends students like Alison Chivers to Spain to investigate what genes suppress cancer growth. And Abra Clawson to Nepal to study relationships among identity, place, sound, and religion. Sasha Fisher, a recent alum, is putting her self-designed major in human security to work. Her non-profit, Spark Microgrants, is funding community development projects in African nations. In 2018, Sasha was chosen as one of 20 Obama Fellows, leaders building better futures around the world.
UVM’s chapter of MEDVIDA
Students can earn 3-6 UVM
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Students compete
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credits in 1- to 4-week Travel
campus from 72 countries.
internationally and receive
countries to help with mobile
Study Programs around
travel sponsorships through
clinics, infrastructure ,and
the globe, in places like Asia,
UVM's Lawrence Debate
education projects.
Oceania, Latin America, and
Union and Grossman School
Europe.
of Business.
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A WORLD OF SUCCESSES AROUND THE WORLD
MEDICAL SCHOOL
On Our Campus, the Doctor Is in and Ready to Teach. Around here, it’s typical to see a student walking out of their residence hall room and straight into our medical center for some hands-on training.
A world-class medical school located directly on campus makes this kind of experience possible. Students here have easy access to teaching methods that may change the future of medicine. We’re not afraid to get our white coats and scrubs a little dirty, after all.
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Developing vaccines for global
Determining your blood type’s
Use of Magnetic Resonance
health threats like dengue
role in developing dementia
Imaging for understanding
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later in life. A recent study done
the development of cognitive
Center works to understand and
at UVM shows that people with
functions and psychopathologies
prevent the spread of infectious
blood type AB may be more likely
that tend to emerge during
diseases worldwide.
to develop memory loss later in life.
adolescence.
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On Our Campus, the Doctor Is in and Ready to Teach. Around here, it’s typical to see a student walking out of their residence hall room and straight into our medical center for some hands-on training.
A world-class medical school located directly on campus makes this kind of experience possible. Students here have easy access to teaching methods that may change the future of medicine. We’re not afraid to get our white coats and scrubs a little dirty, after all.
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Developing vaccines for global
Determining your blood type’s
Use of Magnetic Resonance
health threats like dengue
role in developing dementia
Imaging for understanding
fever. The UVM Vaccine Testing
later in life. A recent study done
the development of cognitive
Center works to understand and
at UVM shows that people with
functions and psychopathologies
prevent the spread of infectious
blood type AB may be more likely
that tend to emerge during
diseases worldwide.
to develop memory loss later in life.
adolescence.
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AND THE RESEARCH HAPPENING HERE IS OPEN TO UNDERGRADUATES. RESEARCH LIKE:
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HUMANS FOR HUMANKIND Kiana Gonzalez
Ian MacKay
LINGUISTICS
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
Brenna Foley RUSSIAN
President of the UVM American Sign Language Club,
Co-captain UVM's nationally ranked men's lacrosse
Liberal Arts Scholars Program, Service Trek
member of the nationally competing Gymnastics
team, actively raising awareness and support for
participant—Habitat for Humanity, co-president of
Club team, treasurer for Chi Alpha Christian
Vs. Cancer, the Chittenden County Emergency
Juntos (promotes human rights for migrant farm
Fellowship group, UVM Orientation Leader.
Food Shelf, Salvation Army, and Special Olympics.
workers), Climbing Team secretary.
JD Kelly
Madina Haji
John Levkulic
BUSINESS
MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Member of the Grossman School of Business Case
Nutrition intern at Burlington Department of Parks
UVM Rescue Crew Chief and past personnel and
Competition Team, accounting assistant for the
and Recreation, intake specialist with Vermont
public relations officer, EMT instructor, emergency
University of Vermont endowment, UVM AdvoCat
branch of the Department of Justice, volunteer
department technician UVM Medical Center.
(student admissions representative).
translator for Burlington area schools.
Waking Kong
Emmie Bolt
HISTORY AND ECONOMICS
CIVIL ENGINEERING
NURSING
Lha Charitable Trust volunteer helping Tibetan
Alternative Energy Racing Organization
Captain of the UVM Club Nordic Ski Team, Student
refugees, sponsored research and study intern in India,
(AERO) team member (promotes research and
Nurses Association member, has completed the
Ethan Allen Homestead Museum volunteer, UVM
development of alternative energy drive systems),
following rotations at the UVM Medical Center:
resident advisor.
and FIRST Robotics Competition volunteer.
Post-Partum, Acute Psychiatric, Cardiac.
Rebecca Romac
Your time at UVM is a collection of amazing people, places and things, unique to your own experience. Here are just a few of the things you’ll encounter during your UVM journey. 1
A very Burlington caffeine fix
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A notetaking tool as big as your ideas
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Groundbreaking science experiment essentials
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For the Intramural All-Stars
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Your outdoor-adventure time capsule
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From our greenhouse, for your room
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Spin and choose where to study
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Trout, a Lake Champlain local
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The merging of two disciplines
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Some classic inspiration
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Memento from a Cats game
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AND MORE HUMANS FOR HUMANKIND Nancy Gauvin
Paul Bierman
Dita Sharma
GEOLOGY AND HUMAN IMPACTS
BUSINESSS AND FAMILY ENTERPRISE
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
NSF award-winning geomorphologist and
Daniel Clark Sanders Chair in Entrepreneurship
Clinical expert in craniofacial anomalies, resonance
geochemist engaged in research focused on
& Family Business, former editor of the Family
disorders, prosthetic appliances, dysphagia, and
isotope geochemisty, surface processes, human-
Business Review, co-founder Family Enterprise
accent modification. Research interests include
induced landscape change, and rates of erosion
Research Conference, and founder of UVM's
the impact of supervisory process on students
at sites around the world.
Global Family Enterprise Case Competition.
from culturally diverse populations.
Melissa Pespeni
Major Jackson
Chris Danforth
OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS
POET/SCHOLAR
BIG DATA HAPPINESS PROJECT
Expert in ecological genomics, population
Widely published and multiple award-winning
Complex systems expert and key researcher involved
genetics, evolutionary biology and physiology,
author and poet, Poetry Editor for the Harvard
in the hedonometer algorithim, which gauges the
Professor Pespeni seeks answers to environmental
Review, teaches courses from Poetry in Rap to
emotional content of words in articles, books, lyrics,
and global health problems in ocean ecosystems.
Race and Ethnicity in Literary Studies.
shows, movies and social media posts.
Pablo Bose
Regina Toolin
Ray Vega
GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
Migration scholar and urban geographer examining forced migration and refugee resettlement, and ways that flows of capital, labor, bodies, and ideas transform landscapes.
SCIENCE STANDARDS
JA ZZ
An expert in science curriculum and instruction
Three-time GRAMMY award winner. Former
and principal investigator of the National
member of the Tito Puente and Mongo
Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Scholarship
Santamaria bands. Currently lectures on jazz
Program.
combos, trumpet and jazz history.
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Some of Our Labs Don’t Appear on a Campus Map. The world is our classroom, after all. A great example of this is the Melosira, a research boat where faculty and students learn about water sampling, gill netting, fish trawling, sediment coring, the native trout population and more.
During a class, students might examine tiny silver trout with their bare hands. Their research contributes to larger studies on replenishing the trout population. After they record their findings, they can take in Lake Champlain views. It’s learning at its most scenic, while maintaining the health of an international body of water.
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Students can follow class with a snack in the student center, a bike ride on the beautiful trails surrounding Burlington or a coffee downtown with friends. That’s a pretty typical scenario at the University of Vermont. Here, our classrooms take many different forms.
Taking research samples
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On board the Melosira
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Some of Our Labs Don’t Appear on a Campus Map. The world is our classroom, after all. A great example of this is the Melosira, a research boat where faculty and students learn about water sampling, gill netting, fish trawling, sediment coring, the native trout population and more.
During a class, students might examine tiny silver trout with their bare hands. Their research contributes to larger studies on replenishing the trout population. After they record their findings, they can take in Lake Champlain views. It’s learning at its most scenic, while maintaining the health of an international body of water.
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Students can follow class with a snack in the student center, a bike ride on the beautiful trails surrounding Burlington or a coffee downtown with friends. That’s a pretty typical scenario at the University of Vermont. Here, our classrooms take many different forms.
Taking research samples
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On board the Melosira
CITY OF BURLINGTON
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WE D O CIT Y LIFE A LIT TLE D I F F E R E N T LY. KNOWN FOR ITS CULTURE, ITS MUSIC, ITS DELICIOUS FOOD AND VIEWS, BURLINGTON IS A HUB OF ACTIVITY FOR THE UVM COMMUNITY. Add that to its plethora of internship opportunities, artistic resources, innovation hubs and cultural gems, and you’ll see why it’s been ranked as a top college town by The New York Times and The Huffington Post.
What is BTV? The airport code for Burlington International Airport. We’re just a flight or two away from major cities around the world.
BURLINGTON TO-DO LIST: Try a Maple Creemee. Shop the Church Street Marketplace. Catch live music at Arts Riot, Radio Bean, Signal Kitchen, and Nectar’s. Have a flatbread at American Flatbread. Check out the Generator Space,
Walk or ride the 8-mile path along Lake Champlain. Go “leaf peeping” when the fall foliage comes around. Swim at Oakledge or Leddy Park beaches. Find tons of dogs to pet on Church Street. See international talent at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts.
Art galleries and venues
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Dealer.com
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
Vermont Public Radio
American Red Cross
Morgan Stanley
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C O L L EG E O F A RT S & S C I E N C E S
There’s an Art and a Science to Humanity. The school with the largest number of students, faculty and staff, our College of Arts and Sciences offers a way to combine multiple disciplines with creativity and critical thought.
That's exactly what students do when they participate in UVM's Vermont Legislative Research Service, a group providing non-partisan support to Vermont state legislators with direction from experienced political science faculty. Working in teams, students research questions surrounding current issues, ranging from the environment to health and welfare, strengthening debate leading to laws enacted in the state capitol (opposite, bottom).
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UVM's Fleming Museum gives students handson experience with collections that span the history of civilization. A Museum Anthropology class puts their skills to work in the role of curator, selecting art and objects around a central theme — evocative subjects like "food," "home" or "gender."
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Nata Dudkina talks with Professor Severin Schneebeli in his lab, where she's worked for two years on a project in a relatively new field called supramolecular chemistry. Nata, originally from Azerbaijan, is among the 40 percent of UVM seniors who do research with a faculty mentor each year. Next stop for Nata: Yale University to pursue a Ph.D.
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There’s an Art and a Science to Humanity. The school with the largest number of students, faculty and staff, our College of Arts and Sciences offers a way to combine multiple disciplines with creativity and critical thought.
That's exactly what students do when they participate in UVM's Vermont Legislative Research Service, a group providing non-partisan support to Vermont state legislators with direction from experienced political science faculty. Working in teams, students research questions surrounding current issues, ranging from the environment to health and welfare, strengthening debate leading to laws enacted in the state capitol (opposite, bottom).
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UVM's Fleming Museum gives students handson experience with collections that span the history of civilization. A Museum Anthropology class puts their skills to work in the role of curator, selecting art and objects around a central theme — evocative subjects like "food," "home" or "gender."
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Nata Dudkina talks with Professor Severin Schneebeli in his lab, where she's worked for two years on a project in a relatively new field called supramolecular chemistry. Nata, originally from Azerbaijan, is among the 40 percent of UVM seniors who do research with a faculty mentor each year. Next stop for Nata: Yale University to pursue a Ph.D.
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Food for thought. It’s the discourse, debate and intellectual nourishment that makes a college education so fulfilling. That food connects us. And so does, well, FOOD.
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How can we make food healthier?
And how can healthy food be more readily available?
Those are the kinds of questions we strive to answer around
PSYCHOLOGY and AGRICULTURE. This study of food is
here. Our study of food touches all disciplines, such as
the ultimate academic ecosystem. It’s an example of our
COMMUNICATION, ENGINEERING, BUSINESS,
integrated, systemic approach to understanding all facets
Where does food come from? Does the way we grow food help us or hurt us?
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Undergraduate degree programs
related to food
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Animal and Veterinary Sciences Anthropology Community and International Development Dietetics, Nutrition and Food Science Ecological Agriculture Environmental Sciences Environmental Studies Food Systems Geography Global Studies Nutrition and Food Sciences Philosophy Plant and Soil Science Plant Biology
We have a 20-year leadership reputation in this field.
We were the first public school to sign the “Real Food Campus Commitment,” which means we pledged to purchase 20% "Real Food" by 2020; goal achieved 2017.
“Real” means that food should fulfill at least one of the following categories: local and community-based, fair, ecologically sound and humane.
Unlike other schools, we’re: In the heart of a vibrant regional foodproducing area First to offer bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs in food systems A leader in linking natural sciences with social issues and the humanities
Maybe because we believe food is its own ecosystem—part of a much, much larger system that incorporates human health, environmental sustainability, engineering, agriculture and more. Now that’s plenty of food for thought.
of the world—the hallmark of how we approach education
behavioral/cultural impact. Because food involves every
at UVM. In fact, we host a food systems summit that
area of our lives—from how we grow it, to how it’s distributed,
covers three areas: biophysical, geopolitical/policy and
to the nutrition and health of the humans eating it.
AT H L E T I C S
NO MATTER WHAT FIELD.
18 DIVISION I ATHLETIC TEAMS Basketball Cross Country Field Hockey Ice Hockey Lacrosse Skiing (Nordic & Alpine) Soccer Swimming & Diving Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor)
7 AMERICA EAST ACADEMIC CUPS for outstanding student-athletes won by UVM students since 2005.
11
2018 WINTER OLYMPIANS were UVM Catamounts, present and past.
M—Men W—Women
AT H L E T I C S
NO MATTER WHAT FIELD.
18 DIVISION I ATHLETIC TEAMS Basketball Cross Country Field Hockey Ice Hockey Lacrosse Skiing (Nordic & Alpine) Soccer Swimming & Diving Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor)
7 AMERICA EAST ACADEMIC CUPS for outstanding student-athletes won by UVM students since 2005.
11
2018 WINTER OLYMPIANS were UVM Catamounts, present and past.
M—Men W—Women
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1 Students select a strategic theme: Global Business, Sustainable Business or Entrepreneurship; and also choose a concentration: Accounting, Finance, Marketing or Business Analytics. 2 English, Language, Mathematics, Science, Social Science. 3 A majority of majors are also available as minors.
U N D E RG R A D UAT E C O L L EG E S & SCHO OL S ACCELERATED MASTER'S P RO G R A M S
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences College of Arts & Sciences College of Education & Social Services College of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences College of Nursing & Health Sciences Grossman School of Business Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources
Start taking classes toward your master's as an undergraduate, and get a jump start on an advanced degree.
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40+
STEM * MAJORS are available to UVM undergrads.
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Prepare for careers in these high-growth fields in our new state-of-the art STEM complex. *Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
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UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
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Our Path to Success Has Plenty of Mountain Views.
Of undergraduate students receive grants and scholarships. We award more than $36 million annually in merit scholarships plus
Here are some statistics that show how UVM is worth your while.
need-based gift aid to first-year and transfer students. We consider your estimated family contribution
ENGAGED STUDENTS FOR A MUCH BETTER HUMANKIND.
when determining awards, and we are need-blind in our evaluation for admission.
4 of graduates are employed or continuing their education within six months of graduation.
117 students have won or been finalists in scholarship competitions ranging from the Fulbright to Rhodes in the last five years.
of those employed full-time report they're in jobs related to their career goals.
of those employed full-time are satisfied with their position.
92 our law school admit rate, compared with the 77% national rate.
medical school admit rate vs. the 42% national rate.
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AVERAGE GPA: 3.7 (4.0 scale)
Students interned at: Fenway Park
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