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THE CAMPUS THAT NEVER RESTS
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THE ACTIVE LANDSCAPE A sense of high energy and commitment
characterizes every aspect of work and life on the University of Vermont campus—
a campus framed by the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks, and overlooking Lake Champlain. This is the active landscape of a national university. Wherever your intellectual, professional, and civic interests lead you, here there is always more to learn, to investigate, to do. “Be prepared to lose some sleep,” says one student. “This campus never slows down.”
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PROFESSORS WHO MENTOR
Achieving academic success at Vermont demands serious intellectual commitment. Professors give generously of their time, and in return expect that students make meaningful, thoughtful contributions.
PHOTO: Paul Bierman, award-winning professor of geology, consults with geology major Nathan Toke. The University’s senior faculty often guide students through their field of study, work with them on research projects, and train them for work beyond the University. Bierman received both the National Geological Society of America’s Donath Medal as the most promising young geologist in the country and a National Science Foundation CAREER award for research and teaching.
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PROFESSORS WHO MENTOR
Rona Delay, Professor of Biology
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hen biology major Nick Messia de Prado checked the course schedule for his first semester at the University of Vermont, he was glad to see that Rona Delay
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was listed as his professor for Biology 11. She seemed pretty important—her lab was funded by the National Institutes of Health—and he’d heard she was a great teacher.
He didn’t know that she’d soon become his boss, his advisor, and his mentor.
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“In class at the beginning of the semester, she talked about her
lab and invited us to work with her,” de Prado says. “So I came to her lab one day, and she put me to work.”
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students—doesn’t matter, so long as they want to study the sense of smell,” Delay says. “I ask first-year students to volunteer for a semester—just observe and assist. They have to learn how to really feel at home in the lab; they have to know how to run an experiment.”
That’s been de Prado’s job description so far
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—but he’s eager to do more. “In your second year,” he says, “Rona gives you a set of projects to pick from, or you can design your own. Then she gives you a budget —some students apply for grants—and you spend the next three years working on your project, and maybe publishing an article about it in a scientific journal.”
Courtney Thompson is a prime example. “Courtney’s looking at how cells respond to a particular odorant,” says Delay. “She processes tissue and studies it under a microscope with an advanced imaging system.” Another example: almost every student in Delay’s neurobiology lab is pursuing an advanced research project.
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Once he joined Delay’s lab, de Prado asked her to be his advisor. She accepted—which explains why “basically, I see her every day,” de Prado says. “We talk about what’s best for my academic career—what classes I should take, what research I could do. She knows how I function as a student.”
Delay relishes her multiple
roles. “Part of my responsibility is to train the next generation of scientists,” she says—a generation that will include people like Courtney Thompson and Nick Messia de Prado.
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AN HONORS COLLEGE THAT INCITES AND INSPIRES
The Honors College adds an extra level of challenge to the academic program at the University of Vermont. Top students from all seven undergraduate colleges are invited to participate in an intensive ďŹ rstyear seminar, live in an honors residence, and explore the life of the mind.
PHOTO: Margo Thompson, professor of art, and Honors Scholars Suzie Blair, Patricia Walsh, Graham Budd, and Brianne Olevieri study ďŹ ne and contemporary works of art at the University’s Fleming Museum, where recent exhibits include Rembrandt etchings and Warhol prints. Close contact with faculty and extracurricular study are hallmarks of the Honors College.
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Joe Kubacz, Honors Student
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t’s 8:30 on a Friday morning and Joe Kubacz is fully engaged, though just visible behind a thicket of waving hands in a small, seminar-style course called Making
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Ethical Choices: Personal, Professional, and Public. He loves the intensity of the class, which all first year Honors College students are required to take. “You’re forced
to debate, even on issues you thought were black and white.”
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Today Joe and his peers are grappling with a provocative question posed by Professor Sin Yee Chan,
based on readings she’s assigned: Are there any arguments to be made for permitting hate speech on college campuses—or should speech codes be strictly enforced?
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Politics aren’t the point for Chan, a compact dynamo of intelligence. It’s teaching students to think deeply about ethical matters that counts. By the end of class,
students are exhilarated by their exchange with this master teacher, and they’re stronger, more agile, and more deeply human, too.
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After class, Joe heads back to
the Honors College residence, where almost all the 100 first year students in the college live together. “It’s a great resource to have all these smart people to bounce ideas off,” he says.
Later that evening, there’s a special symposium for honors students with the New York String Trio, a renowned jazz combo that will perform
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later for the UVM community. Joe has been to five of these intimate affairs with highly acclaimed musicians, part of a one-credit honors course called Music in Live Performance. “They’re world-class acts,” he says. “It’s not every day you get to talk with people like that.”
The trio’s guitarist is telling students improvisation
takes a lifetime to learn, because it’s about finding and expressing your personal voice. Joe, a guitarist himself, likes the sound of that kind of journey—where you fully develop yourself. Joe says, “That’s what happens in the Honors College.”
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STUDENTS WHO LEARN BY DOING
Learning is an active pursuit at Vermont, never passive. Whether it is independent or collaborative research, service-learning, an internship or co-op, no college and few universities match the level of experiential learning offered to Vermont students.
PHOTO: Engineering major Kendra Nardi works with an engineer at Burton Snowboards, a Burlington-based company with an international reputation. Nardi’s internship at Burton is closely tied to her course work. Many of the University’s academic programs require hands-on experience.
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The Wall Street Seminar
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hey wake at four. They shower, shave, dress, grab coffee, check notes. They arrive at the Burlington airport by six and catch the seven o’clock flight to New
York City. They wear suits, they carry cell phones—they look like investment bankers.
Actually they’re students in Professor Jim Gatti’s Wall Street Seminar,
a rigorous, hands-on class that exceeds the training a junior-level investment banker would receive. Five seniors work on two projects, one from Morgan Stanley, one from the Capital Group, both overseen by alumni from the University’s School of Business Administration. They get a case, study the files, talk to the author,
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research and write their own report, present it to their faculty for review—and then present it to analysts at the company. Now they’re on their way to their first presentation, at Morgan Stanley.
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On the plane they rehearse their parts. Gatti put them in charge of everything: they decided where to look for information,
how to analyze what they found, and how to present their conclusions.
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They hardly notice the city: the noise, the glare, the ticker wrapped around Morgan
Stanley’s building in Times Square. In the conference room they set up their equipment. Their audience includes Steve Penwell (’85), managing director of the fixed income division, and a handful of veteran analysts.
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Their report—including a recommendation that goes against conventional wisdom—takes the
analysts by surprise. They field questions, some tough, all designed to encourage further examination. Everyone seems pleased.
Another alum, Taylor Watts
(’01), a member of the company’s fixed income sales team, takes them to the trading floor. It’s chaos: traders with sleeves rolled up and ties undone, yelling at two
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phones and watching three monitors. People hustling from desk to desk; a loudspeaker broadcasting reports from Chicago, London, Tokyo. Leaving the floor feels like backing away from a tornado. They think: so this is what it’s like.
Over lunch at the Palms—the company’s reward for their performance—they review the
past few weeks. Alexa Swain, who’s pursuing a job at Morgan Stanley, thinks that this is the first time she’s really understood what investment banking means. Chris
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Perrone thinks the class is the culmination of all the business classes he’s taken. Rachel Fallwell thinks the class is the culmination of every class she’s taken, from English to marketing.
All of them think that they’ve never worked so hard. And they’re ready to do it again.
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THE CAMPUS THAT NEVER RESTS
Nearly 9,500 students from 48 states and 20 countries work and play on the 450-acre University of Vermont main campus, which is home to 34 residence halls, 8 fraternities, 5 sororities, and a growing list of 100+ student clubs, serving virtually every interest.
PHOTO: Working side-by-side with professional actors, students sweat through a rehearsal for the University theatre’s production of Cole, a musical revue celebrating the life of Cole Porter. Rehearsals and performances, internships and independent research, clubs and activities —the University’s students lead active lives.
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The Living/Learning Center
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omething is always happening here,” says Amy Greenfield, a junior majoring in early education. “You’re surrounded by people who are into anything
and everything.”
She’s talking about the Living/Learning Center, a sprawling network of residential suites, each composed of roughly a dozen students and
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devoted to a special interest. Greenfield is program director of the Leadership suite, a cluster of rooms shared by students eager to take leadership roles in campus activities. And this is what she means:
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7 a.m.: Greenfield arranges her classroom in the Campus Children’s Center, which is steps away from her room. She’ll
spend the morning working with toddlers—part of a class she’s taking that requires hands-on experience.
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11:30 a.m.: Melissa Catenacci and a handful of other
members of the Animalia suite hop in a van and head to a local veterinarian’s office, where they’ll talk about career opportunities and study the way the office works. Next stop—the farm—where they spend some quality time with the animals in their care.
4 p.m.: Professors Emily Bernard and John Gennari clean their
apartment after hosting a jazz brunch for members of the Race in American Culture suite. “The students stayed for hours,” Bernard says. “We made food, talked
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about music, shared CDs.” It reminds her of another event they hosted, where students drank hot chocolate and urged Gennari to take out his drums and give them an impromptu lesson in syncopation.
6:15 p.m.: John Solman, a senior majoring in nursing, returns from a house fire in a nearby town, where he provided disas-
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ter services for the Red Cross. He and sophomore biology major Elise Blinder, co-directors of the Emergency Medicine suite, plan a month of events: a CPR class, a speaker from a nearby hospital, and more. “The suite is a real learning opportunity,” says Blinder. “We help each other become better at what we love.”
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In the 24-hour pottery studio, Meghan Clohessy finishes her project for the Pottery suite’s annual gallery show, a wall hanging depicting a pregnant woman. “This is my favorite time to work,” she says. “It’s pretty quiet. But it won’t be like this for long.”
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THE NATION’S SMALLEST BIG CITY
A burgeoning, progressive economy, a dynamic, stimulating cultural scene, a vibrant and diverse social life: That’s Burlington, Vermont, the smallest big city in America. There’s no better location for a major university.
PHOTO: Bracketed by mountains, set on the shores of America’s sixth largest lake, Burlington serves as base camp for hikers and bikers, swimmers and sailors, skiers and rock climbers. It’s also home to a thriving business district, a vibrant nightlife—and the University of Vermont.
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Burlington at a Glance
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round the corner from Church Street, Burlington’s pedestrian-only marketplace, tables are filling up at Muddy Waters, voted among “America’s ten best
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coffeehouses” in USA Today. With its exposed brick and beam construction, experimental artwork, eclectic mix of furniture—and patrons—the cozy hangout offers a sense of Burlington distilled.
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Waiting in line to order, a student chats with her professor about their afternoon English class, “Mark’s point was really
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interesting; I’d never thought of reading Jane and Rochester’s relationship that way.” “The Muddy’s Shake,” a signature ice cream/espresso blend.
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A kid rests his skateboard against the long wooden counter and asks for
Roxy, “I did not see that ending coming! I wonder if that was the director’s original plan?”
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want to go to Montreal tonight? Let’s go to Montreal.” what’s on deck?
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Packed into a red vinyl booth, a group of students talks about the independent film playing at the A loud laughing bunch debates a quick trip to Montreal: “Do you
A couple flips through Seven Days, the weekly newspaper that covers what’s going on in Burlington. So,
Elie Wiesel at Patrick Gymnasium. Widespread Panic at Memorial Auditorium. “Hairspray” at the Flynn. Gordon Stone Band at Ri Ra. A Native
American Cultures exhibit at the Fleming Museum. Springfest featuring Ziggy Marley, RJD2, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, and Apollo Sunshine. “Macbeth” at Royall Tyler Theatre. The Tragically Hip at Higher Ground. Live bands at Nectar’s almost every night…just to get started.
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DIVISION I ATHLETES AND OUTDOOR FANATICS
Athletics demand focus and commitment. Whether it’s team or individual sports, scheduled or spontaneous, Vermont students achieve success and satisfaction from pushing themselves and others to the edge.
PHOTO: The Catamounts take a swipe at Harvard. Like many of the University’s Division I teams, men’s hockey boasts a winning tradition. The University’s outstanding recreational facilities are also home to dozens of club and intramural programs.
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DIVISION I ATHLETES AND OUTDOOR FANATICS
The Outing Club
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K, yes, the Outing Club’s headquarters looks like a treehouse. And yes, the meeting room is a bunch of old sofas in an attic with climbing holds fastened to
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the ceiling. And one room is cluttered with boots and packs and trail food, and another is a repair shop that’s currently under repair. And there’s trance music playing on big old speakers, and someone’s cooking onions in the kitchen.
But don’t be fooled. These people are serious. The University of Vermont’s Outing
Club is a model for other clubs around the country. It’s practically a college unto itself.
Examples? The Club runs a semester-long leadership class and handles
the wilderness section of the University’s orientation week. It sponsors trips every weekend during the semester, some instructional, some recreational. It sponsors
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trips during vacations, including an international mountaineering trip during the summer. It hosts two film festivals, a speakers series, regular slide shows, and a popular apple pie bake-off. Oh, and it offers a full rental service and owns a cabin in Bolton.
O’Rourke, the Club’s past president, “everyone on campus is a member. Anyone can come in and sign up for a trip.”
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It is, in other words, a monster club. “Technically,” says Shaun And they do. One recent winter weekend
featured four sold-out trips: a clinic in climbing waterfall ice, a backpacking trip in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, a sledding trip based at the Bolton cabin, and a hike to the summit of nearby Camel’s Hump.
O’Rourke recalls dozens of excellent trips—mountaineering in Peru, an avalanche certification course,
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telemarking at Mad River Glen—but his favorite moments came during the club’s Wilderness Instructor Leadership Development program. Outing Club leaders train students in hard and soft skills—from stove repair to teamwork—over the course of three weekend trips. On the third trip, the students take charge. great to see them grow,” says O’Rourke. “Everyone learns from each other. It’s serious fun.” Just like the Club itself.
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A COMMUNITY THAT IMPROVES THE WORLD
While it’s true that the world changes with time, it does not of itself get better. The University of Vermont instills a combination of idealism and pragmatism necessary to have a positive impact on the world.
PHOTO: With help from faculty advisors in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the members of Common Ground—including Anne McCully—put plant and soil science, horticulture, and other knowledge to work growing food for local food banks. Common Ground donates more than 15,000 pounds of food each year. The University’s commitment to social service is rooted in its founding mission.
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The Ecological Design Studio
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ohn Todd is one of the world’s great ecological problem-solvers. One of his inventions, the Living Machine, is a closed ecological engine which harnesses naturally
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occurring purification mechanisms to treat waste water, produce food, generate fuel, and restore environments damaged by pollutants. His companies and organizations have revolutionized ecological design. Time magazine named him a “Hero of the Earth.”
But Todd—a professor in The Rubenstein School of
Environment and Natural Resources—solves human problems, too, like the one he found in his classroom. “Most students in environmental studies know what’s
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wrong with the world,” he says. “Ozone depletion, acid rain, deforestation, soil erosion. But there’s almost nothing in their training that teaches them to act as stewards of the earth—to heal the earth.”
Todd’s solution: The Ecological Design Studio, a class devoted to finding progressive, eco-friendly solutions to nagging
environmental problems. The studio’s first project, begun several years ago, is the nation’s first eco-park, a radical re-visioning of the classic (and environmentally
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unsound) industrial park. Todd and his students designed a cluster of related businesses—a brewery, a restaurant, a tofu processing plant—working together on the same plot of land in Burlington.
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The result is a kind of industrial ecosystem. One example: “Food production is powered by waste heat from an electrical
power generating station and enriched by waste from the brewery,” says Todd. “The businesses are mutually supportive.”
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Then the studio tackled student
housing at the University. Todd and his students developed three models for green housing and presented them to University officials. The result: plans for new housing projects that use solar power, recycled building materials, and the latest energy-conserving technologies.
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There’s more. The housing studio led to the
formation of a student group, the Consortium for Ecological Living. Many of Todd’s former students work for organizations he founded—all committed to caring for the earth.
In the end, every human solution is an ecological solution. “You can’t have human health without a parallel healing of the natural systems that
sustain us,” says Todd. “Ecological design is a form of healing. It creates a climate of hope.”
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STUDENTS AT HOME ANYWHERE ON THE GLOBE
Inertia has no place in college. This is a time to test limits—both real and imagined. Vermont students, eager to explore the world, have their choice of studying in more than 60 foreign countries through off-campus study opportunities.
PHOTO: University of Vermont students survey an historic landscape in Northumberland, England. The University’s study abroad programs offer students a chance to know every aspect of a country—its land, its people, its culture, its history.
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STUDENTS AT HOME ANYWHERE ON THE GLOBE
From Vermont to Oaxaca
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This is the greeting a young Zapotec leader gives students in Culture, Community, and Place in Oaxaca, Mexico. The intensive
we have much to talk about.”
interdisciplinary anthropology, art, geology, and language program is based on dialogue and experiences, not just observation, deep in the field.
Each spring,
Professors Luis Vivanco and Gustavo Teran lead students to Oaxaca, the most diverse of Mexican states and one of the most economically and ecologically
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challenged, to consider processes of socio-cultural change in a region with sixteen major cultural groups, a number of distinct language groups, and a tradition of resistance to colonization.
Enriching each student’s field experience are in-depth conversations with prominent Oaxacan activists and grassroots leaders on a
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variety of topics: indigenous autonomy, migration, healing, agricultural management, ecology and ecotourism. “The goal is to stimulate a collaborative approach to learning about indigenous peoples’ lives, community histories and political claims based on dialogue across cultures,” says Vivanco.
The Oaxaca program
is the fruit of a decade-long exchange between UVM professors and the Center for Intercultural Dialogues and Encounters. “Our long-term commitment has given us access to intimate places and issues few outsiders are privileged to experience,” Vivanco says. That intimacy includes stays with Mexican families, in guest houses and community centers of urban Oaxaca and the Sierra Norte—in particular a week-long visit to a remote Zapotec village.
“We emphasize the
anthropological practice of learning through participation in people’s everyday lives,” Vivanco explains. “Students gain important insights into the subtle codes of a radically different culture, not to mention new perspectives on the beliefs and practices they take for granted.”
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ALUMNI WHO (RE)SHAPE THEIR PROFESSIONS
At The University of Vermont, knowledge is inseparable from doing. Many Vermont graduates are innovators, responsible for doing what others in their ďŹ eld or profession have not done before.
PHOTO: Jody Williams (‘72) speaks her mind. In 1997, Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work as founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Graduates of the University of Vermont approach the world with purpose, with wisdom, and with a sense that anything is possible.
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Jon Kilik (’78), Producer
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know. He’s one of Hollywood’s most respected—and successful—producers. And his films do something that is rarely done in Hollywood: they strike a meaningful
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balance between art and commerce. Kilik’s films are sometimes epic (Malcolm X), sometimes heartbreaking (Babel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), sometimes visionary (Before Night Falls), sometimes controversial (Dead Man Walking)—and always entertaining.
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“A lot of people who produce movies are trying to create
pure escapism,” says Kilik. “The movies I make focus on the human condition, on social issues—and they still tell a great story. They give the audience some kind of new experience.”
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Kilik first appreciated the power of film as a student in Frank Manchel’s film studies class. “He spoke from the heart about what movies
meant to him, how complex they were, what they represent. When I see that kind of passion in people, it inspires me.”
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Kilik decided to take classes in film
history and production—and, after he graduated, to pursue a career in film. Professors and friends gave him lists of people to call. Finally, one paid off: a UVM alum who was working as an assistant director on a film in New York City.
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“I called her and said, ‘Hi. I went to UVM. I need a job.’ She said, ‘OK’—and told me to show
up on a street corner at six o’clock in the morning. I ended up blocking traffic while they shot a scene. It was a great opportunity because I started to meet people. And I just kept going.”
Kilik was soon producing films for Tim Robbins, Robert DeNiro, and—in a partnership that has lasted nearly fifteen years—Spike Lee.
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“None of these movies would have gotten made if it wasn’t for the passion of the filmmakers,” he says. “The writers and actors, the director and the production team—everyone had to believe in the social significance of the story. But they also had to love the story; it had to move them, inspire them.” Kilik, “You give a year or two of your life to a film. It had better be something worthwhile.”
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ACADEMICS
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7 undergraduate schools and colleges offering 93 academic programs and 5 pre professional options
Student/faculty ratio: 16/1 UVM’s libraries include: Bailey-Howe Library (1.5 million books); Dana Medical Library; and the Cook Physics and Chemistry Library 2,132 course offerings Average class size: 24
HISTORY
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Founded: 1791 5th oldest university in New England (after Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, and Brown) First institution of higher education to declare public support for freedom of religion, and to induct women and African-Americans into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest Academic honor society
Approximately 91,000 alumni
Sublistings represent academic concentrations available in addition to the general major. Animal Science Dairy Production Equine Science General Animal Science Preprofessional/Preveterinary Science
STUDENT LIFE Undergraduate students: 9,454 64% of students are from out of state, representing 48 states and 20 foreign countries. 100+ campus organizations, including a nationally-recognized debate team, a studentrun newspaper, radio station, TV station, rescue squad, legal services, and many more academic, artistic, musical, cultural, political, religious, and service clubs In addition to 20 NCAA Division I teams (9 men’s and 11 women’s), the University has 29 club sports, many offering intercollegiate competition, and 19 intramural programs.
CAMPUS AND LOCATION The University’s 450-acre main campus is located in Burlington, Vermont (city pop: 40,000, metro area pop: 149,000). Burlington is 90 miles southeast of Montreal, Quebec, the world’s second largest French-speaking city. Students live in 34 residence halls and have access to 10 dining facilities, 2 convenience stores, and a cyber café, all on campus. Arts venues on campus include the Robert Hull Fleming Museum, Royall Tyler Theatre, and Southwick Music Complex.
MAJORS
Computer Science (Offered through the College of Arts & Sciences and College of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences)
Greek
Psychology
History
Radiation Therapy
Computer Science and Information Systems
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Individually Designed/Self Designed
Anthropology
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Economics
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Mathematics
Athletic Training Biochemistry (Major offered through the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences and the College of Arts & Sciences)
Biological Science (Major offered through the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences and the College of Arts & Sciences)
Biology Business Administration Accounting Entrepreneurship Finance Human Resource Management International Management Management & the Environment Management Information Systems Marketing Production & Operations Management Canadian Studies Chemistry Chinese Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Classical Civilization Communication Sciences Community Entrepreneurship Community & International Development
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(Mathematics major offered through the College of Arts & Sciences, and the College of Engineering & Mathematics)
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(Major offered through the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, the College of Arts & Sciences, and The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources)
Environmental Studies (Major offered through the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, the College of Arts & Sciences, and The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources)
European Studies Exercise and Movement Science Family & Consumer Sciences Education Film and Television Studies Forestry French Geography
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PREPROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS The following preprofessional programs offer specialized advising and academic preparation.
Pre-Dental Pre-Law Pre-Medical Pre-Veterinary Pre-Physical Therapy
HOW TO GET HERE BY PLANE Burlington International Airport is located 3 miles from campus. Major airlines servicing the airport include Continental, Delta, JetBlue, Northwest, USAirways, and United.
BY CAR From I-89 North or South: Take Exit 14W. Proceed 1 mile west on Route 2 (Williston Road/Main Street) to campus and intersection of Main and So. Prospect Streets; turn left and continue to our Admissions Visitors Center at 184 So. Prospect St.
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GROUP INFORMATION SESSIONS AND CAMPUS TOURS Get a glimpse of all that UVM offers by attending an information session and studentguided group tour. Most programs include a presentation by an admission counselor with an overview of UVM and the admissions process. Our student guides will share their experiences as you tour campus. Programs generally last two hours. Information sessions and tours are offered most weekdays and some Saturday mornings year-round. Make a reservation at www.uvm.edu/admissions/rsvp or call (802) 656-3370. INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWS We offer interviews with student admissions representatives most weekdays. An interview provides a valuable opportunity to learn more about the University, but is not required for admission. Please call (802) 656-3370 at least two weeks in advance to schedule an interview. For those students who can’t make it to campus, interviews with alumni representatives are equally valuable. To meet with a University of Vermont Alumni Representative in your area, call (802) 656-8620 or e-mail admissions@uvm.edu. OTHER VISIT OPTIONS If you’d like to visit a class, meet with a faculty member, or student involved in your area of interest, we can often accommodate these requests during our academic sessions. Please allow two weeks notice; call (802) 656-4647 or e-mail Nanette.Tougas@uvm.edu. Regrettably, the University is unable to offer overnight stays. For updated information about our campus visit programs and our “UVM on the Road” schedule, visit www.uvm.edu/ontheroad. This book was produced by the University of Vermont and Generation/Jan Krukowski & Company. Principal photography by Flynn Larsen. Additional photography by Paul O. Boisvert, Ken Burris, Bill DiLillo, Andy Duback, Bob Handelman, Sally McCay, Leslie Sinclair, Michael Sipe and Paul Talley.
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Admissions Office 194 South Prospect Street Burlington, VT 05401-3596 (802) 656-3370 www.uvm.edu
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