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University reduces LivingWell staff, new Executive Director announced
On June 17, the following employees in the Center for Health & Wellbeing were terminated, according to Erica Caloeiro, Vice Provost of Student Affairs:. The Associate Director for Counseling and Psychiatry Services. The Associate Director for Education and Outreach. The Catamount Recovery Program Director. The Health and Sexuality Educator. The...
New funding headed to UVM’s Community News Service
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - New funding is on the way for the Community News Service at the University of Vermont. Some $7 million will go to the National Center for Community News to increase university-led reporting programs around the country. The funds are from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation and UVM.
Meadowmount School of Music Names Genevieve Twomey as Executive Director
Genevieve Twomey has been appointed executive director of the Meadowmount School of Music, the summer program for young string players founded in 1944 by violin teacher Ivan Galamian in Westport, N.Y. A native of Melbourne, Australia, Twomey is currently vice president and general manager of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Twomey played cello as a youth and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. Her career in orchestra management began in 1996 as an Orchestra Management Fellow with the League of American Orchestras, and includes positions at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. At the Pittsburgh Symphony, she launched the Paul J. Ross Fellowship for African American Musicians. Under her leadership, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony transformed from near bankruptcy to being recognized as one of Canada’s most innovative orchestras. She has been at the NSO since 2018. At Meadowmount, Twomey will work alongside Artistic Director Janet Sung.
Vermont Agency of Education wants student feedback on new school safety law
The Agency of Education is a holding a series of listening sessions this summer to gather input on the state’s new school safety law. The listening sessions will gather feedback on a new state law that requires schools to hold emergency drills and lock all exterior doors. Lindsey Halman...
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