More than 1,700 first-year students are expected to enroll at Vermont State University, an increase of about 14% compared with fall 2023 and a sign of hope for the public, multicampus university. The roughly 200-student enrollment bump in the university’s second-ever fall semester — just over a year after it was formally created — represents welcome news as it works to shore up its financial state.

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Some couples are great at camping. Without argument, they know who carries the water, when to poke the fire, how to assemble the tent. From the outside, it looks seamlessly easy — all the more miraculous when each partner has a strong personality and a distinct idea of how their excursion should go. Susan Smereka  and Kevin Donegan  are surely one of those couples, although their tents, on view as part of “Fluid Dynamics2” at the Julian Scott Memorial Gallery in Johnson, did end up upside down and on the ceiling.

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Vermont State University has reported a 5% increase in enrollment for the fall semester, reflecting a positive trend in student admissions. This growth is attributed to the university’s efforts to provide flexible learning options and its commitment to serving a diverse student body.

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Five VTSU students look down through a hole.

Vermont State University researchers and students are back from an incredible summer trip to Greenland where they were studying the impact of climate change on Arctic microbes! Check out this recent WCAX coverage to learn how VTSU undergrads Caleb Tilton and Dominic Mazzilli are diving into permafrost samples to uncover the secrets of these tiny organisms and understand how the warming climate is impacting soil communities.

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A group of men stand in a field holding baskets of a green bushy plant.

Vermont State University’s Cannabis Studies Certificate Program is attracting young people to the state and creating a career pipeline for the cannabis industry, which is now worth tens of billions of dollars nationally. The program has also helped boost enrollment from outside Vermont, with roughly half of the students attending classes remotely.

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The Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, on the campus of Vermont State University Johnson, presents Fluid Dynamics2, a collaborative exhibit and art installation featuring partner-artists Susan Smereka and Kevin Donegan. The exhibit runs from Aug. 27 to Oct. 4, with a reception and artist talk Aug. 29 at 3 p.m.

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Pursuant to Executive Order: 11988 (Floodplain Management) and 11990: (Wetlands) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s(FEMA) implementing regulations at Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 9, FEMA hereby provides final notice of its decision to provide Pre-Disaster Mitigation program funding for an action located in a floodplain and wetland.

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