The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
UVM students interning with the Vermont Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) were interviewed recently by WCAX. The UVM Community Development and Applied Economics Department partners with the CAP program, to offer students valuable, transferable job skills with the program’s service learning opportunities. Continue reading “Consumer Assistance Program Provides On-the-Job Training for UVM Students”
Congratulations to Agroecology and Landscape Design Junior Mari Rosenzweig, who was awarded a summer internship at Longwood Gardens, one of the most prestigious botanical gardens in the country. Continue reading “Agroecology & Landscape Design Student Headed to Longwood Gardens”
Congratulations to three Community Development and Applied Economics (CDAE) students who are members of two teams that were chosen as semi-finalists for the Meyers Cup. Continue reading “CDAE Student Semi-Finalists Vying for Meyers Cup”
Northeast SARE Graduate Student Research Grants fund students conducting research under the supervision of a faculty advisor on sustainable agriculture topics of importance to Northeast farmers, agricultural researchers, and farm support professionals. Continue reading “Northeast SARE Graduate Student Research Grants Available”
For his Public Communication Capstone Project, PCOM Senior Marcus Aloisi partnered with the Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community to help launch their tobacco prevention campaign, BHS Elevate, at Burlington High School. The capstone project, led by Community Development and Applied Economics Lecturer Ben Dangl, gives public communication students the opportunity to work with nonprofit and municipal community partners, to develop professional level communications strategies and materials. Aloisi, along with Chantal Finley, also a PCOM student, conducted interviews with high school and UVM students to create a sense of understanding between high school and college age tobacco use. Continue reading “UVM Student Testifies for Legislation on Youth and Tobacco Use”