Learning Specialist Dian Duranleau has been granted a seven-month leave of absence as of Jan. 4, 2008. Taking over temporarily for Duranleau is Jennifer Chambers, a JSC graduate.
“I went to graduate school here,” Chambers said. “I got my masters in special and elementary education. I’m excited to be back. It’s a good place, very positive.”
Don’t tell JSC R.A. Cherise Boutin to “go jump in the lake.” Chances are she will – at the Penguin Plunge, which will take place on Feb. 9 on the Lake Champlain waterfront to benefit the Special Olympics of Vermont. Approximately 900 “penguins” gather together each year to raise money for this cause.
Read MoreUnlike the past two years, there will be no international Break Away trip this summer.
Laura Megivern, coordinator of community services here at JSC, says that there is no one reason why there is no international trip planned, rather, many good reasons why the Center for Service Learning decided to hold back this year.
Since Johnson State College went public with the decision to take out a $9.2 million loan for campus renovations, there has been a lot of unrest amongst the student body concerning the 500 dollar increase that’ll be tacked to the annual tuition fee. Stearns, the focus of roughly seven million dollars alone, will be renovated into a 24-hour student center, according to the master plan. But what exactly does that mean?
“There’re so many new features in here that’ll be really valuable to students and we really got them from students,” says Dean of Administration and Chief Technology Officer, Sharron Scott, alluding to a campus survey last year.
Editor’s Note: the author, Bob Roth, is a “College and Career Success Coach,” and the author of the books, “Four Realities of Success Before and After College” and “ The College Student’s Guide to Landing a Great Job.” Basement Medicine has received ths submission unsolicited.
Most students would like to be successful in college, career and life
endeavors. However, not nearly enough good students approach those important goals in a manner that will pay off. The solution is to ask three questions that will show them what they need to know.
Although the questions are simple, the answers to these questions are more complicated. Remember, few good things happen without a solid effort. Ask these three questions to see for yourself.
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In grade school, most of us learned how a bill becomes a law. In Vermont, a bill is introduced by a member of the House or Senate and then the first reading occurs. After the first reading, the bill is referred to a House or Senate committee where they hear testimony and debate the bill.
If the bill gets out of committee, the committee then reports the bill to the members of the House or Senate and the bill is read a second time. The bill is then debated on the floor of the House or Senate and then the first vote occurs. The bill is read a third time and then the final debate and vote occurs. If the bill is passed, it is then sent to the second chamber where the entire process occurs again. If the bill is passed in the second chamber, it is sent to the governor and the governor then has the option to sign it into law or veto it.