Our Strengths

Champlain has always been known as a springboard to professional success. Now undergraduates get a head start on personal success through our three-dimensional education. We define personal success as the confidence to tackle intellectual, practical and career challenges as they change over time. The assets that support this well-rounded view of success include:

Champlain’s people, place, philosophy

• Dedicated teacher-mentors sincerely interested in the whole student
• Practitioner faculty—from historians to digital pioneers—who bring their experience and credentials into the classroom
• Three advisors per student: academic, faculty, career services
• State-of-the-art facilities: multimedia design classroom, digital video and audio labs, student workstations networked to 40-inch flat-screen monitors, classrooms equipped with electronic whiteboards, among others
• Three state-of-the-market centers dedicated to Computer and Digital Forensics, Emergent Media, and Workplace Development
• BYOBiz (Bring Your Own Business) program, featured in USAToday, that helps student entrepreneurs grow their businesses while they attend Champlain
• International study integrated into our Core curriculum—a key experience for success in the global marketplace
• Four divisions: Business, Communication & Creative Media, Education & Human Studies, Information Technology & Sciences
• Undergraduate degrees in such leading-edge fields as Art & Animation, Game Design, and Computer & Digital Forensics
• Two online graduate degree programs: the Master of Science in Managing Innovation & Information Technology, and the Master of Business Administration.
• The College’s reputation for responding quickly to emerging needs in the marketplace

Relevant education, idyllic setting.

Located in the Hill Section of Burlington, Vermont, the College offers a one-of-a-kind campus:

• Scenic views of Lake Champlain
• A neighborhood of grand homes—several turned into Champlain residence halls
• Themed residence options: Performance Arts, International, Wellness, Community Service
• Music, art, theatre, eateries a five-minute walk away
• Six ski resorts close to an hour’s drive from campus

Relevant beyond the classroom

Service-oriented Champlainers work to make the city a better place and raise awareness about global causes by:

• Cooking soup for the Salvation Army
• Sponsoring clothing swaps—a “buffet for clothes,” as one organizer put it—for a temporary shelter agency
• Mentoring local children
• Helping to rebuild New Orleans
• Sponsoring a battle of the bands to raise funds for hurricane victims
• Organizing teach-ins and rallies for social causes, such as the New Sudanese Education Student Initiative
• Participating in events organized by the Center for Service and Civic Engagement and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion