Office of Advancement | Champlain College

Thank you for your interest in supporting Champlain College.

Since its founding in 1878, Champlain has benefited from the continued financial support from thousands of alumni, parents and friends of the College. Each year brings a new class of gifted students with a wealth of fresh ideas and energy. You can share in the growth of the College and ensure that the unique learning opportunities will always continue. For a complete list of the Office of Advancement Staff please click here.

Recent Accomplishments

LEED Platinum Designation for Perry Hall

Perry Hall received its official rating of LEED Platinum, a level of environmental excellence achieved by only 115 buildings in the world. This beautiful historic renovation may be the greenest building in Vermont. Please join us on Thursday March 29, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. for the LEED PLantinum Award Unveiling Ceremony for Roger H. Perry Hall.

Princeton Review Recognition

In its 2012 edition, The Princeton Review named Champlain College one of 376 Best Colleges in America for undergraduate education. The College received high marks for its classroom experience for students, quality of life and sustainability efforts. Champlain, ranked 17th in the Best Classroom Experience category, is one of only six institutions added to the list of best colleges in the new edition.

Miller Center at Lakeside Campus

Our new facility houses 80 employees and brings together two of our Centers of Excellence — Emergent Media and Digital Investigation. Springing up almost overnight, thanks to our good friends at REM Development, the Miller Center provides the administrative space and parking our campus needed.

New Residential Facilities Under Construction

The additional housing called for in our master plan has begun. The first of three residence halls near the corner of Maple and South Willard streets is underway. The buildings will provide approximately 300 students with new on-campus housing.

Center for Financial Literacy Expands its Reach

The first of three Vermont Teachers Financial Literacy Summer Institutes (sponsored by Merchants Bank and the Merchants Bank Foundation) was held in August to help Vermont middle and high school teachers gain competencies in personal finance topics such as credit, budgeting and investing. In June, public policymakers, educators, businesspeople and other leaders gathered at the Vermont Financial Literacy Summit to discuss the need for additional personal finance education in Vermont. Governor Peter Shumlin opened the statewide conference, sponsored by TD Bank and National Life.

2011 Appreciative Inquiry Summit: Building Partnerships for a Thriving Workforce

To meet the challenges of an ever-changing 21st century workforce-and to support the new economic realities of doing business in Vermont and elsewhere-in August Champlain College brought together nearly 400 business professionals, alumni, parents, government officials, students, faculty, staff, trustees, and others to envision a new educational career model.

Center for Communication & Creative Media

The permitting process for the new home of our largest division, Communication and Creative Media, is underway. This addition to the William R. Hauke Family Campus Center will also house new dining space for our growing on-campus student population, classrooms and meeting spaces, and a transportation hub.

New Master's in Early Childhood Education

Champlain College introduced a Master's in Early Childhood Education program this fall, part of a growing list of graduate programs offered. Most of our master's degrees are online and can be accessed from anywhere in the world.

Three Challenge Funds: Turning $300,000 into $600,000

A Veterans Fund challenge for $100,000 has raised about $63,000 this year. In June, the Vermont First Scholarship program, supporting students who are the first in their family to attend college, received a challenge to raise $100,000. Thanks to the generosity of many, we successfully met this challenge. The Single Parents Program received another $100,000 challenge announced at the October Women Supporting Education for Women benefit event. We hope to meet this challenge and raise more than $200,000 in support of our single-parent students. We are grateful to the donors who support these important scholarship initiatives.

Digital Forensic Investigator of the Year

Jonathan T. Rajewski, assistant professor in the Champlain College Division of Information Technology and Sciences, has been named the Digital Forensic Investigator of the Year by Forensic 4Cast, an industry website with current information about digital forensics.

The Champlain Cyber Defense Team Places Third

In March, the Champlain Cyber Defense team placed third in the Northeast Regional Cyber Defense Competition in Massachusetts. Students worked to secure a network and provide services while being "attacked" by industry professionals and responding to management requests. The competition was hosted by Northeastern University.

Inaugural Wake Robin "Inquire" Program

Champlain and the Wake Robin Retirement Community are bringing modern education to residents through a program called Inquire. The fall experience affords residents reflection-based courses taught by volunteer members of the College faculty, including: Higher Education in the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary and Innovation; How We See It: Learning with a Different Generation; and Traditional Media in a Digital Age: What it Means to You.