Champlain People

The Single Parents Program Women Supporting Education for Women event raised more than $200,000

The Single Parents Program Women Supporting Education for Women event raised more than $200,000, matching a $100,000 challenge gift contributed by Carole and Bill Hauke. Committee members include: Aimee Marti, Stephanie Reiskin, Nicole Gorman, Kim Dannies, Liz Foster, Jennifer Vaughan, Amy Vazquez, Carol Conard, and Christine Stiller; single parent student Jodi Fontaine ’13; single parent program alumna Meg Sealey ’07. More than 150 benefactors supported the fund.

 

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The 2010 Champlain College United Way Campaign raised $31,000, up significantly from the $25,112 raised during the 2009 campaign. The employee participation rate jumped from 40 to 50 percent this year. The theme, “We Can’t Just Leave It to Beaver,” played on the notion that the campaign’s key person was the College’s mascot—Chauncey T. Beaver.

 

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Former Champlain College president Robert Skiff Sr. was named interim director of the Shelburne Museum, taking the reins during a search to replace outgoing director Stephan Jost, who left in March to become director of the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Skiff has served on the board of the Shelburne Museum since 2002. He was president of Champlain from 1977 to 1992 and founded the Vermont Commons School in South Burlington.

 

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Hal Colston is executive director of the Vermont Commission on National and Community Service, which coordinates AmeriCorps and other services in Vermont. Colston has been executive director of the nonprofit organization NeighborKeepers and is an adjunct professor at Champlain College.

 

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Student winners in the fourth annual Elevator Pitch competition are: Nonprofit and social advocacy: Amanda Petry ’11, Monique Prevost ’11 and Peter Deng ’11; Job/Internship Seekers: Emilie Rodgers ’11, Emily Clemons ’11, and Patricia Cawley ’11; Entrepreneurs: Marguerite Dibble ’12, Justin Lloyd-Miller ’12 and Aaron Bryant ’11. Tim Kavanagh ’86 was the event emcee. The event is organized by Champlain’s Bring Your Own Business Program (BYOBiz), Career Services, Center for Service and Civic Engagement, Oral Communications Lab, Office of Advancement, and LEAD. It is sponsored by KeyBank with support from Free Press Media.