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Roland Palmer
Class of 1990

Roland Palmer is currently the Operations Manager of ilovermont.com, a full service design company in Winooski, Vermont. After high school, Roland attended UVM for two years before being offered a full-time permanent position at IBM. Roland decided to postpone college and take the IBM position. After two years at IBM Roland decided he should go back to college full time. He looked into Champlain because he needed to create a flexible schedule so he could continue working full-time and wanted to focus on the "core" courses he needed to finish his schooling.

Roland recalls that, "UVM and Champlain were like night and day. Champlain offered the small classes, real world applications, and flexible schedule that I was looking for. After being in the working world, professors like Sue Giese and Champ Soncrant left me with a lifetime impression of what a great teacher is. They taught skills which I could relate to situations that I had seen on the job."

"Champlain changed my life by giving me the tools to succeed in the business world. It is not about "fluff" like many other schools. I was taught focused key elements that were needed for a career in business and computers."

"I give back to Champlain for one main reason. I was able to go to Champlain because of the Support-A-Student Scholarship Program. The scholarship I received bridged the gap between the financial aid I was able to secure and the actual cost of attending Champlain. Each year I try to increase my gift to help make it possible for the Support-A-Student Program to assist other students in making their dreams come true."

Support-A-Student recipients explain their enormous gratitude to donors like Roland Palmer through thank you letters.