2018 CCV Annual Report

2018 Annual Report

SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS AT CCV In academic year 2017-2018, 65% of Community College of Vermont students graduated debt free, thanks to donors like you. Here are just a few facts about scholarships at CCV:

70% of scholarship awards are for $250 or less.

In academic year 2017–2018, CCV awarded $530,798 in scholarships and grants.

Since 2014, CCV has set aside $100,000 of annual state appropriations to award scholarships.

In the past five years, 33% of CCV’s total scholarship dollars have come from charitable donations.

In 2017, CCV received a generous donation of $50,000 from a private donor to be used for scholarships. In 2018, this donor increased their contribution to $90,000. 100% of these funds were used to directly benefit CCV students. Private donations like these help us achieve our goal of helping 100% of students graduate debt free.

Dear Friends, Vermonters are united by challenge. Whether recovering from Tropical Storm Irene, making tough decisions on Town Meeting Day, or simply helping a neighbor in need, Vermonters find solutions by working together.

CCV brings this philosophy to higher education. We are proud to work alongside businesses, schools, and community members, shaping our institution to better respond to the changing needs of our state. CCV has served 142,000 students since 1973. 95% of our students are Vermonters, and 85% of our graduates have stayed in the state, joining the workforce to address the most complex challenges our families and communities face.

In this annual report, we explore five of those challenges: the child care shortage, the opiate epidemic, the manufacturing skills gap, the nursing shortage, and the growing need for cybersecurity. We also introduce alumni whose CCV education has enabled them to work toward solutions.

Each year, CCV serves more Vermonters than any other college in the state. Many of them overcome their own challenges on the way to a degree: The majority are the first in their family to go to college. More than three-quarters work full-time jobs while attending school. Some are single parents, and others are new Americans. Almost all depend on financial support in the forms of scholarships and grants. Without it, CCV graduates wouldn’t be where they are today.

We invite you to join our collaborative effort to meet today’s challenges through education. Our challenge to you is to support our students by contributing to an endowed scholarship fund. Your gifts are an investment in Vermont, allowing our students—and our communities—to benefit for generations to come.

We look forward to working alongside you.

Joyce Judy President

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OPIATES SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS POSE A MAJOR THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH. When Hal Porter was 42 years old he found himself standing at the end of a long dirt driveway, pulling a small wheeled suitcase. Surrounding the driveway were a cluster of tired buildings and a few solitary trees.

Beyond that were woods. A sign on one of the buildings in front of him read, “You are no longer alone.” Thinking back on that day, Porter shakes his head. “I never felt so alone in all my life.”

Eight years earlier, Porter was prescribed painkillers following an ACL surgery. He’d been addicted to opiates ever since. “I hear people say it takes everything from you. Looking back on it, it didn’t take anything from me—I freely gave it all away.”

Porter grew up in St. Albans and graduated from Bellows Free Academy, and had suffered from alcoholism and used a variety of other substances since he was a teenager. “When opiates came into my life, it spiraled out of control very quickly.”

On that lonely day in 2008, he had arrived at the since-shuttered Maple Leaf Farm in Underhill, Vermont because inpatient rehab was a prerequisite for starting a medication-assisted treatment (MAT) program.

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Hal Porter graduated from CCV with a degree in human services and a certificate in substance abuse services.

celebrating nine years in recovery. And since day one, he’s been a mentor for others in Franklin County, where the drug-related fatality rate in 2017 topped that of Chittenden County. “For better or worse,” he says, “I’m kind of the face of recovery in St. Albans.” Last year, Porter graduated from CCV with a degree in human services and a certificate in substance abuse services. He says he went back to school because he wanted a career,

not just a job, and he wanted to help other people. Today he’s a services navigator at Northwestern Medical Center’s (NMC) Comprehensive Pain Clinic, one of the biggest MAT facilities in Franklin County. Prior to that, he worked at the local Turning Point Center, where he still volunteers almost every day of the week.

He’s been active in a number of other local and statewide initiatives, including Governor Shumlin’s work to address the opiate epidemic and now Governor Scott’s Opioid Coordination Council (OCC). He’s certified in self-management and recovery training and is a recovery coach. He served as a mentor at a local transitional house; he’s collaborated with the Howard Center; he’s a friend to almost everyone at the local Turning Point.

have become addicted, parents and family members, and children…Deaths from opioidrelated overdoses increased 159% in Vermont between 2010 and 2016 and continue to climb.

More than half (53%) of the 266 children ages 0 – 5 in Vermont custody are there due to opioid abuse issues. The costs to the state in terms of lost productivity and increased social services, treatment and law enforcement are immeasurable.”

Porter’s story has a good ending. Sadly, that’s also what makes it unique.

Bob Bick is CEO of Burlington’s Howard Center, which provides a broad spectrum of support services to children and adults. He says higher education is a key piece of the puzzle. “One of the problems right now is that we literally do not have enough staff to do the work that we need to do to provide the supports for treatment and recovery.” This leads to high rates of turnover, which can be disastrous for patients seeking care. “The one thing that we know about any kind of health care is that one of the most significant factors in successful health care outcomes is the relationships between the patient and the provider.” No relationship, no recovery. That’s why the kind of work Porter’s doing is critical.

On average, opiate overdoses killed two Vermonters every week of 2016. “They were chemists and truck drivers, landscapers and car salesmen, homemakers and hydrologists,” wrote Mark Davis in Seven Days at the beginning of last year. “They died in motel rooms in Brattleboro, woods in South Burlington, a sister’s basement in Barre, a campground in Duxbury and a mobile home three blocks from a Rutland hospital. They were young mothers and retired Vietnam veterans. Some had lost contact with their families and were dead for days before someone discovered them. Others had kissed their wives goodbye or bid their parents goodnight just hours earlier.”

In 2017, the number of fatal overdoses rose.

The state Opioid Coordination Council puts it this way: “Vermont’s opioid crisis affects all Vermonters across all socio-economic and geographic boundaries. It has devastated families across generations—those who

In his role at NMC, Porter is taking a wholesystems approach to rehabilitation. “Just dealing with the drug issue is just the tip of the iceberg,” he says. “It’s everything else—it’s transportation…employment, housing, child care. If your basic needs aren’t getting met, we’re setting you up to fail before you even start.”

addiction can have a big impact; he says stigma may be the single most important thing to understand about the insidious nature of the current epidemic. “We must address the fact that succumbing to the illness of addiction is no more deserving of stigma and discrimination as succumbing to cancer, or succumbing to high blood pressure, or diabetes.” He says the underlying problem is not any given substance, but addiction itself. “As the issue of opioids wanes—and it will—another substance will take its place. And whether that’s cocaine, or methamphetamines, or some drug that we don’t even know about today, we need for our community to embrace those individuals who struggle with that substance.”

Porter is dedicating his life to doing just that. “In this field of work I will not retire a millionaire, but I will retire with something more important,” he says. “One of the big things for me in recovery is having purpose.

Every day I get up and whether it’s work, or whether it’s what I do in my own recovery, I have an opportunity that I might make a difference in somebody’s life today. That’s priceless.”

According to Bick, society’s perception of 2018 Annual Report 3

MANUFACTURING VERMONT’S MANUFACTURING SECTOR HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY. BUT SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHICS AND A DEEP SKILLS GAP THREATEN THE INDUSTRY’S POTENTIAL. THE EMPLOYEE

THE EMPLOYER

Alana Brault is a production control assistant at Hazelett Corporation, a Colchester-based manufacturer of strip-casting machines. She started working in the industry on her 16th birthday.

Dan Gleason is Hazelett Corporation’s training manager. He’s charged with ensuring that the company’s roughly 150 employees have access to training opportunities that enhance skills, increase productivity, and ultimately benefit the bottom line. “Our company views training as a key ingredient to ensure our current and future success.”

At Hazelett, “the more you learn, the more you earn” is a truism. A first generation college student, Brault earned her degree at CCV and moved on to a bachelor’s program at Johnson State College and an MBA at Champlain College. She also took the Certified Production Technician (CPT) course offered by CCV to Hazelett employees this spring because she wants to keep learning.

“Everything’s always changing. There’s always something new to learn.”

Gleason agrees with Brault: there’s always more to learn. “In this ever-changing world, fueled by rapidly advancing technology, there is only one thing that will always remain a constant, and that is change itself,” he says.

“The most important skill that you must bring to your future is knowing how to learn.”

THE TRAINING The Certified Production Technician (CPT) program leads to a nationally recognized credential in the field of advanced manufacturing. Developed by the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC), the program provides training in up to five module areas: Safety, Quality Practices and Measurement, Manufacturing Processes and Production, Maintenance Awareness, and Green Production. Since 2015, CCV has partnered with a wide variety of businesses to offer the CPT program, including Hazelett Corporation, Darn Tough, Super Thin Saws, GE, and GlobalFoundries. Nearly 400 Vermonters have participated in CPT trainings, with over 950 certifications earned. Completers who were already employed at the start of the training have seen an average earning increase of $5,800 by the end of their first year posttraining.

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“Manufacturing’s life blood is its workforce. We must secure our talent pipeline, making sure that Vermonters possess the skills needed for today’s rapidly evolving advanced manufacturing sector...Simply put, investing in workforce training is an investment in the Vermont workforce that pays real and critical dividends.”

Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development

2015: TOP FIVE VT MANUFACTURING SECTORS, IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS Computers and Electronics $605 Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products $468 Machinery $254 Fabricated Metal Products $225 Chemical Products $174

2014: SKILLS GAP

80% 2016: VT MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE

of U.S. Manufacturers Report a Moderate or Serious Shortage of Qualified Applicants for Skilled and Highly Skilled Production Positions

36,000 Vermonters Employed 9% of the Total Vermont Workforce $63,160 Average Annual Salary

2014: VT MANUFACTURING SNAPSHOT 1,000+ Companies 11.1% of State GDP $1.7 Billion in Total Wages Paid Dan Gleason is the training manager for Hazelett Corporation.

Alana Brault is a CCV graduate who recently completed the Certified Production Technician certificate.

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CYBERSECURITY IN TODAY’S DIGITAL WORLD, THE PRIVACY AND DATA OF BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT, AND INDIVIDUALS ARE AT RISK. CYBERSECURITY IS A GLOBAL CHALLENGE WITH A LOCAL IMPACT.

“ Every consumer needs to have some level of basic cybersecurity training...attackers are always looking for the weakest link.”

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- George Silowash Chief Information Security Officer, Norwich University

The fact is, digital threats can come from anywhere...The State of Vermont has significant work to do to improve our cybersecurity efforts.”

Joe Plunkett graduated from CCV with a degree in computer systems management.

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- Governor Phil Scott Seven Days, 2017

“ Cybersecurity has never been more important than in today’s modern business world. Keeping your business and customer information safe is a must.”

- Vermont Small Business Development Center

IN HIGH DEMAND

“The Vermont attorney general’s office says more than 240,000 Vermonters had their personal information exposed in a nationwide data breach of credit reporting company Equifax.”

- Burlington Free Press, 2017

“ Whether it’s personal information, financial information, health care data, IRS data, the state of Vermont has a lot of different types of data that we hold...We try to stay vigilant and stay up to date on new attacks that are coming out but attacks are becoming more sophisticated every day.”

- John Quinn III Vermont Secretary of Digital Services and Chief Information Officer Vermont Public Radio, 2018

“Demand for information security analysts is expected to be very high.

Cyberattacks have grown in frequency, and analysts will be needed to come up with innovative solutions to prevent hackers from stealing critical information or creating problems for computer networks.”

- U.S. Department of Labor

“ Since January, the state has seen over 3.3 million potentially malicious cyberattacks against our information resources. This is equal to 524 attempts…to subvert our defenses and gain unauthorized access every single hour for the last nine months.”

“The more you learn about it, the more you realize how unsecure everything actually is.”

Joe Plunkett served in the military before earning an associate degree in computer systems management from CCV in 2015. He’s currently an information systems security specialist at People’s United Bank and is slated to graduate from Champlain’s cybersecurity networking program this year. Simply put, job security was one reason he chose to go into this field—he’s well aware of the growing shortage of trained cybersecurity professionals, and also the growing need for them. “That was a big factor in my degree selection...this is something that’s in high demand, so I’ll be employed for a while.”

Plunkett says public perception of the issue needs to change. “I think what people need to do is shift their idea that ‘I don’t matter, I’m one person.’ Or if it’s a company, ‘I’m a small company.’ People need to step back from that mentality because individuals and small companies are some of the primary targets for attackers...I think the most important thing that people should think about is that they are after you.”

And Plunkett predicts that the threat is only growing. “Artificial intelligence (AI) is going to influence my work in the future. The smarter you’re able to make these viruses, they’re going to become that much more effective. It’s an arms race.”

- Governor Phil Scott VTDigger, October 2017 2018 Annual Report 7

CHILD CARE VERMONT FAMILIES STRUGGLE TO FIND AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY CHILD CARE. “When it comes to the health and prosperity of Vermont’s children, families, communities and economy, high-quality, affordable child care is the linchpin.”

- Let's Grow Kids

connections every second; it’s well understood that early experiences have the greatest impact on long-term development and well-being. Good child care is about more than healthy children and families—it also has an impact on society. Vermont’s Let’s Grow Kids (LGK) campaign states that “investing in children’s development during the early years yields the greatest return, both in savings— in corrections, health care and public education—and in increased productivity when those children reach adulthood.”

Tereka Hand earned degrees in human services and early childhood education from CCV before opening her business, Rekaroo’s Childcare, in 2016. Just two years later, the child care program employs 26 caregivers and supports 70 children whose ages range from 6 weeks to 12 years. Hand is young But families throughout Vermont struggle to and energetic, with an easy confidence access and afford good care. and a contagious “Child care is pretty rough,” “NEW CHILD CARE smile. She bounces shared Kara Sicely, a single BUSINESSES ARE GOOD seamlessly from mother to a one-year-old and talking statistics a two-year-old. Both attend FOR EMPLOYERS, with the center’s THEY’RE GOOD FOR THE a local child care program director to talking part-time, but Sicely is their WORKFORCE, THEY’RE homesickness with primary caregiver—she’s a three-year-old. even stepped out of the GOOD FOR FAMILIES, “The kids are my THEY’RE ALSO GOOD FOR workforce to be a stay-ateverything,” she home mom. She says her COMMUNITIES.” says. options for help are severely limited. “There’s no spots The importance of high-quality early care and for infants available in this area.” She hopes learning is clear. Roughly 90% of the human to return to work soon, but emphasized the brain develops by the age of five. In the first difficulty of doing so as a single parent. “It has years of life, the brain makes a million new to work around their schedules.”

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Currently there are just over 18,000 children under the age of three in Vermont, and most of them are likely to need care: More than 70% of Vermont children 6 and under have both parents or guardians in the workforce.

A 2018 LGK report found that 77% of infants and toddlers lack access to high-quality child care programs.

That’s why professional development for child care providers is a major focus of CCV’s work.

The College offers both an associate degree in early childhood education and a child care certificate, and is launching an accelerated online version of the certificate next spring.

In addition, CCV supports the child care workforce as the host of the state’s early childhood professional development system.

With funding from the Vermont Department for Children and Families Child Development Division (CDD), CCV provides comprehensive career development services to roughly 5,000 early childhood and afterschool professionals.

The recently updated system, Northern Lights at CCV, is directed by Becky Millard.

Millard says the reasons for the child care shortage are complicated. The supply-demand mismatch exists in part because of our economic structure. “Most people need to rely on the child care system in order to be able to work. It also used to be that you could survive on one income so someone could choose to stay home, and for most people that’s just not possible anymore.” Despite the federal recommendation that families spend no more than 7% of their income on child care, lowand middle-income families in Vermont are

sometimes spending more than 40%.

“It’s a tricky system because it’s both highly regulated and market-based.

We have regulations in place so that we can keep kids safe and healthy.

And the market is such that there is a high demand, but people are already paying as much as they can pay,” says Millard. And rising standards for quality mean providers need to invest more in education and training—but wages don’t support that investment. The median salary for a preschool teacher is roughly $30,000, or $14 an hour, while the median salary for a kindergarten teacher in Vermont is roughly $54,000. “We have to figure out the wage problem in early childhood,” says Millard. “If we can find a way to increase wages for early childhood professionals without placing the cost burden on families, then we will create a much more appealing field.”

children are sick or when their children need anything from them, so there’s a dramatic and immediate impact on the workforce at all times.” On the flip side, so too does encouraging providers to open new facilities. “New child care businesses are good for employers, they’re good for the workforce, they’re good for families, they’re also good for the community."

At Rekaroo’s, Hand encourages the professional development of her staff, offering flexible schedules, moral support, and an underlying belief that investing in further education and training ultimately leads to better care. “They’re being treated as professionals now,” she says of caregivers. “They’re being offered a career.”

Millard says the child care shortage has a ripple effect. “Without high-quality child care options for families it means more people are out of work when their

Tereka Hand graduated from CCV and now owns and operates a successful child care business in Rutland.

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NURSING DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS ARE LEADING TO A GROWING SHORTAGE OF NURSES. IN THE COMING YEARS, OUR AGING POPULATION WILL LEAD TO FEWER EXPERIENCED CAREGIVERS IN THE WORKFORCE, AND MORE PEOPLE NEEDING CARE. VERMONT POPULATION PROJECTION BY AGE ESTIMATED CURRENT POPULATION: 623,000 Age Range 2010 Census 2030 PROJECTED 2032 POPULATION: 722,000

Percentage of 2017 Population Over 65 Years of Age: 18.7 %

60 – 64

41,234

43,349

5.1%

65 – 69

29,390

50,168

70.7%

70 – 74

20,148

50,579

151.0%

75 – 79

15,960

40,910

156.3%

80 – 84

12,783

28,701

124.5%

Percentage of 2032 Population Over 65 Years of Age: 23.8%

HEALTH PRIORITIES FOR OLDER VERMONTERS

= 11,650 Vermonters

PREPARED FOR WHAT'S NEXT Steven Cristaldi completed a degree in medical assisting (MA) at CCV in 2016 and has worked as a caregiver in homes and facilities for five years. His next step is the BSN program at Southern Vermont College in Bennington.

hospitals or do private home care; you can get your master’s and from there you can go into admin work or you can go into teaching; and there are so many other doors that open from there.”

Cristaldi says his medical assisting degree prepared him to go into the field of nursing—a field that attracted him because “you can go anywhere you want with it. If you want to progress in nursing; if you want to work in

But Cristaldi also says there simply aren’t enough people—men especially—interested in pursuing a nursing career. “The one thing that always seems to be overshadowed is there’s never enough help. There’s a lot of burnout.”

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Percent Change

Cognitive, Mental, and Physical Health

Falls and Injuries

Safe Use of Medications

Management of Chronic Conditions

TWO-YEAR NURSING CAREER JOB FORECAST

3,909 OPEN POSITIONS

25% – New Positions 75% – Attrition and Retirements

“There’s a significant challenge for nurses on the front line associated with a workforce shortage. People are being asked to do more with fewer resources. Where a normal retirement rate for baby boomers would be about 7% per year, employers think it may be as high as 30% in the field of nursing.”

83%

of Vermont Tech’s LPN Class of ’17 completed their nursing prerequisites at CCV.

- Mary Anne Sheahan Executive Director, Vermont Talent Pipeline Management

RN FTE GROWTH RATE BY SETTING 2015 - 2030

69%

41%

22%

Residential Care

Home Health

Inpatient Steven Cristaldi completed a medical assisting degree at CCV in 2016.

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DEPARTMENTS AND INITIATIVES CCV STUDENTS ARE DIVERSE IN AGE, BACKGROUND, AND EXPERIENCE. OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF SUPPORTING ALL STUDENTS AS THEY PURSUE THEIR GOALS. SECONDARY EDUCATION INITIATIVES Most Vermont jobs require some level of training or education beyond high school. That's why CCV provides a continuum of programs to help Vermont students plan their next steps after high school graduation. In academic year 2017-2018, nearly 1,300 middle school students were given an introduction to college at Access Days throughout the state. High school students used roughly 1,500 Dual Enrollment vouchers to take free college classes, and roughly 400 students took CCV’s Introduction to College and Careers class. In addition, more than 130 seniors took Early College, which allowed them to complete their last year of high school and their first year of college simultaneously and tuitionfree. When you support CCV, you support our effort to make college and career readiness a reality for all Vermont students.

VETERANS SERVICES CCV offers comprehensive veteran and military student support throughout the state. We have a thorough understanding of the higher education needs of our veterans, active duty service members, and their dependents. Our veterans services team is available to students across our 12 locations and online, helping them access federal benefits, locate community support services, and navigate college. Your support allows us to provide services for these students as they move forward with their education and careers, both during and after completing their service to our country.

PRIOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT CCV understands that valuable college-level learning can happen outside of the classroom. Our Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) programs help students earn credits for what they know, putting them on an accelerated path to a college degree. The Assessment of Prior Learning and Focused Portfolio Development courses provide the opportunity to demonstrate knowledge gained in a workplace, through community service, or in other non-academic settings. This translates to impressive savings in both time and money, while providing the credentials students need to get ahead. PLA students who graduated in 2018 earned an average of 28 credits, translating to roughly $7,000 and more than 1,100 hours saved per person.

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WORKFORCE EDUCATION CCV strengthens Vermont by strengthening its workforce. Throughout the state, we partner with local businesses to develop specific training programs that will directly address skills gaps. Our work spans from healthcare and human services to manufacturing and business.

From partnering with Brattleboro Memorial Hospital to train medical assistants to supporting manufacturers by training Certified Production Technicians, CCV strengthens employers by training employees. These efforts have led to 1,467 certifications to date. Your support helps us advance our mission to help Vermonters prepare for the jobs that are here in Vermont.

ReSET VT CCV is in its second year of working with the Vermont Department of Corrections to provide two college courses with intensive college and career advising to inmates at the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport. ReSET VT helps inmates develop valuable skills that can contribute to reducing Vermont’s 40% recidivism rate. The impact on families of inmates has been a powerful outcome of this program, as parents, spouses, and children of offenders see their loved ones begin to prepare for future education, training, and employment. Funded in large part by the J. Warren and Lois McClure Foundation, this project helps 10-12 inmates per year prepare for a successful transition to college and employment upon their release. By joining them in supporting ReSET VT, you can help CCV expand the impact of this program.

THE CENTER FOR ONLINE LEARNING The Center for Online Learning offers over 300 courses each semester in subject areas that include art and design, computer information systems, biology, allied health, and a variety of courses in the humanities and social sciences. CCV has steadily increased its offerings of seven-week Accelerated Online Courses (AOC) over the past four years, with 35 available in fall 2018. In spring 2019, CCV’s Center for Online Learning will begin offering the child care certificate as an accelerated program that can be completed in as few as four semesters.

Your support for CCV will help us continue to provide accessible, high-quality education to Vermonters no matter where they're located.

OUR MISSION

The Community College of Vermont supports and challenges all students in meeting their educational goals through an abiding commitment to access, affordability, and student success.

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EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS

AFFORDABILITY IS CENTRAL TO CCV’S MISSION. WITH ONE OF THE LOWEST STATE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE COUNTRY, IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE COLLEGE’S GREATEST CHALLENGES. DESPITE RELYING HEAVILY ON TUITION TO FUND OUR OPERATIONS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO KEEPING COSTS LOW FOR STUDENTS. STATE FISCAL SUPPORT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Per $1,000 in Personal Income FY 2018 Wyoming New Mexico Hawaii North Carolina North Dakota Mississippi Alabama Arkansas Alaska Utah Nebraska Georgia West Virginia Idaho Kentucky Illinois Tennessee California Indiana Louisiana Texas Iowa Minnesota South Dakota Maryland Kansas Wisconsin South Carolina Montana Florida Delaware Maine Oklahoma New York Nevada Washington Connecticut Oregon Virginia Ohio Michigan Missouri New Jersey Rhode Island Massachusetts Colorado Vermont Arizona Pennsylvania New Hampshire

Wyoming Spends

Vermont receives one of the lowest rates of state support for higher education in the country, ranking 47th out of the 50 U.S. states. How do we stack up against the number one funder of higher education in the country?

In Wyoming, a rural state with a smaller population than Vermont, funding for higher education is more than triple that of Vermont.

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Here in Vermont, this decades-long defunding of higher education has led to a corresponding increase in tuition costs.

State Support of Student Tuition The Vermont State & Fees at VSCS Colleges System Schools Over Time Over Time FY1980 FY1980 49%

Per $1,000 in Personal Income

49%

FY1990 FY1990 39.5%39.5%

Current 84%84%

Current

FY2015 82% 82%

FY2015

FY2000 69.1% 69.1%

FY2000

FY1990 60.5%60.5%

FY1990

FY1980 51% 51%

FY1980

Vermont Spends FY2000 FY2000 30.9%30.9%

$2.98

FY2015 FY2015 18%

18%

16% 16%

Current Current

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10

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Per $1,000 in Personal Income

FRESHMEN ENROLLED IN THEIR HOME-STATE COLLEGES VERMONT Higher tuition costs put the burden of paying for a college education on students and their families.

Here in Vermont, this means fewer Vermonters wind up attending Vermont colleges.

WYOMING

33%

62%

STUDENT BODY COMPOSITION AT VERMONT COLLEGES Despite this, we at CCV continue to design and develop programs guided by what's best for Vermont college students. We believe that is why so many Vermonters choose CCV.

Community College of Vermont Vermont Technical College Johnson State College Castleton University Lyndon State College College of St. Joseph New England Culinary Institute Southern Vermont College University of Vermont Sterling College Champlain College Green Mountain College Saint Michael's College Goddard College Norwich University Middlebury College Marlboro College Landmark College

In-State Out-of-State International

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60

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COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR VERMONTERS YOUR GIFTS TO CCV’S ENDOWMENT FOR STUDENT SUCCESS (ESS) ARE A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN VERMONT, PROVIDING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS. ESS GROWTH OVER TIME In 1999, former VSC trustee Jan Gillette established a new endowment that would “generate annual proceeds that can provide scholarship grants to deserving students whose chances for realizing success at the College will be strengthened by gifts of aid.”

1999 $25,000 Staff and faculty have made over 1,300 contributions to the ESS, totaling $25,592 since the fund’s inception.

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2005 $37,521

2010 $255,099

2015 $928,691

Gifts to the ESS grew the endowment from $37,521 in 2005 to over $1 million in 2018.

2018 $1,068,752 Today, earnings from the ESS generate more than $50,000 in scholarship funds that directly benefit CCV students.

PROJECTIONS FOR GROWTH* Annual gifts help the ESS grow and translate into more scholarship dollars for students. CCV envisions a day when the ESS has grown to a level where the annual proceeds can cover tuition and fees for all Vermonters who want to pursue a college education.

An Annual Contribution Of Over Ten Years Amounts To Invested In The ESS, This Gift Grows To An Annual Contribution Of Over Ten Years Amounts To Invested In The ESS, This Gift Grows To An Annual Contribution Of Over Ten Years Amounts To Invested In The ESS, This Gift Grows To

CCV'S REVENUES & EXPENSES Revenues Gifts, Endowment Gains, Private Grants • 1% State Appropriation • 14%

$100

$1,000

$1,449

$500

$5,000

$7,243

Government Grants & Contracts • 24% Tuition & Fees • 61%

Expenses Academic and Student Support • 40% Facilities • 10%

$1,000

$10,000

$14,487

Operations • 20%

Instruction • 30%

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WAYS TO GIVE AS A DONOR, YOU PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN ENABLING US TO MEET STUDENT NEEDS. THESE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN HELPING STUDENTS CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION. YOUR GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT WILL HELP, AND NO GIFT IS TOO SMALL.

Alumni, Faculty & Staff

Support the overall mission of CCV by providing unrestricted resources for new initiatives as well as a variety of operational needs and projects.

General Scholarship Fund

WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM Corporate & Business

The Annual Fund

Friends

Foundations

Every dollar given to this non-endowed fund goes directly to tuition assistance for students attending one of our 12 academic centers or our Center for Online Learning.

Student Assistance Fund

3% • $19,050

6% • $33,214

6% • $35,068

85% • $510,300

From fixing a tire so a student can get to class, to buying a much-needed textbook, every dollar donated to CCV’s Student Assistance Fund provides just-in-time support to students in your local community.

Planned Giving WHERE THE MONEY GOES Endowment Scholarship Investments

Operations

Student Assistance & Scholarships

Student Programs

Including CCV in your estate plans is the ultimate gift, providing support for the College while leaving a legacy for future generations. If you are interested in making a planned gift to CCV, please contact Aimee Stephenson at 802-654-0540 or aimee.stephenson@ccv.edu.

Endowment For Student Success 6% • $38,765 18 Community College of Vermont

6% • $37,657

15% • $87,210

73% • $ 434,000

Invest in future generations of CCV students through this endowed fund that generates annual earnings used exclusively toward scholarships.

DONORS TO CCV

CCV gratefully acknowledges our generous donors. Those listed have given in the most recent fiscal year, from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.

Benefactors

Gifts greater than $5,000

President’s Circle

Gifts of $1,000 to $4,999

Dean’s List

Gifts of $500 to $999

Advocates

Gifts of $250 to $499

Patrons

Gifts of $100 to $249

Friends

Gifts up to $99

The CCV Legacy Society

Bequests, planned gifts, and named endowments

Gifts in Kind

Non-cash donations for designated use

Benefactors Anonymous Bari & Peter Dreissigacker Patricia Fontaine / Fountain Fund Bob & Lois Frey Jane Guyette / Bergeron Family Foundation Hoehl Family Foundation Agnes M. Lindsay Trust J. Warren & Lois McClure Foundation NEFCU (New England Federal Credit Union) Norma & Thomas Stephenson Vermont Community Foundation Vermont Veterans with Disabilities Fund

President’s Circle Anonymous (3) Tapp Barnhill A Book Company, LLC Robert N. Brooks Carol & David Buchdahl Helen M. & T. Wayne Clark Concept2, Inc. Janice Couture Tim Donovan* Jeremiah Goulet The Jerry Greenfield & Elizabeth K. Skarie Foundation, Inc. Susan Henry & Sture Nelson Pixley Tyler Hill ImpactAssets Ben & Joyce Judy Tom & Charlotte MacLeay Main Street Landing Company Bill & Kate Schubart Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Aimee Stephenson Debra Ann Stern Ernest & Deborah ‘89 Stewart Meta Strick John & Jennifer Vogel Eleanor Wilson

Dean’s List Graham W. Bauerle Colchester-Milton Rotary Club Craig Fowler Linda Gabrielson Julie Lee Laurie Loveland Dianne Maccario Leigh Marthe Barbara Martin

Bette Matkowski Katie & Seth Mobley Darlene Murphy National Life Group Edlyn & David Pursell Shirley Ridgway Steven C. Thompson ‘96 Union Mutual of Vermont Companies Margo Waite ‘75

Advocates Lennox & Art Brodeur Deb Chadwick Pam Chisholm & Ted Franzeim Timothy Dusablon ‘09 Betty Dye Bo J. Finnegan Hubey Folsom ‘93 Henry Schaefer Family Foundation Ken Kalb* & Nance Driscoll Joan Kaye Tricia & Jeff Kent Thomas & Susan Little Kathleen McIsaac Barbara Murphy* The Richards Group Eric Sakai Jeremy Schrauf Jeb Spaulding Yasmine Ziesler

Patrons Gail & Kenneth Albert John Anderson Anonymous (4) Ann Aspell Carole S. Bacon ‘91 Carolyn Barnes Linda & Rich Bell

Adam & Dianne Benezra Linda & Jerry Benezra Pam Bullock & Timothy Hayes Charles Bunting Maria Calamia Celine Champine Bernard & Jean Couture Lorei J. Dawson Mica DeAngelis & Barry Mansfield Alison Deslauriers Billi Dunham Jeremiah K. Durick Noel Duvall G. Richard Eisele Ruth L. Fish Claire Flanagan ‘85 Jerry & Judy Flanagan Pat Forbes Jen & Deanna Garrett-Ostermiller Don & Gracie Kelpinski Tiffany Keune Sara Kobylenski Kathy Leonard ‘94 Aimee Loiter Maryellen Lowe ‘82 Laura Massell KD Maynard Terrie McQuillen ‘01 Jason Mearls ‘14 Linda R. Milne Dr. John Neuhauser James & Penelope Nolte Bruce O’Rourke & Liz Cote Ed Patterson Susan Regier ‘94 Robert ‘94 & Denise Rodd John N. Rosenblum ‘83 Lucy Schumer Natalie Searle 2018 Annual Report 19

Jean E. Snow ‘77 Robert & Nancy Stone Lee & Byron Stookey John Sweeney Linda & Keith Tarr-Whelan Jarod Waite Heather Weinstein J.J. & Kathy Williams Alexander & Marguerite Zabriskie

Friends Kyle Aines Gloria Alexander Anonymous (3) David Barch ‘90 Lynn Beebe-Dow ‘96 Clem & Sharon Bissonnette Edward Blaise, III Joanne Blakeman Janet & John Bossi Candace Brown ‘92 Susan Buonincontro ‘92 Marilyn & Brian Cargill Roger & Glennis Chabot Patricia A. Chartrand Dave Chase ‘06 & Pam Scott ‘04 Julie Choquette ‘97 Jo Clawson ‘10 Philip Crossman Allan Curtiss ‘13 Gretchen DeHart DiMascio Headrick Family Ryan & Meg Dulude Cynthia Feiker Martin & Sheila Fors ‘78 Ronald Gabriel Seth Gibson Elisabeth Gish ‘02 Martha Hamilton-Doughty Jody Hayden ‘02 Justin Head Robin Hopps ‘03 Mary Hulette IBM Corporation Jenney Izzo 20 Community College of Vermont

Peter & Marlene Jameson Alison Kirk Robert J. Larrabee ‘99 Sarah Lavallee Suzanne Lovell ‘87 Constance Martin Erika Martin ‘14 Adele M. Miller Irene Mitchell Scott H. Mullins ‘99 Catherine O’Callaghan Andrew Pallito Andrew Pezzulo JP & Poppy Rees Aaron Roy Bill & Dalene Sacco Ann Schroeder Debbie Spears ‘08 Jerry Spivey Katherine Stamper Gary & Kathleen Starr Diego Uribe De Urbina ‘98 Michael Van Dyke Edward Vizvarie ‘01 Stephen & Wendy Wark Peggy Williams Joan M. Wollrath ‘84 *Former CCV President

In Honor Of Gifts in recognition of those who have made a significant difference in our donors' lives.

Anonymous In the name of Aimee Loiter Anonymous In the name of Jarod Waite Tapp Barnhill In the name of Debby Stewart Carol & David Buchdahl In the name of President Joyce Judy Janice Couture In the names of Churchill Hindes,

Barbara Martin, Thato Ratsebe & Gail Tisseur Philip Crossman In the name of John Christensen Jerry & Judy Flanagan In the name of Katie Mobley Elisabeth Gish ‘02 In the name of Elisabeth Dodds Dodds Susan Henry In the name of Barbara Martin Alison Kirk In the name of Margaret (Peg) Powers Aimee Loiter In the name of Ryan Joy Leigh Marthe In the name of Leonard & Linda Marthe James & Penelope Nolte In the name of Nancy W. Nolte Henry Schaefer Family Foundation In the name of Inge Schaefer Aimee Stephenson In the name of Helen & T. Wayne Clark Steven C. Thompson ‘96 In the name of Shannon Ferguson Gifts in honor of Eric Sakai’s retirement from CCV as Dean of Academic Technologies Susan Henry Ernest & Deborah ’89 Stewart Bette Matkowski

In Memory Of Gifts in memory of loved ones who have passed away.

Janice Couture In memory of Marguerite and Alfred Couture and son Raymond; Gregory, John, Annette and Jean Couture; Rachael Ann Norton Betty Dye In memory of Jean Couture

Adam & Dianne Benezra In memory of Jennifer Frey Timothy Dusablon ‘09 In memory of Andrew Palladino Jen & Deanna Garrett-Ostermiller In memory of Dustin Haselton Bruce O’Rourke & Liz Cote In memory of Martha Ianelli In memory of longtime Winooski/ Burlington faculty member Bill Meyer (1935 – 2017) Edward Blaise, III Marilyn & Brian Cargill Roger & Glennis Chabot Alison Deslauriers Martha Hamilton-Doughty Susan Henry Robin Hopps ‘03 Mary Hulette Constance Martin NEFCU (New England Federal Credit Union) Robert & Nancy Stone Stephen & Wendy Wark In memory of Brattleboro Coordinator of Academic Services Karen Raylene Clark (1956 – 2015) Tapp Barnhill Helen M. & T. Wayne Clark Noel Duvall Cynthia Feiker Maryellen Lowe ‘82 Aimee Stephenson

The Legacy Society Honors the generosity of donors who make bequests and planned gifts or who have established named endowments.

Anonymous (2) Joseph & Dale Boutin Joseph & Dale Boutin Scholarship Fund

Robert L. Chadwick Yolande Corbin Chadwick Scholarship Fund Helen M. & T. Wayne Clark Karen Raylene Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund G. Jason Conway G. Jason Conway Memorial Scholarship Fund Mica DeAngelis & Barry Mansfield Gabrielle Dietzel Bob & Lois Frey Jennifer Frey Memorial Fund Janet F. Gillette The Endowment for Teaching & Learning The Endowment for Student Success Jane Guyette / Bergeron Family Foundation Urban & Pauline Bergeron Memorial Scholarship Fund

Ken Kalb* & Nance Driscoll Laurie Lawrence-Pepin ‘92 Barbara Martin Susan E. Mehrtens May Munger Ann Newsmith Peter Smith* John & Jennifer Vogel Leah M. Kalb Scholarship Fund

Gifts in Kind Non-cash donations for designated use.

Terry Allen August First Bakery & Cafe Elizabeth Bachilas Jada Billow Krishna Bista Lindsay Browning Kristie Bush Community Kitchen Academy

Donald De Voil Caton Deuso Cathy Fowler Andrea Gould Great Harvest Bread Company Hannaford Supermarket & Pharmacy Cristian Montilla Herrera Katlyn Jackson Harold Kaplan Melissa Kill Claude Lehman Amy Lewis McKenzie’s Country Classics Nancy Moska Jill Mudgett Sherry Pachman Pingala Cafe Price Chopper Louise Rauh Phillip Robertson Sid Schwartz

Dee Steffan Mary Swarty Iswari Tamang Christine Terry Trader Joe’s Denise Womer Zabby & Elf’s Stone Soup

Matching Gifts Received from organizations that contribute matching gifts in response to an employee or affiliate’s gift.

IBM National Life Group Union Mutual of Vermont Companies

ADMINISTRATION President: Joyce Judy Academic Dean: Deborah Stewart Dean of Enrollment Services: Pam Chisholm Dean of Administration: Andy Pallito Dean of Students: Heather Weinstein Executive Director of Academic Centers: Tapp Barnhill Executive Director of Academic Centers: Katie Mobley

CCV is committed to nondiscrimination in its learning and working environments for all persons. All educational and employment opportunities at CCV are offered without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.

CCV is an equal opportunity employer. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

For a complete list of works referenced, visit ccv.edu.

Editing & Research: Danielle Bresette, Eileen Gatti, Tomás Hedin, Laura Massell, Katie Powers, Janette Shaffer, Tom Shahan, Aimee Stephenson Photography & Design: Joshua Larkin Writing: Katie Powers 2018 Annual Report 21

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