Vermont Technical College

Vermont Tech congratulates the following students for achieving President's List Honors for the spring semester of 2019. These are degree students carrying 12 or more letter-graded credit hours who achieve a GPA of 4.0 or higher.

Congratulations to the following students, who all graduated after the Spring 2019 semester.

The Faculty Award is given to the students who have made the greatest contribution to student activities while attending Vermont Tech. The Vermont Tech Faculty Memorial Fund Scholarship is given to a student who has already completed their first year and whose outstanding scholarship exemplifies excellence in technology.

This achievement recognizes students who have participated in the Student Stories feature of our website. These students excel both academically and in extra-curricular activities.

Seven Vermont Tech students recently attended the ASHRAE Winter Conference in Atlanta, GA. The conference presents the latest topics in the HVAC&R industry through a technical program featuring more than 100 sessions and 300 speakers. The conference offers a special student program for the hundreds of engineering students in attendance from colleges and universities from around the world.

Jennifer Grenier tried a couple different colleges before she found the right fit. She chose Vermont Tech for the positive atmosphere, and the opportunities the alumni connections would afford her. The hands-on experience she receives here will help her with her career goals and she plays defense for the women's soccer team too.

Vermont Tech students were nominated by program faculty for demonstrating academic excellence, student leadership, professionalism, and engineering-based analysis and problem solving.

Congratulations to the following students, who all graduated after the Fall 2018 semester.

At its annual design awards ceremony in December, the Vermont chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIAVT) announced that Heidi Underbakke, an associate degree student in Vermont Tech's Architectural & Building Engineering Technology program, had been named the recipient of the Ruth Freeman Award. The award is based on a Vermont Tech student's architectural design excellence, and it is given in memory of Vermont's first female architect and president of AIAVT.

Vermont Tech congratulates the following students for achieving President's List Honors for the Fall semester of 2018. These students received a GPA of 4.0 or higher.

Vermont Tech congratulates the following students for achieving Dean's List Honors for the Fall semester of 2018. These students received a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Vermont Tech Varsity student-athletes, and one coach, took home a variety of honors on both the conference and national levels in the past week. Many of our athletes were recognized as USCAA Academic All-Americans through their dedication to school work while competing as an athlete.

Cody Bryan from North Clarendon, VT finished third overall in the 2018 edition of the TMC Futuretech National Student Technician Competition held in Orlando Florida September 17th and 18th. Futuretech is a competition for post-secondary student technicians held by the Technology and Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Association during their annual fall meeting. In a field of 33 contestants, Cody also won one skill station. Cody, a VAST graduate and a second year Diesel Technology student, received a new tool storage unit and many other prizes worth approximately $5,000. A second Vermont Tech student, Isaac Miles from Acton, ME placed 21st in the contest. For one week in August, Bryan was one of 10 student technicians, out of 40 applicants, who attended an all-expense paid preparatory Boot Camp in Charlotte, North Carolina. Cody had the opportunity to hone his skills with some of the best heavy duty truck technicians in the country. Bryan and five other student technicians were selected to compete with the FedEx team in Orlando. The Technology and Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Association is the country's largest organization devoted to the technical side of the trucking industry. These contests involve both written and skills tests of the contestants' diagnostic and repair abilities. Professional technicians compete in the Supertech Contest. This year 96 finalists competed in Supertech and 33 finalists competed in Futuretech. The FedEx Freight team won Supertech competition for a sixth straight year.

A team of Vermont Tech engineering students placed first at the annual Vermont Society of Engineers' (VSE) golf tournament, held September 21, 2018 at Cedar Knoll Country Club in Hinesburg. The Green Knights team, comprised of Tyler Couture, Nathaniel Cannon, Harrison Heist, and Jarek Hammerl, outscored the engineering student teams from Norwich University and the University of Vermont in a scramble format, thereby retaining the rotating trophy that goes to the winning institution each year. Couture and Heist also played last year, when they managed to return the trophy to Vermont Tech after a multi-year absence. The tournament is a fundraiser for the VSE and most of the golfers were practicing engineers; the funds raised go toward student scholarships at the colleges. For many years now, the VSE has invited the three engineering institutions in Vermont to enter a team. The Vermont Tech team was generously sponsored by an anonymous VSE member. The trophy will soon be placed on display at the Campus Center on the Randolph Center campus, along with engraved plates showing the names of past winning teams. The Vermont Tech team is coordinated by Professor Scott A. Sabol, P.E., who commented, "This is a great opportunity for students to network with engineers and to have fun at the same time. We appreciate how the VSE involves us in this event." Because this year's players will all be graduating, Prof. Sabol will be looking to recruit four new engineering students to play in the next tournament when fall rolls around again.

The following seven Vermont Tech students and recent graduates had the opportunity to represent Vermont post-secondary technical education at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. The conference ran from Tuesday, June 26th to Friday, June 29th in Louisville, Kentucky.