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| VIEW FROM THE HILL |College HonorsDistinguished CitizenLocal civic and businessleader Patrick S. Robinsreceived the ChamplainCollege 2008 DistinguishedCitizen Award. CollegePresident David Finney madethe announcement duringthe College’s 130th annualconvocation as the class of 2012prepared to begin their first yearof study.The Distinguished Citizenaward is given annually to a personwho displays exceptional personal and professional achievement,a strong record of community service, and dynamic leadershipbased on equal parts intelligence and wit, creativity, and humility.Robins, who lives in Burlington with his wife, Lisa Schamberg,is the chairman and founder of the SymQuest Group. Otherprofessional accomplishments include being president, chairman,and CEO of McAuliffe, a Burlington-based, regional officeproducts distributor, and chairman and founder of NorthstarLeasing Company of Burlington.“Patrick is an entrepreneur and civil servant of uncommonvision and discipline,” Finney said. “He has founded and chairedthree regional businesses whose genius was to recognize emergingneeds and to fill them with quality products and exceptionalcustomer service.”Robins’ many civic affiliations include being chairman ofthe University Health Center; trustee of the Medical CenterHospital of Vermont; chairman of the Vermont Hospital DataCouncil; chair and founder of the Vermont Employers’ HealthAlliance; and member of the board Nominating and GovernanceCommittee, Fletcher Allen Healthcare. In addition, he served asa trustee of several educational institutions, including ChamplainCollege from 1974-1977 and St. Michael’s College from 1992-95 and 1998-99. He also serves on community boards rangingfrom the Church Street Marketplace Commission and BurlingtonCity Arts to the Visiting Nurse Association, the United Way ofChittenden County, the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, andthe Vermont Land Trust.“Pat Robins has spent his professional and personal life makingthe most of the opportunities available to him, while never losingsight of the community that has been central to his success,”Finney added, noting that Robins “didn’t wait until he hadestablished himself professionally before he began giving back tohis community.” —SMOnline Degrees Among Top Three NationwideChamplain College’s Division ofContinuing Professional Studies(CPS) online degree programs areranked in the top three nationally, accordingto a survey of colleges and universities byOnline Education Database (OEDb) releasedthis past January. Champlain moved up tothe third spot from eighth last year based onacceptance rate, financial aid, graduationrate, peer Web citations, retention rate,scholarly citations, student-faculty ratio, andyears accredited.According to Lynne Ballard, dean ofCPS, Champlain’s online programs providethe full realm of educational and professionaldevelopment choices for adults. “We aretruly a college within Champlain Collegethat caters specifically to the professionaldevelopment requirements of the adultlearner,” Ballard says. “We understandthem; we know their economic and lifechallenges, and we’re constantly assessingthe workplace to ensure that we offer themost up-to-date knowledge in emerging andhigh-growth areas.”Champlain offered its first online coursein 1993, followed in 1996 by its first entirelyonline bachelor’s degree. CPS currently offers20 degree programs ranging from Accountingto Paralegal to Software Development,Network Security, and Computer Forensics &Digital Investigation. The next slated programlaunch is in Health Care Management.Online education is growing in popularityand practicality for several reasons, accordingto Ballard. “The benefits are many, rangingfrom access to national experts and theopportunity to meet and learn with adultsfrom across the country,” she says. “Andfrom a budget and environmental perspective,online learning cuts down on commuting andgas costs.”According to the U.S Departmentof Labor, an associate’s degree can add$297,000 to a person’s lifetime earnings, anda bachelor’s degree can increase lifetimeearnings by$834,000 or more.“Champlain has worked hard to beon top of advances in online educationaltechnology, and that has allowed us tocontinually build upon and enhance theonline learning experience we provide ourstudents,” notes Mika Nash, associate deanfor Academic Programs at CPS. “Our onlinestudents benefit from the same challengingand interactive educational opportunitiesthey would find in our traditional classroomenvironment. This ranking acknowledgesChamplain’s ongoing efforts to integrate thebest advances in online learning into ourprograms.” —SM8 Champlain View | Spring 09
| VIEW FROM THE HILL |Photographs by Kathleen Landwehrle (top, right) and Stephen Mease (bottom right)Student Crowned Miss Vermont USACommunity BookProgram Marks aDecadeChamplain College senior Brooke Werner, 22, of Granville,Vermont, earned the title Miss Vermont USA on November30, 2008. The first-time pageant participant, who creditsChamplain’s Career Services with helping her prepare for theinterview portion of the pageant, is a Public Relations majorgraduating in May 2009. Werner went on to represent her homestate in the Miss USA Pageant in Las Vegas on April 19. — SMThe Tortilla Curtain, a novel by author T.C. Boyle, was the featured readingin Champlain College’s 10th annual Community Book Program (CBP) lastOctober. As with the CBP’s previous featured authors, Boyle visited campus,where he gave a reading, answered questions, and met with students, faculty,and staff.The author of 12 novels—among them The Road to Wellville and DropCity—and eight story collections, Boyle is known for a satirical touch even whenaddressing serious topics. The Tortilla Curtain juxtaposes the hard-knock life of aMexican immigrant couple in southern California against the affluence of a yuppiecouple whose path they cross.The CBP’s 10th anniversary also inspired reflection on the program’s history.“We wanted to create a Champlain experience that would be unforgettable, thatwould be life changing,” CBP cofounder, Professor Jim Ellefson, says, “and togive young people a chance to be as excited about writing and literature as weare.” Shelli Goldsweig, CBP cofounder and director of the Life Experience & ActionDimension (LEAD) initiative, is similarly pleased with the CBP’s accomplishments.“A book can take you to a place you’ve never been.It helps you think about things in ways you haven’tthought about them before,” she says. “I think theprogram did that.”Past CBP books include Julia Alvarez’s In theTime of the Butterflies (1999), Ernest Gaines’A Lesson Before Dying (2000), Tim O’Brien’sThe Things They Carried (2001), E.L.Doctorow’s Ragtime (2002), HelenFremont’s After Long Silence (2003),Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation(2004), Khaled Hosseini’s The KiteRunner (2005), Julie Otsuka’s Whenthe Emperor Was Divine (2006), andDave Eggers’ What Is the What(2007). —Erik EsckilsenCollege Names NewService DirectorKyle Dodsonbecame thedirector ofChamplain’s Centerfor Service & CivicEngagement at thestart of the 2008-2009academic year. Dodsonholds a bachelor’s degreein history from Harvard University anda master’s degree in finance and businessadministration from Columbia University,the latter of which he received whileworking in the financial industry.“I was never able to find my place onWall Street,” Dodson says. “I realized thatI wanted work that was more communityoriented.”Dodson was first drawn to Vermontas a ski bum. On the slopes at MadRiver Glen he realized that, as he recalls,“education fit what I was interested in.”Over the next eight years, heworked for St. Michael’s College, firstin Admissions and later as director ofMulticultural Student Affairs. He returnedto urban life as principal of Lee Academyin Boston. When his wife landed a jobin Vermont, they returned to the GreenMountain State, where they are raisingthree children.In his new position, Dodson createsprograms that deal with civic engagementand service opportunities connected tolocal non-profits. This past November, hebraved the cold alongside students duringthe Tent City event on campus. He saysthat a main goal for his new position isto “give the students the opportunityto grow and to be able to measure theirachievement.” —DFChamplain View | Spring 09 9
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