Students who start small businesses and break new ground; professors who inspire in the classroom and in their fields of research; alums who change the world at work. At UVM, inspiring stories are everywhere. Take a closer look...

  • Like many UVM students, Zach Bernstein ’20 loves to ski and be outdoors in Vermont.
    Zach Bernstein ’20
    Starting job at MassMutual as a data engineer in their Data Science Development Program
  • A sunrise hike is a rite of passage for students at UVM like Jamie Benson
    Jamie Benson ’20
    Individually designed major in Healthcare Structure and Emergency Medical Services Research
  • Camilla working in the classroom
    Camilla Thomassen-Tai
    Second-generation American going to her mother's native Taiwan on a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant award
  • Maeve in the classroom
    Maeve Poleman
    Traveling to Nepal on a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant award to build on her interest in languages and the power of education
  • James in the lab
    James Whitley
    Aspiring pediatrician, heading to Taiwan as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
  • Gabriela conducting field work in Turkey
    Gabriela Heermans
    Fulbright recipient, returning to Turkey to study what motivates residents to join NGOs on refugee-related issues
  • Olivia traveling in Italy for research
    Olivia Box
    Fulbright recipient, helping Italian researchers develop a GIS map to inform long-term forest management
  • Reilly in Mongolia
    Reilly Becchina
    Fulbright winner, continuing her research on the threatened Siberian marmot's interconnectedness to the Mongolian ecosystem
  • Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (left) Ingrid L. Nelson (right)
    Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst and Ingrid L. Nelson
    Winners, 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award.
  • Lucia Possehl
    Geography major, winner of 2020 Student Award for Outstanding Leadership in Service-Learning