A Message From The President
Welcome to Southern Vermont College!
By visiting this Web site, you are recognizing that education remains one of the best investments anyone can make in today’s economy, and there could be no better time to pursue an undergraduate degree. We hope you will find the academic, career, athletic and leadership opportunities you seek here at SVC.
Our goal is to educate the leaders of tomorrow in a wide range of fields, including healthcare, criminal justice, business and entrepreneurship, and we are deeply committed to an education that can best be described as “affordable excellence.” We have an accessible faculty dedicated to teaching, a commitment to a liberal arts core, and an educational model that encourages real world experiences.
In January 2009, we opened Hunter Hall, a new multi-use facility with single rooms for 112 students. Hunter Hall offers science and computer laboratories, student recreational space, a conference room, multiple study rooms, and the Greenberg Atrium, a floor-to-ceiling windowed gathering space with a fireplace where small and large get-togethers can take place.
Our small size enables us to provide our students with personal attention. Our proximity to other colleges allows our students to cross-register for classes at neighboring colleges. Outdoor activities (snowboarding, skiing or hiking) and the arts (museums, theater, galleries and music) are close at hand, and we are also within easy driving distance of several major cities.
I hope you will visit our mountainside campus and see the many wonderful ways in which we foster learning. Attend a class. Sit in on a campus-wide lecture. Drop by an athletic event. Visit our Office of Student Life. Most importantly, take the time to meet and talk with members of our community - students, faculty and staff. You will enjoy getting to know them.
We are proud of our students and their deep commitment to completing their undergraduate education and improving the world in which we live. I hope you, too, will want to be a part of our community, and I look forward to welcoming you on campus.
A gem of a college awaits you!
Karen Gross
President
